TROUBLE FOR SOME CANDIDATES IN ALBUQUERQUE. MAYORAL CANDIDATE WAYNE JOHNSON IS ACCUSED OF TAKING 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM DONORS WHO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY. BUT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS IT’S JUST RETALIATION AGAINST HIM FOR FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST STATE AUDITOR TIM KELLER, WHO’S ALSO RUNNING FOR MAYOR. THE COMPLAINT SAYS KELLER HAS MORE THAN 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN “IN KIND” DONATIONS.
DISTRICT-5 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE CYNTHIA BORREGO IS ALSO ACCUSED TO TAKING “IN KIND” CONTRIBUTIONS. AND JAVIER BENAVIDEZ, RUNNING FOR THE COUNCIL IN DISTRICT ONE, WAS FINED 19-HUNDRED DOLLARS AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF FRAUD TO OBTAIN VOTER SIGNATURES TO GET PUBLIC FINANCING.
