{"id":191618,"date":"2016-09-30T21:53:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T03:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=191618"},"modified":"2016-09-30T21:55:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T03:55:38","slug":"transparency-becomes-the-first-casualty-of-session-some-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/09\/transparency-becomes-the-first-casualty-of-session-some-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparency becomes ‘the first casualty’ of session, some say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luis S\u00e1nchez Saturno \/ The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/p>

State Rep. Bill McCamley, D-Las Cruces, voiced his concern that the crime bills were not online for his constituents to see shortly before the House adjourned during the first day of the special legislative session on Friday.<\/p><\/div>\n

Against a backdrop of political tensions in a rare election-year special session of the state Legislature, House Democrats accused the Republican leadership of keeping the public in the dark on legislation being considered.<\/p>\n

House Democratic Leader Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, complained Friday<\/span><\/span> afternoon that no bills \u2014 specifically the controversial crime bills backed by Gov. Susana Martinez \u2014 had been posted online by that time, and that the public wasn\u2019t properly informed about a House committee hearing on those bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been no notice to the public online,” Egolf said. “There has been no notice to the public, period, that those bills are going to be considered today. \u2026 As of right now, no one in the public has access to the death penalty reinstatement legislation, and that is pretty outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n