I stand corrected

NM Attorney General Gary King claims sponsorship only of the "modern" NMIPRA in his response to my question regarding his sponsorship of the NMIPRA,

With regard to the NM Inspection of Public Records Act, I usually state that I sponsored the modern version of IPRA. The original act noting that public records should be available to the public was passed around 40 years ago. However, there was really no mechanism that would allow the public a process for obtaining those records in an organized way. What we added were definitions of public records and the requirement that each agency have a records custodian. We also set some time deadlines for compliance with a request, either by delivering the documents or specifically enumerating one of the statutory exceptions applicable to a denial of delivery. One of the goals of our office is to have ongoing training for records custodians (since there are likely to be new ones coming on board on a regular basis) so they will understand and comply with their obligations under the statute.

The Attorney General also wrote; "I note that you are now in touch with Mona from my office. She will keep me posted on the progress of your complaint."

The Attorney General remains engaged, on the record.


The significance of that cannot be over estimated;
history is being made.

This could be the beginning of the end
of the culture of corruption in NM politics.