News NM note - In the Albuquerque Journal this morning, reporter Colleen Heild asks how "did the low bidder lose out on a $38 million road construction contract in southern New Mexico in 2009?" Heild then goes on to document charges in yet another lawsuit against a former Governor Bill Richardson operative. This time it is Johnny Cope of Hobbs.
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Capitol Report New Mexico - Johnny Cope – one of the most controversial figures during Bill Richardson’s tenure as New Mexico Governor — was removed from the Transportation Commision by new Gov. Susana Martinez on Friday (Jan. 14). Gov. Martinez also announced the firing all of appointed members of the Labor and Industrial Commission and the Spaceport Authority Board of Directors. A longtime friend and political contributor to Richardson, Cope had a Rail Runner car named after him, as well as a building at the Hobbs Airport. Cope was named to the Transportation Commission by Richardson and in one of the commission’s final acts of 2010, it named named a section of freeway in Albuquerque “The Governor Bill Richardson Interchange.” Read full story here:
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Richardson Crony: Faces Lawsuit, Corruption Charges
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