Gubernatorial Candidate Susana Martinez stopped by Rep Janice Arnold-Jones' Saturday morning office hours yesterday.
She was happy to answer questions from the group.
I asked if she would support independent reviews of agencies of state government; allowing "efficiency experts" to come into state agencies and evaluate their effectiveness and efficiency and then report to the public record.
She said; "Absolutely".
It is rare, make that unheard of, for the good ol' boys to agree to independent audits of their conduct and competence; audits over which they have no control, no opportunity to spin or hide the results.
UNM Regents President Raymond Sanchez and President David Schmidly, for example, have no intention of allowing independent reviews of their administration of UNM.
APS School Board President Marty Esquivel and Supt Winston Brooks, for example, have no intention of allowing an independent review of their administration of the APS.
Governor Bill Richardson and Lt Gov Diane Denish, for example, have no intention of allowing any independent review of the effectiveness and efficiency of state governmental agencies.
Martinez has set herself apart.
photo Mark Bralley
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Martinez steps up on independent reviews
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Just remember, Esquivel and Robbins promised an open look at APS if they were elected. They promise anything, republican or democrat, to get elected, then politics as usual.
Fair enough, though given a choice between a candidate who will make a clear and explicit promise on the record; Martinez, and a candidate who won't even talk about the issue; Denish, and all else equal, I would go with the one who at least makes the promise.
How about funding the State Auditor's office adequately instead of slashing the budget like the state legislature did this year?
Oh no, it's all about scoring political points without offering any real solutions.
Where does Martinez stand on education? What taxes would Martinez cut? What issues has Martinez been talking about? What is her plan once she gets into office besides platitudes and rabble rousing that she will "clean things up."
How will she do these things?
She hasn't said, and the media is not pushing her. And partisan hacks like Ched are pretending like this is OK.
You actually were asking some reasonable questions until you came the ad hominem attack at the end.
Your accusation that I am partisan is ungrounded, as any who reads me regularly knows.
Though it is none of your business, I will go on to tell you that historically, I vote for the best person not the party and have often voted for other than Republicans.
As but one example; I will be voting for County Commissioner and candidate Maggie Hart-Stebbins, though she is a Democrat.
The issue with partisanship is yours alone.
Too bad you turned out to be just another bigot with an axe to grind.
Have a nice day.
FYI; the legislature that refuses to fund governmental oversight, like the Office of the State Auditor, is controlled by Democrats.
While your asking questions, why don't you ask Denish if she will promise independent fact finding audits of every agency of state government.
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