the most disturbing reading

in the journal's full page expose of the disgraced aps praetorian guard commander, gil lovato, had to do with information that will remain secret.

colleen heild reported that "school district officials" say "they don't know whether any aspect of the investigation results will ever be made public." she reported that aps' spin doctor rigo chavez wouldn't reveal the outcome of any of the complaints filed against lovato.

rigo chavez is aps' custodian of public records. all of the documents that reveal lovato's corruption are public records. the nmipra lists ten exceptions to the act that limit the public's right to see public records. none of them include aps' need to cover up corruption in the leadership of the aps.

all the journal has to do to see the records is to file a request for public records.

aps/modrall will of course object endlessly, but the journal can afford to press the point in court; they simply choose not to.

so the truth about the corruption in the aps police department, and the truth about the corruption and incompetence in the leadership of the aps will remain suppressed.

public funds are being used to pay the exorbitant legal expenses of modrall lawyers to prevent the public from seeing public records of public corruption and betrayal of the public interests.

even in blatant disregard for the law.