{"id":23865,"date":"2010-11-29T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=23865"},"modified":"2010-11-30T08:14:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T15:14:34","slug":"richardson-isn%e2%80%99t-interested-in-film-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/11\/richardson-isn%e2%80%99t-interested-in-film-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson isn\u2019t interested in film job"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p>

Gov. Bill Richardson (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite a report to the contrary, Gov. Bill Richardson<\/a> is not interested in becoming the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, his communications director says.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has no interest in becoming a Washington lobbyist. He plans on staying in Santa Fe,\u201d Richardson Communications Director Alarie Ray-Garcia wrote in an e-mail.<\/p>\n

That matches what Richardson\u2019s office said in March<\/a> \u2013 that after his term ends, he plans to \u201clive in Santa Fe and drive around the country visiting Major League ballparks.\u201d<\/p>\n

So why do reports persist that Richardson is in the mix for the job? As I wrote earlier today<\/a>, The New York Times reported over the weekend that Richardson is a candidate for the job, which pays $1.2 million a year.<\/p>\n

The report cited \u201ca headhunter with knowledge of the search, but who asked for anonymity because the search is private.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, assuming that Richardson really isn\u2019t interested in the job \u2013 and why would he publicly say he\u2019s not if he is? \u2013 what does this mean? Are there people who want Richardson for the job, and they\u2019re floating his name to try to tempt him?<\/p>\n

That might make sense. Richardson has been good to the film industry as governor, signing into law incentives that have brought a number of movies and TV shows to New Mexico.<\/p>\n

I e-mailed Richardson\u2019s communications director to ask if Richardson is being recruited for the job and to ask why these reports keep coming. I\u2019ll let you know if I get a response.<\/p>\n

Update, 12 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not quite sure why this rumor continues,\u201d Richardson Communications Director Alarie Ray-Garcia said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATED: Despite a report to the contrary, Gov. Bill Richardson is not interested in becoming the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, his communications director says.<\/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":[107,116],"class_list":["post-23865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-roundhouse","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23865","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=23865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}