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Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
07
When we chronicle RRPS, the 2007 GRADUATION will be remembered that Mr. Duncan, Mr. VonAncken, Lisa Cour, Dr. Sue Cleveland, Mayor Jackson and the Observer played the starring roles.
The great thing is there is a growing “paper trail” to confirm the horrible down and dirty comments all in the newspaper.
WE were ridiculed for not having our facts right and for voicing legitimate concerns. Yet, every time you read or hear the news, their story changes or their facts are wrong.
What happened to our
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS,
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS,
DEMOCRACY
and ALL
that AMERICA stands for?
Aren’t these the very things our SOLDIERS are at WAR for right this second?
How can you all just DISMISS these critical points?
2007 SENIORS
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
U R
Blinded by the lies!!
2007 SENIORS
Hope Dr. Cleveland comes to her senses?
Bev
"if they were the least bit interested, they would have asked for input BEFORE they made the decision"
They were never interested at all. For sure THEY WERE ALL WRONG, THEIR DECISION WAS WRONG, otherwise Dr. Cleveland would have never apologized.
Laura
"I understand the chaos of organizing a high school graduation and inevitably someone is going to be less than happy about the result.
But to callously disregard the plans and wishes of multiple family members goes beyond any kind of administrative SNAFU.
Gradution ceremonies are ultimately about the achievements of the students and an opportunity for loved ones to celebrate those achievements.
For Rio Rancho to dismiss the concerns and outrage of family members is to disregard the spirit of the ceremony.
Isn't it obvious?
Do the right thing."
2007 SENIORS
.
The president of the school board is a real witch!
She has NO respect for parents or the students.
We must make it a point to let everyone know what a joke this is.
It is a “gool ol'” boy network at RRPS.
They are all stuck on themselves.
“What goes around comes around”
2007 SENIORS
I wanted to take this time to write everyone that was involved in this matter. I won’t be able to explain myself very well. I will just put down what is on my mind. Our family’s problem will be deciding who gets to go and who doesn’t. Ok, we all know this comes with the territory because of what has happened but the reality is, this is tough. Our son won’t be able to go if his grandfather goes. My dad won’t be able to go if his grandson goes. If you think this is an easy decision to make, it really is not. We are torn up over this choice. This really hurts…
I WANT ALL OF MY FAMILY AT MY GRADUATION!
MOM,
DAD,
SISTERS,
BROTHERS,
AUNTS,
UNCLES,
GRANDPARENTS
AND COUSINS.
DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE WHO GETS TO GO AND WHO GETS TO STAY HOME.
WE ALL WANT TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER.
BACK TO THE PIT!
GRADUATES AND FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE HAD A CHOICE.
IT'S OUR GRADUATION.
NOT THE ADMINISTRATIONS!
07
Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
Last year’s Graduation had a rowdy crowd from CIBOLA HIGH SCHOOL according to Sue Cleveland!
Parents were upset!
Please do not penalize the class of 2007 they cannot be blamed for last year.
2007 Seniors
Knock! Knock!
who's there?
PIT!
PIT who!
PITiful decision by the school to change the graduation!
2007 Seniors
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Who's there?
ORANGE!
ORANGE who?
AREN’T YOU ALL GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PIT?
2007 Seniors
We fully support returning our graduation Back To The Pit.
2007 Seniors
RRPS blatantly disregarded the rights, the plans and specifically persons with large families. Keep this going. What about Bill Richardson?
BOLOGNA!!!
They can break the contract!
“Everyone has already heard the arguments for and against returning the graduation ceremony to The Pit so there’s no reason to spend a lot of time rehashing what’s already been said. The only issue left to be decided is what most of the parents want to do. We believe that most of the parents want the ceremony to be held in The Pit. So our only request is that you authorize a vote so that we can see what the parents want. If most of them want to hold the ceremony at the Star Center, then we should hold it at the Star Center; if most of the parents want to return to the Pit, then that’s what we should do. If you feel you can’t authorize a vote, then the only fair decision is to return the ceremony to The Pit given that the decision was made without sufficient public input.
Further, the decision to move the ceremony to the Star Center disproportionately inconveniences larger families, many of whom happen to be Hispanic.”
Dr. Cleveland,
Have a Heart
2007 Seniors
HELP US Dr. Cleveland!
Mr. Vonancken, Mrs. Cleveland, Mr. Jackson and the so-called think tank, the brain trust behind this debacle got it wrong.
LORD HELP US!
