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Susana Martinez Nominates Out-of-Stater With Florida and Texas Ties to Head NM Human Services
December 29, 2010 by Democracy for N...
Apparently unable or unwilling once again to find a suitable candidate from New Mexico to fill a cabinet post, governor-elect Susana Martinez has nominated a person from out of state for Secretary of Human Services. Like Martinez's choice for Secretary of Public Education, the nominee has connections to Texas, Florida, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former President George W. Bush.
Right before the holidays, Martinez announced that she'll name Sidonie "Sydney" Squier to serve as New Mexico's next Secretary of Human Services, the state agency that oversees Medicaid spending. Current projections by outgoing Human Services Secretary Katie Falls estimate there'll be a $360 million Medicaid shortfall in the 2011 fiscal year due to the loss of federal stimulus money, increasing numbers of Medicaid enrollees and escalating health care costs.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PCD/is_3_63/ai_n25117171/?tag=content;col1
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Sidonie "Sydney" Squier in June became director of the Office of Family Assistance, Administration for children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she is responsible for administering the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
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Squier most recently was the federal liaison on human service issues for the state of Texas. Previously, she worked in Austin, where she administered TANF, food stamp, and Medicaid eligibility programs as well as special nutrition programs, refugee and domestic violence programs. While in Austin, she served on the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) steering committee for TANF and the Texas County Advisory Workgroup on Healthy Families.
Before Texas, Squier worked in Florida, Michigan, and California.
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's administration defended itself Wednesday against allegations that it circumvented the law when it put the brakes on the publication of numerous pending and proposed rules in the state register, including new regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across New Mexico.
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court that the administration disregarded the law when it moved to halt the codification and printing of the greenhouse gas regulations, which were approved in December by state regulators and filed with the state records administrator. Without publication, the rules cannot become effective.
The law center petitioned the court on behalf of New Energy Economy, a nonprofit group that pushed for the greenhouse gas emissions cap. The center is asking the court to force Martinez and F. David Martin, whom she nominated to head the state Environment Department, to follow the law and have the regulations published.
Bruce Frederick, a staff attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, argues in the lawsuit that the emissions rules were adopted by the state Environmental Improvement Board and should not be considered as pending because they haven't been published in the register.
The lawsuit accuses Martinez, Martin and State Records Administrator Sandra Jaramillo of "several unconstitutional and otherwise unlawful actions."
"We are trying to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that the new governor and her staff follow it," Frederick said in a statement.
Martinez's office argues it is following the law and that an executive order issued by the governor on her first day in office calling for a 90-day review of pending and proposed rules does not violate the legal requirement that the State Records Center publish the rules "in a timely manner."
"The governor's office is adhering to this requirement, while properly reviewing this regulation pursuant to the executive order," Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell told The Associated Press. "The executive order does not seek to avoid or cancel publication, nor does it seek to amend or repeal the rule."
He added that the temporary postponement in publication will have no effect on the rule's application or implementation given that its effective date is Jan. 1, 2013 or later.
The Supreme Court has yet to take action on the law center's complaint.
The emissions rules in question are essentially a backup measure to regulations approved and published last year that allow the state to participate in a regional cap-and-trade program. Both measures call for large polluters such as coal-fired power plants and refineries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions each year from baseline levels.
Critics, including Martinez, expect the regulations to have a devastating impact on New Mexico's economy. The governor has referred to the rules as a "cap and tax."
In approving the rules, some members of the Environmental Improvement Board argued that health and environmental costs would be higher in the future if New Mexico failed to take a proactive approach to reining in greenhouse gases.
Aside from the emissions rules, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center said in its complaint that the administration's action has prevented the codification and publication of a total of 32 final rules. Those include rules aimed at preventing groundwater contamination by the dairy industry and numerous provisions adopted by the real estate and construction industries divisions.
(Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's administration defended itself Wednesday against allegations that it circumvented the law when it put the brakes on the publication of numerous pending and proposed rules in the state register, including new regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across New Mexico.
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court that the administration disregarded the law when it moved to halt the codification and printing of the greenhouse gas regulations, which were approved in December by state regulators and filed with the state records administrator. Without publication, the rules cannot become effective.
The law center petitioned the court on behalf of New Energy Economy, a nonprofit group that pushed for the greenhouse gas emissions cap. The center is asking the court to force Martinez and F. David Martin, whom she nominated to head the state Environment Department, to follow the law and have the regulations published.
Bruce Frederick, a staff attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, argues in the lawsuit that the emissions rules were adopted by the state Environmental Improvement Board and should not be considered as pending because they haven't been published in the register.
The lawsuit accuses Martinez, Martin and State Records Administrator Sandra Jaramillo of "several unconstitutional and otherwise unlawful actions."
"We are trying to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that the new governor and her staff follow it," Frederick said in a statement.
Martinez's office argues it is following the law and that an executive order issued by the governor on her first day in office calling for a 90-day review of pending and proposed rules does not violate the legal requirement that the State Records Center publish the rules "in a timely manner."
