0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 88
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            RITA G. GETTY
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT BILLS AUTHORIZING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS
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0012|     REGARDING DRIVE-UP WINDOW LIQUOR SALES BE HENCEFORTH NICKNAMED
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0013|     "TERRY ANDERSON BILLS".
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0014|     
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0015|          WHEREAS, bills giving citizens of New Mexico the freedom
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0016|     to decide what to do about drive-up window liquor sales have
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0017|     been and continue to be held hostage by a small band of
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0018|     legislators since 1993; and
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0019|          WHEREAS, such hostage-holding has deprived the citizens
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0020|     of New Mexico of their right to decide their own fates; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, such hostage-holding may have resulted in the
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0022|     otherwise avoidable deaths of men, women and children at the
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0023|     hands of drunk drivers who bought their liquor at drive-up
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0024|     windows; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, Terry Anderson was also held hostage and captive
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0001|     by a small band of powerful men; and
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0002|          WHEREAS, Terry Anderson, although beaten and tortured,
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0003|     never abandoned hope that he would be released from captivity;
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0004|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0005|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that any bill giving citizens the freedom
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0006|     to choose whether their local communities will disallow liquor
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0007|     to be sold from drive-up windows be henceforth nicknamed
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0008|     "Terry Anderson" bills; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0010|     transmitted to Terry Anderson and that copies of this memorial
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0011|     be transmitted to all members of the legislature each session
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0012|     until a local option election drive-up window liquor bill is
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0013|     finally passed.
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