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THE NEW MEXICAN Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Man seeks assistance Council candidate faces ethics complaint to get hot water again By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican
The New Mexican
Santa Fe City Council candidate Joseph Maestas failed to report more than $600 in campaign expenses, prompting another complaint against a candidate by an election opponent under the city’s relatively new public campaign finance code. Maestas said Tuesday he thought he was in compliance with the code when he filed his campaign statements with the City Clerk’s Office. “There has been no willful intent to circumvent the rules or disguise or hide any expenditures,” said the former Española mayor, who is seeking election in the Santa Fe City Council’s southeastside District 2. Maestas said he didn’t
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inn, who is 68 and living on a limited income, hasn’t had hot water since November. He is asking for $678.95 to get his hot water turned on again. This local resident is just one Donations of many community members u Anonymous (10), $3,280 asking for help from The New u Patricia Assimakis, $100 Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund. u Florence H. Ault, $200 u Anne E. Beckett, $250 uuu u Judith P. Beery, $100 The Empty Stocking Fund is u Timothy P. Cannon, $100 a project of The Santa Fe New u Tom and June Catron, $250 Mexican. The Santa Fe Comu Joe and Ronnie Cohen, $50 munity Foundation, The First u Quarrier and Philip Cook, National Bank of Santa Fe, The Salvation Army and Presbyterian $1,000 u Stephan and Claire Dobyns, Medical Services donate ser$250 vices to jointly administer the u Carlos and Barbara Duno, $100 Empty Stocking Fund. Watch for daily stories featur- u Gussie Fauntleroy, $25 ing requests from local residents u Roberts and Jennifer French, in The Santa Fe New Mexican. $100 The names of the applicants u Barbara and Bob Gallatin, $200 have been changed in the stou Victor and Nellie Garcia, $50 ries to protect their privacy. The u Sarah and Dick Haber, $50 information from the initial appli- u Allen Hartford, $50 cation will be verified if the appliu M.E. Konzen and Pamela cant is selected for assistance. Hyde, $100 By Chris Quintana The New Mexican u Robert and Beverly Jones, $100 To donate u Dayton Lummis, $100 Make your tax-deductible Police say a drunken driver donation online at www.santafe- u Beverly and Mike Morris, $300 in an SUV rear-ended a sedan u Riette L. Mugleston, $100 newmexican.com/empty_stockcarrying two children and u Tony and Elizabeth Musgrave, ing or you may mail a check to: a woman at about 3:20 p.m. in memory of Elizabeth MusThe New Mexican’s Empty grave Olson, $200 Monday at Calle Atajo and Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Fe Airport Road — and then fled Community Foundation, P.O. Box u Margaret K. Norton, $50 1827, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1827. u Janet and Carlos Ortiz, in the scene. memory of all deceased New If you can provide a needed Santa Fe Police DepartMexico military veterans, $500 service such as roofing, car ment spokeswoman Celina repairs or home repairs, contact u Janet Ortiz, in memory of Westervelt said Tuesday that Roberta at Presbyterian Medical Joseph L. Becker, $175 a witness followed the driver, Services, 983-8968. u Beau and Pearl Pinkerton, $250 which led to the arrest of If you can contribute food, u Michele Plourde, $100 38-year-old Anthony Jimenez. clothing, toys, housewares or u Steve Joseph and Beth Preble, Officers said the woman furniture in good condition, or in honor of Viola Fisher, $100 driving the sedan had a spinal other items or services, please u Fred and Barbara Raznick, $100 condition that was aggravated contact The Salvation Army, u George Schwimmer, Ph.D, $20 988-8054. by the crash and that a 6-yearu Jack and Peggy Seigel, $150 old passenger received a bump u Roger Sims, $500 To apply on the head. Complete your application for u Marian Vandersys, in honor of Westervelt said the two vicassistance online at www.santa- Floyd Lujan, $50 tims were recovering Tuesday u Ronnie, Joyce, Wesley and fenewmexican.com/empty_ evening, and that the second Bradley Vaughan, $100 stocking. child passenger wasn’t seriu David and Elizabeth Vlaming, Applicants who do not have ously injured. Officers wrote $100 access to a computer can comthat the sedan sustained “disu Birgitte Ginge and Madeline plete an application online at abling damage to its left rear” several public libraries and busi- Williamson, in memory of and had to be towed from the Joseph L. Becker, $50 nesses free of charge: scene. Santa Fe Public Library: u Leah Popp and Barak Wolff, u Main Library, 145 Washing- $200 Officers stopped Jimenez on ton Ave. u Beverly and John Young, $100 Governor Miles Road, blocks u La Farge Branch Library, u Nolan and Patricia Zisman, $50 from the crash site. The arrest1730 Llano St. Cumulative total: $48,640 ing officer wrote that Jimenez u Southside Branch Library. 6599 Jaguar Drive New Mexico Work Force Connection: 301 W. DeVargas St. Hopewell Center: 1800 Espinacitas St. Presbyterian Medical SerEvaluate the Water vices: 1409 2nd St. Quality Before You All applications must be received by 5 p.m. Friday to be Buy the Property! considered by the Empty StockF I L T E R S Y S T E M S Well Water Lab Analysis ing Fund Committee. The Empty Stocking Fund will consider www.goodwatercompany.com & Expert Test Result Interpretation every applicant who meets the 933 Baca St 471-9036 Serving Santa Fe for 25 Years eligibility criteria, without regard to race, creed, place or country of origin, age, disability, ethnicity, color, gender identity, marital status or sexual orientation. INC. Applicants must provide a social security number or their request will not be funded.
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report expenses for a $139.62 robocall to potential voters and $462.24 in banners and placards because the Joseph invoices were Maestas billed to his campaign manager, who hasn’t yet charged Maestas or his campaign. The placards and one of the banners were purchased in July, and another banner and the robocall were purchased in September, he said. “In retrospect, I should have included each expense in our seed money expenditure report regardless of the billing circumstances,” he said. “This is a lesson learned, and I take full responsibility.” Council candidates are
allowed to collect — and spend — up to $1,500 in so-called seed money contributions to qualify for $15,000 in public financing. In his campaign filings, Maestas reported spending the entire $1,500. But he didn’t report buying signs, including a large banner that he had installed in the bed of his pickup, which caught the attention of another District 2 candidate, Jeff Green. On Monday, Green filed a complaint against Maestas with the city’s Ethics and Campaign Review Board. Green said in the complaint that he observed Maestas using campaign signs but that payment for them wasn’t included in his campaign filings. “That missing payment would put the candidate above the $1,500 limit in expenditures,” Green wrote in his complaint. Maestas said he intends
to pay the vendors after he receives their invoices and will “fully disclose” the expenses in his next campaign expense report. But Green, who tried to qualify for public financing but failed, said Maestas had an “unfair advantage” by making expenditures from a source other than seed money contributions, which the code prohibits. “It’s substantive because public financing has certain rules, and one of these rules is that there’s a limit on expenditures, and you have to report your expenditures,” he said. After he is served with the formal complaint, Maestas has 10 business days to file a response. Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@ sfnewmexican.com.
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“was not cooperative” and was handcuffed by officers. He was arrested on charges of drunken driving, driving with a revoked Anthony or suspended Jimenez license, an open container violation, failure to give information and render aid, and two counts related to an accident involving injury. At the time of his arrest, Jimenez told officers that he wasn’t driving the SUV. During a police interview, officers reported, Jimenez gave different names when asked who was driving the vehicle. Officers reported finding an empty 16-ounce Icehouse beer can and an empty 50-milliliter bottle of Yukon Jack Canadian whisky in the SUV that Jimenez had been driving. In a breath
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