Block’s smoking gun now on the AG’s front burner.
“I think between the secretary of state and us, it’s a front-burner issue. We’re committed to investigating serious allegations and spending all the time necessary to investigate.”
That’s what Attorney General King told Steve Terrell. By my count, Terrell is the third reporter the New Mexican has assigned to Blockgate (Definition: the unravelling of the lies of Jerome Block Jr., the Democratic nominee for New Mexico’s 3rd Public Regulation Commisssion district seat).
Terrell also reports that Block returned $2,500 in public campaign fund money to the Secretary of State’s office. Earlier in the week, Block admitted he lied to the press and in his campaign reports when he said that he paid an election official’s county band $2,500 for a May performance. The event never happened. (He also lied on questionaires about his criminal record and educational background.)
Meanwhile, the Journal reports more on the “ransacking” of Jerome Block’s home office in La Puebla. According to Block’s spokesman the only things burgled were a few campaign finance reports, nominating petitions and personal files–exactly the sort of the thing the Attorney General will want to examine over his front burner.
The state police told the Journal’s Raam Wong it believes that, because the house is so secluded, the burglar must have been “familiar” with the home and how to get in. We’d add that the burglar would have to be *familiar* with the house, because the address isn’t listed in any campaign related files or records in SFR’s research.
Valdez also tells Raam: “Jerome has two young boys, and that’s what I felt bad for.”
Thing is, according to child custody case records, at least one of those sons doesn’t live with Block. SFR reported in June that. throughout the case, neither Block’s lawyer or his son’s mother’s lawyer could figure out where Block lived.
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September 27th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
If the original case didn’t put things on the front burner, the alleged theft of these documents would certainly put it there. The most regrettable thing in this whole sordid affair is the fact that there are real, serious issues with long-lasting implications for every individual and small business in the state that aren’t getting covered at all in the race for the PRC. What about health and title insurance? What about green collar jobs? What about conservation and alternative forms of energy? What about transportation safety and job opportunities in that sector? Block’s malfeasance is stealing all the air from the room and important conversations are not taking place.
I’m not objective – I do a little work for Rick Lass – but I *am* right.