Looking Askance At The New Mexico State Legislature

Jerry casts a gimlet eye towards Santa Fe:

Looks like some of the folks in the New Mexico legislature may have too
much time on their hands.

Why, what could possibly be up in the Land of Enchantment?:

Last fall, Pluto suffered a blow when 2,500 scientists in the International Astronomical Union voted that the little guy was something of a slacker and didn't dominate his orbit the way the other planets do. Thus, the downgrade to a dwarf planet.

"We really took it as an affront," Gutierrez said.

So she introduced a measure to recognize Pluto as a full-fledged planet when it passes over New Mexico.

The House on Tuesday passed the measure; it's pending in the Senate.

Excellent idea! As a New Mexican, all I can say is that this is the best law ever proposed, and it should be passed immediately! I feel oddly bereft without Pluto as a planet: the New Mexico of the Solar System. Like it's really lonely out there in space!