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Cops: parking pass, scarf stolen from car in G-Lot While UNM staff member Nancyann Gettings’ car was parked in G-Lot on Nov. 27, an unknown suspect broke in and stole a UNM parking pass and a scarf. According to the UNMPD report, there were no witnesses or visible fingerprints at the time of the report.
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Car parked at Woodward Center has tires slashed UNM staff member Isabella Oms drove away from the east parking lot at Woodward Center on Nov. 15 and noticed her car was driving “weird.” According to the UNMPD report, Oms discovered both tires on the right side of the vehicle were cut and flat. There was no suspect information at the time of the report, and the case is considered to be closed pending further leads.
Laptop reported stolen from George Pearl Hall UNMPD was dispatched to George Pearl Hall on Nov. 6 in response to a theft in the drafting department. According to the police report, UNM student Samuel Escoto left his laptop locked in a desk at 3:15 p.m. that day, and when he returned for it at 4 p.m., he discovered the lock had been pried open and the laptop was stolen. According to the report, people can gain access to the drafting department with a key card, but there are no cameras in the area. The report states that theft has been an ongoing problem in the department, but that not all thefts are reported. Information about the laptop was entered into the National Crime Information Center database and the case in considered closed pending further leads.
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Attempted break-in reported in R-Lot Ivy Lewis reported to UNMPD on Oct. 26 that someone attempted to break into her car while it was parked in R-Lot. According to the police report, the driver’s side window was broken and the ignition appeared to have been tampered with. When police examined the car, they found what appeared to be several burglary tools the suspect had left in the car. Fingerprints were taken from the tools and sent to the state lab for further investigation. A canvass was conducted and no unusual activity was reported. There were no further leads at the time of the report.
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by Alexandra Swanberg news@dailylobo.com This week’s installment of the 2012 Election Voter Guide is the second of two installments of the candidates for the state House of Representatives for the Albuquerque area. This week includes districts 17, 18, 24 and 68.
UNMPD: pills robbed from maintenance shop UNM staff member Chris Duran reported to UNMPD on Oct. 17 that some of his prescription medications were removed from his lunch bag, which he left in the maintenance shop on the east side of Hokona Hall earlier that day. He noticed that the bag was open a couple of hours later and that 16 Diazepam and 20 Oxycodone pills were missing, according to the report. Duran told police that his prescriptions had been filled the day before so both bottles should have been full, according to the report. Duran said the shop remains locked and that only a few people have a key for the room, so he notified his supervisor. The case is pending further investigation.
by Alexandra Swanberg news@dailylobo.com This week’s installment of the 2012 Election Voter Guide is the first of two installmentscovering the state representative candidates for the Albuquerque area. This week includes districts 12, 13, 14 and 15. Incumbent Rep. Ernest Chavez (D-12) Democratic candidate for state House of Representatives, District 12 Chavez does not have a public Facebook page or campaign site. 1531 Severo Road S.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87105 (505) 877-5416 Chavez is currently serving on the following Legislative committees: • Economic and Rural Development • Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight • New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight • Indian Affairs • Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy • Transportation and Public Work • Taxation and Revenue Since he began serving in the Legislature in 2004, Chavez sponsored or co-sponsored 13 bills, two of which passed. The two bills that passed were introduced in 2005. One act changed the name of the State Park and Recreation Advisory Committee to the State Parks Advisory Board. The other act effectively increased the number of members serving on the parole board from nine to 15 members. Chavez’s responses to VoteSmart.org’s “Political Courage Test” are listed on his candidate profile on the website. Where spending is concerned, Chavez said he strongly supports increased spending on health care, transportation and infrastructure, and maintaining current spending on higher education. To balance the budget, he supports tapping into the New Mexico’s “rainy day fund.” According to FollowTheMoney.org, Chavez’s top campaign contributor is Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 412, which contributed $1,500, or 12.12 percent of his total contributions. His second highest contributor is Reynolds American Inc. at 8.49 percent, followed by New Mexico Education Association at 4.45 percent, Consumer Installment Loan Association of New Mexico at 4.04 percent and the Committee to Elect Joni M. Gutierrez at 4.04 percent. Clyde Wheeler Republican candidate for state House of Representatives, District 12 Wheeler does not have a public Facebook page or campaign site. 3209 Lazy Day Drive S.