Navajo Ethics Office in power struggle shocks Gallup
The resignation of Robert French as executive director of the Ethics and Rules Office follows a dispute over supervision between the Ethics and Rules Committee and the Office of Legislative Services. French cites interference by Leonard Gorman of the OLS and threats when he refused to reopen a personnel matter or sign travel authorizations. A Sept. 24 memo references a 1991 Supreme Court ruling.
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Gallup
Robert French
Ethics and ‘Rules Office
Ethics and Rules Committee
Office of Legislative Services
French
Leonard Gorman
The
OLS
Gorman
Supreme Court
Navajo Nation Council Debates Coal Lease Renegotiation
The Navajo Nation Council convenes at 10 a.m. in Window Rock to vote on renewed leases with Peabody Western Coal Company for Black Mesa and Kayenta mines. Approval could yield a $2 million signing bonus and about $35 million over 100 years, with interior approval still required.
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Window Rock
Navajo Nation Council
Peabody Western Coal Company
Black Mesa
Kayenta
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Navajo teen honored by First Lady in Washington
Navajo teen Alfred Kahn Jr and Gallup Performing Arts Academy members met First Lady Hillary Clinton in Washington to receive a Coming Up Taller award. The Gallup group won $10,000 for youth arts programs, spotlighting Navajo culture and cross cultural learning, with Kahn giving a Navajo language speech and sharing his life near his family ranch.
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Washington
Roseanne Groger
White House
Groger
Alfred Kahn Jr
Hillary Clinton
Kahn
President's Committee On the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment For the Arts
Gallup Performing Arts Academy
Any Mueller
Gallup
Gallup Area Arts Council
Academy
Mueller
United States
Tina Rainwater
Alfred Joe Kahn
Pine Springs
Ariz
Sanders Unified
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Alfred Kahn
Washington, DC
Tullie decision near in ten days in Ethics case
Attorneys for Anderson and Loretta Tullie won a major victory when the Ethics and Rules Committee allowed the defense to submit chapter resolutions into evidence. The ten day decision timeframe follows hours of testimony about mis appropriations totaling about fifty thousand dollars by Blue Gap/Tachee chapter officers.
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Blue Gap
Tachee
Anderson Tullie
Loretta Tullie
Ethics and Rules Office
Tullies
Margaret Armijo
Loritta Johnson
Himber
Navajo Nation
Tachee-Blie
Gap
Loretta
Tullie
Johnson
FBI fugitive caught by new Lifescan fingerprint system
The McKinley County Detention Center used Lifescan to identify Kirk Alan Swearingen, 40, on the FBI list since 1995 for rape and criminal sexual contact. An inmate beat him in a cell, leaving a bloody lip, and Swearingen was moved to solitary. Swearingen, arrested after a bus driver was alerted by an acquaintance, initially refused to reveal his real name.
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Gallup
McKinley County Adult Detention Center
FBI
Kirk’ Alan Swearingen
McKinley County
Lifescan
America
Swearingen
Bob Bass
Bass
James Wilson Scott
Warrenberg
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Isabelle Lopez
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Martin Salazar
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Andrea Egger
Jolt Jones
Indape
Annie Villanueva
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