Ben Lujan memorial: Hundreds Pay Respect to 'Prince Among Men'

Ben Lujan made his last trip to the Roundhouse on Thursday. Lujan, who died last week at 77 while serving out his final term in the New Mexico House of Representatives, came to the Capitol Rotunda in a casket draped in an Indian blanket with a large Zia symbol and topped with roses, a crucifix and the gavel he wielded during the past 12 years as ... (more)

[The Truth]

As a human being May He Rest In Peace. As a politician he was the poster child for Term Limits. Like every other politician he started off with the right intentions of helping people. But, after a while his intentions turned to financial gains and making his unqualified son Ben Ray a U.S. Representative. What would that kid be doing now had he not won, dealing cards or being another worthless exempt in State Government, probably. Everyone acts like he was so nice, even last night on T.V. His sister in law calls him an Icon. Give me a break, he was far from that. He was the guy that pushed Bill Richardson's crooked agenda and made sure that his rail runner and spaceport, which have been financial boondoggles for New Mexico taxpayers, passed the legislature in return for Fat Bill's support of Ben Gay for PRC and Congress. The focus should have been on job creation and education instead of worrying about getting his name put on everything. The Saint was also embroiled in an illegal billboard scandal, a controversial interchange being moved from where it was needed in La Puebla to an area in Arroyo Seco by property he owned, the illegal paving scandal at the Nambe Church, which is now going to be called the Ben Lujan Church, just kidding, I hope. Yep, he was an icon if you were a crooked friend or his family. I for one will not miss him.

[PHSAnimal83]

At least he set Jerome up with all the lab contracts, albeit no bid. Jackie was set up big time HR at LANL, and the hot one , Shirley, was set up right hand person to the head of PNM. Yep, he sure took care of these 3 New Mexicans, what about the rest of us. Of course Baby Ben is a Congressman until he wants due to last name by ignorant Northern New Mexicans that go by D and last name. Let's see a year from now how much weight your dad's name carries Lujan's, people are fickle and pop ain't here no more to call in favors, Happy New Year!!!

[Jack Welch]

PHSAnimal83 wrote:

At least he set Jerome up with all the lab contracts, albeit no bid. Jackie was set up big time HR at LANL, and the hot one , Shirley, was set up right hand person to the head of PNM. Yep, he sure took care of these 3 New Mexicans, what about the rest of us. Of course Baby Ben is a Congressman until he wants due to last name by ignorant Northern New Mexicans that go by D and last name. Let's see a year from now how much weight your dad's name carries Lujan's, people are fickle and pop ain't here no more to call in favors, Happy New Year!!!

is this Walter Martinez?

[Bill Richardson]

Ben, who? The name sounds somewhat familiar. I think that was the name of the janitor at the Roundhouse.

[Ex- El Paso Resident]

He proved he could be bipartisan when he got together with Bruce King and they traded worthless ranch land Bruce had for prime property the state owned around Sante Fe.

Polticians.

Proving they can work together (regardless of party) to screw the taxpayer.

[Ex- El Paso Resident]

92 F.3d 1031

Antonio J. BACA, in his capacity as personal representative
of the Estate of Josefa A. Baca, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Bruce KING, in his individual capacity; Sam King, doing
business as King Brothers Partnership, a New Mexico General
Partnership; Don King, doing business as King Brothers
Partnership, a New Mexico General Partnership; Bruce King,
doing business as King Brothers Partnership, a New Mexico
General Partnership; Manuel Lujan, in his individual
capacity; Bruce Babbitt, in his official capacity as the
Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior;
Larry Woodard, in his individual capacity; Monte Jordan, in
his official capacity as Acting New Mexico State Director of
the United States Bureau of Land Management; Albert Abee,
in his individual capacity and in his official capacity as
Area Manager of the Rio Puerco Resource Area of the United
States Bureau of Land Management, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 94-2237.

United States Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit.

Aug. 8, 1996.

Jeffrey J. Buckels, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John B. Pound of Herrera, Long & Pound, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Appellees Bruce King, Sam King and Don King.

William B. Lazarus, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.(Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, John J. Kelly, United States Attorney, and John W. Zavitz, Assistant United States Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Susan V. Cook and Robert L. Klarquist, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., with him, on the brief), for Appellees Manuel Lujan, Bruce Babbitt, Larry Woodard, Monte Jordan and Albert Abee.

Before HENRY, LIVELY* and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

1
In this appeal, the plaintiff seeks review, under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C.§§ 701-706 (1988), of a land exchange carried out by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Specifically, he claims that the exchange violated the equal value requirement of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C.§ 1716(b)(1988). For the following reasons, we affirm the order of the district court

[APPAUSEPLEASE]

God rest!

Know on the other hand this clownbot was like anyother dumb as crap who completely mismanaged
everything, overspent and drove the state into
debt on dumb as crap projects that served only
a few and left out many.

[The Title]

Of this article should be, "Ben Lujan memorial: hundreds celebrate the death of a "Crooked prince among honest Men."

[I was]

At the Nambe Chuch Cemetary today and Mr. Speaker is buried next to people that were not Speaker of the House, but had way more Class than this fool. Take note all you City Managers , U.S. Reps., County Commisioners, etc. we are all the same at the end!

[Ben Lujan]

The truth of it all is that I was once an uneducated Hispanic that could not even pay for my groceries at the old Downtown Safeway, heck the manager threatened not to let me write him a check because they took so long to go through. Then, one day I decided to get into politics and my whole world changed because I was a person that could figure out a good scheme and under the table scams. It worked and made me and my wife rich. I then did a FEW good things for my Northern New Mexico constituents that were not that educated and they crowned me a Prince. Ha, ha, it worked. Anyway, Karma caught up with me, I got sick and died. Now I am regarded as some kind of myth like John Kennedy, when after all we were both slimy creatures. Guess what, God figured me out though, and I am now paying the eternal price. Kids, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

[Ben Lujan]

Or was I a P U S S among men? Just wondering.