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| Senators confirm new prison system leader |
| By daily-times.com - Milan Simonich |
| Published: 02/02/2012 |
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SANTA FE — A move to derail Gov. Susana Martinez's nominee to run the state prison system fell flat Wednesday. State senators voted 38-1 to confirm Gregg Marcantel as secretary of the Department of Corrections. Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, stood alone in opposing Marcantel, saying she was not satisfied that he honestly answered questions about his past. Lopez is chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, which runs background checks on nominees for high-tier government appointments. She said Marcantel, unlike hundreds of nominees before him, did not properly answer a question about a history of workplace discipline. Marcantel, 51, said the question asked whether he ever had been accused of sexual harassment or similar misconduct. He said he truthfully replied that he had no such history. But Lopez said a background investigation revealed that he had been sued civilly in a case involving a prisoner's alleged mistreatment in Bernalillo County, and that he had twice been disciplined early in his law enforcement career in Louisiana. Marcantel told the Rules Committee that he was dismissed as a defendant in the lawsuit before it was settled. He also said that, as a 19-year-old rookie officer, he had vouched in writing for a jail trusty, violating a department rule. Read More. |
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