Kevin Norman

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

How, can you run for governor of a state and not engage your opponent in debate? Pathetic @DebHaalandNM . Pathetic you are unwilling to defend your positions or articulate your policies where the people can see you.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@NMDEMS @DebHaalandNM Just out of curiosity, how many more times is the Dem candidate gonna run on "safer"? I mean... really.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@abrazomack I think it'll be a close game. Our D will keep us in it. Could boil down to who takes better care of the ball.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@AvaMcSweeney @GreggHullforNM @TammyG5683 This is what's wrong with our state. A topic, which really has nothing to do with our state, becomes the red line. I really don't care about his Israel stance. I care about what he's gonna do to make NM better.. education, poverty, taxes, CYFD, etc. This is a non-applicable topic

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@DebHaalandNM I'd love to know how in a state ruled by Democrats for, literally, decades it's Republicans fault. When will you guys actually accept responsibility for the condition of this state? Never, that's when.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@Gabe_NM I think your idea of secure borders is a bit different than mine. You and the whole Democratic leadership of this state have done absolutely nothing to secure our border. Instead, you roll out the welcome mat. Stop lying.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@FICMBondTrader Only someone who lives a very egocentric life would say such a thing. Haul hay in Louisiana in July. You won't make it to 10:00. Turn wrenches on aircraft when the wind chill is -40. I'd bet you'd crumble. As for your job, good chance I can use AI for similar outcomes.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

This. This captures ABQ better than anything I've ever read. I've been here for almost 20 years and I'll die here, but ABQ continually gets in its own way. I hope one day it'll change, but I don't think I'll live to see it.

[Wes Henderson @WesHender]

Albuquerque's Biggest Opponent Might Be Some of Albuquerque's Residents

Think Small. Stay Small. Wonder Why Nothing Changes.

By Wes Henderson

As a former Albuquerque resident, I've always believed one of the city's biggest obstacles isn't geography, funding, or a lack of opportunity. It's mindset.

Albuquerque is a city with tremendous potential. It has a unique culture, incredible food, beautiful scenery, a major university, passionate sports fans, and one of the most recognized events in the world with the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Yet despite all those advantages, the city often seems reluctant to embrace the very projects that could help it grow. Time and time again, major developments face years of opposition, delays, lawsuits, studies, committee meetings, and public battles before anything ever gets built. In some cases, nothing gets built at all.

I'm not suggesting every project deserves automatic approval. Residents should ask questions. Neighborhood concerns matter. Public money should be scrutinized. But at some point, a city has to decide whether it wants to build for the future or spend decades debating it.

The most visible example today is the New Mexico United stadium. What should have been one of Albuquerque's biggest recent success stories has become another long-running fight. Instead of celebrating the opportunity to give one of New Mexico's most successful sports organizations a permanent home, the city has spent years mired in legal challenges, public opposition, and delays. Supporters see the project as a chance to create jobs, host concerts and community events, attract visitors, and generate economic activity. Opponents continue to raise concerns about traffic, location, and neighborhood impact.

What has always puzzled me is that the stadium is proposed at @balloonfiesta Park, a location that already handles one of the largest annual events on the planet. Every October, hundreds of thousands of visitors descend on Albuquerque for Balloon Fiesta. Yet somehow a soccer venue attracting roughly 10,000 people on occasional nights throughout the year is viewed by some as an unacceptable burden. At some point, it becomes fair to ask whether Albuquerque is debating the project itself or simply resisting change.

This isn't a new pattern. Albuquerque has been having versions of this same argument for decades. Even the effort to build what is now @ABQTopes Park faced opposition. There were arguments over cost, location, and whether a new stadium was necessary at all. Eventually the project moved forward, and today it is widely viewed as one of the best minor league baseball facilities in the country. It has become home to the Albuquerque Isotopes and has served as the temporary home of @NewMexicoUTD . Looking back, it's hard to imagine Albuquerque sports without it. But getting there required the city to stop debating and start building.

Perhaps the most frustrating example is Albuquerque's arena situation. For years, city leaders, business groups, planners, and consultants have talked about the need for a modern arena capable of attracting major concerts, sporting events, conventions, and entertainment development. Studies have been completed. Proposals have been discussed. Locations have been debated. Yet decades later, Albuquerque still lacks the type of modern arena that comparable cities use as anchors for economic growth and tourism.

Instead, Albuquerque continues relying heavily on #TingleyColiseum, a facility that opened in 1957. #Tingley deserves respect. It has been part of countless memories for generations of New Mexicans. It has hosted concerts, rodeos, sporting events, and State Fair traditions for nearly seventy years. But a city of Albuquerque's size should not be depending on a venue built in the 1950s as one of its primary entertainment facilities. At some point, preserving history and planning for the future have to exist at the same time.

