YOU WON’T BE VOTING ON THE CREATION OF A GOVERNMENT ETHICS COMMISSION THIS FALL. AFTER BEING APPROVED BY THE NEW MEXICO HOUSE, THE BILL DIED IN THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. ITS HOUSE SPONSOR, ALBUQUERQUE REPUBLICAN JIM DINES, SAYS THE SENATE PANEL CHANGED THE BILL, MAKING THE COMMISSION MERELY AN INVESTIGATIVE BODY WITH NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
DINES ALSO SAYS, WITH THE CHANGES, THE ETHICS COMMISSION WOULD HAVE HAD NO TRANSPARENCY.
