My How Times Have Changed (for the better)
As I usually do when it’s a quiet Friday and I’m having a little lunch at my desk and I’m missing my Fair New Mexico in ways too numerous to count, I head over to Google, hit the news tab and type in “New Mexico” to see what’s doing back home.
After wading through the politics and sports stories, I found a nice little gem today.
An article with the title: N.M.’s First Gentleman Takes a Job
I especially loved this quote:
Franco told the Journal last year that when not traveling back and forth between Las Cruces and Santa Fe, he has filled his time in the state’s capital city with volunteer activities, yardwork at the Governor’s Mansion and a rediscovered passion for painting and drawing.
Wow how times are changing in ways that are both surprising and positive. In this year’s election, a record number of women were elected to public office which means there is truly a cause to start to better define the role of the “First Gentleman.”
I’m no expert in this area, but to my recollection first ladies have often worked with charities and other groups as part of their work alongside their spouse, or they quietly step to the background and work their own lives. To read the quote from Mr. Franco it sounds about right.
It was not so long ago you would have read that exact same quote from woman when asked what she does while her husband runs the state.
Instead it’s the female Governor running the state and her husband being a stay at home guy, and now he’s picked up a part time job. Why not?
I think it’s awesome, doubly so that it’s my homestate at the front of this trend.
My fair New Mexico, a little more progressive than even I ever thought.
Source: Albuquerque Journal Image from What Comes Around Goes Around
