11.24.2010
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Holy shit
by Julia Goldberg
It's rare that a press release causes gasps in the newsroom, but the one that just arrived from Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano caused quite a stir.Purportedly, according to the letter, Solano has resigned, and voluntarily met with state police to admit to having illegally sold old police vests and other items over the internet.SFR confirmed this letter's veracity with Solano's secretary. It is below. Update: SFR was on the telephone with Robert Garcia as he was sworn in during an emergency meeting of the Santa Fe Board of County Commissioners. Resignation Document Notes Text Zoom CLOSE Previous for “” Next p. 1 Loading Loading p. 2 Loading Loading Contents Original Document (PDF) Related Article � � Page Note 1 of 2 0 � To print the document, click the "Original Document" link to open the original PDF. At this time it is not possible to print the document with annotations. DV.load('http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/15336-resignation.js', { width: 600, height: 700, sidebar: false, container: "#viewer-15336-resignation" });
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