Fill in the Blank:
"____ has worked for and with every Governor since Gov. Jerry Apodaca," the press release reads.
Ready for the answer?
Dorothy "Duffy" Rodriguez,
a former deputy secretary at the Department of Health who earlier this year was
at the center of two whistleblowers' allegations of n
epotism and fraud.
(
) So far, neither allegation has been proven—but when Rodriguez
in April, many of the
were euphoric.
"Duffy...was a corrupt bully who was feared by all in the agency," one commenter wrote. Another described the news as "too good to be true!"
But
Rodriguez has a brand new job: Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department,
where she'll replace Rick Homans—who in turn will take over from Steven Landeene as director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, according to a press release from the Governor's office. And the wheel turns.