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Officials interview candidate Mileta
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City officials met face-toface with who could be Roswell’s next city manager, Wednesday, during a daylong interview with one of the two remaining candidates. Pete Mileta, who currently works as a city manager in Raton, traveled to
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Roswell for an on-site interview. The day, spent meeting with department heads and traveling the city, concluded with a workshop involving local officials and members of the City Council. Councilors took tur ns asking Mileta questions as they prepare to decide who will manage Roswell’s about 500 employees fol-
While the event was a cordial and mostly laid back gathering, the reality that a new face in Roswell’s administration could result in a shake-up in City Hall was apparent.
lowing City Manager John Capps’ departure. “Roswell has been on the cusp of just exploding ... but it just seems like we’re staying right there,” said
Councilor Barry Foster, who asked Mileta to describe what he thinks is the city manager’s role in helping the city to grow. “For growth to occur you
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Character Counts! Honors the Badge Jon Hitchcock of Pioneer Bank congratulates Jacob Sanchez, of the Dexter Police Department, during an Honor the Badge ceremony, Wednesday evening.
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Roswell Police Department Detective Jeannie Madsen won Outstanding Police Officer of the Year
Wednesday night during the annual Chaves County Character Counts! Honor the Badge Ceremony. The event commemorates outstanding public servants in law enforce-
ment for building and upholding the public trust. “Detective Madsen has the highest level of integrity,” Judge Alvin Jones read aloud to the 40-
strong crowd gathered in the Chaves County Administrative Center. “She will always do the right thing, even if no one
have to be able to service any growth,” Mileta responded, adding that the infrastructure needs to be available. Businesses contemplating a move to a city look at the development of parks, educational institutions and available workforce, he noted. “It’s important that the
Signs point to GOP victory
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WASHINGTON (AP) — All signs point to huge Republican victories in two weeks, with the GOP now leading Democrats on virtually every measure in an Associated Press-GfK poll of people likely to vote in the first major elections of Barack Obama’s presidency. In the final survey before Election Day, likely voters say the GOP would do a better job than Democrats on handling the economy, creating jobs and running the government. Most also think the country’s headed in the wrong direction. More than half disapprove of Obama’s job performance. And even more don’t like the Democratic-controlled Congress.
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SANTA FE (AP) — Public schools, colleges and other government programs will have a reprieve from additional spending cuts for several months, but there’s a $260 million budget shortfall looming for New Mexico’s next governor and the Legislature to resolve in the upcoming fiscal year. Lawmakers received a new financial forecast on Wednesday that showed a drop in revenues in the current budget year, but not enough to immediately trigger another round of spending cuts before the Legislature meets in January. However, the state’s longer-term financial outlook remains bleak and New Mexico is nearly 5 percent, or $260 million, short of what’s needed to maintain the current level of services in programs and education in the next budg-
et year, which starts in July 2011 and runs through June 2012. The shortfall is mostly because federal economic stimulus money is drying up. New Mexico is using about $369 million of temporary federal aid to pay for education and health care this year. The politically thor ny task for lawmakers and the governor is to figure out a way to balance the budget next year without the federal assistance. Voters will select a new governor in the Nov. 2 general election, and members of the Legislative Finance Committee complained that the Republican and Democratic candidates have failed to offer a realistic recipe for solving the state’s budget woes in the coming
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a Democrat in Chaves County?” Teague asked the group of about 40 residents. “The only way that I can get there is with all of you helping me.” Speaking alongside Teague were other candidates seeking election to local of fice on Nov. 2, including Oscar Gonzalez, Magistrate Court Judge; Fred Moran, county assessor; and Eloy Ortega Jr., a Chaves County Commission hopeful. “It’s very exciting,” Teague said. As the days leading to the general election near, polling numbers showed Teague’s previous lead over
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Aaron C. Daugherty took the stand in his own defense, Wednesday, after 5th District Court Judge Ralph D. Shamas advised him of his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Daugherty, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Valerie A. York, 25, and Mark A. Koenig, 23, on June 13, 2009. His testimony followed the playing of his taped interview at Roswell Police Department, also on June 13, when it was revealed that two other people were inside the trailer at 1207 W. Hobbs St. at the time of the shooting. “I did not shoot Lindsay and the other guy that was there,” he said. “I knew what I did was wrong.”
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The tape further disclosed that Daugherty was driving along Sunset Avenue and saw the two police units. When he saw the police turn around, he pulled over. He confided to the police during the interview, “For some reason, I grabbed my gun. I tried to stop myself. I shot them both. ... I didn’t want this to happen. I didn’t want to leave my son without parents.” Detective Lisa Brackeen, who conducted the initial interview, admitted that Daugherty’s “emotions came out in the form of deep breaths.” Brackeen asked Daugherty during the interview if the gun were already loaded, and he responded, “I had to load it.” Defense attorney Harry Wilcox took his witness through his childhood as a son of a military man in
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Fort Sill, Okla., and his move to Roswell, where he met his best friend, John Hancock, at Sierra Middle School. Daugherty described his father as a hot-tempered man who had been unfaithful to his mother, and he said, “I didn’t want to be like him.” However, he said for this reason loyalty and fidelity were paramount. Daugherty discussed his time in the National Guard, where he qualified as an “expert” in weapons and served in Iraq as a gunner. Daugherty told of a failed relationship following his return from overseas, and his meeting with Valerie York, and when they decided to become a couple, “it was the best week of my life.” The birth of his son, Caiden, provided him
Teague meets with local Democrats at backyard rally
Rep. Harry Teague, DN.M., met with Roswell Democrats during an early vote rally in the backyard of a local resident’s home Wednesday night, charging his party’s base and encouraging a march to the polls. The freshman Washington lawmaker, who is in a tight battle for re-election against former Congressman Steve Pearce, was touring parts of the state in an effort drum up support for his campaign and fellow Democrats. “Isn’t it a great day to be
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his opponent had dropped. Recent polls put Pearce ahead by 1 to 4 percentage points, according to The Albuquerque Journal and The Hill. “I expect it to be a close contest,” Teague said. The event was held in the home of T im and Sonia Raftery. “We’re honored to have Harry Teague here tonight along with so many supporters,” Tim Raftery said. Following brief speeches by the candidates, a handful of the attendees said they were planning to head to the Roswell Mall to place their early votes.
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Rep. Harry Teague, D-N.M., greets supporters, Wednesday evening, during an informal visit to the home of Tim and Sonia Raftery.