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William Redmond: “This bill is truly a people bill. We had a rough draft of the bill, we took it to the community. There were about 100…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1998
This bill is truly a people bill. We had a rough draft of the bill, we took it to the community. There were about 100, 150 land grant heirs that met at the de Onate Center north of Espanola. They looked at the bill, I asked them is this what you want, and there were some changes. They made the changes. We have a couple of changes we would still like to make and mark up, but this is truly a bill of the people, for the people, by the people. It is remarkable to see firsthand how our form of government works. I believe that it is very important that this needs to be grassroots, from the bottom up and not from the top down.
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William Redmond
Republican · New Mexico
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Discussing the community involvement in shaping a bill related to land grant heirs.

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