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87121 (505) 452-0175 Wheeler has no previous experience in the Legislature. According to VoteSmart.org, Wheeler ran for district 12 representative in 2008 and 2010. Between 2009 and 2010, he was the Ward 12 Chairman of the Bernalillo County Republican Party. VoteSmart.org also includes a statement regarding his reasons for running: “Since buying a house in District 12, I have become increasingly aware that issues of public safety are affecting the quality of life in District 12 as well as the rest of the state. As your representative, I will actively support legislation that improves public safety. This includes law enforcement, fire protection, emergency medical services, improved roads and personal protection.” Wheeler’s responses to VoteSmart.org’s “Political Courage Test” are listed on his candidate profile on the site. He supports slightly decreasing higher education and welfare spending, slightly increasing health care spending, greatly decreasing environmental spending and greatly increasing law enforcement/corrections spending and mental health and substance abuse programs. To balance the budget, Wheeler said he supports reducing or eliminating public worker collective bargaining and instituting mandatory furloughs and/or layoffs for state employees, according to his test responses. According to FollowTheMoney.org, Wheeler is his own top campaign contributor, accounting for $1,354, or 60.34 percent, of his total contributions. His second highest contributor is Kent and Jeannie Pfeifer of Los Lunas at 8.91 percent, followed by Robert Hajek of Albuquerque at 8.91 percent, Zia Federated Republican Woman at 5.79 percent and an anonymous contributor at 5.35 percent. Patricia Roybal-Caballero Democratic candidate for state House of Representatives, District 13 Roybal-Caballero does not have a public Facebook page. PatriciaForNM.com P.O. Box 72574, Albuquerque, NM, 87121 (505) 710-5996 Roybal-Caballero has no previous experience in the Legislature. Roybal-Caballero is currently the National Parliamentarian for the League of United Latin American Citizens, “the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy group in the United States,” according to her website. Some of the commitments she lists on her website include making environmentally safe investments to promote job creation, gearing educational opportunities for children that focus on technological advancement and protecting working families from paying higher taxes and from cuts to public schools and other public services. Roybal-Caballero lists her nine endorsements on her website, including from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees-Council 18 and the National Education Association-New Mexico. According to the campaign finance reports on the Secretary of State website, Roybal-Caballero’s top five contributors each account for $500, or 6.65 percent of her total contributions. These contributors are Grants attorney W. Martinez, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 412, Grants attorney Ken Martinez, NM RPAC and POWER. Jose Orozco Republican candidate for state House of Representatives, District 13 Orozco does not have a public Facebook page. JoseOrozcoNM.com 1205 Pearl St. S.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87121 (505) 235-0790 Orozco does not have previous experience in the Legislature. On his website, Orozco lists education, jobs and renewable energy as the issues he focuses on. For education, Orozco supports merit-based pay for teachers, and he states on his website, “Throwing money at the problem without knowing what the problem is not the solution. New buildings and new computers do not fix low graduation rates and underperforming schools.” He says he supports local businesses and would like to attract new industries and companies to New Mexico while growing current in-state industries and keeping them in New Mexico. To promote energy efficiency in residences and commercial buildings, he supports “greater accessibility to loans that are meant for renewable energy on new and existing construction,” according to his website. According to FollowTheMoney.org, Orozco is his own top contributor, accounting for $684, or 29.32 percent of his total contributions. His second highest contributor is an anonymous on eat 23.56 percent, followed by Santa Fe Federated Republican Women at 21.42 percent, KKC Investments LLC.at10.71 percent, and Montes Fine Cigars, Pipes and Tobaccos at 8.57 percent. Incumbent Rep. Miguel Garcia (D-14) Democratic candidate for state House of Representatives, District 14 Garcia doesn’t have a public Facebook page or campaign site. 1118 La Font Road S.