Terry Riley Guest Blog: Support Maggie Toulouse for Bernalillo County Clerk

From guest blogger Terry Riley:
On January 1st Mary Herrera will tender her resignation as county clerk and be sworn in as Secretary of State of New Mexico. At that point Bernalillo County commissioners will have to meet to appoint a new County Clerk.

I attended a meeting of Democracy for New Mexico last week where Maggie Toulouse spoke. She told a bit about herself and she asked for suggestions for priorities for change in the county election process. She recognized that she was speaking with people who had participated in this year's election process. The input from the group was varied and her responses appeared thoughtful.

Ms. Toulouse asked for support for the nomination. She indicated that she would submit a summary of her qualifications to the Democracy for New Mexico web site. (Editor's Note: She did submit this info, which can be found in this post.) From a little experience that I have had working with her and very heavily from her presentation at DFNM I feel that she is a very good candidate for replacing Mary Herrera. 

If you are a Bernalillo County resident and you want to recommend Maggie Toulouse for Bernalillo County Clerk I ask that you contact your commissioner and indicate your support. You can also have an effect if you contact the other commissioners, be sure to indicate whose district you reside in.  The contact information for the Bernalillo County Commissioners is:

Alan B. Armijo, 505-768-4027, msalazar@bernco.gov

Teresa L. Cordova, PhD, 505-768-4448, bmiera@bernco.gov

Deanna A. Archuleta, 505-768-4108, sdanciger@bernco.gov

Tim Cummins, 505-768-4001, emckinley@bernco.gov

Michael Brasher, 505-768-4002, rdoucette@bernco.gov

Address: One Civic Plaza NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
They are located on the 10th floor. 

Please take action.  New Mexico needs the most qualified people in county clerk positions, especially Bernalillo County.

Editor's Note: This opinion piece is a guest blog submitted by Terry Riley. If you would like to submit a post for possible publication as a guest blog here, contact me by clicking on the Email Me link at the upper left-hand corner of the main blog page.