“if I only had a brain”!
“Think Tank”
“Brain Trust”
I wish they had one
Decision is BAD from start to finish
PLEASE REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS APPROACHED BY A CONCERNED PARENT ASKING WHY THIS DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT FAIR INVOLVEMENT FROM THE STUDENTS, AND PARENTS ALIKE.
“HER ANSWER WAS LESS THAN CORDIAL AND SHE STATED THAT SHE MADE THE DECISION WITHOUT CONSULTING ANYONE BECAUSE SHE HAD THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO!”
NOT ONLY DO I FIND THIS HORRIBLY OFFENSIVE, BUT ALSO IT IS NOT EXACTLY CORRECT.
THE PRESIDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MUST UPHOLD CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDELINES OF THE SCHOOL AND THE UNITED STATES!
ALONG WITH THE AUTHORITY THAT WE AS VOTERS ENTRUSTED THEM WITH.
THIS DECISION DID NOT REPRESENT WHAT EVERYONE WANTED.
THAT CLEARLY HAS BEEN PROVEN.
I THINK WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER JUST HOW MUCH AUTHORITY WE SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE.
I ASSURE YOU THIS ISSUE WILL HAUNT ALL OF THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR SHORT-LIVED POLITICAL CAREERS.
RIO RANCHO PARENTS AND CITIZENS WILL NOT ALLOW THIS OBVIOUS ABUSE OF TRUST AND POWER TO GO ON UNQUESTIONED OR UNCHALLENGED.
OUR CHILDREN ARE VERY DEAR TO US!
WE THOUGHT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT?
07
Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
2008 is right, time is running out:
07
Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
THIS IS TO: Sue, Lisa, Richard, Kevin, Mike, Genie and Gary,
Sue apologized but it still fits her, where is her integrity?
Lisa, wanted all graduates and family to know "life is tough" but it's not our fault, we make all the "sire-level" decisions like it or not!
Richard, Kevin, Mike, Genie and Gary, this is you!
A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted,” Excuse me, can you help? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour
ago, but I don't know where I am."
The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the woman. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of you, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."
The woman below responded, "You must be in management."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault!"
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
RRPS theme:
Que Sera, Sera....
Whatever will be, will be...
The future's not yours, you see...
Que "sire-level" decision...
Que Sera, Sera...
What will be, will be.
WE ARE STILL OPEN AND WILL TAKE YOU BACK RRPS
The seniors of the class of 2007 would like to acknowledge RRPS for:
Failing to listening to reason, for stressing us, for lying to us, for disregarding our celebration, for punishing us for something we did not do, for providing us with tacky announcements, for burdening our families with expenditures for travel, with discriminating against anyone with a large family, or large network, for telling us “the choice is yours”, but it never was, for a disrespectful board president, for a superintendent that claimed she knew all the reasons, but later after making things worse admitted to failing to know all the reasons, for a dishonest principal, for no help from the mayor, for making us have to choose who goes and who stays, for being dictators, for threatening families and students that spoke up, for telling us to get over it, for telling us life is hard get over it, for telling us we are greedy, for a BIG MESS!
Mr. VonAncken was booed last year?
Why did that happen?
WE ARE A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YOU MADE THE GRADUATION PRIVATE.
07
Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
RRPS HAS NOT BEEN TRUTHFUL WITH RRHS STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES!
THIS IS A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL!
BUT YOU INSIST ON HAVING A PRIVATE GRADUATION!
IT'S SO PRIVATE THAT EVEN THE FAMILIES OF THE GRADUATES ARE NOT WELCOME!
2007 SENIORS
HELLO HS,
I checked back again to see if you ever responded.
What else could you let us know about this?
ATTENTION BACK TO THE PIT,
This decision is the pitts!
I spoke to THE PIT, yes!
They still have May 19TH open!
They will not schedule anything on that day.
Cost for THE PIT = $7,800.00
Cost for the Center = $6,200.00
A seat at the Center costs more then a seat at THE PIT.
PASS IT ON!
monie
THANK YOU BACK TO THE PIT!
