Democrats say Otero County official threatened New Mexico House speaker

The Santa Fe New Mexican ^ | 03/01/2021 | Robert Nott

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Democrats in the House of Representatives voiced outrage over an email from an Otero County official they claim contains a threat against Speaker Brian Egolf.

Democrats contend Otero County Assessor Steve Boyle, who also serves as president of New Mexico Counties, a group that advocates for counties’ needs statewide, wrote an email about a recent Albuquerque Journal story on Egolf’s Santa Fe-based law firm settling 10 legal cases against state agencies for more than $2 million over the past five years.

According to the email, Boyle wrote: “Another Democrat getting rich off of the people rather than serving them. This is why New Mexico fights an uphill battle all the time.

“If I had a list, he would be on it.”

Rep. Daymon Ely, D-Albuquerque, called the email a threat of violence during a floor session Monday night, one that requires condemnation in the “strongest possible terms.”

Speaking by phone minutes later, Ely said the email was sent to him by a recipient whom he declined to identify.

Ely said given the context, Boyle’s words were “clearly a threat.”

Though he did not return a call seeking comment, Boyle wrote in an email, “I did not and would not threaten anyone with violence.”

Boyle did not respond to a follow-up email asking him to confirm whether he sent the communication. The email about Egolf, distributed by the House speaker’s spokesman, contained Boyd’s name, email address and phone number.

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Egolf is the main sponsor of House Bill 4, which would create a New Mexico Civil Rights Act. The legislation would allow residents to sue state governmental entities if they feel their civil rights have been violated. It also would do away with qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that can shield government officials, including police, from being held personally liable for actions that violate a person’s constitutional rights.

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The task of filling up the blanks I’d rather leave to you.
But it really doesn’t matter whom you put upon the list,
For they’d none of ‘em be missed — they’d none of ‘em be missed!

Chorus.
You may put ‘em on the list — you may put ‘em on the list;
And they’ll none of ‘em be missed — they’ll none of ‘em be missed!

[DesertRhino]

Immediately after the election where Xochitl Small was defeated and the seat went back to the Republican as it has been for decades, this guy announced his intent to redistrict that seat out of existence.

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Egolf’s PAC also spent a lot of money trying to unseat Rep. Rebecca Dow(R-38), and the threat to redistrict came from the fact she is so well liked by her constituents, all the negative lies and dirty campaign ads couldn’t achieve that.

That district is one of the last conservative pockets left in the state.