{"id":15256,"date":"2019-11-22T10:57:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=15256"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:44:58","slug":"secret-settlements-scrutinized-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/secret-settlements-scrutinized-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Settlements Scrutinized | The Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Secret Settlements Scrutinized | The Line\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5nx2RddPIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 22, 2019 \u2013 Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel discuss State Auditor Brian Col\u00f3n\u2019s special audit of questionable legal settlements in the final days of Governor Susana Martinez\u2019s second term. News of the settlements first surfaced in 2018. Col\u00f3n says many of those settlements were approved with little examination or scrutiny and totaled in the millions of dollars of taxpayer money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<br><\/strong>Michael Bird, public health consultant<br>Dede Feldman, former State Senator<br>Tom Garrity, The Garrity Group PR<br>H. Diane Snyder, former State Senator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Further Reading:<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1392910?utm_source=abqjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=breaking+bar&amp;utm_medium=breaking+bar\">State Auditor Alleges \u2018Abuse of Power\u2019 in Secret Settlements<\/a> \u2013 <em>The Albuquerque Journal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koat.com\/article\/state-auditor-says-millions-shelled-out-in-secret-settlements-when-martinez-was-governor\/29836523\">State Auditor Says Millions Shelled Out in Secret Settlement When Governor Martinez Was in Office<\/a> \u2013 <em>KOAT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.krqe.com\/news\/larry-barker\/1-7-million-paid-in-confidential-state-settlements\/\">$1.7 Million Paid in Confidential State Settlements<\/a> &#8211; <em>KRQE<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 22, 2019 \u2013 Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel discuss State Auditor Brian Col\u00f3n\u2019s special audit of questionable legal settlements in the final days of Governor Susana Martinez\u2019s second term. 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