Airline to start flights to Phoenix

Renee MartinezMother arrestedWednesday on bur-glary charges alongwith son MiguelMartinez, 16, andthree other teens.

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Great Lakes Aviationto begin daily trips fromS.F. to Arizona May 1By Julie Ann GrimmThe New Mexican

Threats that the Santa FeMunicipalAirport control tower might lose itsfederal employees due to budget cuts

didn’t sway a commercial carrier fromannouncing plans Friday to begin newservice between Santa Fe and Phoenix.Great Lakes Aviation said it intends

to begin direct daily flights May 1.The airline already provides service

between Santa Fe and Denver andbetween Santa Fe and Clovis, but theflights to that small southeastern NewMexico city will go away with theaddition of the Phoenix connection.

Another airline, United Express, alsooffers flights to and fromDenver. Inaddition, travelers can board AmericanEagle regional jets linking Santa Fewith Los Angeles and Dallas.Advertised online fares for the

Great Lakes flights between SantaFe and Phoenix start at $89 for anonrefundable one-way ticket on aBeechcraft 1900D, a 19-passenger,pressurized twin-engine turboprop

airplane. Southwest Airlines flies directto Phoenix from the AlbuquerqueInternational Sunport on larger jetaircraft. Online fares Friday showedthose flights start at $100 one way.Santa FeMunicipal Airport Director

JimMontman said he had only learnedof the latest plans by Great Lakes aboutfive days ago.“This is an exciting announcement.

We are very pleased to have it,”

Montman said Friday afternoon. “I’mhoping Phoenix becomes popular forSanta Fe people and that it will attractadditional flights.”The corporate headquarters for

‘Breaking Bad’ measurepassed by House, SenateBy Steve TerrellThe New Mexican

Gov. SusanaMartinez on Fridayvetoed the so-called “Breaking Bad”bill, which would have encouragedmore television series productions inthe state.

Martinez, whose crackdown onunlimited film subsidies has beenblamed for a drop in TV and movieproduction in NewMexico, said inher veto message that she rejected theproposal because it wasn’t part of a“comprehensive tax reform package.”Said the governor: “Unfortunately,

as of the time I am required to takeaction on this bill, the legislaturehas chosen to only pass a packageto increase subsidies to Hollywood,

while failing to pass reforms designedto diversify our economy and helpNewMexico businesses grow.”

House Bill 379, sponsored byRep. MoeMaestas, had breezedthrough the Legislature with littledissent. It passed the House unani-mously and was approved in the Sen-ate by a vote of 32-8.However, the Republican governor

said, “I cannot in good consciencefurther expand NewMexico’s filmsubsidy while leaving other sectors

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City considers followingAustin in banning thin-filmbags at local businessesBy Julie Ann GrimmThe New Mexican

“Thin plastic bags are no longer avail-able in Austin, so keep a reusablebag handy and always rememberto bring it.”

After the Texas capital’s City Council adoptedan ordinance a year ago to phase out distributionof plastic bags at local businesses, that tag linewas added to radio and television advertisementsfor a “Bring It Austin” campaign.Officials spent about $850,000 to give busi-

nesses and shoppers advance notice through apublic education campaign in English, Spanish,

Chinese and Vietnamese. The city also gave away40,000 reusable shopping bags.This month, the ordinance finally kicked in.

The sky didn’t fall. Shoppers didn’t stage massrebellion.“Other than lots of questions, it’s been suc-

cessful,” said Aiden Cohen, environmental con-servation programmanager for Austin ResourceRecovery, the city’s trash and recycling service.The key to getting this far, Cohen said, is that

the city worked with community stakeholders,including large retailers, to develop easy-to-understand rules with a simple intent: Dramati-cally reduce the number of thin film plastic bagsdistributed in Austin.The Texas city, which has a population nearing

1 million, wasn’t the first U.S. city to restrict storesfrom giving away thin carry-out bags with everypurchase— Los Angeles and Seattle have done it,too. But Austin is one of closest urban centers to

Mom, sonsuspectedin 13 areaburglaries

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Duo linked to thefts atfour Santa Fe storesBy Nico RoeslerThe New Mexican

Amother and son suspected bythe Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Officein 13 area burglaries — four of theminvolving Santa Fe businesses — facemultiple felony charges.ReneeMartinez, 41, and her

16-year-old son, Miguel Martinez,were arrestedWednesday, along with18-year-old Jonathan Ayala and twoteenage girls. All five were found in avehicle with a pair of stolenNike tennis shoes and a 12-pack ofCoca-Cola.The soft drinks had been one

of several items reported stolenWednesday afternoon from a housein the 4100 block of Agua Fría Street,according to Lt. William Pacheco.Pacheco said Friday that

Please see THEFTs, Page A-5Mike Forloney of Madrid puts his paper shopping bags full of groceries in the back of his car on Thursday outside Trader Joe’s. The city of SantaFe is considering a ban on plastic shopping bags. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

sAckIng PLAsTIc BAgsAustin’s plastic bag ordinance went into effectMarch 1. The rules include:

u Signs reminding shoppers to bring bags must beposted in parking lots and at inside stores.

u Businesses cannot distribute thin plastic bags,but may provide a number of reusable bag optionsat the checkout including cloth, fabric or otherwoven bags; plastic bags that are at least 4 milsthick, with handles; or paper bags made of at least40 percent recycled content, with handles. At least80 percent recycled content will be required byMarch 1, 2014.

u Produce bags and other noncheckout bags usedfor bulk items, unwrapped baked goods and frozenfoods are permitted.

u Restaurants can give away thin plastic bags toprevent moisture damage (for soups, sauces andother liquids).

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