Governor to remodel roundhouse

April 17, 2013

By James Burbank

Excited by all the great response to the gov.’s $100,000 taxpayer-funded remodel of the state mansion kitchen, Susana Martinez has decided to turn the Roundhouse into the Legislative Kitchen.

“There’s nothing like food to draw people together,” Martinez said. The first gentleman also wants to come down from the gov’s office to the floor of the Roundhouse in his jammies and slippers to have a fresh bowl of popcorn any time he wants without having to go all the way back to the mansion for goodies.

Martinez says the million buck remodel of the New Mexico legislature will feature a welcoming foodcourt with attached kitchens to provide New Mexico lawmakers not only with a great Nuevo Mexico cosina, but with pizza, sushi, and polish sausage. It’s all part of the governor’s latest effort to reach out to Democratic legislators and to reduce the atmosphere of confrontation and acrymony that held sway during the previous legislative session.

“Imagine how excited they will be,” the gov. grinned, “When the senators and legislators come back and see the grubby old Roundhouse has been utterly transformed into a delightful place where we can get a bite to eat and talk a bit of turkey.”

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James Burbank

James Burbank has written and published over 200 articles for regional and national publications such as Reuters International News Service, The World & I Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, Farmer’s Almanac, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, La Opinion, New Mexico Magazine, Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque Tribune. He is author of Retirement New Mexico, the best selling book published by New Mexico Magazine Press, now in its third edition. He is also author of Vanishing Lobo: the Mexican Wolf in the Southwest, published by Johnson Books.

As a professional writing consultant, he has written and edited publications, video and radio scripts, annual reports, and investment information for a wide variety of corporate clients. A Lecturer II for the Department of English, Burbank has specialized in teaching technical writing and professional writing. His interests extend from composition and writing theory to environmental and nature writing. He has played a leadership role in developing and implementing the English Department’s teaching mentorship program.