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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 2002
Page
1
This week The Taos News offers readers capsules on county commissioner, county tax assessor and state representative District 42 candidates. It highlights their thoughts on key issues and appears in pages B7 to B10 alongside sports.
Taos High School hosts its annual Junior-Senior Powder Puff game during Homecoming week with tailed play on Thursday. The event features players like Junior Rachel Rael and Senior Alethea Cardenas as the defense proves hard to crack. Living Treasures to be honored Oct. 20 at the Bataan Center include Dorothy Brandenburg and Geronimo Martinez Wilson among five Taos County residents. Obituaries note the deaths of Billy Romero, James Scahill, and Dana A. Smith in early October.
Former Police Chief Neil Curran will serve as interim chief after his non renewal in June. Town Manager Gus Cordova says professional search firm will recruit a new chief, with hopes to fill within 60 days. Mayor Fred Peralta and Cordova lament the resignation of Chief Thomas Lorenzen as unfortunate.
Taos Police Chief Thomas Lorenzen resigned without notice after 64 days, citing ethical concerns and a hostile town hall environment. He accused Town Manager Gus Cordova of contempt for the public and said there was little interest in public safety. Lorenzen moved from Seal Beach to Taos in July after 31 years with LAPD.
Town officials review bids totaling 250000 for the Alley Improvement Project on Scheurich Lane near Taos Plaza. Public works director Steve Christenson expects a winner to be named soon as the effort aims to revitalize the downtown area and connect routes around the Plaza. The project follows two years of discussion by the Taos Project committees, led by the beautification effort and designed by civil engineer Debra Chavarria, with Daniel Domigan providing land oversight.
Following a ruling in their favor by Eighth Judicial District Judge Peggy Nelson, three members of the Van Vechten Lineberry Taos Art Museum moved 97 paintings to the UNM Harwood Museum for storage. The board seeks a permanent home and has an option on the Fechin Institute as court action limits negotiations.
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