Category: New Mexico

NM: Reform Bills in the Hopper

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 5, 2009
Categories In New Mexico

New Mexico is considering a number of reforms related to transparency, ethics, and campaign finance.

Bill Richardson and Vanderbilt Financial

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 30, 2009
Categories In New Mexico

Here’s a report on the developing controversy surrrounding Bill Richardson and pay to play allegations in New Mexico. “Because [Moving America Forward Foundation] is shrouded in secrecy, no one knows whether Moving America Forward Foundation was used as a conduit by people who wanted to buy business from the state of New Mexico,” Victor Marshall, Foy’s attorney, […]

CDR Financial, UBS, and Gov. Richardson

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 14, 2009
Categories In New Mexico

All of the above and MSRB Rule G-37 make an appearance in this story from Bloomberg. The federal investigation focuses on CDR Financial Products Inc., a financial adviser that donated $75,000 to that Richardson committee and $25,000 to another and earned $1.5 million assisting bond deals. Richardson cited the investigation when he withdrew his nomination […]