On Friday, Republican Primary Candidate for Governor, Jay Block, met with a group of concerned citizens of Roosevelt County. The group was able to discuss issues facing New Mexico and how he plans to handle those concerns.

If elected, Block said his first order of business will be to sign executive orders banning Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s 30×30, which calls for New Mexico to protect 30% of its land and waters by the year 2030. “As one of his first acts in office, President Biden outlined a vision for how the United States can work collaboratively at the grassroots level to conserve the country’s lands, waters, and wildlife. What is being called the 30X30 plan nationally is an ambitious effort to conserve 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030,” (nmwild.com). As a conservative, Block wants to quickly eliminate the state’s ties to this vision from the Biden Administration.

Block also wants to sign an executive order to ban critical race theory in the state of New Mexico. As he stated in a forum in Farmington, Jay said, “When you start messing with moms and dads about their kids, there’s consequences… Critical race theory has divided this nation. It has made grace-relations worse, especially in our schools. It has pitted children against children and that must stop.”

His third order of business is that he plans to mandate that boys will compete against boys and girls will compete against girls in the state of New Mexico in all public institutions, such as schools. This would follow states like Oklahoma and Arizona, who have recently banned transgender athletes from competing against cis-gender athletes.

Block’s further plans include signing executive orders to banning forced vaccines and forced vaccine passports in the state, which is polar opposite of what New Mexico’s current Governor has planned for the state. He also plans to waive outstanding fines businesses, churches, etc. have accrued as a result of COVID-19 mandates Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham put in place, as well as work to reimburse those entities who have already paid fines.

All of these executive orders are plans Block has for the first seven minutes, if elected, after being sworn in as Governor. What will follow includes redeploying the National Guard to the border of Mexico, cutting regulations the current Governor has put in place, and working to get proper representation from all parts of the state rather than just individuals from Albuquerque and Santa Fe on boards and commissions for the state.