{"id":12403,"date":"2018-01-25T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T02:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=12403"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:48:23","slug":"the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CmJ74yYfiIg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>January 26, 2018 \u2013 Many local governments and schools hire lobbyists to chase after money from the state government.  Some good government groups, such as Think New Mexico, argue that more transparency and simplicity in the legislature would eliminate the need for lobbyists. Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists debate the issue.<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Line Panelists:<\/b><br \/>\nMark Boitano, former NM state senator<br \/>\nTom Garrity, The Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nStephanie Maez, executive director of ProgressNow New Mexico<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 26, 2018 \u2013 Many local governments and schools hire lobbyists to chase after money from the state government. Some good government groups, such as Think New Mexico, argue that more transparency and simplicity in the legislature would eliminate the need for lobbyists. Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists debate the issue. Line Panelists:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[1727,1749,1750,531,115,489,1748,1605,139,739,516],"class_list":["post-12403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-line","tag-2018-legislature","tag-expense-reports","tag-good-government-groups","tag-lawmakers","tag-legislature","tag-lobbying","tag-lobbyist-spending","tag-lobbyists","tag-new-mexico-legislature","tag-roundhouse","tag-state-government"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government - 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-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government - New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"January 26, 2018 \u2013 Many local governments and schools hire lobbyists to chase after money from the state government. Some good government groups, such as Think New Mexico, argue that more transparency and simplicity in the legislature would eliminate the need for lobbyists. Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists debate the issue. Line Panelists:&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-26T02:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-02T16:48:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1130lobbyists.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2304\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ashley Rammelsberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ashley Rammelsberg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ashley Rammelsberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/854d4f70091e136d29968adbfdfcae09\"},\"headline\":\"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-26T02:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-02T16:48:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":83,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/1130lobbyists.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2018 legislature\",\"expense reports\",\"good government groups\",\"lawmakers\",\"legislature\",\"lobbying\",\"lobbyist spending\",\"lobbyists\",\"New Mexico Legislature\",\"roundhouse\",\"state government\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Line\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government - New Mexico In Focus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/1130lobbyists.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-26T02:00:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-02T16:48:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/854d4f70091e136d29968adbfdfcae09\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/1130lobbyists.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/1130lobbyists.jpg\",\"width\":2304,\"height\":1728,\"caption\":\"A wooden floor in the courtroom.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/\",\"name\":\"New Mexico In Focus\",\"description\":\"Involved, Informed, In-depth Journalism\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/854d4f70091e136d29968adbfdfcae09\",\"name\":\"Ashley Rammelsberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5ee436a4bf74db7621ae483e4d75a8406ae4989f9fd16bde54251186b6760f74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5ee436a4bf74db7621ae483e4d75a8406ae4989f9fd16bde54251186b6760f74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5ee436a4bf74db7621ae483e4d75a8406ae4989f9fd16bde54251186b6760f74?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ashley Rammelsberg\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newmexicopbs.org\\\/productions\\\/newmexicoinfocus\\\/author\\\/arammelsberg\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government - New Mexico In Focus","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government - New Mexico In Focus","og_description":"January 26, 2018 \u2013 Many local governments and schools hire lobbyists to chase after money from the state government. Some good government groups, such as Think New Mexico, argue that more transparency and simplicity in the legislature would eliminate the need for lobbyists. Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists debate the issue. Line Panelists:&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/","og_site_name":"New Mexico In Focus","article_published_time":"2018-01-26T02:00:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-06-02T16:48:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2304,"height":1728,"url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1130lobbyists.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ashley Rammelsberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ashley Rammelsberg"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/"},"author":{"name":"Ashley Rammelsberg","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#\/schema\/person\/854d4f70091e136d29968adbfdfcae09"},"headline":"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government","datePublished":"2018-01-26T02:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-02T16:48:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/"},"wordCount":83,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1130lobbyists.jpg","keywords":["2018 legislature","expense reports","good government groups","lawmakers","legislature","lobbying","lobbyist spending","lobbyists","New Mexico Legislature","roundhouse","state government"],"articleSection":["Line"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/","name":"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government - New Mexico In Focus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1130lobbyists.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-26T02:00:39+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-02T16:48:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#\/schema\/person\/854d4f70091e136d29968adbfdfcae09"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1130lobbyists.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1130lobbyists.jpg","width":2304,"height":1728,"caption":"A wooden floor in the courtroom."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-role-of-lobbyists-in-state-government\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Line: Role Of Lobbyists In State Government"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/","name":"New Mexico In Focus","description":"Involved, Informed, In-depth Journalism","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/#\/schema\/person\/854d4f70091e136d29968adbfdfcae09","name":"Ashley Rammelsberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ee436a4bf74db7621ae483e4d75a8406ae4989f9fd16bde54251186b6760f74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ee436a4bf74db7621ae483e4d75a8406ae4989f9fd16bde54251186b6760f74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ee436a4bf74db7621ae483e4d75a8406ae4989f9fd16bde54251186b6760f74?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ashley Rammelsberg"},"url":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/author\/arammelsberg\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12419,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403\/revisions\/12419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}