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MargaritaLucia Pacheco,ofTaos,

diedFeb.22.FlorenceE. Rael,76,of Questa, died

Feb.27.DeaconClarence PatrickDeLozier

diedFeb.26.VicenteMontaner Martinez,75,of

Taos,died Feb.24.AlvanEdward “Pete”Farrow,81, of

Tucumcari,died Feb.20.RobertN. Martinez,ofTaos,died

Feb.21. ObituariesPage C6

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Evans, Fernandez

cruise toelection

victory

By J. R. Lo gan

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Taos:TheNextGeneration.

NathanielEvans and Darien

Fernandez— twoTaos natives

in their mid-30s — won com-

mandingvictories in a crowd-

ed race forTaos Town Council

Tuesday (March 1). The two

beat out veteranpolitico Mel-

iton Struck, newcomer Pas-

cualito Maestas and perennial

candidate Pavel Lukes, who

finishedthird, fourthand fifth

respectivelyina fieldof 11can-

didates.Evans won by one of the

largestmargins in recent town

council races. Unofficial elec-

tion results show that more

than half of the 1,058 people

who cast ballots votedfor Ev-

ans.“The people really spoke

loud, and I’m really humbled

bythe overwhelmingsupportI

received,” Evans saidin an in-

terview Wednesday morning

(March2).Evans credited hisvictory to

his campaign’s strong ground

game — knocking on doors,

sendingmailers and settingup

phone banks to get his name

outto likelyvoters.

Evans specifically credited

his wife, Montserrap Oyanedel

Tolmo,andhis friend,Matthew

vanBuren,for providingcritical

supportin therace.

Evans is a teacher at Taos

Charter School. During the

election,he ran on a platform

that included improving op-

portunities and activities for

kids and aggressively tackling

Taos’affordablehousingcrisis.

But Evans acknowledgedhe

hasa lotto learnin hisfirst few

weekson thecouncilbefore he

confrontsthoseissueshead-on.

Holy Cross:Mill levy ta

x would

fortifyhospital’s ‘fr

agile’ finances

By J. R. Lo gan and

CodyHooks

The TaosNews

HolyCrossHospitalCEO Bill

Patten compares the hospital’s

current financial conditionto

a car in need of some overdue

maintenance.

So a proposed tax to gener-

atemoremoneyfor thehospital

isn’tmeant to buy a new Mer-

cedes-Benz,h e say s.It’sjust go-

ingto helpkeep the existingcar

reliableandontheroad.

“We’vegottiresthat arerun-

ningprettythin,”Pattensays.

That’s probably an under-

statement.Publicly available audits of

HolyCross showthat the hos-

pital had an operating loss of

morethan $21million between

2010and2015.The lossesforced

the hospital to undergo multi-

plerounds of layoffsand other

cost-cuttingmeasures.Thebud-

getcrunchalsomeantvery little

cashwasleft overtot ake ca r eof

itemslikebuildingmaintenance

andequipmentupgrades.

That’s w hy H ol y Cr oss is ask-

ingvoters toapprove a tempo-

rary mill levy (a property tax)

that is expected to generate

around$5 millionoverthe four-

yearlife of thetax. Hospitalad-

ministrators say revenuefrom

a proposed property taxwould

helpshore upthe facilities, in-

frastructure a nd equipment

withoutforcingthemtodip into

theoperatingbudget.

Earlyvotingon the levyis al-

readyhappening.Asof Wednes-

day morning (March 2), more

than 1,300people hadcast bal-

lots. Election Day is Tuesday

(March8).Currentand former admin-

istratorssaya bigreasonfor the

hospital’s massive losses has a

lot to do withthe factthat the

vastmajorityof patientsrely on

somekindofgovernmenthealth

insurance, such as Medicareor

Medicaid. Foryears,reimburse-

ment amounts through these

programs have declined to the

point where payments don’t

coverthecostof theservices,ad-

ministratorssay.

For example, the hospital

currentlycharges$18 fora sin-

gle blooddraw— a s ticker price

that includes the cost of ma-

terials and labor, p lus a profit.

But Patten says Medicaid only

pays $3.10 — nowhere close

to a break-evenfigure.A round

three-quartersof itspatientsare

on some kind of government

insurance, meaningHoly Cross

saw itsrevenue slipdramatical-

ly,drivingthe hospitaldeepinto

thered.Today, because of “hard

choices,” like the rounds of

layoffs, administrators say the

worst appearsto beover.Steve

Rozenboom,t he h osp ital’schief

financialofficer,saysHolyCross

NewMexico Supreme Court

reprimandsDA, judge

Town to host forum

on

controversial rezon

ing

By Andrew Oxford

The NewMexican

The NewMexico Supreme

Court reprimandeda district

attorney and a prosecutor

who later became a j udge

for theirmisuse of subpoena

powerWednesday(March2).