WELL SPORTS FANS
THEY HAVE PAINTED US INTO A CORNER
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE FAIR
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LET ANYONE VOTE
I TOLD EVERYONE THIS WEEKS AGO
FOLKS,
GET SERIOUS
GET YOUR ATTORNEY OR FILE A CIVIL SUIT
TO: Sue, Lisa, Richard, Kevin, Mike, Genie and Gary
WE DO SUPPORT THE INITIAL IDEA TO HAVE A GRADUATION HERE IN RIO RANCHO.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT CHANGING THIS YEAR’S GRADUATION WITHOUT ALLOWING EVERYONE TO HAVE INPUT IN THIS DECISION.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT HARMING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT VERBALLY DEGRADING THEM IN THE NEWSPAPER.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THOUSANDS OF PERSONS WANTING TO SEE A GRADUATION.
WE DO NOT SUPPORT PUNISHING THE CLASS OF 2007 FOR SOMETHING THEY DID NOT DO.
2007 SENIORS
Boycott!
The decision was never fair. Contracts can be broken. Tremendous stress is being placed on families. The new Center is NOT cost effective. The newspaper comments are one-sided.
Graduates Against the Decision
Everything that we would have like to have said is right here. We would like thank everyone that spoke up. Too bad RRPS is not listening to a word we’re saying.
2007 SENIORS
TO: RRPS and Mayor Jackson and the Observer,
The seniors and families of THE CLASS of 2007 want you to always remember that you discriminated and punished us unfairly.
2007 SENIORS
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
07
Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
Dr. Cleveland and RRPS,
I believe we have our accurate facts listed here numerous times. So, like an echo, Dr. Cleveland, “it is NOT why you imposed your decision, IT IS HOW you imposed your decision.” I understand you actually took the time to meet with some parents. We all are coming from different points of view but agree on the main issues. I have read the different emails being passed along and I for one need you to understand I fortunately have secured some extra tickets. BUT THERE ARE FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT WON’T BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND IT WAS NOT EASY HUSLTING DOWN THE EXTRA ONES EITHER, IT WAS A PAIN. My family won’t have enough there are many more families that also won’t. I want you to know it was VERY difficult figuring who got to go and who didn’t. That is where I agree with the comments calling this matter discrimination. The only reason I was able to secure those tickets is because of all the parents that I know, I really feel for the families that need extra tickets and don’t know as many people that I do. This makes their task all the more difficult. I heard you apologized; I have a much better suggestion, let US VOTE.
EACH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS SWORN IN BY A JUDGE AND THEIR OATH OF SERVICE MAINTAINS THEY MUST UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL'S, ISN'T THIS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF "DUE PROCESS", FAIR PROCESS, OR ANY EQUAL AND "GOOD FAITH" STANDARDS THAT ADHERE TO OUR CONSTITUTION AND WHAT THEY WERE FOUNDED ON? I HAVE PERSONALLY HEARD THAT DR. CLEVELAND IS "FAIR" AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COUNTING ON THAT IN THIS MATTER.
Shirley
2007 Seniors agree with Scott:
"BULL SQUAT,
Sorry for my Texas accent but what else could I write to let you know how messed up this is?
Dr. Cleveland the mayor and Lisa “I’m better then you” Cour are ALL full of it!
I sure as hell don’t subscribe to "sire-level decision" thinking!
I was taught “of the people, by the people, for the people", you all must have ditched that day?
Hell, "sire-level decision", that’s something right out of a dictator’s handbook!
GET REAL!"
Scott
Allow a vote or return our graduation, my announcements still have The Pit on them
“Then all at once it came to me, I saw the wherefore, and the reason why”
RRPS, the newspaper, along with the mayor of our dear community have caused irreparable damage to thousands of people.
Families have already scheduled flights, planned and had taken time off.
No apology can comfort or justify their decision.
This celebration is for the seniors plain and simple.
This celebration is not a “sire-level” power play, it is families and loved ones being able to be there for their children.
Shame on all of you!
Wayne
SEIZE THE TIME
"You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
Wrong decision Sue
"History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided."
Truly amazing how backward our fearless leaders are? What about the children, Rio Rancho? What about our children? Don’t forget what you did, we won’t.
"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Move forward RRPS not backward!
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice."
You all were given terrible advice
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not 100% sure about the universe."
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."
"Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong."
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right."
"Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity."
"An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong."
"Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things."
"So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy."
"Politics:
A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."
"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be."
"The most important political office is that of the private citizen."
"In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith."
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
"arrogant oligarchy"
Oligarchy
1. a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
2. a state or organization so ruled.
3. the persons or class so ruling.
Sounds like "sire-level" mentality
"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
"I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot."
"What luck for rulers, that men do not think."
"Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues."
"We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate."
"Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society."
"My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised."
"Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct."
