{"id":11999,"date":"2017-12-01T09:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=11999"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:48:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:48:47","slug":"the-line-should-elected-officials-convicted-of-felony-retain-their-pensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-should-elected-officials-convicted-of-felony-retain-their-pensions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Should Elected Officials Convicted Of Felony Retain Their Pensions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fGKVKSO-eI\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>December 1, 2017 \u2013 A 2012 law that allows a judge to fine convicted public officials of salary values and fringe benefits doesn\u2019t mention pensions. Attorney General Hector Balderas says the law needs to be strengthened. Gene Grant and the Line panelists debate whether convicted public officials should lose their pensions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Line Panelists<br \/>\n<\/strong>Tom Garrity, The Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nJulie Ann Grimm, editor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfreporter.com\/santafe\/\">Santa Fe Reporter<br \/>\n<\/a>Andy Lyman, reporter for <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/\">NM Political Report<br \/>\n<\/a>Laura Sanchez-Riv\u00e9t, attorney at Cuddy and McCarthy, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, 2017 \u2013 A 2012 law that allows a judge to fine convicted public officials of salary values and fringe benefits doesn\u2019t mention pensions. Attorney General Hector Balderas says the law needs to be strengthened. Gene Grant and the Line panelists debate whether convicted public officials should lose their pensions. Line Panelists Tom Garrity,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[1612,1611,1610,1614,1613],"class_list":["post-11999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-line","tag-convicted-elected-officials","tag-convicted-public-officials","tag-felons","tag-pension-forfeit","tag-pensions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Line: Should Elected Officials Convicted Of Felony Retain Their Pensions? - New Mexico In Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-should-elected-officials-convicted-of-felony-retain-their-pensions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Line: Should Elected Officials Convicted Of Felony Retain Their Pensions? - New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December 1, 2017 \u2013 A 2012 law that allows a judge to fine convicted public officials of salary values and fringe benefits doesn\u2019t mention pensions. 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