The Journal could not have gotten away with any less coverage.

From the Journal link sub req.

By what stretch of the imagination does this constitute
adequate coverage of a major development in an ethics and
accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS;

"APS Didn't Violate Rights
A judge has ruled that the former head of the
Albuquerque Public Schools police department was
an at-will employee, and that his due process rights
were not violated when APS let his contract expire
last summer.

The parties to the lawsuit brought against APS by
Gil Lovato met Wednesday, after
U.S. District Court Judge William "Chip" Johnson
threw out the due process charge earlier this month,
said Lovato's attorney Sam Bregman.

Other charges in the suit still stand.

Lovato was on paid leave and being investigated for
the first six months of 2007 due to allegations of
favoritism, misuse of police property and mishandling
of money collected as evidence.

Lovato contends he lost his job because he
complained to APS administrators about
their decision to hire a private investigator* to look
into allegations against certain employees.

Bregman said more motions will be filed and that
he hopes to get the case before a jury."

The Journal did not tell you that Gil Lovato and Sam Bregman said that;

if they ever get to "tell the truth" in open court,
there will not be a single senior administrator left standing."

Nor did they report that an impartial independent investigation of the public corruption and criminal conspiracy in the leadership of the APS (Police Department)

is being hidden from stakeholders.

The leadership of the APS steadfastly refuses to surrender an ethically redacted version of a public record, for inspection and or copying.

They are violating the law;
the Inspection of Public Records Act.

They can get away with it because taxpayers are paying
for the legal weaselry that excepts the good ol' boys
from honest accountability to meaningful standards of conduct and competence.

Millions of dollars worth of Juris Mustelidae;
all of the legal weaselry that a million tax dollars a year
can buy.

Trust me, it buys a lot!

The legal weaselry as practiced by the lawyers of Modrall;
Paula Maes' husband's law firm.

She makes money off the litigation that excepts her
from honest accountability;

in an egregious violation of board policy, and common sense
which dictate that public servants cannot create even the
perception of impropriety.

... much less incontrovertible evidence there of.



* independent private investigations of improprieties
are common place. Independent investigators are able to
keep the results of the investigation secret from stakeholders.

Consider the independent private investigation of the
APS Financial Department. The Meyners Audit revealed
that millions of tax dollars have likely been wasted or
stolen.

Either that, or a miracle has taken place.

The Meyners Audit results are a public record.
It is a public record that is being hidden from stakeholders
in violation of the law.

Meyners auditors know the names of the
senior administrators who encumbered more than $50,000
at a time with the same vendors that paid for
the administrative soirée at the Inn of the Mountain Gods,

without "involving purchasing".

Stakeholders do not.

Stakeholders have no way of knowing if these same
administrators are now covering their tracks.

Gina Hickman, APS Chief Financial Officer,
knew about the problems and did not blow the whistle.

Michael Kimbrell, APS Director of Internal Audits,
knew about the problems and did not blow the whistle.

Both were promoted despite the appearance that
they enabled these problems by keeping them secret.


Has the Journal lived up to its obligations?

Whose side are they on?




They say; where there's smoke there's fire.

So is this smoke,
or is this fire?