Bentonville Planning Commission approves court expansion adjustments
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Bentonville Planning Commission approves court expansion adjustments
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In this 2019 photo, House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, D-Albuquerque, listens as other members speak on the House floor. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journa)
SANTA FE House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton resigned Friday from the state House as law enforcement agents conduct a criminal investigation into possible kickbacks and violations of the Governmental Conduct Act.
In a resignation letter, Stapleton said she “unequivocally” denies the allegations against her but that it’s best for the state if she steps down.
“This is a decision that weighs heavily on me, and which I have made after a tremendous amount of consideration of the best interest of the People,” she said in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver.
Fast forward to today.
Over the past three months, Albuquerque police have responded to two homicides and the discovery of a body found off Tramway and Interstate 40, the gateway to the old Route 66 and Four Hills neighborhood.
Two blocks west of Tramway, a far East Central trailer park was the scene of a recent FBI search of a purported gang leader’s “stash house” where agents seized seven firearms, including two shotguns and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
From Tramway to Eubank, the two-mile stretch of far East Central Avenue is peppered with closed businesses, sometimes aggressive transients, open displays of illegal drug use, mental illness, vandalism and trash, area residents say.