Open Letter to Coalition of Neighborhood Associations for Albuquerque

Coalition of Neighborhood Leaders for Albuquerque, New Mexico

This is a follow-up to the e-mail that was sent to Dr. Joe and Laura of WCONA (Westside Coalition of Neighborhood Associations) and Cc to all of you and many others on Sunday.

There are many good people including dedicated and caring APD officers in this City who are fed up with what has been going on here for years and want enough of us citizens to step up and demand changes or vote into office new people both on the Council and in the Mayor’s office who are willing to do so.

The senseless execution by APD of my neighbor Chris Hinz on June 10, the catching of only the low level employees who steal mere thousands, the abuses of personal injury, sick leave and vacation policies are only the tip of the iceberg to even more serious moral, fraud, waste and abuse problems in this city. The high level supervisors, Department Directors and others in key decision position are seemingly never held accountable for those under them or even for what they do.

At the June 21 Council meeting I called for the firing or forced resignation of the person(s) who destroyed the good name of Chris Hinz by alleging to KOAT-TV 7 Ilana Gold that he had a criminal history and thus deserved to be killed. That was broadcasted by KOAT to hundreds of thousands of viewers. Chris’ brother Eric was outraged at this false portrayal calling it “sickening and despicable” at that same June 21 City Council meeting. None of the City Councilors seemed to care.

Yet all from the Mayor’s office and APD has been silence and no firing(s) or resignation(s). Did the Public Safety Office spin doctor T J Wilham or someone else relay to Ilana Gold what was told by Darren White or others downtown? Notice there was nothing in the pro-Berry Journal on any of this.

Many of these elected leaders and their hired civil servants depend on the apathy by most of you so they can perpetuate the ongoing pay to play and culture of corruption that seems ingrained in this city. Nothing ever changes by looking the other way and never demanding accountability from those paid to serve us.

You might consider sitting in on the WESCONA meeting tomorrow night and see how much of this is discussed.

Respectfully

Silvio
EANA