Power The Future New Mexico, Rio Grande Foundation Create FarilyOpen.Com To Get Workers Back on The Job

April 24, 2020

Power The Future joined with the Rio Grande Foundation to launch FarilyOpen.Com on Thursday. “Fairly Open New Mexico” calls upon leaders in Santa Fe to take responsible actions to get New Mexicans back to work and restart our state’s lagging economy.

The two organizations that make up “Fairly Open New Mexico” are not asking for easing of regulations but asking for those regulations to be applied fairly. Specific actions include:

• Allow small businesses to reopen at the same standards applied to large box stores.
• A detailed plan for reopening, including required health criteria, to be used for businesses to reopen. This should be a public document.
• This plan should recognize not all counties are the same and should include scientific reasoning upon which restrictions are being based.
• Governor Lujan Grisham and her administration should immediately share the models upon which they are basing their quarantine/business restriction decisions.
• The Governor should hold virtual-meetings to answer questions with county commissions and local leaders across New Mexico.
• The Governor should outline her budget and economic policy recommendations for the upcoming special session as well as any cuts she has already made to the State government.

New Mexicans who support this effort are encouraged to go to FairlyOpen.Com and sign the petition.