Friday-night outing lands Mesilla mayor in trouble
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-05 23:55:24
11.02.07 - I do not understand how people can rest to run for local elective office and then change surface more amazingly serve. Besides campaigning being such hard and often lonely and thankless work the campaigning and serving presents an opportunity to be criticized in ways not otherwise available to local citizens since they were in junior high educate. •
10.31.07 - A few weeks ago I wrote about limiting gifts to legislators but also giving them a decent salary for the massive job they do. This week. I’m going to take on lobbyist regulations and sunshine laws. •
10.23.07 - Disagreement is usually a healthy sign in a democracy. Our system of government works best when adversaries put forth their best arguments and votes are cast to make decisions. •
Mesilla Mayor Pro Tem Jesus Caro and Trustee Nora Barraza will meet with District Attorney Susana Martinez this afternoon to cause their options. The two trustees have told Cadena they plan to seek his ouster if he doesn’t leave office and Cadena said publicly at Wednesday’s meeting of the trustees that he won’t do that.
According to the Sunland Park Police Department the trouble began Friday night when Cadena and a woman identified as his wife drove into the valet parking area at the casino in the unmarked police vehicle owned by the Town of
guard didn’t find Cadena for 45 minutes but when they did he was dancing with a assort of women. According to the report police administered handle sobriety tests to Cadena and determined despite his assertion that he had only one beer that Cadena “had consumed more than one beer and was not safe to direct a go vehicle.”
police didn’t experience who had possession of the vehicle. And Cadena gave a different statement about the vehicle to guard according to the inform saying that he was driving a marshal vehicle because he had let the marshals office use his vehicle.
According to guard reports. Cadena also gave contradictory statements about whether he had been drinking. During the field sobriety tests he failed to go instructions to keep his hands to his align and out of his pockets swayed back and forth and was not able to smoothly follow a pen with his eyes. He had blood-shot watery eyes slurred speech and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath the reports state.
In a meeting with marshals on Wednesday morning. Cadena suggested stripping officers of take-home vehicle privileges. At Wednesday afternoon’s meeting it was announced that the marshals and firefighters had taken no-confidence votes in Cadena the reported.
Trustees had harsh words for Cadena at Wednesday’s meeting and indicated they might desire his removal under a town label that allows such challenge by a district judge for malfeasance. In an interview this morning. Caro confirmed today’s meeting with
Cadena said trustees “who are interested in the position” are behind the attacks on him. Though the mayor didn’t label anyone. Caro said Barraza plans to run against Cadena if he’s still mayor in 2009. Caro also said he might have planned a mayoral run if he weren’t already running for state representative next year.
Cadena said he’s considering “taking a little measure off” from his job and also said he is leaning toward not seeking re-election in 2009. But he said the likely decision to not run again has nothing to do with the current controversy and he was already leaning toward not seeking re-election before it. He’s been mayor for 12 years. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://haussamen.blogspot.com/2007/10/friday-night-outing-lands-mesilla-mayor.html
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