{"id":612439,"date":"2018-08-10T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=612439"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:26:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T22:26:59","slug":"haussamen-discusses-lawsuit-against-spaceport-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/08\/haussamen-discusses-lawsuit-against-spaceport-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Haussamen discusses lawsuit against Spaceport America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_411962\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-411962\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceportAmerica-1-771x433.jpg\" alt=\"Spaceport America\" width=\"771\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceportAmerica-1-771x433.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceportAmerica-1-336x189.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceportAmerica-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceportAmerica-1-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SpaceportAmerica-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Courtesy photo<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virgin Galactic&#8217;s hangar at Spaceport America.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NMPolitics.net editor and publisher Heath Haussamen joined the Rio Grande Foundation&#8217;s podcast this week to discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/08\/nmpolitics-net-sues-for-release-of-spaceport-america-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his lawsuit against Spaceport America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the 33-minute interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/riograndefoundation.org\/category\/tipping-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tipping Point New Mexico<\/a>, with the foundation&#8217;s Paul Gessing and D. Dowd Muska, <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/018TippingPointNewMexico.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-612439-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/018TippingPointNewMexico.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/018TippingPointNewMexico.mp3\">http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/018TippingPointNewMexico.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Or, if that doesn&#8217;t work, try clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/riograndefoundation.org\/018-spaceport-transparency-and-southern-nm-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haussamen&#8217;s lawsuit comes after the N.M. Spaceport Authority blocked access to some records he sought during his 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/series\/spaceport-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journalistic investigation of the spaceport&#8217;s economic impact in New Mexico<\/a>. The lawsuit seeks the release of\u00a0information about how much customers are paying in rent and fees to use the spaceport and other documents.<\/p>\n<p>Haussamen also discussed the Southern New Mexico political scene with Gessing and Muska, including an upcoming bond election that would raise property taxes in Las Cruces and the race to replace Steve Pearce in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NMPolitics.net&#8217;s editor and publisher joined the Rio Grande Foundation&#8217;s podcast this week to discuss the spaceport and politics in Southern New Mexico. 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