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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — An Albuquerque attorney says New Mexico Attorney General Gary King has received campaign contributions of nearly $55,000 from for mer Gov. Bill Richardson, creating a conflict of interest that should disqualify King from pursuing a pay-to-play corruption case involving the Democrat’s administration.
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Victor Marshall in documents filed in state district
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court in Santa Fe said that “King was a major beneficiary of the Richardson fundraising machine which lies at the center of this litigation.” Spokesman Phil Sisneros told the Albuquerque Journal claims against King, a Democrat, are baseless. “We are confident the court will agree with us that there is no conflict in this case,” Sisneros said. King’s office and an East
Coast law firm are representing the New Mexico State Investment Council in a lawsuit that involves allegations that politically tainted investments generated millions of dollars for Richardson supporters, donors and fundraisers.
The Investment Council, a state agency that was once under the governor’s control, oversees investments of state endowment funds valued at $15 billion.
Marshall represents a whistle-blower, Frank Foy, in a similar case filed on behalf of New Mexico taxpayers. Marshall’s recent filing, reported by the Albuquerque Journal, is the latest action questioning King’s ability to pursue cases involving members of his own political party. Earlier this year, a judge ruled King could not pursue a fraud case involving
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The Push America Journey of Hope bicycle team pedals towards Tobosa Developmental Services to pay a visit Thursday afternoon on day 30 of their cross-country journey from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.
Push America pays yearly Tobosa visit EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
After biking 95 miles from Carrizozo in the triple digit heat, a team of
JOHN MACKEY DIES BALTIMORE (AP) — John Mackey revolutionized the tight end position, his incomparable ability to catch passes off the line of scrimmage helping to usher the NFL into the pass-happy modern era. After his retirement, Mackey remained on the forefront of change in professional football. He pushed for better health care and championed the cause of former players, even as he battled the dementia ... - PAGE B1
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Panel approves nightclub
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A joint city and county commission recently approved a request for a special use permit to allow for a nightclub on West Second Street after it was previously rejected in a different location.
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former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, also a Democrat. King also has been accused of dithering on the state investment case and another involving the Educational Retirement Board. Marshall’s recent filing also mentions that case, saying King has a conflict because for mer board chairman Bruce Malott —
cyclists pedaling to promote awareness for people with disabilities were welcomed in Roswell by the loud cheers and smiling faces of the Tobosa Devel-
opmental Services staff and clients.
Tobosa, a local company that offers support and services for individual and families affected by devel-
opmental disabilities, wildly applauded the 28 cyclists and seven crew members who visit Tobosa
The Roswell-Chaves County Extraterritorial Zoning Commission during a public hearing Wednesday evening voted unanimously to allow for the nightclub to be situated at 4709 W. Second St., near Happy Jacks Trading Post and Cactus Cave Gift Shop, an area already zoned as industrial.
The club was originally proposed to be located at 4202 W. McGaf fey St. between the old and new relief routes in a residential district, but that proposal was met with backlash from residents in the neighborhood who had noise, light and traffic concerns, and the ETZ Commission
Not all exposed to Biggest Loser Ali Vincent speaks mold develop disease at Healthy Woman Anniversary JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Part 3 of 3 Skepticism over the realness of mold-illness, also known as systematic inflammatory response syndrome and suspected exposure to mold, or chronic inflammatory response syndrome, has permeated Roswell since the Paige Taylor case of 2008. Roswell parent and Goddard High School alum Gloria Moreno provided her take on the issue back in the spring. “I think it’s a bunch of bull. I don’t believe it,” she said in March. However, the stories of Emily Gill, Gloria Moreno, and Paul Morris shed light on how an individual can and cannot be predisposed
to mold-illness. Paul Morris lived in Albuquerque before moving to Roswell. As a full-time construction worker, he was exposed to mold and other debris on his worksite that made him sick. When Morris moved to Roswell, the sickness returned after his children attended Military Heights and Sierra Middle schools. Morris and his doctors suspect that his mold-illness symptoms were triggered by fine particles that may have been on clothing of his children, Emily, Henry and Zachary. Soon, his own children began to exhibit symptoms as well, including chronic fatigue, which Dr. Scott McMahon, local mold doc-
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Ali Vincent, season five winner of the weight-loss driven reality show, The Biggest Loser, shared words of encouragement at the seventh annual Healthy Woman Anniversary Event at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center, Thursday. The event coincided with the announcement of Roswell’s own weight-loss winners; the woman who lost the most weight during Roswell’s Lose It to Win It competition. The top winner of the Lose It to Win It weightloss competition was Lennie Hernandez. She
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The Biggest Loser season five winner Ali Vincent was keynote speaker at the annual Healthy Woman AnniverSee VINCENT, Page A7 sary Event, Thursday.
Obama calls meeting with leaders ‘very constructive’ See MOLD, Page A7
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline approaching, President Barack Obama said he and congressional leaders worked through a “very constructive” debtcrisis session Thursday with congressional leaders but the parties were still far apart on deficit reduction proposals. He said he would reconvene the negotiators on Sunday.
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President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, to discuss the debt.
Thursday’s meeting came amid signals that the White House was willing to reduce costs for major benefit programs including Social Security and Medicare, while Republicans indicated they might consider new steps to gen-
erate government revenue. “People were frank,” Obama said, just moments after adjourning the oneand-a-half hour meeting with the eight lawmakers who make up the bipartisan leadership of Congress. Obama acknowledged that the ultimate agreement will not satisfy partisans on both sides, but he said the deal would require both Republican and Democratic votes to pass Congress. “Everyone acknowledged that pain will be involved politically on all sides,” he said. Obama met with the leaders of both parties
around a table in the White House Cabinet Room as they struggled to reach a deal on raising the government’s debt limit with less than four weeks remaining before a possible first-ever default on U.S. financial obligations. The Obama administration says the government needs to raise the current $14.3 trillion debt limit by Aug. 2. Obama said every congressional leader in the White House meeting Thursday agreed an agreement needed to be reached before Aug. 2. Returning to the Capitol See OBAMA, Page A7