{"id":25514,"date":"2011-01-27T20:01:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T03:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=25514"},"modified":"2011-01-28T07:29:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T14:29:49","slug":"guv-says-dairies-didn%e2%80%99t-help-draft-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/01\/guv-says-dairies-didn%e2%80%99t-help-draft-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv says dairies didn\u2019t help draft order"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Susana Martinez<\/p><\/div>\n

Gov. Susana Martinez<\/a> is taking heat because of an e-mail that says the dairy industry helped draft an executive order that attempted to halt a number of environmental regulations, including some the dairies opposed.<\/p>\n

But Martinez says the claim from the dairy industry that its attorneys helped draft language for the Jan. 1 order is \u201cincorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n

KUNM\u2019s Jim Williams was the first to report on the e-mails<\/a> that were included with a recent Supreme Court filing challenging Martinez\u2019s decision to halt printing of the regulations. (The court ordered Martinez to publish the regulations<\/a> on Wednesday.)<\/p>\n

Contained in a Jan. 12 e-mail, sent from dairy industry lobbyist and former Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley<\/a> to Brian Moore, Martinez\u2019s deputy chief of staff, was this tidbit:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur attorneys Dal Moellenberg and TJ Trujillo of Gallagher & Kennedy drafted some language for the ex. Order. We all assumed the environmental groups would sue and obviously they have. In speaking with TJ and Dal we want to offer any help you may ask for as we are very supportive of this action and are willing to help defend it. Please feel free to have your legal counsel call TJ or Dal at their convenience.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Criticism from blogs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The e-mail set off some criticism from blogs. There was this headline from a posting<\/a> on Chorizo Report:<\/p>\n

\u201cYo! Guv! We got some language for your exec. orders!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And there was this from Clearly New Mexico<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cTaken on their face, these emails from Bradley and the dairy attorneys to the Martinez administration show a disturbing amount of collaboration between the Gov. and some of her biggest contributors \u2013 regarding specific environmental regulations they don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs anyone else bothered by this?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

KUNM reported that the dairy industry gave nearly $50,000<\/a> to the gubernatorial campaign of Martinez, who has promised to rid state government of pay to play.<\/p>\n

Guv: Dairy industry is \u2018simply mistaken\u2019<\/h3>\n

But Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell said the dairy industry had no role in drafting the executive order, regardless of what the industry claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe claim that the dairy industry helped draft language for the executive order is incorrect and they are simply mistaken,\u201d Darnell said. \u201cWhile the dairy industry did voice concerns about regulations, offered suggestions to help address these issues, and made their lawyers available to the transition team, none of these offers were ever accepted or even seen by those responsible for drafting the executive order.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead,\u201d Darnell said, \u201cthe executive order was modeled after Governor Christie’s executive order in New Jersey and was drafted by transition team volunteers Jay Hone and Pat Rogers and then finalized by Governor Martinez\u2019s General Counsel Jessica Hernandez.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article has been updated for clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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