Santa Fe alt-weekly sues Republican Gov. for deciding ‘that the public’s business is not public’
An alternative newsweekly filed suit against New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) on Tuesday for allegedly violating the states public record law in retaliation for unfavorable coverage.
The Santa Fe Reporter reported on Tuesday that the suit, filed in state district court, argues that Martinezs administration has stonewalled public records requests from the newspaper seven times between December 2011 and June 2013, in violation of the state Inspection of Public Records Act. Martinezs office now has 30 days to respond to the complaint.
She made this a centerpiece of her campaign for governor, he said in a separate phone interview. So its doubly puzzling that she has decided that the publics business is not public. At a certain point, we realized we were gonna have to deal with a judicial body in order to get any sort of satisfaction.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/03/santa-fe-alt-weekly-sues-republican-gov-for-deciding-that-the-publics-business-is-not-public/