Cabinet Controversies

03.03.23 – Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel discuss some of the recent criticism surrounding the Governor’s administration. Nominee for Secretary of Indian Affairs James R. Mountain is facing backlash over charges filed in a rape accusation years ago. After our taping, his daughter, Leah Mountain, wrote an Op-Ed defending her father in the Los Alamos Daily Post.  

Host: Gene Grant 

The Line Opinion Panel: 
Martha Burk, political psychologist and author 
Edmund Perea, attorney and public safety analyst 
Tom Garrity, founder & president, the Garrity Group Public Relations 

For More Information: 

Op-Ed: In Support of Confirmation of James R. Mountain – Los Alamos Daily Post 

Questions arise after Department of Cultural Affairs Cabinet Secretary fires archaeology director– Albuquerque Journal 

NM Department of Cultural Affairs in Turmoil– Santa Fe Reporter