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Anyone whose home was in danger and anyone who might loose their hay and hay barn in trouble - would ask for help too.

What is the one problem with this - She was a Councilor.

So any business that wanted to curry favor, any potential business that wanted special conditions, any person who might be in front of the Planning and Zoning Board and eventually the Council.... it's too their benefit to show up and help.

Generally, it isn't bad to ask for help. It is questionable when you are in a position of authority.

From a FaceBook post by Ms. DeSmet:

Within minutes we had friends, neighbors, kids, everyone at the dairy with help and support. Thank you to Opie, Anthony, and Nick for coming with trucks to wet down my hay asap. Thank you to Joe Johnson and his son in law Mr Manus for coming with a water truck as well! Thank you to Kim Dutton and Derick and Slade for standing by with a water tank! Thank you to Joanne for wanting to channel her inner “Erica” and tell people to get outta the way 😂 thank you to my Troy Turner for being there when the MRGCD wouldn’t, thank you to Andrew and Emily Garcia for assisting. Thank you to PG Enterprises for water trucks as well!

While it's wonderful she had help - let's be sure that Councilor Desmet recuses herself for any vote on these people - including anything to do with the MRGCD.

The Three haven't been to ethics training and it shows.

https://www.sec.nm.gov/education/

So why start a blog that is so specific that it won't grow much beyond the 5,000 residents and some former residents of Bosque Farms?

Reason One: Education.

It is hoped that you can read this and see for yourself the laws, ordinances, Constitutional and ethical considerations that are so casually overlooked in Council meetings and outside of Council meetings.

It is hoped that this reaches at least one Councilor who will then be more of an individual than an adherent or devotee to the lies they currently believe.

It is hoped that at least one Councilor has some strength to act independently and stand up and say 'stop swearing, stop yelling, stop chasing away employees'.

Some of us are tired of watching the revolving door in the personnel office as employees come in, do the best they can and are chased off. We want you to know the truth. We speak to the employees and we know what they have said.

Some of us are tired of hearing the yelling, interrupting, blaming, and lies. We attend council meetings and we are embarrassed by the council. The Councilor who yells, the Councilors who sit and let her. We keep hoping for decorum and manners and we are hoping for better.

So, I guess it's time to admit that Councilor Zamora isn't any better and isn't going to get any better.

I had hoped. I had hoped he would go to training and his basic ethics would kick in. So many spoke highly of him and now not so much.

I had hoped that once he understood how important the work he does up on the stand is - that he would take it seriously and not just be a follower.

I had hoped that once he understood the budget, understood his role as a councilor, understood he didn't need to participate in rolling quorums and unethical behavior that he would stand up and be better.

I had hoped....

So- we keep hearing about Rolling Quorum.

What is that? It's the idea that councilors agree how to vote prior to the official vote.

That is it.

It's against the law.

It is a violation of the Open Meetings Act. It's that simple.

"Fundamental to the Open Meetings Act is your right to witness both the discussions and votes of the Council." (Quoted from article listed below.)

Here is an article about Las Cruces violating the Open Meetings act. However, it explains rolling quorum and the problems associated with them very clearly. Read that article here.

So, when you sit in a meeting and see two Councilors look at one prior to voting as if they are waiting for guidance how to vote - that is a big oops.

When you sit in a meeting and see an obvious scripted performance with the eye rolling, laughing, comments that build on each other - that is a big oops.

When you drive by a house and see their three cars outside - that is a big big big oops.

Note this: They are NOT just breaking the law. They are violating your right to hear the debate, understand their vote, have a say in the government actions (because the decisions has already been agreed to among the three.)

Know This: This was obtained via Open Meeting Request. (Otherwise known as an IPRA request sometimes).

This ethics complaint was filed by a Clerk Administrator against a Councilor.

How embarrassing.

May 2025. This comes from an ethics complaint obtained via open meeting request. (Sometimes called an IPRA request).

KNOW THIS: The ethics complaint was about several Councilors two of whom are no longer active. But it's worth noting one is still around.

KNOW THIS: The behavior of this Councilor has not improved.

One More! Look at this email! Carefully!

Ignore the spelling errors. Everyone is allowed a bad day once.

This was back in June! Yet it's STILL Importantly.

He says he’s been asking for an EMS workshop for 6 months. Sounds good right?

Yet at one point during the past 6 months there was EMS service and the Council chased the EMT person off. In a meeting.

So has he been asking for a workshop on this for six months?

And let’s look at this – He was only informed of a meeting LAST NIGHT (which would be June 8th) that Peralta was going to cancel EMS Services for us.

So has he been asking for a workshop on this for six months?

From his first meeting he attended? He asked for this? That would be supposedly when he started as Councilor. None of it really hits the truth button does it?

One more little point – what J. Bruhn doesn’t tell you is that he stood up at a meeting in Peralta on June 8th and spoke about how he understood and supported Peralta’s decision to cancel our MOU.

How is he representing us?

One day he’s going after the Volunteer for EMT for Bosque Farms and the next week (give or take) he’s saying ‘This is a matter of life and death.’

One night he says ‘oh yes, Peralta Council – cancel our MOU and we support this decision’ and the next he says ‘This is a matter of life and death’.

Does this make sense?

Who is he representing? Maybe it’s Peralta he’s representing.