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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Famous for zipping around New Mexico’s open roadways at high speeds, Governor Richardson was at it again this month. Albuquerque police spokesman John Walsh says an officer spotted a sport utility vehicle speeding southbound on Interstate 25 the morning of June 2nd. In an audio tape, the officer is heard describing the vehicle and trying to signal it to pull over. The vehicle exited the interstate and stopped at a traffic light. That’s when the officer approached it and determined it was the governor. The state Department of Public Safety says it was a simple misunderstanding. The...

Gov. Bill Richardson is at the center of another speeding controversy. According to a report Monday by KRQE’s Larry Barker, a state police driver for the governo r refused to stop June 2 for an Albuquerque police officer who noticed the governor’s white Cadillac sport-utility vehicle “speeding and driving erratically” on an interstat e frontage road in Albuquerque. Barker’s report showed footage of the chase and a recording of the Albuquerque police officer. The report didn’t say how fast the governor& #8217;s driver was going. A spokesman for Richardson referred questions about the incident to the state Public Safety Department,...