"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
"Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim."
"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them."
"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it."
"To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography."
"From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own."
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
"All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They."
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood."
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters."
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
My Graduation 2007
Class Ring - $400 (In Albuquerque)
Announcements/Cap & Gown - $200 (In Albuquerque)
Invitations - $150 (In Albuquerque)
Graduation pictures - $400 (In Albuquerque)
8 family members flying in - $3,600
Graduation party - $2,000
Having my entire family who encouraged me for the last 13 years celebrate with me at
THE PIT.....
PRICELESS!!!
THIS IS A HUGE ERROR WHICH WILL AFFECT ALL STUDENTS OUR FAMILIES OUR FRIENDS
2007 SENIORS
ps
THANK YOU FOR THIS BLOG SPOT!
Have Faith in God, Believe in Yourself and Never Give Up on Your Dreams
"Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power".
Ephesians 6:10 (NLT)
The very recent decision to change graduation locations is having a very negative affect on our family. We have several family members that already scheduled time off and purchased airline tickets. This decision was not thought out very well, hence the mayor becoming involved along with tv monitors in place of being there in person, and the superintendent of schools apologizing for NOT taking everything into consideration.
Please return this matter to The Pit.
Sam
SERIOUSLY…
SIMPLY, WHAT PRICE DO YOU PLACE ON A CELEBRATION OF LOVE AND LIFE?!
THE COST THE SAVINGS THAT MRS. CLEVELAND AND MR. VONANCKEN ALLUDE TO ABSOLUTELY DO NOT OUT WEIGH WHAT WILL BE COMPLETELY LOST!
YES, EVEN TO ATTEMPT TO PLACE A PRICE ON THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, CELEBRATION AND EVENT IS INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT IS TRULY “PRICELESS”!
TO ARGUE THIS IMPORTANT POINT IS IGNORANCE AND….WELL….VERY WRONG.
"You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well,
Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.
And you, of tender years,
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your youth,
They seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well,
Their children's hell will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you."
07
Attention all families and 2007 graduates,
FIND A GOOD ATTORNEY!
Don't let them getaway with this because this will give them leverage over us for next year
2008 Families
It is really not about the change it is about our children. It is about failing to invoke democracy and allowing seniors and families to have a say in the matter.
RRPS,
Man o man you really messed up BIG TIME!
"my wonderment starts when you open your eyes
you take your very first breath, I see your abdomine rise
since we were itty-itty-bitty, we've been running together
from something or other, our hearts always beat louder"
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
The Star Center is going to cost us taxpayers, RRPS more then The Pit!
They said it would cost less?
They lied
Arnold
“Racism is still real – It is a power that gives specific people, groups or camps different access to opportunities and resources. Your decision has created advantages that disproportionately channels power and resources away from the seniors and families of this year’s graduating class.”
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
THAT IS EASILY OVER 40,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
“Everyone has already heard the arguments for and against returning the graduation ceremony to The Pit so there’s no reason to spend a lot of time rehashing what’s already been said. The only issue left to be decided is what most of the parents want to do. We believe that most of the parents want the ceremony to be held in The Pit. So our only request is that you authorize a vote so that we can see what the parents want. If most of them want to hold the ceremony at the Star Center, then we should hold it at the Star Center; if most of the parents want to return to the Pit, then that’s what we should do. If you feel you can’t authorize a vote, then the only fair decision is to return the ceremony to The Pit given that the decision was made without sufficient public input.
Further, the decision to move the ceremony to the Star Center disproportionately inconveniences larger families, many of whom happen to be Hispanic.”
THEY LIED!
THEY BARELY JUST SIGNED THE CONTRACT!
THEY CAN BREAK THE SO CALLED CONTRACT!
DON’T BELIEVE IT WHEN THEY TELL YOU THEY CAN’T!
BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY CAN!
AND,
THE PIT IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON MAY 19TH!
YIPPIEEE!!
Take it back Sue,
Adam
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO VOTE.
RRPS IS DENYING US THIS OPPORTUNITY.
OUR COUNTRY IS FOUNDED ON DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
LET US VOTE.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
"A city cannot rise any higher than the level of its leaders”
As I understand it, RRPS had opposition for the very first graduation.
Certain persons did not want the graduation to be held outside of RR city limits. Thank goodness some of the SCHOOL BOARD members had the insight & foresight to realize the graduating class was so big they had to hold it at a venue larger then the high school gym. So they held it in Johnson Gym.
