{"id":13314,"date":"2018-08-10T08:49:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=13314"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:47:26","slug":"the-line-little-transparency-at-the-spaceport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-little-transparency-at-the-spaceport\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Little Transparency At The Spaceport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OGtTrH8OWmY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>August 10, 2018 \u2013 Journalist Heath Haussamen filed a lawsuit this week seeking documents from the N.M. Spaceport Authority. Haussamen wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/series\/spaceport-america\/\">series<\/a> of stories on the Spaceport last year. Spaceport officials have claimed that releasing records, such as lease agreements, would mean divulging trade secrets. But the Attorney General\u2019s office found in July that the organization is violating the state Inspection of Public Records Act.<\/p>\n<p><em>Further reading: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/08\/nmpolitics-net-sues-for-release-of-spaceport-america-records\/\">NMPolitics.net sues for release of Spaceport America records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/07\/spaceport-violated-open-government-law-ags-office-says\/\">Spaceport violated open government law, AG\u2019s office says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host Gene Grant and this week\u2019s Line opinion panelists discuss the lack of transparency at the Spaceport and why it matters for New Mexicans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<\/strong><br \/>\nTom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<br \/>\nZackary Quintero, UNM law student<br \/>\nDiane Snyder, former state senator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 10, 2018 \u2013 Journalist Heath Haussamen filed a lawsuit this week seeking documents from the N.M. 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