NCAA tourney: UConn, Kentucky set to face off in unlikely title game
Locally owned and independent
Monday, April 7, 2014
Sports, B-1
www.santafenewmexican.com 75¢
Speed SUVs remain off roads as contract negotiations continue
Tech review: Amazon TV has limits
New vendor has yet to be named; City Council needs to OK selection
Researchers say a new product from Pfizer can help prevent advanced breast cancer from worsening. PAge A-2
By Chris Quintana
The New Mexican
Motorists don’t have to worry about photo-enforcement vehicles issuing speeding tickets in Santa Fe for at least another month.
Robert Rodarte, city purchasing manager, initially had said a committee in charge of choosing a new vendor for the program would present its selection at a city Finance Committee meeting in late March. But Rodarte now says the selected vendor will be announced at the committee’s April 21 meeting. The selection will require approval by the full City Council, which means the city will be without out the unmanned, radarequipped SUVs for at least another month.
The company’s new Fire TV doesn’t solve the problems consumers face when trying to choose video to watch. TeCH, A-8
Breast cancer drug shows results
City officials let a contract with RedFlex Traffic Systems, which had provided and operated the vehicles, lapse in January. At the time, city officials said negotiations would take about a month. However, the city then issued a request for proposals and bids. The lapse came at the same time that a former RedFlex official alleged that the company bribed government officials in more than a dozen states, including
Searchers race to investigate signals It is not known whether sounds picked up by underwater equipment came from the missing Malaysian jet. PAge A-3
Activist gains support in questioning police
Please see SUVs, Page A-4
CHABAD BREAKS GROUND ON CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE
C
hills. Video of Boyd’s all him a rebel death galvanized the with a cause. public, just as televiFor 23 years, sion did 60 years ago Andres Valdez has when Sen. Joseph been a relentless but McCarthy said he often lonely voice had clear evidence in questioning, chalof communists in lenging and even the U.S. government. condemning the conMilan Many were predisduct of Albuquerque Simonich posed to believe police officers. Ringside Seat McCarthy until they Why, Valdez asked, watched him on telewere police shootings vision, browbeating occurring so often? helpless, harmless people. The What gaps in training caused tide turned after that. verbal clashes to escalate to Similarly, the natural sympaviolence, and why weren’t maythies of most people lie with ors and city councilors impospolice officers who have a difing their political will to close ficult and demanding job, not them? How come every police troublesome homeless men. shooting ended with a grand But the video of Boyd’s death jury declining to indict, even is so shocking that Valdez now when an officer’s bullets had finds people agreeing with him lodged in somebody’s back? that peace officers are in short Now, at once, public attention supply, and police officers seem on Albuquerque police officers eager to escalate confrontaand the politicians who oversee tions. them has never been higher. After jawing with police, Boyd, Valdez says it’s too bad that the 38, slipped on his backpack, heightened awareness comes at gathered his thermos and took the expense of a man’s life. a first step toward what might Police shot and killed a have been peaceful surrender. homeless camper, James Boyd, on March 16 in the Sandia footPlease see RINgSIDe, Page A-4
The Santa Fe Chabad held a ground-breaking ceremony Sunday at the site of the future Center for Jewish Life building at Galisteo Street and West San Mateo Road. The Chabad, which is led by Rabbi Berel Levertov, and his wife, Devorah Leah Levertov, has been serving the Santa Fe community since the 1990s, fufilling the mitzvah, or commandment, of helping those in need. The new center will better enable Chabad to offer community outreach and provide a space for public talks, education, social events and spiritual gatherings. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
Ski Santa Fe wraps up season with fresh snow
Afghan election hailed as a success
By Chris Quintana The New Mexican
By Kim Gamel
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans and the international community hailed its presidential election as a triumph of democracy over violence Sunday, despite complaints about ballot shortages and sporadic fraud after millions of people braved a Taliban threat to vote for a new president. But some cautioned against declaring a premature defeat of the Islamic militants. Securing the vote was a test for Afghan government forces as they prepare to take full responsibility for their own security as the U.S. and allied forces end their combat mission at the end of this year. The consensus was that they largely passed, though there was sporadic violence. A roadside bomb hit a pickup transporting ballot boxes Sunday in the northern province of Kunduz, killing three people, officials said. But the major attacks that had been feared did not materialize. “This in itself is a victory over violence and a victory over all those who wanted to deter democracy by threats and violence,” said Thijs Berman, the head of the European Union’s election assessment team in Kabul.
Please see eLeCTION, Page A-4
Index
Calendar A-2
Classifieds B-5
Snowboarders ride up the quad life at Ski Santa Fe on Sunday. Sunday marked the ski area’s last day this season. CHRIS QUINTANA/THE NEW MEXICAN
It hardly seemed like the end of the ski season at Ski Santa Fe on Sunday, what with the slushy roads, cloud cover and nippy temperatures, but skiers and snowboarders rejoiced regardless thanks to the fresh snow. In the past week, the ski
area received a half-foot of fresh snow, and a few of those inches came Saturday night, which made for great conditions Sunday morning. Skier John Addison said the cooler weather put a damper on some of the traditional year-end festivities at the ski area — such as folks donning swimsuits for runs down the mountain, but he was still
More deportations follow minor crimes, data shows By Ginger Thompson and Sarah Cohen The New York Times
With the Obama administration deporting immigrants who have entered the country illegally at a record pace, President Barack Obama has said the government is going after “criminals, gangbangers, people who are hurting the community, not after students, not after folks who are here just because they’re trying to figure out how to feed their families.” But a New York Times analysis of internal government records shows that since Obama took office, two-thirds of the nearly 2 million deportation cases involve people who had committed minor infractions, including traffic violations, or had no criminal record at all. Twenty percent — or about
Comics B-12
Main office: 983-3303 Late paper: 986-3010 News tips: 983-3035
Crosswords B-6, B-11
Life & Science A-9
INSIDe u California sees decrease in immigration holds under new state law. PAge A-10
394,000 — of the cases involved people convicted of serious crimes, including drugrelated offense, the records show. Obama came to office promising comprehensive immigration reform, but lacking sufficient support, the administration took steps it portrayed as narrowing the focus of enforcement efforts on serious criminals. Yet the records show that the enforcement net actually grew, picking up more and more immigrants with minor or no criminal records.
Please see DePORTATION, Page A-4
El Nuevo A-7
Opinions A-11
Sports B-1
Tech A-8
making the most of it. “It always great to be up here,” Addison said, “It’s nice to have real snow even though it’s a little colder.” The cold didn’t stop Addison’s 9-year-old daughter, Sophie, and her friend Camille Kruger, 10, from dressing up. Both girls affixed pompoms to
Please see SKI, Page A-4
Our view: Waste less A 14-year-old shows that rooting out waste is hardly easy, but with more thought about what we use, all of us can tread more lightly on the planet. OPINIONS, A-11
Pasapick www.pasatiempomagazine.com
April Author Series Science-fiction author Connie Willis reads from and answers questions about Blackout/ All Clear, 7 p.m., Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Ave., 466-5528.
Time Out B-11
BREAKING NEWS AT WWW.SANTAFENEWMEXICAN.COM
Today Partly sunny. High 60, low 34. PAge A-12
Obituaries Johnny B. Anaya, April 3 Dolorine HonnellJorgensen, 66, Placitas, April 2 PAge A-10
Two sections, 24 pages 165th year, No. 97 Publication No. 596-440