Corey Pein
Stories by Corey Pein
Indicators: Nov. 4
In a recession, it turns out, everyone's likely to turn to thievery. Or at least the excessive collection of free pens.
Briefs: Oct. 28
Santa Fe city employees party out of town, the 400th anniversary turns out to be just as sketchy as Santa Fe's founding, and the Sheriff's Department cracks down on domestic violence.
SFR Talk: Ghoul Runnings
Santa Fe Mayor David Coss is running for re-election in the March 2, 2010 municipal election. Former City Manager Asenath Kepler is challenging him, as is District 3 City Councilor Miguel Chavez. SFR reached all of them by telephone to ask the week’s most burning question.
Thornburglars
In May 2007, the Santa Fe City Council approved a $45 million bond to build a new campus for the eponymous companies of local finance tycoon Garrett Thornburg. By that fall, Thornburg’s mortgage company began investigating a new strategy: Had it succeeded, Thornburg might have been eligible for some of the $700 billion federal bailout that followed. Things worked out differently.
The Thornburg Variations
SFR's ongoing investigation into trip-ups and alleged illegal activity at Thornburg Mortgage.
Gilbert Roybal Update
WEB EXTRA: Audio of the calls related to Roybal received by the Santa Fe Regional Emergency Communications Center. The calls suggest any errors that may have been made by local first responders might have been compounded by triage nurses or doctors at the hospital. Five hours may have elapsed before doctors understood Roybal's condition.
Briefs: Oct. 21
Medical professionals had a warning on Roybal's condition, the special session may be meaningless, and federal stimulus gets sucked into the ether.
Get the Picture?
Hopes for a cinema in the Railyard stayed alive at the Oct. 19 meeting of the City of Santa Fe Finance Committee, despite some skepticism. The resolution, whose chief sponsor is Councilor Matthew Ortiz, would begin the process of issuing a $35.4 million bond to build a movie theater in the Railyard and would authorize the city manager to negotiate with Railyard Co.
Railyard Cinema Hopeful Has Dubious Record
SFR has learned that one of the principals in the company that wants taxpayers to help build a cinema in the Railyard has been charged several times with writing bad checks. But Richard Jaramillo’s background is not the only suspicious thing about Railyard Co LLC.
Briefs: Oct. 14
Updates on the the flat spot left in the wake churned up by the Zocalo auctions and on Fed Ex NOT shipping dirty bombs.
