{"id":56719,"date":"2015-06-08T00:55:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T06:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=56719"},"modified":"2015-06-16T10:17:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T16:17:55","slug":"some-are-glad-for-session-deal-others-want-more-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2015\/06\/some-are-glad-for-session-deal-others-want-more-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Some are glad for session deal; others want more sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some New Mexicans say they’re glad\u00a0lawmakers and the governor negotiated a deal\u00a0behind closed doors that led to\u00a0today’s special\u00a0session. Others are concerned about a lack of transparency.<\/p>\n

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Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p>

A statue of children outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, where a special session begins Monday.<\/p><\/div>\n

A session costs roughly $50,000 a day. Gov. Susana Martinez and legislative leaders\u00a0saved taxpayers money by working out details in advance on a capital outlay bill,\u00a0tax-incentive legislation\u00a0and supplemental funding for the Administrative Office of the Courts and Department of Health, some said.<\/p>\n

“Given the cost associated with a special session, I’m glad they came to a compromise before calling the session,” Larry Evans of Las Cruces said in a discussion<\/a> on NMPolitics.net’s Facebook page. “That is, of course, as long as both floors open the bills for debate, and not just ramming them through.”<\/p>\n

There should\u00a0be opportunity for lawmakers to debate the bills. Legislation is normally considered by committees and the full House and Senate.<\/p>\n