The armed takeover of the Denny's restaurant was the 9th in
a series of armed robberies.
The Albuquerque Police Department, by their own admission, was well aware of the robberies; in fact,
they had mounted a coordinated defense.
The community, however, was not aware at all.
They were kept in the dark.
When we decide whether or not to go out to breakfast,
we make that decision based on the facts that we are aware of.
Nervous Nellie, who would not have gone to Denny's that day,
because of an outbreak of armed takeovers of restaurants
in her neighborhood,
had a right to know the truth.
Ray Schultz had an obligation
to tell the truth to the community.
And now he needs to explain to us
why he did not.
Uninformed Community Policing
is oxymoronic.
How can there be community policing
if the community is kept in the dark?
Mayor Marty Chavez had
an obligation to tell the truth
to his constituents.
And now he needs to
explain to us
why he did not.
The Journal had a responsibility to tell us the truth as well.
There is something called a police blotter.
In it, there is a record of any incident
involving action by police.
The Journal, our newspaper of record,
in the person of TJ Wilham, is
supposed to pay attention to that blotter,
and then tell us about anything
we might need to know.
Some papers publish the blotters, as a matter of course.
And now they need to explain to us why they did not.
What else that we should know about,
are they not telling the truth about?
Mayoral Candidate Richard Romero
has promised to hold himself honestly
accountable to a standard of conduct
that requires him to tell the truth. link
So far, he is the only one.
The rest remain accountable
only to the lowest acceptable
standard of conduct; the law.
The law does not require a mayor to tell the truth;
it prohibits him only from telling a lie.
The difference is not insignificant and, can not be ignored.
Romero said that if he is elected, he will tell the truth.
He will tell the truth about the number of police officers actually
on the street. He will tell the truth about data on the red light cameras.
You cannot trust people who will not tell you the truth;
nor should you.
If the question is;
Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth,and they won't answer, it means, no.
and nothing but the truth?
And that answer should end their candidacy for ever.
What difference does their stated position on any issue make,
if at the same time, they won't promise to tell you the truth?
It is time to elect people who will promise to tell us the truth.
From; every candidate who seriously expects anyone to vote
for them;
1. Do you promise to tell the truth?else; no vote for Mayor, or for any other public office that is
2. What, exactly, did you mean by that?
filled by election.
photos Mark Bralley
1 comment:
Yes, I was wondering about that omission. No one else seemed to comment on it.
Last year there were several reported burglaries near us. People on the block assumed the Albuquerque police were keeping track of them and looking for patterns, but they weren't. They also weren't telling us about them -- we had to do that ourselves.
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