Town of Edgewood Commissioner Patrick Milligan filed a complaint last month alleging that the town knowingly violated the state’s open records law, naming Commissioner Filandro Anaya as a defendant.
The complaint alleges that the Town of Edgewood and Anaya have “repeatedly failed to comply” with New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act, which allows the public access to most government records, in several different instances dating back to January 2025.
The complaint, first filed on Oct. 15, alleged that the first IPRA request was filed on Jan. 29. Milligan requested email records between Frank Coppler, Jerry Powers, Adrian Chavez and Filandro Anaya, and received no response, the complaint alleges. This happened again in February, according to the complaint.
The complaint alleges that the Town of Edgewood “failed to conduct a good-faith search of personal accounts or devices despite clear evidence that responsive records exist there.”
The defendants filed their answer on Nov. 14, denying that the Town of Edgewood violated IPRA. The answer alleges that Anaya is not the official records custodian for the Town of Edgewood.
Milligan declined to comment, and The Independent reached out for comment from Anaya, but did not get a response by deadline.
