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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Maggie Toulouse Named Bernalillo County Clerk
Congratulations to Maggie Toulouse, who was appointed Bernalillo County Clerk to fill the rest of the term vacated by Mary Hererra, our new Secretary of State. Toulouse was chosen by the Bernalillo County Commission from among a dozen candidates. Toulouse was recently the Southwest campaign manager for the League of Conservation Voters. She was sworn in on January 2nd. You can read more about Toulouse in her recent guest blog on DFNM. KRQE News has some video and photos.
According to an Albuquerque Journal article,
Bernalillo County commissioners voted 3-2 in favor of her appointment. Favoring Toulouse were Deanna Archuleta, who made the nomination, as well as Teresa Córdova and Michael Brasher. Alan Armijo and Tim Cummins voted for Assistant City Clerk Kelli Fulgenzi for the job.
Toulouse said she intends to seek election as clerk in 2008. In the meantime, she said, she would run the clerk's office with "integrity, honesty and fairness."
January 4, 2007 at 09:57 AM in Candidates & Races, Election Reform & Voting | Permalink
Comments
This is great news! Maggie was very impressive at Meetup last time and I think she's a great choice.
Posted by: I Vote | Jan 4, 2007 11:53:08 AM
One of the toughest jobs I can think of - Good Luck, Maggie!
Posted by: suz | Jan 4, 2007 1:52:50 PM
She did a really good job at LCV and I know she will do the same here. Kind of a thankless and tough job but so glad someone this good got the appointment - an ally.
Posted by: treehugger | Jan 5, 2007 8:49:45 AM
Another unexperienced person to do a job that deserves a qualified, experienced person! Elections are a very small part of what occupies the County Clerk's daily duties. We don't need activists at these positions! She will get a taste of what the job really is and then quit. She sure doesn't have a chance in the Election in '08 thank god! Hopefully she will have someone like Eric Griego run her campaign so she will be sure to lose.
Posted by: | Jan 5, 2007 9:52:37 AM
ouch the anonomous post above.
I truly hope she proves you wrong.
And I really believe she will.
meb
Posted by: Mary Ellen | Jan 5, 2007 10:30:59 AM
I don't see how someone with a master's and experience in politics and managing people is "inexperienced". I think this is the same sour grapes commenter who always makes sure Eric Griego's name is in there somewhere, blaming him for everything that happens. Tin foil hats!
Also I guess noone is considered qualified by this person unless they are related to certain families. Funny thing is two of Maggie's strongest supporters were two hispanics on the county commission - Deanna Archuleta and Teresa Cordova. What that tells me is that they too are tired of the corruption from certain parts of the community.
Posted by: Nameless | Jan 5, 2007 12:34:37 PM
