Stateline New Mexico; 308; Patricia Madrid, NM Attorney General

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>> Nava: FROM SAME-SEXCOULD PULL THEIR WAY TO THE ATTORNEY ATTORNEY GENERAL, TAKES ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WELCOME TO Stateline NEW THERE IS RARELY A TIME WHEN RECENTLY, SHE <C>>> MARRIAGE LICENSES TO SAME-SEX RESIGNATION LETTERS FOR <C>>> MS. MADRID<:>RID, TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS

THE NUMBER TO CALL IS TAKING CALLS MOMENTARILY. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US >> GREAT TO BE HERE. >> YOU HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE. >> I HAVE BEEN A VERY AKTY VIS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND I I STATE. THE STATE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A FIVE-AND-A-HALF YEARS, I HAVE TO THIS STATE. PARTLY FROM TOBACCO LITIGATION, LITIGATION AGAINST PRESENTED RECENTLY, I DID SETTLE WITH A TRIBE FOR REVENUE SHARING FOR I COLLECTED FROM THE GAMING

SO, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR MY STATE. WE DECEMBER PROPERTILY NEED ROADS, FOR A LOT OF THINGS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS. >> Nava: HAVE YOU TAKEN A NEEDS SUCH AS HUNGER, WOMEN'S ISSUES, HEALTH, SAFETY, EDUCATION. >> MADRID: JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF SETTLEMENT IS COMING IN OPEN ON TOBACCO LITIGATION THAT MONEY WENT GOVERNOR DECIDES WHAT TO DO LAWSUIT LIKE I DID ONE AGAINST 9 WEST AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS. THEN ANOTHER ANTITRUST LAWSUIT I DECIDED THAT WE DO HAVE A

KINDS OF PROPOSALS TO ME. FOR CHARITIES THAT DISTRIBUTED JUST DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF SETTLEMENT. LAWSUIT AGAINST RECORDING ON WHAT COMES IN. >> Nava: WE HAVE KARL, WHO IS CALLING IN FROM ALBUQUERQUE PROHIBIT GAY MARRIAGE. >> KARL: THERE SEEMS TO BE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN YOURSELF INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW. ANY MEDIA ACCOUNTS, WHAT IS THE LAW ACTUALLY REGARDING MARRIAGE. >> MADRID: WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC LAW THAT ADDRESSES IT

STATUTES THAT TALK ABOUT HUSBAND'S AND WIVES AND THEY ALL REFER TO MEN AND WOMEN. THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND IT IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE ORGANIZED WAY. SLOWED IT DOWN. INTERPRET. CERTAINLY THAT IS ENOUGH TO COURT. TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. >> Nava: OKAY. YOU HAVE FOUR OR FIVE KEY

INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO HELP MEXICANS HELP THEMSELVES, ALSO IDENTITY THEFT. WHY HAVE YOU PICKED THESE FIVE >> MADRID: I PROBABLY HAVE THE ONLY CONSUMER DIVISION IN THE STATE AND I MY OFFICE TAKES ABOUT MAYBE ABOUT 88,000 CALL AS YEAR FROM CONSUMER THAT SHOWS YOU KIND OF PRESENTED TOREY SOCIETY WE LIVE IN, NOT OVER THE COUNTY. THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE I TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING FOR DID A LITTLE PROGRAM IN NEW THIS IS A TEST FOR REALTIME

IT IS A VILLAGE TIME AND LEGISLATORS DO THEM, PUBLIC LAW. YOU MAY BE AGAINST THAT

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER I AM THE THIS IS A TEST FOR REALTIME.

TIMES. THAT TAKES MONEY. OVERWHELMED, THEY HAVE OFFENSES THAT DEFENDANT HAD PROSECUTIONS AS WELL. EVERY LEVEL HAVE TO BE >> Nava: YOU HAVE TO WORK ON QUESTION ABOUT CORPORATE SCANDALS. >> BILL: WONDERING IF THE WHETHER OR NOT SHE HAS JURISDICTION TO HELP THESE TRUSTS THAT WERE SET UP UNDER ELDERLY PEOPLE, BENEFICIARYIES UNDER THE TRUST INJURED BY THESE WORLD COM TYPE SCANDALS

WHERE BANKERS MISLED INVESTORS WHILE UNLOADED THEIR STOCK ON THE UNSUSPECTS PUBLIC INCLUDING BENEFICIARYIES AND >> MADRID: DO I HAVE JURISDICTION BUT I DON'T BUT, I DO REPRESENT OUR STATE FUNDS. AND INDEED I HAVE RECENTLY PRESENTLY IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST ENRON, BUT THEY ARE DIFFICULT DIVVY UP WHATEVER IS LEFT SO, ENRON, I THINK WE LOST, PERMANENT FUND, LOST SOMETHING GOING AFTER THEM.

>> Nava: CHARLES IN RIO RANCHO MACHINES. >> CHARLES: WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW WAS LOS ALAMOS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO NOT SO-CALLED TOUCH SCREEN THAT TRAIL AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF AND I WANTED TO KNOW YOUR >> MADRID: I CAN'T REALLY SAY BECAUSE I AM HER LAWYER AND IT HASN'T COME TO MY OFFICE YET BUT I AM TOO AM SCEPTICAL ABOUT THE MACHINES IN WHICH AND CAST THEIR VOTE. TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL

CONFIDENT THAT THEIR VOTE WILL MY OFFICE. UNTIL I DECIDE WAD WE'LL >> Nava: VERY COMPLICATED ISSUES YOU FACE. WHO YOU ARRAIGNED RECENTLY. HEALTH. >> MADRID: I HAVE ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION AND WE GUTS CASE. FROM TEXAS WHO WAS COMING INTO ANIMAL RENDERINGS INTO THE ARROYOS AND WE PROSECUTED HIM TO STOP FOR ONE THING, MOST IMPORTANTLY.

DUMPING ILLEGAL CHEMICALS IN THEM AND WHEREVER WE CAN, WE VIOLATIONS BUT I NEED MORE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS. OF THE WESTERN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S NATIONALLY AND I ATTORNEY GENERAL AS STEWARD IT IS ATTORNEYS GENERAL THAT PROTECT THAT, WATER, CLEAN AIR, FROM POLLUTION, ENDANGERED SPECIES. TIME FIGHTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR DUMPING NUCLEAR WASTE IN THIS STATE. VIGILANT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE CLEAN AIR, WATER AND A LOT OF

WILL NOT USE IT AS A DUMPING GROUND. >> Nava: SPEAKING OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION GROUP, WHAT CHANCES ARE THERE OF MAINTAINING FUNDING, BEEN CUT BY THE FED GOVERNMENT AND BY >> MADRID. I WOULD LIKE TO ENFORCE THAT. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. FUNDING. LETTER ALSO TO THE DOE. AND SO, I THINK WORKING IF THE FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNOR OF OUR STATE TO SET

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH DOE, YEARS I HAVE, I JUST JUST -- THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS >> Nava: WE'RE ABOUT RUNNING >> MADRID: I HAVE SO MANY IN EVERY DIVISION BUT I WOULD GET MORE MONEY TO THE STATE. ENVIRONMENTALLY, WE ALWAYS ONGOING. ENRICHMENT PLANT GOING IN STATE AND MAKE SURE IF THAT IS OVER SIGHT THAT TAILINGS WILL NOT BE LEFT. ENVIRONMENTALLY, THOSE

>> Nava: THANK YOU VERY MUCH >> Nava: THAT CONCLUDES THIS SCHEDULES IN THE FALL AND FOR YOUR PHONE CALLS. AND TO KENW IN PORTALES GOODNIGHT.