Editor,
UNM Conservative Republicans Club is hosting the forum “Local Candidates, National Issues” on Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the SUB, rooms Acoma A and B. Candidates are Elisabeth Keen, State Representative; Chris Ocksrider, Public Regulation Commission; and David Standridge, District Court. They are qualified, capable and articulate.
Keen’s focus is on education and jobs, and, as a former critical-charge nurse, she does a mean riff on Obamacare. Ocksrider, a practicing attorney, pledges to address diligently and impartially consumer protection, economic development and affordable energy.
Standridge, a former student-body president at UNM and head of his own law firm, writes on reforming family court and on America’s founding principles at StandridgeForJudge.com/legal-ease-blog.html.
We know of no other forum, or even single candidate, coming to UNM. Yes, these are Republicans, regarded dismissively or with disdain by many of the professoriate. That is reason enough to attend. Ask your tough questions. You needn’t follow your peers, nor forever vote as did your grandfather. Weigh the arguments and think for yourself. That is the way of the intellectually mature university student.
Donald Gluck
UNM student
