The Private - Public Life of Richardson

Bill Richardson

Capitol Report New Mexico - On the front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican on Tuesday (Feb. 1) Steve Terrell reports the following: About two weeks before he left office, Gov. Bill Richardson’s staff handed over his office’s records to the State Records Center and Archives. But there was one condition. Richardson agreed to turn over his records under the condition that for the next eight years, only four people would have access or be able to grant access to the documents — Richardson himself; his chief of staff, Brian Condit; general counsel Justin Miller; and scheduler Janis Hartley. Richardson’s action is allowed under a state law passed in 1967, Records Center Director Sandra Jaramillo said Monday.
Other governors before him have taken the same action, she said. But attorney Victor Marshall says, ”Not so fast.” Read full story here:

The Private - Public Life of Richardson