The lack of a modern arena is part of a larger issue. Albuquerque has spent years discussing entertainment districts, mixed-use developments, and downtown revitalization projects, yet the city often struggles to turn those conversations into reality. Across the country, cities have invested in districts built around stadiums, arenas, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, retail, and public gathering spaces. These developments create destinations. They generate jobs. They attract tourists. They encourage people to stay downtown longer and spend money locally.

Meanwhile, Albuquerque's downtown often feels like it's stuck in a loop. Every few years there is a new proposal, a new study, a new committee, or a new vision for redevelopment. The language changes, but the conversation often feels familiar. Plans come and go while visible transformation remains limited.

The same pattern appears when discussing infrastructure. Albuquerque has spent years debating projects involving the Montaño corridor, river crossings, traffic improvements, and transportation upgrades. Residents understandably raise concerns about growth and neighborhood impact, but growth requires infrastructure. Cities cannot attract more residents, jobs, visitors, and development while simultaneously resisting many of the improvements needed to support them.

That contradiction appears throughout Albuquerque. Residents frequently ask why the city doesn't attract more major concerts, more professional sports, more conventions, more tourism, and more entertainment options. Those are fair questions. But those opportunities usually require new venues, new attractions, new infrastructure, and new investment. They require cities to think beyond today's concerns and plan for what they want to become twenty years from now.

For a city with more than 500,000 residents, Albuquerque still lacks many of the amenities that residents often say they want. There is no major destination entertainment district. There is no modern downtown arena. There is no large-scale water park. There is no major theme park attraction. Sports venues take years to move forward. Significant redevelopment projects routinely become battlegrounds before construction can begin.

The frustrating part is that Albuquerque already has so much working in its favor. It has a distinct identity that many cities would love to have. It has a world-famous event in Balloon Fiesta. It has passionate college and professional sports fans. It has a thriving local culture and a growing tourism industry. The city has the foundation to become a larger sports, entertainment, and tourism destination.

What it often seems to lack is the confidence to embrace growth.

Albuquerque doesn't need to approve every proposal that comes along. It shouldn't. Responsible development requires debate and accountability. But there is a difference between thoughtful scrutiny and creating an environment where every major project becomes a years-long battle.

Eventually, cities earn reputations. Some become known for building. Others become known for debating. Some become known for taking calculated risks to improve themselves. Others become known for finding reasons not to.

Albuquerque has spent too much time asking why something shouldn't happen. It may be time to start asking how it can happen responsibly.

Because if the city truly wants more jobs, more tourism, more entertainment, more events, and more opportunities for future generations, it cannot continue fighting every major idea while wondering why progress feels so slow.

And that is why I believe Albuquerque's biggest opponent may not be another city, economic conditions, or outside competition.

It might be some of Albuquerque's own residents.

If that mindset doesn't change, the city risks spending the next twenty years having the same conversations it spent the last twenty years having: thinking small, staying small, and wondering why nothing changes.

#Albuquerque #NewMexico #ABQ #NewMexicoUnited #DowntownABQ #EconomicDevelopment #FutureOfABQ

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@LinkedInLunat1c The problem is you are predetermining the culture while telling them they can do what they want. The problem is you, not the employee. If the employee is killing it at work, who cares how he spends his lunch?

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@EliasSisneros Been living here for almost 20 years and there's so much good here. However, nothing of substance has changed during all that time, with the exception of Californians driving up housing prices. New Mexicans wonder why nothing changes, but vote for the same shit over and over.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

As a veteran and retired military member, I can think of nothing as disingenuous, cowardly, and disloyal to service than lying about what you've done. Shameful and with zero integrity.
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[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@ChacoNapoleon What's hilarious is that his ability to do this actually weakens his sign. A tyrant would never allow it.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

This might be the dumbest argument ever

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

How can you talk to someone that can’t Comprehend how ignorant they are?

[Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives @dom_lucre]

This Uber driver, a Black woman Lamiyah Jabbar, age 30, picked up a White woman named Diane, who opened up to her about her financial struggles on the way to work at fast food chain Tim Hortons in Buffalo, New York.

Lamiyah dropped Diane at her job, and instead of picking up a new passenger, Lamiyah drove to a shopping mall to visit several stores and asked women who looked to be about Diane's size what clothes they liked to wear and bought those clothes for Diane along with a gift card.

I emphasized the race of the women in this video because that’s all I see on this platform now from both parties but only when the video makes either race look bad. We can also show the good in both sides.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@TMZ That's because she views everything through a lens that does not allow her to acknowledge the value of anything not conforming to her view of what's right.

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@FPWellman You're pathetic

[ℳ𝒜𝒢𝒜_𝒳_𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒩𝑒𝓌𝓈🇺🇸 @MAGA_X_Times]

He showed up with judgment in his heart.
Left with beaver nuggets in his stomach.
‘I came to judge… and stayed for the snacks.’
God bless the beaver. 🦫”

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve..👍🏽

My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.

I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.

Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.

We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!

Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.

When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.

My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.

Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.

People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.

Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.

We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

[Kevin Norman @KevinNo18339872]

@FloraLuzz_ Buh bye