TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE CONFIRM HANNA SKANDERA AS EDUCATION SECRETARY OR NOT. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ... WHO APPOINTED SKANDERA TWO YEARS AGO ... TELLS 770 KKOB TESTIMONY HAS BEEN DECIDEDLY UGLY. SHE SAYS IT BECAME PERSONAL AND HATEFUL, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SKANDERA'S CREDENTIALS, IF SHE WAS QUALIFIED OR WHERE SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR.
UNION EDUCATORS ARE AGAINST CONFIRMING SKANDERA BECAUSE SHE HASN'T WORKED IN A CLASSROOM. MARTINEZ CAN'T SAY IF SKANDERA WILL GET AN UP AND DOWN VOTE IN THE SENATE. IF THE HEARING ISN'T HELD BY FRIDAY, IT'S UNLIKELY IT'LL RESUME NEXT WEEK, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION'S FINAL WEEK. MARTINEZ SAYS COMMITTEE CHAIR SENATOR LINDA LOPEZ IS KNOWN NOT TO HOLD HEARINGS IN THE LAST WEEK OF THE SESSION.