Trouble with a judge? The highways? The schools? Who ya gonna call? In New Mexico now, you call the governor’s office.

New Mexico’s response to the drought is being written by lawyers and political experts. Meteorologists and geologists don’t write that good.

Too bad rapid Bill Richardson’s idea about light rail transportation avoids the Albuquerque Central problem. Too bad Mayor Martin Chavez is unrealistic. Urban light rail works in the four biggest North American Rocky Mountain metro areas. The fifth is Albuquerque. Impossible dream?