Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Top Stories Of 2015: #2 – Resignations Of Elected Officials
December 25, 2015 – Former Secretary of State Dianna Duran is currently serving a 30 day sentence for her use of campaign funds at casinos around the state. Also this year, state senator Phil Griego resigned during the legislative session as he faced an ethics investigation. Could these high profile political resignations lead to real change…
Read MoreThe Line: Controversial Political Appointment
November 20, 2015 – Idalia Lechuga-Tena was recently appointed to the seat for House District 21, which includes neighborhoods in southeast Albuquerque. But Lechuga-Tena, a Democrat, has publicly admitted that she voted before she became a U.S. citizen. She told the Albuquerque Journal that she didn’t know that she couldn’t vote when she was a legal permanent resident.…
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