Of life, it is said, the Lord giveth and taketh away.  The same is true of the New Mexico legislature when it comes to transparency.  Marjorie Childress of NM in Depth on how accountability for capital outlay allocations was reformed and how some other public expenditures somehow stayed secret -- from you and me. Capital outlay reform took 5 years, cutting a new loophole took about a week.  Childress reports, they're both NM law now.