{"id":4329,"date":"2009-03-10T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/03\/dot-lujans-illegal-billboard-must-come-down\/"},"modified":"2009-03-10T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T20:44:00","slug":"dot-lujans-illegal-billboard-must-come-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/03\/dot-lujans-illegal-billboard-must-come-down\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT: Lujan&#8217;s illegal billboard must come down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SbbRZInlk7I\/AAAAAAAALEY\/yppOJAbei6U\/s1600-h\/Lujan,+Ben.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/SbbRZInlk7I\/AAAAAAAALEY\/yppOJAbei6U\/s200\/Lujan,+Ben.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311663040270537650\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmshtd.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico Department of Transportation<\/a> says House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=HLUJA\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Lujan<\/a> has been maintaining an illegal billboard for years on land he owns and has ordered him to take it down, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/DOT---Illegal--Luj-n-billboard-to-be-torn-down\" target=\"_blank\">The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a> is reporting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In a story authored by reporter Kate Nash, the newspaper reports on a letter the department sent to the speaker stating that it \u201chas determined that the billboard structure is non-conforming and illegal and was maintained in violation of the outdoor advertising statute and regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The letter states that the billboard must be removed in advance of an upcoming highway project along U.S. 84\/285 near Pojoaque.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cNobody had ever notified me that there\u2019s even a permit required in all these years that it\u2019s been there,\u201d the newspaper quoted Lujan as saying. He added that he will talk to his lawyer and respond to the department\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Mexico Department of Transportation says House Speaker Ben Lujan has been maintaining an illegal billboard for years on land he owns and has ordered him to take it down, The Santa Fe New Mexican is reporting. In a story authored by reporter Kate Nash, the newspaper reports on a letter the department sent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","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=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}