Martinez stepped up, no one noticed, not even Martinez

If the Journal is to be believed, link;

DA Susana Martinez said she would try to increase penalties for government officials who are guilty of corruption and promote greater government transparency by having state board and committee meetings webcast and archived online.

Heath Haussamen, link, reported that Martinez, speaking in Cruces,

"... had talked about increasing penalties for corruption-related crimes and promoted several transparency measures ..."

So how are the candidates stacking up on their potential to
actually end the culture of corruption in Santa Fe,
at once, and for all?

Martinez would raise penalties for public corruption.
Lt Gov Diane Denish would as well,

On that issue; it's a wash.

It's the "transparency measures" where they part company.

Martinez has spoken out at least two times now on webcasting of the deliberative process of government to a searchable archive.

Denish has not.

Martinez has stated that she supports independent audits of governmental agencies on order to ferret out corruption, incompetence, and the practices that enable them.

Denish has not.

Martinez would have the state redistricted by an impartial commission.

Denish would not.

Martinez would make government transparent, now.

Denish will get around to it someday.

There is a stark contrast here, Martinez is willing to actually clean out the cockroaches with large doses of actual sunlight now; Denish is hoping no one will notice that her beloved Sunshine Portal doesn't open for another year.

Martinez is willing to end the gerrymandering,
Denish would like to give the Dems another opportunity
to tilt the playing field to the Party's advantage.

Martinez has the high ground here, but for some reason,
will not make it a campaign issue.

Perhaps it's because she says things, but doesn't really "get" them.

Heath reports that, Martinez thinks there are more important things than transparency. Specifically;

"Battling corruption starts at the top, and as governor, I would set a tone that is very different."

She thinks the battle starts when we elect a governor
with a "different tone".

She is wrong.

The battle against corruption starts when somebody comes
up with a plan to end corruption and then carries out
that plan.

A promise to execute a plan "as Governor" is meaningless
without any actual plan.

The plans can be vetted now. The plans should be vetted now.
The plans must be vetted now;
before the election.

Martinez has a plan; shining light on the corruption and
incompetence, starting now.

Denish does not; her plan is for the light to shine "later".

Martinez should be pounding Denish on her lack of a plan that will not only end the culture of corruption in Santa Fe, but will expose the currently corrupt and incompetent before they can cover their tracks. Expose them now, in order to hold them accountable for their corruption and their incompetence.

But she isn't pounding Denish over their plans.
Perhaps she doesn't know what she has.
Or perhaps it is just a bunch of talk,
she doesn't really plan to walk.

Dishonesty, dba the "lack of transparency" is fundamental to
all public corruption. The corruption ends when the lights
finally come on.

She with the plan with the most lumens, wins.