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In the original post about the Bosque Farms Fire a post by Ms. Desmet thanking those who helped her was shared.

One last comment about this post.

She made it sound as if she expected the MRGCD to help her farm specifically.

But why? Why would she expect them to swoop in and help her personally?

These are the things they do for individuals: -- Help with water and farm planning -- Soil and Water Testing -- Financial Incentives and Water Leasing -- Property Mapping -- A few other random things.

The rest of what they do is take care of the Bosque. Ensure there is access to the Bosque, control access to the Bosque, provide recreational places and a few other things.

So when they were here fighting the fire - it was to help and because the fire was in the Bosque.

Interesting words. Go look them up.

Did anyone notice these things?

The agenda was written differently than normal. It didn't follow the normal agenda that is required in the ordinances. (2-2-2C).

When the Village office was asked about this the answer was that it was put out by a Councilor.

Executive Session - There are several things wrong here.

Executive session is closed and only certain things can be addressed in executive session. Elected public officials are not personnel and so any discussion regarding the Mayor should be in public.

Legal Council - what legal council? There is no attorney. No contract was awarded for an attorney. There is no legal council. This should be done prior to having meetings with a legal council. (More on this process in a bit)

So - what discussion is there to be held in executive session? There is all kind of wrong about this.

Did anyone notice the laws listed? NMSA 1978 10-15-1 (H)(7). Go look at NMSA 2025 10-15-1 (H)(2).

Item 6. District Court Complaint Regarding Removal from Office -

Once again - what legal council?

RECAP - if you are going to do something legally - at least do it correctly legally. Is it even possible to break the law to use the law against someone?

Let's see. Who has left since the current group of councilors have been elected:

Clerk Administrators - Vernon Abeita, Michael Limon, Shaylin Lopez, and now Erica Martinez. Did I miss one?

Other Employees - The treasurer (who might as well have been fired) the Police Chief, some officers, the volunteer EMT director.

Others - One Attorney and on whole attorney firm. What's more ask the Village how many people have responded to the request for more representation.

Each one of these that have left have said the same things: the lack of ethics, the lack of decorum, the lack of professionalism, being sworn at etc all result in a terrible place to work.

One Councilor.

And all of this because of the yelling, the rudeness, the secret decisions on how to vote, the meddling in the executive branch of the government. WTH when do they stop???? Who is next?

I bet this place is wishing they had not given this award.

NM FOG - New Mexico Foundation for Open Government could be a great help to local citizens wanting information about what their local government is doing.

But can you trust them when they give this person an award? (Follow the link here)

When they realize they've been lied to -

The state has been watching Bosque Farms very closely attending meetings. Why?

When the attorney said "Do not include everyone in your emails - you are in danger of violating the open meeting acts". The Three Councilors fought with the attorney and said 'no we are not'.

You can attend meetings and see those three Councilors (with Desmet in the lead) voting after looking at each other. You can sit in the meetings and tell it's scripted.

Ask yourself why WHY they are having so many meetings at such different hours- 8am? 9am? 2pm? 4 in September alone. Some two days apart.

Why? Of course, because the public is busy and can't easily attend. Because there are so many meetings it's hard to stay on top of when they are and what they cover and what date they are.... How is that OPEN government?

A recent meeting was held in the fire department instead of the regular meeting room (that was available by the way). That is not open government.

So what happens if we just spend money any old way?

Well - gosh. You can't. Federal Loans come with a lot of paperwork and to change the loan terms - sure you can do that. But it takes a lot of time. You can easily change where you spend the money on a paper budget BUT you have to go through the proper process which isn't easy.

So the 4.9 Million you keep hearing about - it's not as easy to spend as you might think.

And yes, that is what the Council was told after all the drama and yelling and accusations - they found out that the mayor was correct.

Grants come with a lot of paperwork both before and after the grant is awarded. You can't change what you spend that money on without the State government agreeing. The request goes back to state committees and gets voted on again.

That is the law!

So the other money you hear about can't just be spent the way they want.

What is the solution? There is one. Watch for Contrived Emergency 3 for a solution to these supposed emergencies -

We are ONE day away from pooping in buckets. (No, we are not as Molzen Corbin has told the council) and Sewage will back up into your homes but this man says No.

These are just fake emergencies for an excuse to spend money. Sure the Sewer Plant needs to be added to, sure the Village needs to buy grinder pumps. But is it really? Really really? the big emergency Desmet makes it sound like? And Which one is the emergency??

So back in the day - think back if you can - three years ago.

Councilor Desmet was elected and what did she say - it's all over Facebook if you can stomach scrolling back that far.

"We are One Day away from pooping in buckets"

(Great line by the way although untrue!)

And now, after clawing money back from the state after it was taken away and getting a Federal Loan and getting a grant - We have enough to build the donut.

Yes. The Village Sewer Plant will be updated and we will have a donut!

BUT - wait! Now the emergency is:

Sewage will Back Up Into Your Homes

Yet another great line although a little dramatic.

So now all of that money needs to be spent on grinder pumps??

Which is it? What is the emergency? Is it getting the sewer plant fixed so we don't poop in buckets??? OR is it spending money on Grinder Pumps so we don't have sewage back up???

Check out the next post Contrived Emergencies 2

Isn't this shameful???

No wonder so many have resigned and left. What the heck is wrong with her.

IF you had attended you would know that first she interrupted the mayor and then she ignored him while he tried to have her follow our ordinances!

https://www.krqe.com/video/bosque-farms-wastewater-concerns/12189103/

Apologies are Needed

Let's hit the Truth Button long and hard on this topic!

There is a darling elderly lady who has stopped going to Council Meetings and who had her heart broken at a Council Meeting.

The public who boo-ed her down and yelled at her to sit down and shut up should be ashamed.

How embarrassing that some people think it's ok to behave this way. My momma taught me to treat elderly with respect

The Councilor who pumped her fist and encouraged the poor behavior directed against this lady should have charges filed against her. (2-2-2 among other state laws) (Ahem... cough cough... DeSmet)

No! I haven't forgotten and neither has this darling older lady who has been a mainstay in Bosque Farms.

And what prompted this behavior? What did she say that was so despicable that it resulted in being boo-ed, yelled at to sit down and shut up?

This lady said essentially 'why can't we all get along?' She called upon everyone's better nature to be better!

There are no words for this. And if you are one of those people who behaved so terribly Apologize Now!

This lady has lived here her whole life. She has dedicated countless hours to attending meetings, running elections, supporting the PD, refereeing, donating to local organizations (Scouts etc), etc etc etc

I guess we should have known what kind of government we were in for when this happened.