A New Mexico judge has ruled that the City of Alamogordo and a former mayor violated state public records law by denying a citizen's request to inspect a Facebook page.
The Alamogordo Daily News reports that court records say Wendy Irby filed a request with Alamogordo to inspect a Facebook page established by then-Mayor Susie Galea. The city denied the request, saying Galea's Facebook page was not a public record because the mayor did not create it on behalf of the city.
But 12th Judicial District Judge Jerry H. Ritter Jr. said in his Thursday ruling that the critical question is whether the page contained a mix of public and private material.
The city attorney said after the ruling that he was working to turn over the Facebook page.
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