Sierra County Democratic Chairperson, Deborah Toomey, wrote in a Dec. '08 Letter To The Editor that she publicly admitted to giving Steve Green an intentional advantage by enlisting him as a poll worker (specifically Mr. Green worked as a Registration Clerk and a Caucus Site Ballot Box Monitor) for the Feb. 5th Democratic Presidential Preference Caucus Election held in Truth or Consequences, NM.  This advantage gave Mr. Green access up to 680 Democrats who voted in-person that day.  Mr. Green checked IDs, asked voters to sign the voter registration list, and issued individual ballots to voters. And, because Steve Green won his City Commission seat by only 82 votes, his working at the Feb. 5th election, and that it's now been proven Steve Green campaigned for himself (by licensed polygraph examination), likely made the difference for him to win in the T or C Municipal Election over three other candidates.

 

Ms. Toomey, in her letter, showed high bias in favor of Mr. Green, and demonstrated abuse of her power. As Chairperson, she even went so far in her letter to discount another candidate running against Steve Green for the same position. Ms. Toomey's verbal threat to that person was recorded, and sent to prosecuting authorities.  Ms. Toomey, after calling the person derogatory names, said to consider future actions, "war" against her.  This threat came just before the start of the 2008 T or C Muncipal Election campaign.

 

Both Ms. Toomey and Mr. Green demonstrated highly unethical conduct by engaging in the described political working relationship.  Criminal charges are also possible for Conspiracy to Violate Election Code, and/or Offering a Bribe, and Accepting A Bribe - fourth degree felony violations for elections under New Mexico State Statutes (Annotated 1978). 

 

Even now, April '09, Ms. Toomey's conduct as the Sierra County Democratic Chairperson is highly unethical  - with a hanging of former President George Bush in her yard at 415 W. Riverside Dr., T or C.  The owner of the St. Francis Mobile Home/RV Park (where Ms. Toomey rents a house) ordered it taken down on April 20, '09.

 

Does the public believe it is fair to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, New Mexico Tourism Department, New Mexico Arts, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Lodger's Tax, and contributions from Williamsburg, Elephant Butte and T or C, to promote people who aren't even operating in business legitimately?

 

Pick up any Sierra County Artists Directory and look through it.  Even look inside the front cover and see an unlicensed business.  The Arts Council used to have more than one person oversee the annual production, but now only Rebecca Speakes is in charge.  She sells and designs ads, and she does the layout of the directory.  Rebecca Speakes should not be allowed to accept an ad from someone who operates a business without a license in Truth or Consequences, NM.

Rebecca Speakes should be required to validate that all advertising is for legitimate services, and advertisers are in good standing, especially in those businesses requiring state licensing in the profession, or permits, such as for selling food (or, she needs to require the advertisers to show proof of their permits and professional licenses before printing their ads).

 

Who's responsible for ethics in groups like Sierra County Arts Council?  Steve Green still sits on an Advisory Board for them.  How, as a City

Commissioner, can he allow corruption to go on?

 

It takes local organizations to DO THE RIGHT THING, too!  Shouldn't an organization, such as the arts council, require better ethics?  Shouldn't the Tourism Board be able to stand by listing certain lodgers as handicapped accessible, even when they know they're not?

 

Shouldn't Boards of Directors obey the laws, too? Be role models? Show good ethics? There's an unlicensed artist, or two, sitting on the Board of Directors for an arts council right now in Sierra County. And, these individuals sell art in T or C. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETHICS CAN - AND SHOULD!

Jan Thedford, who worked as a Caucus Site Judge at the Feb. 5, '08 Democratic Election, recently (Feb. '09) participated in signing a witness statement for Green saying she didn't see him campaign. Judges of an election are expected to be ethical, and to uphold laws.  This Judge, however, also committed alleged voter fraud in the T or C Municipal Election.

 

Ms. Thedford, who resides in Williamsburg, has rented a house, with her husband on Hyde Ave. for approximately four years, or more.  Their landlord lives across the street from them.

 

The Thedfords used a T or C address to register as voters in T or C, but do not reside at the address.  The photos below in the black box show that the address consists of a gutted concrete building with broken windows, no utilities connected,

and is totally unlivable (Photos taken April '08).

 

Voter registration requires persons to list their address as the place where they reside. And, voters are required to vote in the municipality where they reside.

 

The Thedfords both voted in the T or C Municipal Election by absentee ballot, and proof of their ballot showing the address of the abandoned building in the photo, and their hand-written voter signatures have been obtained and submitted to prosecuting authorities.

 

Would you trust the signature of a witness statement from a person with this kind of character?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUST STOP!