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Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p>
Gov. Susana Martinez<\/p><\/div>\n
But why?<\/p>\n
A woman who has billed\u00a0herself as the most transparent governor in New Mexico’s history<\/a>\u00a0isn’t explaining the\u00a0vetoes. Meanwhile, she’s killing bills that passed with widespread bipartisan support related to economic development, education and other issues.<\/p>\n Martinez killed\u00a0six bills on Wednesday alone\u00a0without giving any explanation<\/a> in her veto messages. And her spokesmen didn’t respond when asked by NMPolitics.net why Martinez vetoed the bills.<\/p>\n The governor\u00a0has reason for anger. The chair of the Senate Rules Committee, Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, hasn’t held confirmation hearings<\/a> for most of the governor’s appointees. Martinez’s\u00a0priority bills, like mandatory retention for third-grade students who can’t read at grade level, have lingered<\/a>\u00a0without being given hearings in time to move through the legislative process. When the governor\u00a0took time to write a lengthy explanation<\/a> for her veto of legislation that would forbid penalizing teachers on evaluations for using their sick leave, the Senate overrode the veto<\/a>. And some lawmakers accused Martinez\u00a0of pay-to-play<\/a>\u00a0— a charge the governor has denied — because of legislation that would have benefited campaign contributors.<\/p>\n Is all of that why Martinez is now vetoing bill after bill after bill? Instead of explaining, the governor\u00a0is expressing anger\u00a0on social media.<\/p>\n “Within hours of informing the Senate that I would not support their huge stand-alone tax increases on food and gas, the Senate chose to try to override my veto of a union-backed bill, knowing they do not have the votes in the House to succeed,” Martinez wrote Tuesday on Facebook<\/a>. “Rather than embracing broad-based tax reform that provides for a lower and more fair tax rate for all, the Senate wants to jam through massive tax increases on our families. I will continue to advocate for real tax reform that helps create jobs and is fair to New Mexicans.”<\/p>\n That statement is at least half true. There’s no food tax moving forward publicly. It was discussed\u00a0by lawmakers from both parties early on, but House Democrats blocked it weeks ago. What’s being discussed behind closed doors isn’t known publicly.<\/p>\n Some Democrats\u00a0responded to the governor’s vetoes on social media.<\/p>\n “What the governor is doing, by vetoing bi-partisan bills, and giving no reason — is politics. Nothing else,” Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Las Cruces, wrote on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Gov Martinez ignores jobs crisis in NM today by vetoing my first Broadband Internet bill,” Senate Majority Whip Michael Padilla, D-Albuquerque, tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some citizens expressed frustration too.<\/p>\n “Come on! At least give us a reason behind these vetoes<\/span>!!” James Robinson of Los Alamos wrote on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n