Then certain SCHOOL BOARD members realized that THE PIT would have to be used just due to the sheer numbers of the graduating class and family and loved ones in attendance.
Thank you, past SCHOOL BOARD members!
This entire crew today along with their think tank could learn a thing or two from you.
“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”?
Now we are going backwards and disregarding our seniors and their families, even though this is the largest graduating class in our school’s history. It is much bigger then the first two graduations and one of the biggest in the state this year. The future holds even bigger graduating classes to come.
Other city dwellers in RR, had advised our leaders that the Star Center is “too small”, for a long list of different activities.
So obviously it is too small for this year's graduation.
The decision is wrong, the effort is wasted, the timing was horrendous, the TV feeds are not the same as the real thing.
An important aspect in all of this is that those first SCHOOL BOARD members did not put their positions, interests, ego’s, power or thinking first. They put our children first, the way it should be.
GOD BLESS YOU.
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
"A city cannot rise any higher than the level of its leaders”
“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”? said...
As I understand it, RRPS had opposition for the very first graduation.
Certain persons did not want the graduation to be held outside of RR city limits. Thank goodness some of the SCHOOL BOARD members had the insight & foresight to realize the graduating class was so big they had to hold it at a venue larger then the high school gym. So they held it in Johnson Gym.
Then certain SCHOOL BOARD members realized that THE PIT would have to be used just due to the sheer numbers of the graduating class and family and loved ones in attendance.
Thank you, past SCHOOL BOARD members!
This entire crew today along with their think tank could learn a thing or two from you.
“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”?
Now we are going backwards and disregarding our seniors and their families, even though this is the largest graduating class in our school’s history. It is much bigger then the first two graduations and one of the biggest in the state this year. The future holds even bigger graduating classes to come.
Other city dwellers in RR, had advised our leaders that the Star Center is “too small”, for a long list of different activities.
So obviously it is too small for this year's graduation.
The decision is wrong, the effort is wasted, the timing was horrendous, the TV feeds are not the same as the real thing.
An important aspect in all of this is that those first SCHOOL BOARD members did not put their positions, interests, ego’s, power or thinking first. They put our children first, the way it should be.
GOD BLESS YOU.
2007 FAMILIES AND SENIORS
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them."
No savings at all!!!
The Center will end up costing more the THE PIT!!
They said they would be saving money, the won't be!
SERIOUSLY… said...
SERIOUSLY…
SIMPLY, WHAT PRICE DO YOU PLACE ON A CELEBRATION OF LOVE AND LIFE?!
THE COST THE SAVINGS THAT MRS. CLEVELAND AND MR. VONANCKEN ALLUDE TO ABSOLUTELY DO NOT OUT WEIGH WHAT WILL BE COMPLETELY LOST!
YES, EVEN TO ATTEMPT TO PLACE A PRICE ON THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, CELEBRATION AND EVENT IS INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT IS TRULY “PRICELESS”!
TO ARGUE THIS IMPORTANT POINT IS IGNORANCE AND….WELL….VERY WRONG.
The RRPS decision will hurt graduation for the next four years.
We will need families most affected to sign the PETITION,
call Yvette at 994-9648
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
The City of Vision has been blinded by the LIES!
Stephen
She is still asleep
Anonymous said...
So who's going to wake up little Susie?
Keep passing the word along The Pit is still available.
There are a number of people, both here and in the press, who keep dragging "little Johnny," a graduating senior, along with his family, into this mess.
After enduring the callous, condescending remarks, and lack of common courtesy, Little Johnny woke up the other morning and got his blog on!
http://littlejohnnyinriorancho.blogspot.com/
Is it true Mr. VonAncken always tells students in his speeches “the choice is yours” but the reality is.....not this time?
The RRPS decision will hurt graduation for the next four years.
We will need families most affected to sign the PETITION,
call Yvette at 994-9648
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
Seniors and Families,
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
I did not read every comment posted yet, so if someone already said this better, then at least good thinkers see eye to eye, hah.
This is a case of “THE GLASS IS HALF FULL OR THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY”,
I do agree with all the reasons, logic and merits to have the graduation in Rio Rancho.
But…..I also agree with every single reason THE CLASS OF 2007 SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT THE PIT.
Plain and simple, the decision and how it was enforced was WRONG!!
Mario
At Three minutes and Four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May This Year,
the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07.
This will Never happen again in our lifetime.
~ We are not enemies,
But friends.
