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The Santa Fe Reporter announced the lawsuit against Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The complaint filed in state court alleges Martinez seven times violated the state Inspection of Public Records Act and has circumvented the state Constitution s free press provision by engaging in a campaign of retaliation.
Instead of providing her perspective on important issues, Martinez refused to respond to inquiries about from the Santa Fe Reporter because she didn t like the tone of the newspaper s coverage, an unlawful act called viewpoint discrimination cheap travel within europe or prior restraint.
The consequence of this type of prior restraint of the press, or censorship, is the public s ignorance of public affairs imposed by Defendant s selective withholding of information, the complaint reads.
In cases in which documents are released, the Reporter cited frequent delays – as long as 87 days in one case – despite state law that requires reasonable document requests be provided within 15 days.
"It's not a surprise that a left-wing weekly tabloid that published stolen emails containing the governor's personal underwear order would file a baseless suit like this," Knell said in a statement. "Their public cheap travel within europe records requests are treated the same as every other citizen in New Mexico."
Martinez, who took office in 2011, is New Mexico s first female governor cheap travel within europe and the first female cheap travel within europe Hispanic governor in the United States. She is a Republican and last month she attended a gathering cheap travel within europe sponsored by billionaire conservative benefactors David and Charles Koch.
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