Q&A: Hank Hughes
Hank Hughes, the executive director of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness and former director of St Elizabeth’s Shelter in Santa Fe, has announced his campaign for Public Regulation Commission (Dist. 4). SFReeper caught him on a snowy Friday to talk about alternative energy, homelessness in New Mexico and joining a scandal-ridden state commission.
First, the obvious question: Why are you running?
The behavior of the current [Public Regulation] Commission is [not] very ethical, and I think it needs a lot of improvement in that area. I’m also very interested in renewable energy, and I think the PRC needs to play a role in promoting alternative energy so New Mexico can be a leader in that area.
Don’t you feel like you’re stepping into an ethical minefield here?
A lot of the ideas are already out there, like having an ethics commission. People are pretty aware of the ethical issues, so it’s a pretty good time to work on that, and I think there’d be a lot of public support for it. Obviously it’s not going to be easy…
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