Albuquerque Journal - With $1.2 million already shelled out, another $3.9 million on the table and some bills still in the pipeline, the legal costs of the recent redistricting could be on track to top $5 million. Taxpayers will pick up the tab for the redrawing of district boundaries for elected officials, which ended up being done by a court this year after a clash between Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and the Democratic-controlled Legislature.
For the redistricting of 2001-02 — some of which also went to court — the state paid more than $3.7 million in legal costs. Martinez said she wanted to curb the costs of the recent redistricting fight, and on Monday her lawyers filed a petition with retired state District Judge James Hall objecting to the awards sought by lawyers for Democratic plaintiffs and a group of Indian tribes.
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