The disciplinary cases

againstEighthJudicialDistrict

AttorneyDonald Gallegos, of

Taos, and former prosecu-

tor EmilioChavez stem from

94 subpoenas issued during

2012 and 2013 without the

approvalof ajudge or grand

jury to gather informationin

criminalinvestigationsbefore

chargeswerefiled.

Gov. SusanaMartinez last

summer appointed Chavez

as an Eighth JudicialDistrict

Courtjudge,based inRaton.

Attorneys for the New

Mexico Supreme Court Dis-

ciplinary Board, which regu-

latesthe conductof attorneys

across the state,argued that

thepractice allowedprosecu-

tors to skirt judicialoversight

andfish forevidence.

But attorneysrepresenting

Chavezand Gallegossaid the

useof subpoenasbyprosecu-

torsin thosecircumstancesis

alegal grayarea.

Moreover, they have ar-

gued the subpoenas issued

to cellulartelephone compa-

nies,as wellas other compa-

nies and government agen-

cies,did not violate anyone’s

privacybecausethose records

belongedto thecompanies.

Their lawyers suggested

the subpoenas were issued

as a necessity to expedite

criminal investigations in a

community where grand ju-

riesconveneonly a f ewtimes

eachmonth.The disciplinary case,

which was filed in October

2014, concludedwith oralar-

gumentsat thestate’shighest

court Wednesday morning

and nearlyone hour of delib-

ByJ.R. Logan

The TaosNews

The town of Tao s will hold

an “informational forum” on

a rezoningproposal Thursday

(March 3), 6 to 8 p.m., at the

TownCouncilChamberslocat-

edat 120Civic PlazaDrive.

The forumis meant to of-

fer information and answer

questionsabout the proposed

rezoning of around 20 acres

fronting or adjacent to Paseo

del Pueblo Sur,within an area

borderedo nthe south by Siler

and Los Pandos,the north by

Quesnel and on the east by

Montoya.Therezoning wouldmake it

easierfor commercialdevelop-

mentto occurinthe area.

A p ress release from the

town says the forum will in-

clude a staff presentation re-

garding the proposed rezon-

ing, including the causes and

objectivesof the rezoning, fol-

lowed by a question-and-an-

swersession.Townofficials have saidthe

proposed rezoning is meant

to encourage development in

the areaimmediately south of

thehistoricdistrict.

To be approved, the Taos

Pl ann ing an d Zoning Com-

missionmust recommendthat

the town council adopt the

new zoning.The towncouncil

must thenvote to approvethe

change.The planwas firstpresented

to theplanning commissionin

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Blake family lore

Ted Wiard, left,r eac ts as MickeyBlaketellsa storyabouthis mother,RhodaBlake,ata

memorialserviceheldforher Feb.26inTaosSki Valley.MickeyBlakesaid afterhisfather,

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BernabePatricio Garcia,81,ofTalpa,

diedFeb.18.Orlando“Noisey” Arellano,78,

originallyof ArroyoHondo, diedFeb.21.

Eli“Lee” R.Salaza r,73, ofQuesta,

diedFeb.13.DavidJ. Malouff, formerlyofCostilla,

diedFeb.15.AlbertJohn DeVargas,52, ofRanchos

deTaos, diedFeb.11.KeithDouglas MackenzieBlair,of

Ranchosde Taos,died Feb.18.ObituariesPage C6

TheTaosHigh School wrestling

team hadsix wrestlersearn All-Statehonors atthe ClassA-4A statewrestling

meet.TheTaos LadyTigers basketball

teamis hostinga District2-4Atournament

semifinalgame.SportsPage B1

JudyBarnes, volunteer directorof

Spirit oftheWild Horse,sharesexperiences

she hashadwhile advocatingfor untamed

residents ofWild HorseMesa.LifestylesPage C1

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Director details Sm

ith’s plans in rezon

e area

By J . R.L og an

The TaosNews

Thehead ofthe town’splan-

ning and zoning department

says he did not intentionally

hideinformationfromthe pub-

licregardinga proposalto build

anewSmith’sgrocerystorenear

thecenterof Taos.

The town government is

pushingap lanto rezoneabout

20 acres in the area between

Los Pandos Road and Quesnel

Street,just southof the histor-

ic district. The town says it is

not askingfor the rezoningon

behalf of any specific devel-

opers, and it is hoping to spur

economic development in the

“gatewaytodowntown.”

But town emails obtained

through a request for pub-

lic recordsshow officials were

meetingwith JohnMahoney,an

Albuquerquereal estate devel-

oper, about theSmith’s project

for morethan a y ea r,andthere

was talk of submittinga build-

ingpermitapplicationonce the

rezoningwas approved.

The Taos Planning and

ZoningCommissionvoted Feb.

3 to recommendthat thetown

councilrezonepartsof thearea.

The town council has delayed

a v ot e o nt he i ssue u ntilMarch

17,whichis aftertwonewcoun-

cilorselected March 1 w illt ake

office.No incumbentsare run-

ningfor re-election.