We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have strained
It must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory . . .
. . . Will yet swell
When again touched,
As surely they will be,
By the better Angels of our Nature ~
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
we was robbed!!!
My Graduation 2007
Class Ring - $400 (In Albuquerque)
Announcements/Cap & Gown - $200 (In Albuquerque)
Invitations - $150 (In Albuquerque)
Graduation pictures - $400 (In Albuquerque)
8 family members flying in - $3,600
Graduation party - $2,000
Having my entire family who encouraged me for the last 13 years celebrate with me at
THE PIT.....
PRICELESS!!!
NEED TICKETS PLEASE said...
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
They put our children first said...
“OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
"A city cannot rise any higher than the level of its leaders”
“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”? said...
As I understand it, RRPS had opposition for the very first graduation.
Certain persons did not want the graduation to be held outside of RR city limits. Thank goodness some of the SCHOOL BOARD members had the insight & foresight to realize the graduating class was so big they had to hold it at a venue larger then the high school gym. So they held it in Johnson Gym.
Then certain SCHOOL BOARD members realized that THE PIT would have to be used just due to the sheer numbers of the graduating class and family and loved ones in attendance.
Thank you, past SCHOOL BOARD members!
This entire crew today along with their think tank could learn a thing or two from you.
“Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio”?
Now we are going backwards and disregarding our seniors and their families, even though this is the largest graduating class in our school’s history. It is much bigger then the first two graduations and one of the biggest in the state this year. The future holds even bigger graduating classes to come.
Other city dwellers in RR, had advised our leaders that the Star Center is “too small”, for a long list of different activities.
So obviously it is too small for this year's graduation.
The decision is wrong, the effort is wasted, the timing was horrendous, the TV feeds are not the same as the real thing.
An important aspect in all of this is that those first SCHOOL BOARD members did not put their positions, interests, ego’s, power or thinking first. They put our children first, the way it should be.
GOD BLESS YOU.
2007 FAMILIES AND SENIORS
The RRPS decision will hurt graduation for the next four years.
We will need families most affected to sign the PETITION,
call Yvette at 994-9648
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
The seniors of the class of 2007 would like to acknowledge RRPS for:
Failing to listening to reason, for stressing us, for lying to us, for disregarding our celebration, for punishing us for something we did not do, for providing us with tacky announcements, for burdening our families with expenditures for travel, with discriminating against anyone with a large family, or large network, for telling us “the choice is yours”, but it never was, for a disrespectful board president, for a superintendent that claimed she knew all the reasons, but later after making things worse admitted to failing to know all the reasons, for a dishonest principal, for no help from the mayor, for making us have to choose who goes and who stays, for being dictators, for threatening families and students that spoke up, for telling us to get over it, for telling us life is hard get over it, for telling us we are greedy, for a BIG MESS!
RRPS has created a situation where the families of graduating seniors are made to feel like gate crashers.
Way to congratulate the graduates!
NEED TICKETS PLEASE said...
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
Everything that we would have like to have said is right here among all of these comments.
We would like thank everyone that spoke up.
Too bad RRPS is not listening to a word we’re saying.
2007 SENIORS
Keep passing the word along The Pit is still available.
The RRPS decision will hurt graduation for the next four years.
We will need families most affected to sign the PETITION,
call Yvette at 994-9648
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010:
We have the Hard Copy paper PETITION
Please call me and I will meet you to get it signed.
Please pass my number to other families thank you.
Call Yvette 994-9648
.
"Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it."
Thank YOU.
Thank you for messing up the 2007 graduation.
I don't have enough tickets
Shawn
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
from the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims
know your history
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
THAT IS EASILY OVER 40,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Dr. Sue Cleveland,
you did us wrong,
2007 Seniors
Dr. Cleveland,
This was your motto at one time:
"It takes a village to raise a child."
Now it appears your motto is:
"But only LIMITED amount of that village is allowed to attend the child's graduation"
2007 SENIORS
"Come together right now over me"
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
THAT IS EASILY OVER 49,000 to 59,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
wrong decision Sue, you apologized, but when my children were little they thought they could apologize and that would correct or excuse their wrong. I had to additionally let them know, that sorry does not cut it. Depending on the circumstance and situation, an apology all by itself does not cut it, does not excuse the wrong.
Sue, sorry does not cut it.
DON'T GIVE UP!!
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2007!
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MONDAY MAY 14TH
Dr. Cleveland anc RRPS,
Thank you for ruining the Class of 2007's GRADUATION.
