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Paul Gibson and his wife, Roxanne Barber came to Santa Fe in 2012. Since arriving in Santa Fe they have been involved in the development of the Academy of Sustainability Education at Santa Fe High, as volunteers with Master Gardeners, New Energy Economy, and other local efforts. Most recently they coordinated the SantaFe4Bernie campaign, an effort that took advice from Bernie and focused locally, morphing into Retake the Roundhouse. Retake the Roundhouse worked with other advocacy groups around the state to support nine important races, winning seven of them and contributing to NM being the only state legislature in the country that turned blue in the last election. They now are exiting from partisan election processes and have created Retake Our Democracy, a 501-c-4 non-profit organization that tried to make daily activism easier by providing a wide range of resources, information and tools that empower and activate supporters.

• Week In Review-Lujan, DCCC, PNM, ICE & Link to New Article on RCV from the Nation

  By paulgibson51 on July 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  You’re busy. You can’t always read the Retake post. From now on, Monday’s post will provide a brief summary and links to each of the past week’s posts and perhaps one or two other recent posts worth reviewing, also this… Read More ›

• ICE & NM State Police Collaborating in East NM

  By paulgibson51 on July 30, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  In Santa Fe, we have supported both Somos and SF Dreamers. Santa Fe has created one of the strongest sanctuary policies in the nation, but East NM is not Santa Fe and our partner Somos Un Pueblo Unido has been fighting to… Read More ›

• The World Is On Fire & You Are the Fire Extinguisher–A Call to Action

  By paulgibson51 on July 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Calling all activists. Retake has spent months now creating teams and structured opportunities where you can become involved in a sustainable, meaningful way. You are the change we are waiting for, but you have to take the step. This post… Read More ›

• PNM–An Obscene Example of Corporate Greed Seeks Half Billion More from Rate Payers

  By paulgibson51 on July 27, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  This report describes PNM’s efforts to mislead the PRC and once again foist the rate-payer with $445M in costs that could be avoided by closing the plant and dispels an important excuse about boldly developing NM’s renewable portfolio. This information may surprise… Read More ›

• More on the Dem Party Corporate Ties, Commentary on “Better Deal” & Call to Action

  By paulgibson51 on July 26, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Tonight the City Council votes on Ranked Choice Voting. One local step toward Retaking Our Democracy. .Our chance to raise our voices for democracy. Commentary on the New Dem Party Slogan/Video and more on DCCC/DNC corporate ties.

• Another Way of Looking at Rep. Lujan & the DCCC

  By paulgibson51 on July 25, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  We may have an incredible opportunity to move the Party in a new direction, but it won’t happen tomorrow or because a few hundred of us are furious that it isn’t changing quickly enough. Details on how we force that… Read More ›