Anyone who has made a public statement

regarding the issue of the lack of accountability in the APS; has an obligation to stand in support of the best solution on the table; an immediate audit; or in support of a better idea.

The failure to do so; raises a question of the sincerity of their allegations. Or it points to a lack of moral courage to deliver the coup de grace, to the corrupt and the incompetent in the leadership of the APS.

They include Bill Richardson, who has referred to the statewide earned reputation for their lack of accountability.

They include Marty Chavez, who was ready to rush in and take over personally.

They include Terri Cole and the Chamber of Commerce, for a variety of compelling reasons.


Mostly, they include the Journal and the Trib.



n. pl. coups de grâce

1. A deathblow delivered to end the misery
of a mortally wounded victim.
2. A finishing stroke or decisive event.

[French : coup, stroke + de, of + grâce, mercy.]