Meanwhile. . .

On January 23, New Mexico legislator William P. Soules introduced Senate Bill 188, which if passed would make that state the first in the nation, apparently, and surprisingly, to have an official state aroma. While there was at least some debate as to which of the state’s many aromas should be so honored, the consensus was to accept the sponsor’s suggestion that New Mexico name “the aroma of green chile roasting in the fall” as its official smell.