"The governor's office is adhering to this requirement, while properly reviewing this regulation pursuant to the executive order," Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell told The Associated Press. "The executive order does not seek to avoid or cancel publication, nor does it seek to amend or repeal the rule."
He added that the temporary postponement in publication will have no effect on the rule's application or implementation given that its effective date is Jan. 1, 2013 or later.
The Supreme Court has yet to take action on the law center's complaint.
The emissions rules in question are essentially a backup measure to regulations approved and published last year that allow the state to participate in a regional cap-and-trade program. Both measures call for large polluters such as coal-fired power plants and refineries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions each year from baseline levels.
Critics, including Martinez, expect the regulations to have a devastating impact on New Mexico's economy. The governor has referred to the rules as a "cap and tax."
In approving the rules, some members of the Environmental Improvement Board argued that health and environmental costs would be higher in the future if New Mexico failed to take a proactive approach to reining in greenhouse gases.
Aside from the emissions rules, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center said in its complaint that the administration's action has prevented the codification and publication of a total of 32 final rules. Those include rules aimed at preventing groundwater contamination by the dairy industry and numerous provisions adopted by the real estate and construction industries divisions.
(Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Gov. Susana Martinez's administration defended itself Wednesday against allegations that it circumvented the law when it put the brakes on the publication of numerous pending and proposed rules in the state register, including new regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across New Mexico.
The New Mexico Environmental Law Center claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court that the administration disregarded the law when it moved to halt the codification and printing of the greenhouse gas regulations, which were approved in December by state regulators and filed with the state records administrator. Without publication, the rules cannot become effective.
The law center petitioned the court on behalf of New Energy Economy, a nonprofit group that pushed for the greenhouse gas emissions cap. The center is asking the court to force Martinez and F. David Martin, whom she nominated to head the state Environment Department, to follow the law and have the regulations published.
Bruce Frederick, a staff attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, argues in the lawsuit that the emissions rules were adopted by the state Environmental Improvement Board and should not be considered as pending because they haven't been published in the register.
The lawsuit accuses Martinez, Martin and State Records Administrator Sandra Jaramillo of "several unconstitutional and otherwise unlawful actions."
"We are trying to uphold the rule of law and to ensure that the new governor and her staff follow it," Frederick said in a statement.
Martinez's office argues it is following the law and that an executive order issued by the governor on her first day in office calling for a 90-day review of pending and proposed rules does not violate the legal requirement that the State Records Center publish the rules "in a timely manner."
"The governor's office is adhering to this requirement, while properly reviewing this regulation pursuant to the executive order," Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell told The Associated Press. "The executive order does not seek to avoid or cancel publication, nor does it seek to amend or repeal the rule."
He added that the temporary postponement in publication will have no effect on the rule's application or implementation given that its effective date is Jan. 1, 2013 or later.
The Supreme Court has yet to take action on the law center's complaint.
The emissions rules in question are essentially a backup measure to regulations approved and published last year that allow the state to participate in a regional cap-and-trade program. Both measures call for large polluters such as coal-fired power plants and refineries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions each year from baseline levels.
Critics, including Martinez, expect the regulations to have a devastating impact on New Mexico's economy. The governor has referred to the rules as a "cap and tax."
In approving the rules, some members of the Environmental Improvement Board argued that health and environmental costs would be higher in the future if New Mexico failed to take a proactive approach to reining in greenhouse gases.
Aside from the emissions rules, the New Mexico Environmental Law Center said in its complaint that the administration's action has prevented the codification and publication of a total of 32 final rules. Those include rules aimed at preventing groundwater contamination by the dairy industry and numerous provisions adopted by the real estate and construction industries divisions.
(Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
http://www.newmx.us/republican_susana_martinez_career_politician_tarnished_by_political_scandal.htm
SANTA FE, NM (By Alexander Burns, Politico) August 27, 2010 — The Democratic Governors Association is going on the air in New Mexico with an aggressive ad campaign branding Republican Susana Martinez as a career politician tarnished by “another political scandal.” The DGA ad opens with images of Martinez and a bipartisan rogues’ gallery that includes Tom DeLay, David Vitter, Eric Massa and Rod Blagojevich – as the narrator blames Martinez for spending “$350,000 dollars of taxpayer money … on special bonuses for insiders.” “Republican politician Susana Martinez was caught,” the ad announces. “Martinez, a local prosecutor, should have used the money to protect our borders. But newspapers caught her giving big bonuses to friends in her office – bonuses nearly three times higher than any other district.”
It’s a statewide buy clearly aimed at undermining the Dona Ana County DA’s reformist credentials. The Republican is locked in a close race with Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, whom Martinez has attacked for her involvement in the unpopular Bill Richardson administration.
It’s a statewide buy clearly aimed at undermining the Dona Ana County DA’s reformist credentials. The Republican is locked in a close race with Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, whom Martinez has attacked for her involvement in the unpopular Bill Richardson administration.
The DGA commercial closes with a line aimed squarely at Martinez’s credibility: “Republican politician Susana Martinez – can you believe her?”
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