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87105 (505) 877-8131 Garcia is currently serving on the following Legislative committees: • Land Grant • Public Safety Pension Subcommittee • Investments and Pensions Oversight • Legislative Health and Human Services • Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy • Labor and Human Resources • Energy and Natural Resources Since he began serving in the Legislature in 1997, Garcia has sponsored or co-sponsored 223 bills, 46 of which passed. In 2010, Garcia sponsored a bill urging Congress to enact immigration reform, which passed. The final wording said “current federal immigration laws are outdated and greatly restrict opportunities for workers and their families to immigrate legally,” and “the New Mexico Legislature, with broad support from law enforcement, faith, business, labor and community organizations, has passed laws intended to integrate immigrants into New Mexico communities.” The final wording specifies this reform would entail ensuring efficient border security, a path to citizenship for undocumented workers in the country and resources to help cities integrate new residents into their communities. This year, Garcia sponsored a bill to prevent wage theft, such as employers not paying employees minimum wage, which passed. As far as indicating efforts to do so, the most specific action listed in the final wording is that “it supports efforts by community, labor and faith organizations, the New Mexico attorney general, the workforce solutions departmentand the United States department of labor to eliminate the practice of wage theft in the state.” He also sponsored a bill in accordance with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, which passed. The final wording of the bill requests the New Mexico Office of Health Care Reform to report to and consult with the Legislature about the federal health insurance exchange required by the ACA. According to FollowTheMoney.org, Garcia’s top campaign contributor is Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 412, which accounts for $1,500, or 9.25 percent, of his total contributions. His second highest contributor is the New Mexico Federation of Teachers, which accounts for 9.25 percent, followed by Enterprise Products at 4.94 percent, New Mexico Education Association at 4.63 percent and Ironworkers Local 495 at 3.08 percent. Clara Pena Republican candidate for state House of Representatives, District 14 Pena does not have a public Facebook page or a campaign site. 710 Isleta Blvd. S.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87105 (505) 877-7484 Pena has no previous experience in the Legislature. In her candidate profile on the Albuquerque Journal’s website, she lists her political experience, which includes membership of the DWI Council, third vice-chairwoman of the Zia Federation of Republican Women, membership on the Bridge Boulevard Corridor Committee and being a co-founder of the South Valley Academy charter school through legislative assistance. The Journal asks in its profile whether she supports increased spending in accordance with the Affordable Care Act, to which Pena replied, “The big question is in the budget — where is the money going to come from?” When they asked if she supports raising taxes to support general government spending and public schools, Pena said she does not. According to FollowTheMoney.org, Pena’s top campaign contributor is the New Mexico Federation of Republican Women, which accounts for $950, or 61.94 percent, of her total contributions. Her second highest contributor is The Print Stop at 21.76 percent, followed by herself at 13.04 percent and Zia Federated Republican Women at 3.26 percent. Emily Kane Democratic candidate for state House of Representatives, District 15 Kane doesn’t have a public Facebook page. EmilyKane4NM.com 9817 Riverside Road N.W., Albuquerque, NM, 87114 (505) 710-7101 Kane has no previous experience in the Legislature. This past summer, Kane was involved in a controversy over an Albuquerque city charter prohibiting city employees from running for or holding political office, according to KRQE’s coverage of the dispute. According to her site, Kane has been a firefighter and paramedic in Albuquerque for the past 20 years, and is now a captain at the Albuquerque Fire Department. According to the article, published July 20 on the KRQE website, the charter is meant to prevent conflicts of interest, but District Judge Beatrice Brickhouse ruled that because Kane is not running for a city office position, there is not a conflict of interest, and so Kane was able to run without facing repercussions. Her site also lists her views on education, health