We went to UNM's yesterday,
what a GREAT EVENT,
they went on and on about everyone coming, including FAMILY and FREINDS!
The speeches did not at all limit anyone from attending, they encouraged and welcomed diversity.
it does
Thank you to everyone that spoke up against this decision
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
CALL said...
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
THAT IS EASILY OVER 49,000 to 59,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
My Graduation 2007
Class Ring - $400 (In Albuquerque)
Announcements/Cap & Gown - $200 (In Albuquerque)
Invitations - $150 (In Albuquerque)
Graduation pictures - $400 (In Albuquerque)
8 family members flying in - $3,600
Graduation party - $2,000
Having my entire family who encouraged me for the last 13 years celebrate with me at
THE PIT.....
PRICELESS!!!
sorry 2007
Dr. Cleveland,
As this matter unfolds,
more negative things occur, due to your change of location for graduation.
I will from now on be reminded of the 2007 graduation, when I hear your name.
NEED TICKETS PLEASE!
IF ANYONE HAS ANY EXTRA GRADUATION TICKETS THEY DO NOT NEED PLEASE EMAIL ME AT
acharles7591@aol.com
Thanks to this decision, I really hate having to choose which family member can go and who can't.
As everyone has to do that will not have enough tickets.
Thank you,
Congrats 2007
My Graduation 2007
Class Ring - $400 (In Albuquerque)
Announcements/Cap & Gown - $200 (In Albuquerque)
Invitations - $150 (In Albuquerque)
Graduation pictures - $400 (In Albuquerque)
8 family members flying in - $3,600
Graduation party - $2,000
Having my entire family who encouraged me for the last 13 years celebrate with me at
THE PIT.....
PRICELESS!!!
It did not happen, 8 tickets was not enough, I had to pick and choose it honestly was horrible. The 8 that came thoroughly enjoyed the ceremony, I enjoyed them being there too, but I also thought about my family that were not allowed to come and I cried.
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
THAT IS EASILY OVER 49,000 to 59,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
EVERYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID WAS SAID
WE THANK EVERYONE THAT SPOKE UP
TOO BAD RRPS DID NOT LISTEN
2007 SENIORS AND FAMILIES
Dr. Cleveland,
"It takes a village to raise a child."
Thank you for ruining our graduation
2007 SENIORS & FAMILIES
we did not boo,
we have better tact
then those that did boo in 06,
we showed you we did not deserve to be penalized for their behavior,
if you noticed we did not clap for certain people either,
the observer still got it wrong,
you all got it wrong,
you all need to find out why the booed in 06,
you deserved it then,
you deserve it now
og
we did not boo you,
even though you deserved it,
we have better tact
then those that did boo you in 06,
we showed you we did not deserve to be penalized for their behavior,
if you noticed we did not clap for certain people either,
the observer still got it wrong,
you all got it wrong,
you all need to find out why they booed you in 06,
you deserved to be booed then,
you deserve to be booed now
og again
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION BY RRPS WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, NOW 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
FROM 2007 IS EASILY OVER 49,000 to 59,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
BACK TO THE PIT!
WE DID IT SENIORS!!!!
2007 RULES
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2007!
BACK TO THE PIT,
NOT TO THE CASINO!!
back to The PIT in 08
Mayor backed The Pit change
when we tried to get his help,
he was backing the move and Dr. Cleveland
Front Page of ABQ Journal
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/568021metro06-03-07.htm
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Rio Rancho Pulls Mayor's Credit Card
By Sean Olson
Copyright © 2007 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Staff Writer
Rio Rancho city staff have revoked Mayor Kevin Jackson's city-issued credit card over nearly $8,000 in purchases primarily made at the Santa Ana Star Center for renting out suites, buying food and paying for concert tickets.
"It would be very difficult to determine a public purpose for just handing out tickets," interim city manager Jim Babin said Friday.
City Fiscal Services director Dick Kristof said Friday that Jackson's purchasing card— a city-issued credit card— was canceled May 17 and a new one has been issued to the city. The new card "is not available" to Jackson, Kristof said.
City spokesman Peter Wells said a city audit into the credit card records will continue.
Jackson's attorney, B.J. Crow, said Saturday that he has not seen any details to allegations against Jackson and has only one comment until he does.
"Mr. Jackson is adamant that no city funds have been misspent," Crow said.
Jackson has been out of town and has not returned Journal messages.
