Thursday, December 20, 2007
SWOP homepage12/20/07 ABQ Journal: 1,000 Friends Says Cummins Should Not Have Voted
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Journal Staff Writer
The executive director of an environmental group that focuses on growth issues says Bernalillo County Commissioner Tim Cummins should not have voted to move forward on a major West Side development.
But county officials say Cummins, whose company is developing an industrial park surrounded on three sides by the 57,000-acre SunCal property, had no conflict and his vote was "proper." The industrial park is north of I-40 at Paseo del Volcan.
The commission last week voted 3-2 to approve a master development agreement and special tax districts for SunCal. Cummins joined Commissioners Alan Armijo and Michael Brasher in voting yes.
The so-called Tax Increment Development Districts allow developers to divert future tax revenues from within the districts to pay for roads, storm drainage and other infrastructure.
Gabriel Nims, executive director of 1,000 Friends of New Mexico and a vocal critic of the tax plan, said Wednesday that Cummins should have recused himself from any SunCal votes.
"It's more than just if there's a conflict," Nims said. "There is an appearance of conflict."
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Cummins is a crook and it is a sad disgrace that so called progressive legislators like cordova and archuleta let him get away with his corrupt antics.
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