Taos County demotes county manager Julia Valerio
Taos County commissioners voted 3 2 to remove Julia Valerio as county manager effective May 11 and place Sammy Pacheco as interim manager. Valerio will remain indigent fund director for 45 days while Pacheco signs a one year contract and assumes dual duties as manager and attorney.
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Pacheco
Barrone
Charlie Gonzales
Nicklas Jaramillo
Gonzales
Dennis Hopper Exhibit Of Paintings And Photos Opens
Dennis Hopper debuts a mixed show of paintings and photographs highlighting the 2009 Summer of Love celebration in Taos. The exhibition runs throughout the summer, featuring Hopper’s iconic artistry and historical Taos happenings.
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Dennis Hopper
Taos
Tempo
Obituaries: Taos, Ranchos de Taos residents die in April May
Obituaries report the deaths of Tom The Original Cruz 79 of Taos on May 2 Elie Lee S Gutiérrez 76 on May 4 Carl Pacheco 49 of Taos on April 27 and Orlando Andy Vigil 74 of Ranchos de Taos on April 27 See Obituaries on page C8.
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Tom
Cruz
Taos
Elie “Lee” S. Gutiérrez
Carl Pacheco
Orlando “Andy” Vigil
Ranchos de Taos
Hopper curates Taos show at Harwood with longtime friends
Dennis Hopper plans a major survey at the University of New Mexico's Harwood Museum of Art titled L A to Taos 40 Years of Friendship. The exhibit spotlights Hopper's Taos era peers Robert Dean Stockwell Larry Bell Ronald Davis Ken Price and Ron Cooper with a May 9 reception and a concurrent Hopper photographs display. Hopper announced at a Taos press conference he is named honorary mayor by Taos Mayor Darren Cordova.
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University of New Mexico
Harwood Museum of Art
Georgia O'Keeffe
Dorothy Brett
Andrew Dasburg
Taos
Robert Dean Stockwell
Larry Bell
Ronald Davis
Ken Price
Ron Cooper
L.A
Hopper
Harwood Museum
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Harwood
Darren Cordova
Tina Larkin
Griffin and Associates
Peter St. Cyr
Taos School District Finance Director Put On Leave
Interim Superintendent Roberto Gonzales placed Liz Trujillo on administrative leave on May 4 after noon, citing a personnel matter. He declined to discuss reasons or possible retaliation threats, stating only that the action was a personnel matter and may expose the district to adverse legal action.
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Roberto
Bobby” Gonzales
Taos Municipal
Liz Trujillo
Gonzales
Trujillo
DeLong Signs 16 Contracts Before Suspension
Loretta DeLong, suspended superintendent, signed 16 two year contracts with district administrators 17 days before administrative leave. Half may be invalid as some contracts label employees as certified administrators though not all hold licenses. DeLong says contracts were based on prior pay and tied to evaluations.
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Loretta DeLong
Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales
DeLong
Taos approves subleasing half acre for men's shelter
Taos County Board of Commissioners voted 2 to 1 to allow subleasing half an acre across Albright Street for the Taos Men's Homeless Shelter, now on county land near the Planning Department for 18 months. Landowner Joe Perovich must sign off. opposition argued the community should bear the burden.
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Albright Street
Dan Barrone
Joe Mike Duran
Andrew
Chavez
Joe Perovich
Taos News
Tom Blankenhorn
The
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