In a May 24 letter to his administrative assistant, Jackson claims he did not specifically ask for some of the entertainment charges to be put on the city's card.
"This past week, I was shown a bill for my credit card that had many charges on it that I did not make," the letter states.
His letter recommends changes that better track expenditures for travel and the event center, and requests a monthly report on all expenses from the mayor's budget.
He also said in the letter that he realizes that his administrative assistant is "often put in a position to charge something based on calls from others for tickets, events, etc. especially when others say that the Mayor said so or this is official business."
Memo stated concerns
All of the questionable purchases appeared on the monthly summary of purchasing that Jackson signed.
Babin sent a memo to Jackson on May 18— a day after Jackson's card was canceled— outlining concerns that city personnel had raised over Jackson's purchasing habits throughout the year.
"Again, we are not authorized to expend public funds to purchase tickets in order to give them to other people, including City or State employees, unless there is an official city function being hosted— one which has a defined benefit to the city as a whole," the memo said.
The memo also questioned "various lunches" and one purchase for $11 worth of alcohol. City policy does not allow public funds to be spent on alcohol.
Jackson signed a card holder agreement in March 2006 for the credit card that outlines the rules of using the card.
The agreement states "under no circumstances will I use the Purchasing Card to make personal purchases."
City records show that Jackson on May 24— after his credit card had been revoked— reimbursed the city for about $600 of the $8,000 questioned.
It was to refund $216 worth of Moody Blues tickets, $184 for refreshments at the concert and about $200 worth of food from Sal E Boys Pizza in Rio Rancho and Chili's Grill, according to a memo sent to city staff from Jackson's administrative assistant.
Among other purchases that raised concerns included:
April transactions for about $2,600 worth of tickets and refreshments for concerts, New Mexico Scorpions playoff tickets and a business dinner with new city manager Jim Payne.
March transactions of about $1,100 worth of Santa Ana Star Center purchases.
February transactions of about $1,900 in tickets— including $1,600 worth for Willie Nelson tickets.
November transactions of $1,281 for travel and events center tickets.
Babin said that Jackson has been asked to justify the use of the credit card for those transactions and others but that he has not heard from him on the issue.
"If they were for private purchases, he would have to reimburse us," Babin said.
Check fraud alleged
Jackson is already facing an investigation by a U.S. Inspector General over allegations that he misspent federal grant funds while running his former nonprofit, New Mexico Family Council— Best Choice.
And Family Council officials say that they filed a report with the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety on Thursday alleging that Jackson committed check fraud.
Family Council officials have also sent a demand letter to Jackson for a refund of at least two trips.
City records show that two trips made by the mayor— one to Fort Meyers, Fla., from Nov. 2-5, and another to Baltimore from March 18-21— were charged to the city credit card.
Family Council officials have said their records show that Jackson was reimbursed by that organization for those trips, as well.
Meanwhile, Jackson has had large increases in his mayor's budget in comparison to former mayors.
All of the Santa Ana Star Center charges fall under the "other costs" portion of the mayor's budget. Traditionally, that portion of the budget has been set at $500 a year.
Jackson's "other costs" budget has been increased to $9,600 through the fiscal year, which ends June 30, using transfers from other line items in the mayor's budget.
The total mayor's budget has increased about $18,000— to $83,000. Of that, about $69,000 has been spent.
Travel costs have gone above originally budgeted levels and an increase of about $8,500 has been added this year.
Jackson, who started the Family Council in 2001 and managed it until three weeks ago, was fired amid allegations of "mismanagement" of federal grant funds, including giving himself a raise from $62,000 to $85,000 without board of directors or grant administrator consent.
The Family Council also cited questionable travel expenses and unauthorized donations to other nonprofits as reasons for the firing.
action jackson,
say it ain't so!
Mayor,
chickens have come home to roost
"REMEMBER THIS DECISION BY RRPS WILL AFFECT ALL GRADUATING SENIORS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS OR UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL IS OPEN!"
YES, NOW 2008, 2009, 2010 WILL ALL BE AFFECTED!
FROM 2007, NOW EASILY
OVER 49,000 to 59,000 PEOPLE
THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BUT WON'T BE ALLOWED!
BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WILL BE BIGGER THEN THE PREVIOUS YEAR!
Make sure you PASS this on!
Call Yvette 994-9648
To Mayor J. and Dr. Cleveland,
what comes around goes around
Sue Cleveland,
back to the pit
we want the PIT
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