Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham “partially” vetoed a bill on Thursday aiming to bring sweeping reform to the Department of Game and Fish – the state’s premier wildlife conservation agency.
At issue for the governor is a piece of language that would bar her – or any future New Mexico governors – from promptly removing members of the State Game Commission without intervention from the State Ethics Commission and, possibly, the Supreme Court.
In a letter addressed to the Senate, the governor says this change “unnecessarily complicates and lengthens the removal process,” by making it confusing and costly…