{"id":16305,"date":"2010-04-21T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T17:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=16305"},"modified":"2010-04-22T07:22:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T13:22:01","slug":"richardson-named-one-of-worst-governors-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/04\/richardson-named-one-of-worst-governors-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson named one of nation\u2019s worst governors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5427\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5427\" title=\"Richardson1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_7495-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_7495-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_7495-336x256.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC_7495.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Bill Richardson (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\">Bill Richardson<\/a> is one of the worst governors in the nation, a Washington watchdog group said today, calling him one of 11 governors who \u201cpride their self-interests over their states\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensforethics.org\/worstgovernors\">new report<\/a>, from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), represents the second time the group has gone after New Mexico politicians. In 2007, the group listed former U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pete_Domenici\">Pete Domenici<\/a> and U.S. Reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Pearce\">Steve Pearce<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heather_Wilson\">Heather Wilson<\/a> \u2013 all Republicans \u2013 as three of the 22 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/09\/watchdog-group-lists-pearce-domenici-and-wilson-among-the-22-most-corrupt-members-of-congress\/\">most corrupt members of Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group primarily targeted GOP officials in 2007, and on its current list nine of the 11 governors are Republicans. Richardson and the scandal-plagued New York Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Paterson\">David Patterson<\/a> are the two Democrats to make the list.<\/p>\n<p>CREW charged that Richardson has:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cUsed state investments to benefit political allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cAllowed pay-to-play scandals to plague his administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cRewarded close associates with state positions or benefits, including providing a longtime friend and political supporter with a costly state contract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cFailed to make state government more transparent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full report on Richardson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensforethics.org\/files\/BillRichardsonProfile_0.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the charges center on scandals involving Marc Correra and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/tag\/investment-scandal\/\">state investment scandal<\/a>, and around the now-closed federal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/tag\/gripgate\/\">GRIPgate probe<\/a> into allegations of pay to play involving CDR Financial products.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s spokeswoman, Alarie Ray-Garcia, was quoted by The Santa Fe New Mexican\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/roundhouseroundup.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/richardson-in-crews-worst-governors.html\">Steve Terrell<\/a> as saying CREW\u2019s report \u201cis ridiculous considering Gov. Richardson has led the way for ethics reform in New Mexico. It\u2019s also difficult to take it seriously since it relies almost exclusively on the\u00a0Albuquerque Journal\u00a0as its source.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson is one of the worst governors in the nation, a Washington watchdog group said today, calling him one of 11 governors who \u201cpride their self-interests over their states\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[112,122,123,107],"class_list":["post-16305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-bill-richardson","tag-gripgate","tag-investment-scandal","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}