Gov. Susana Martinez has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars during the past few years on a well-connected lawyer she once appointed to the state Supreme Court to help her fight public records lawsuits filed by journalists and citizens. But exactly how much has Paul Kennedy been paid for this work? And what, exactly, has he done for all that cash? No one knows because, well, the Martinez administration won’t tell anyone. Jeff Proctor wrote a story about it in the Santa Fe Reporter.
It’s Sunshine Week, which is all about your right to know. We’ll be rolling out all kinds of content on this site and on social media. This “Gray Skies” series will look at instances when officials, agencies and public institutions not transparent and evaded the disinfecting power of sunlight.