An informational forum will

be held Thursday (March 3),

6-8 p.m. at the Town Council

ChambersonCivic PlazaDrive.

Meetings between a poten-

tial developerand a municipal

planning department are not

unusual. Developers — espe-

ciallythose proposingbigproj-

ects that requireseveral layers

of approvals — often discuss

preliminary plans with local

governmentsto find out what

isand isnot allowedundercur-

rentzoning and building regu-

lations.But in this case, town offi-

cialsinitiallygave noindication

they were taking the unusual

stepof petitioning for rezoning

onbehalfof aspecificdeveloper

witha specificproject in mind

forthese specificproperties.In

fact, atthe firstplanning meet-

ingin January,n oo nefrom the

townstaffsaidanythingabout a

possibleSmith’sp ro je ct ,th ou gh

th eyhad talked withMahoney

theday beforeand theday after

thatmeeting.At least oneproperty owner

in theareasaid he wasnot will-

ing to sellto Smith’sif thed eal

was contingent onthe develop-

er gettinga zoningchange past

thetown.It wasn’t until a planning

meeting one month later that

LouisFineberg,directorof Tao s’

planning and zoning depart-

ment,and TaosTown Manager

RickBellis offered detailsabout

theSmith’sproposalto relocate

their existings toreto the other

sideof PaseodelPuebloSur.

When asked why he didn’t

mention the Smith’s plan at

the first publicmeeting onthe

rezoning, Fineberg said in an

email “it didn’t even occur”to

himbecause hewantedto keep

the conversation moregeneral

about what usesshould go in

ByCody Hooks

The TaosNews

In the superintendent’s

chair of the Taos Municipal

School District is Dr. Lillian

Torrez,whogrewupin Tularosa

notspeaking aw ordof English

until first grade. In the super-

intendent’s chair in Peñasco

is Darlene Ulibarri, who was

borninSanta Feandlivedmost

of her life in Las Vegas, New

Mexico.And in thesuper’schair

in Questa is Valerie Trujillo, a

miner’s daughter born in

Wyoming with deep roots in

Peñasco.The public schoolsin Taos

County are led by a team of

women from New Mexico.

In the 21st century, this fact

alonemightnot seem likea big

deal.But itdefiesthe structural

inequalities faced by women,

especially Latinas, in educa-

tionalleadershipnationwide.

United by a shared under-

standingoftheplaces theylead,

Tor re z ,T rujilloand Ulibarri are

bringing cooperation, under-

standingandstabilityto thethe

schoolsupnorth.

“You’d think the gender

inequalities would have gone

away, but they really haven’t.

The majority of our supers in

New Mexico are men,” says

Trujillo, the youngest of the

three and a former principal

of Questa Junior/Senior High

School.The predominance of male

superintendentsis a systemic

inequalitythat runsall theway

up the education leadership

ladder.Women account for the

majority of teachers, yet they

make up only one-quarter of

superintendents across the

United States’ 14,000 school

districts. And though Latinos

make up the United States’

most quickly increasing

minority group, they account

forabout 2 p erce ntof superin-

tendents.Latina superintendents are

evenmore underrepresented.

According to Veronica

Rivera, executive direc-

tor of the Association of

Latino Administrators and

Superintendents (ALAS), inter-

nal surveys and preliminary

datasuggest Latinasmay make

uponlyone-half of1 percentof

superintendentsin the United

States.In standing up for their

historically troubled schools,

Torrez, Ulibarri and Trujillo

have anaturalalliance.Perhaps

that’swhy, asTrujillo said,“We

tend to always get together

fromupnorth.”

By no means are Taos,

Questa and Peñasco carbon

copiesofeach other.Taos,with

fewer than 2,500 students, is

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TowncouncilelectionMarch 1By J. R. Logan

The TaosNews

Election Day is Tuesday

(March 1), and 11 candidates

arerunning fortwo openseats

on the five-member board of

TaosTownCouncil.

Incumbents Fred Peralta

and Andrew Gonzales are not

seekingre-election,leavingthe

race open to a field made up

mostlyof politicalnewcomers.

Newly elected officials will

join Taos Mayor Dan Barrone

and council members Fritz

Hahnand JudiCantu.

Councilmembers areelect-

edto a f our-yearterm.

Only those whoare already

registered to vote inside the

town limits can vote in the

election.Absentee and early vot-

ing ends Thursday (Feb. 26).KatharineEgli

Year of theMonkey

Ama nd a Yu, ownerof YuGarden, hostsMegan Avina-Bowers’TaosIntegrated Schoolof theArts first-grade

classfor lunch onthe last day of ChineseNew Year,Monday(Feb.22). Thestudents alsomade five posters

for theYear of the Monkeyfor the restaurant.

SeeELECTION, PageA10

KatharineEgli

Questa SuperintendentValerieTrujillo

KatharineEgli

Peñasco Superintendent DarleneUlibarri

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