Governor's Office says 80 percent back special session.

Of the 350 New Mexicans who had contacted the Governor's Office about whether to call a special session as of Monday, about 80 percent favor calling legislators back, a spokesman for the governor told The New Mexican in Santa Fe Monday.

ABQjournal.com's own poll on the question -- random and unscientific, to be sure -- has a somewhat different take. By a narrow 51.8 percent to 48.2 percent margin (as of just a few minutes ago), our readers say no to a special session. Our sample is just about twice that cited by spokesman Pahl Shipley. Be sure to vote in the online poll under the 2006 Legislature portion of our home page.

After the Legislature ended its regular 30-day session last week, a disappointed Gov. Bill Richardson said he was considering calling a special session to take up unfinished business -- including raising the state's minimum wage, providing tax relief and funding highway projects, The New Mexican reported today on its Web site.

Richardson last week said he hadn't decided whether to call a special session, but wanted input from New Mexicans before deciding -- perhaps some time this week, the paper reported.

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