When Will the Grand Jury Investigation into CDR be Finished

State Party Chairman Brian S. Colón writes a guest article in the Albuquerque Journal reacting to the on going investigation into CDR which has been directed at the Governor’s office.

Strange that a tool which was first created to prevent political prosecution of individuals has now been turned on elected official in this state to drag out an investigation over many months for what is beginning to appear to be political reasons. Any jury pool would be only too exposed to leaks from this investigation because of the length of time it is taking to hear and rehear testimony. With such a high profile case one would hope that leaks would be held to a minimum and that speed would be a key issue for any prosecuting attorney if they truly believed there is a case to be prosecuted.

With political reform being a major theme to this year’s legislative session now would be a good time to take a long hard look at local elected state officials and decide who is standing next to them whispering in their ear. For too long this state has seen high dollar lobbyists from oil and gas and other major companies having a strong influence on republicans to the point where normal everyday voters have no hope of getting a fair hearing and now a republican U.S Attorney is facing questions on why a high profile case is lingering for such a long period of time. Some in the media have suggested that it is simply a case of him wanting to hold on to his job for a little while longer. What ever the reason I am sure that the voting public would like nothing more then to see this investigation completed and decisions made as to what will happen next if anything. Our state’s voting public doses not want New Mexico to become equated with pay for play activities at the state government level unless there is real hard evidence to back up the claims.