I generally don’t encounter much free-flowing consensus when I’m wandering around the Roundhouse. But as I haunted the curving halls of the Capitol yesterday, I found one thing on which everyone agrees:
The new Senate webcasting sucks.
It seems no one – legislators, constituents, journalists – is happy with the single, fixed camera positioned in the back [...]
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On Saturday, the NM State Senate delivered yet another blow to the cause of ethics reform. SB163, a bill to impose a one-year cooling off period before ex-legislators can work as lobbyists, went down by a vote of 14-22.
One of the major purposes of the cooling-off period is to remove the temptation for lawmakers to [...]
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An important package of ethics bills in New Mexico’s history will be heard tomorrow in the Senate Rules Committee.
Lobbyists, advocates and the members of the media are expected to cram the meeting room to hear lawmakers discuss matters of huge importance to us all.
Shockingly, neither the Senate nor the House have decided yet whether that [...]
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By Eli Il Yong Lee – Feb 1st, 2009 at 11:35 am MST
Now let me see if I’ve got this straight. The New Mexico State Senate is NOT currently webcasting its floor sessions because the Senate leadership overruled a vote of the full membership authorizing that this be done.
Say again?
That’s right. Last year (Feb. 12, [...]
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Sometimes right is just right – it doesn’t matter which side of the political aisle you’re sitting on.
I was struck by that old adage last week when I talked to Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones, an Albuquerque Republican who has stirred up the New Mexico Legislature this year with her dogged efforts to broadcast legislative committee meetings [...]
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The blogosphere and news media have really latched on to this one – for good reason.
Yup. There won’t be any live webcasting of the legislative session. Read all about it in the NM Independent:
Roundhouse resists entering 21st century
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