care and resource conservation. On education, she states, “For New Mexico to become competitive in the job market, especially right here in our own state, we must roll up our sleeves and begin some serious work on our educations system’s organization, funding and style of delivery.” According to her website, this entails more early childhood education, schools within schools and smaller classroom sizes and partnering the private sector with public schools to foster science and math programs. To meet the current demand for health care services, Kane’s solution is to open more urgent care and routine care facilities. “While many people are concerned that insuring all New Mexicans will be costly and they will not be able to see their own physician, let us point out that currently uninsured New Mexicans are already receiving health care. Their care is often received through the emergency rooms at our hospitals,” she says on her website. In her online candidate profile on the Albuquerque Journal’s website, Kane said she supports increased spending in accordance with the Affordable Care Act. “Expanding Medicaid will be paid almost entirely by the federal government. Expansion will save New Mexico taxpayers money by reducing the number of uninsured people who use UNM’s emergency room for routine care.” The Journal asked if she supports increased taxes to support general government spending and public schools, to which she said, “I support a fair tax code and closing tax loopholes that favor out of state mega-corporations.” According to FollowTheMoney.org, Kane’s top campaign contributor is Fire Fighters, accounting for $7,300, or 11.83 percent, of her total contributions. Her second highest contributor is the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association at 8.10 percent, followed by Emily’s List at 3.73 percent, Bill O’Neil of Albuquerque at 3.43 percent and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at 3.24 percent. Christopher Saucedo Republican candidate for state House of Representatives, District 15 Facebook.com/SaucedoForNM SaucedoForNM.com 7227 Copper Grass Court N.E., Albuquerque, NM, 87113 (505) 828-0701 Saucedo doesn’t have previous experience in the Legislature. According to his “About Me” on his Facebook page, he is currently the Chairman of the Board for the National Hispanic Cultural Center. On Sept. 24, Saucedo posted on his Facebook page that the Association of Commerce and Industry had endorsed him as the pro-jobs candidate for district 15. According to the ACI website, ACI is “the statewide, legislative advocate of business interests,” that “serves as the state chamber of commerce and the NM representative of the National Association of Manufacturers.” On his website, Saucedo states his positions on issues such as jobs, taxes, ethical leadership, driver’s licenses for immigrants and conservative values. Coming from the standpoint of a small business owner, Saucedo states on his site that he wants to reduce unnecessary government interference in businesses and that “he’ll run state government like a business, and he will work to balance the budget by reducing spending, not by raising taxes.” Rather than raise taxes, he states his goal is to reduce wasteful spending. In his candidate profile on the Albuquerque Journal’s website, he’s asked whether he supports increased spending with regard to the Affordable Care Act, to which he said, “We must protect the least fortunate but examine all options to ensure we are spending taxpayer dollars in the wisest manner.” The Journal also asked him whether he supports raising taxes to support general government spending and public schools. Saucedo said he is opposed to all tax increases. According to FollowTheMoney.org, Saucedo’s top contributor is the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, which accounts for $5,000, or 7.88 percent, of his total contributions. His second highest contributor is Chavez Saucedo of Albuquerque at 6.8 percent, followed by Saucedo himself at 6.06 percent, Kevin Reid of Albuquerque and Kevin Yearout of Albuquerque at3.94 percent.
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Cop follows tagging trail but finds no suspects A UNMPD officer noticed the scent of spray paint around the College of Education and Simpson Hall at approximately 2:29 a.m. Sept. 23, but was unable to locate any subjects in the area. According to the police report, officers did find what appeared to be stylized letters in black and green spray paint on the wall of the handicapped ramp on the south side of the COE classrooms. The reporting officer went to the Cornell Parking Structure, a frequently vandalized area, and found “reasonably fresh” paint in two areas. Officers were unable to locate subjects in this area, and the reporting officer asked dispatch to leave a message with the physical plant department requesting that they remove the paint. No further information was available at the time of the report.