I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Former Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Administrator Toby Martinez was sentenced today to 67 months in prison.
Martinez was also ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution for being what KOB-TV described as the “ringleader” of a group that stole $4.2 million in taxpayer money by inflating and falsifying invoices during construction of the courthouse.
Martinez had previously pleaded guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy.
According to the Albuquerque Journal, Martinez told the court today that, in his former job, he often heard defendants blame others rather than take responsibility for their actions. He said “personal responsibility” was “always lacking.”
“I am here to take responsibility for my actions,” the Journal quoted Martinez as saying.
Earlier in the day, Martinez’s wife Sandra was sentenced to five years on probation and was ordered to pay $106,000 in restitution for knowing but failing to report what her husband was doing.
Eight have been convicted in the case, including former Senate President Pro Tem Manny Aragon, who was sentenced last month to 5.5 years in federal prison, fined $750,000 and ordered to pay $649,000 in restitution.
