John Cordova

US Attorney for New Mexico Damon Martinez told a group of community members Monday night that the community outreach portion of their process is coming to an end.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) will present a portion of a draft consent decree to the mayor this week to begin negotiations – possibly as early as Wednesday.  Martinez said that his team wants to reach an agreement with the City on the stipulations contained in the 45 page report in order to avoid filing a law suit regarding the conduct of Albuquerque Police Department. Martinez said, “The negotiations will go on as long as they are productive"…

New Mexico First was created in 1986 by Jeff Bingaman and Pete Domenici to provide New Mexicans with a public forum in which to discuss issues important to New Mexico.  This year the organization decided to honor the contributions of Jeff Bingaman at a First Forum lecture.  Fortunately Pete Domenici was available to attend and participate in the policy tribute held last Friday evening at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

The agenda placed the two former New Mexico senior senators on the stage together across from one another.  They sat at a small table with ABC reporter Sam Donaldson moderating and posing questions to them which were selected by the NM First board of directors.  The topic areas chosen were education, the economy, energy and Congressional gridlock…