By Daniel Libit
A group of First Amendment and press advocacy organizations from around the country filed an amici brief Friday in support of my public records lawsuits against the University of New Mexico and its “ad hoc dummy corporations,” accusing the university of operating a nondisclosure “shell game” with the UNM Foundation and Lobo Club.
Continue reading “First Amendment Groups Denounce UNM’s ‘Shell Game’”
By Daniel Libit
After prevailing in the district and appellate courts, my public records lawsuit against the University of New Mexico Foundation and Lobo Club has matriculated to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Continue reading “‘The Dispute Here Is Not Merely Academic’: Libit v. UNM Foundation Goes to N.M. Supreme Court”
By Daniel Libit
An Office of Equal Opportunity complaint was filed against University of New Mexico Deputy Athletic Director David Williams, NMFishbowl.com has learned. Continue reading “David Williams Subject of OEO Complaint”
By Daniel Libit
Last week, the University of New Mexico finally turned over documents responsive to a series of public records requests I made in November 2018. UNM did so as part of a settlement agreement we reached in January, after the school denied my initial requests based on a specious claim of “reasonable particularity” —  basically, that I was not clear enough in specifying the particular documents I was seeking. Continue reading “The Docs UNM Spent Over $45K to Hide”
By Daniel Libit
Through a public records request, I’ve obtained the University of New Mexico’s separation agreement with former head football coach Bob Davie. Continue reading “Here’s Davie’s Termination Agreement”
By Daniel Libit
In early 2017, Kent Walz, the Albuquerque Journal’s long-time editor-in-chief, retired to the role of senior editor.
From this fallback perch, Walz took up the essential task of penning single-sourced puff pieces about New Mexico’s elite — the sorts of people (officeholders, CEOs) who newspapers are supposed to hold accountable — for a semi-regular feature called “Face-to-Face.”
The stories, which are accompanied by a big portrait photo of the subject, get prominent play above-the-fold on the Journal’s front page.
In the journalism biz, these kinds of ingratiating profiles are often known as “beat sweeteners,” with the assumption that they will produce reporting dividends down the road. Continue reading “The ABQ Journal Sweetens its Lobo Beat”
By Daniel Libit
The University of New Mexico Foundation is once again facing legal action for allegedly violating the state’s public disclosure laws, after it denied a local attorney records related to the scandalous 2015 Lobo booster golf trip to Scotland. Continue reading “UNMF Gets Sued Again For Lobo Records”
By Daniel Libit
Hasta la vista, take two. Continue reading “My UNM Graduation: The Intercollegiate”
By Daniel Libit
Since taking the job one year ago, University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes has routinely professed her commitment to lead the school into a new era of openness and honesty. (You can Google, “Stokes + UNM + transparency,” for a representative sample of those professions). But given her failed attempt late last year to persuade UNM’s accreditor not to call further attention to an ongoing state investigation into the school and its athletics department, it seems those praiseworthy days may still be a ways off. Continue reading “Was UNM BSing Accreditor on AG Probe?”
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