{"id":25373,"date":"2011-01-25T10:12:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=25373"},"modified":"2011-01-27T12:49:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T19:49:38","slug":"guv%e2%80%99s-cabinet-secretaries-disclose-financial-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/01\/guv%e2%80%99s-cabinet-secretaries-disclose-financial-info\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv\u2019s cabinet secretaries disclose financial info"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21308\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 270px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21308 \" title=\"Martinez, Susana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Martinez-Susana2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susana Martinez (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.state.nm.us\">Susana Martinez<\/a> has released financial disclosure forms she\u2019s requiring from all cabinet secretaries in her administration.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s office released the forms to NMPolitics.net in response to a request. You can view them <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/Documents\/SecretaryFinancialDisclosures.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell said the governor is requiring such financial disclosure forms from all staff in the governor\u2019s office and exempt employees. The forms are filled out when employees are hired, and he said they should all be posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.state.nm.us\">the governor\u2019s website<\/a> by the end of the month. Secretary of State Dianna Duran plans to post them on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sos.state.nm.us\/\">her office\u2019s website<\/a> as well, Darnell said.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, there are some interesting tidbits in the cabinet secretaries\u2019 disclosure forms.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Cultural Affairs Secretary Veronica Gonzales, who is also acting tourism secretary, disclosed that she has worked for the nonprofit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tides.org\/about\/\">Tides Center<\/a>, based in San Francisco, as a project director. Tides an organization Glenn Beck has <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/mmtv\/201010220008\">repeatedly demonized<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more relevant in New Mexico, Gonzales\u2019 husband, John Ryan, is a federal lobbyist whose clients include the City of Clovis and the Eastern N.M. Water Utility Authority. Ryan is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=SRYAN\">a Republican state senator<\/a> from Albuquerque.<\/p>\n<p>Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela disclosed that he is a shareholder in the film technology company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerelink.com\/\">Cerelink<\/a> and a partner in the real-estate company W Investments, and that his wife is a realtor in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n<p>Cerelink gains business in part by promoting the state\u2019s film incentives, which Martinez is now proposing to scale back.<\/p>\n<p>Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary Harrison Schmitt disclosed that he is a director for four for-profit companies, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbital.com\/\">Orbital Sciences Corporation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenspace.com\/\">Edenspace Corporation<\/a>. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/people.forbes.com\/profile\/harrison-h-schmitt\/60554\">here<\/a> to see how much he makes from Orbital Sciences Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla disclosed that she owns commercial property and undeveloped land in four counties in New Mexico, and that she\u2019s co-owner of an accounting firm.<\/p>\n<h3>Disclosure is part of plan to combat corruption<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Martinez promised during the campaign, in a guest column <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/09\/only-bold-change-will-end-rampant-abuse-in-state-government\/\">published by NMPolitics.net<\/a>, to require the disclosure forms from all appointees in her administration and to post them online. It\u2019s part of her plan to hold public employees accountable and combat corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are found to have used their position to benefit themselves, their families or their business associates would be subject to harsher penalties and termination,\u201d Martinez wrote in that column. \u201c\u2026 Abuse in government cannot be tolerated, and it will be terminated in a Martinez Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Democratic Party of New Mexico questioned in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmdemocrats.org\/content\/nearly-one-month-and-nothing-yet-martinez-key-transparency-promise\">a news release<\/a> why the disclosure forms weren\u2019t yet online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applaud Susana Martinez\u2019s call for more government transparency, but like many New Mexicans, I am waiting to see the rhetoric actually turn into action,\u201d said Democratic Party Executive Director Scott Forrester. \u201cPromises matter, and I would think this promise should be fairly easy to fulfill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NMPolitics.net\u2019s request for the disclosure forms followed the Democratic Party\u2019s news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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