Santa Fe New Mexican, October 15, 2014

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3 ELECTIONS 2014 The issues facing New Mexico EDITOR’S NOTE This is the fourth article in a series looking at issues important to New Mexicans in the 2014 governor’s race. On Sunday, we looked at the economy. On Monday, we covered education. Today, we focus on social issues, followed by the environment, transparency, and health and welfare. View earlier stories and additional election coverage at www.santafenewmexican. com/elections.

Hackers use Windows flaw to spy on NATO Russian hackers target Ukraine, NATO and others. PAGE A-4

Film festival expects to draw 10K to S.F.

Transparency issues cloud governor’s race Candidates failing to deliver on pledges By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Transparency. Open government. Sunshine. Virtually every candidate for

elected office embraces these themes while campaigning, promising to minimize government secrecy. It certainly was part of Republican Susana Martinez’s successful campaign for governor in 2010. The same was true of Democrat Gary King’s successful campaigns for attor-

ney general in 2006 and 2010. But both Martinez and King, now running against each other for governor, have had clouds over some of their sunshine efforts. Both have been sued for alleged violations of state public records laws. In one case, news organiza-

tions sued Martinez’s Human Services Department and the Attorney General’s Office for refusing to release a controversial audit of 15 mental health

Please see RACE, Page A-6 A mental health document hides dollar amounts.

Mora County upholds Panel receives oil, gas drilling ban earful on teacher reviews

Screenings begin Wednesday and run through Sunday. PAGE B-1

St. Vincent Ebola scare fuels calls for training

‘Slow down and get it right,’ lawmakers told By Robert Nott The New Mexican

Griego reversed course and cast the deciding vote to maintain the ordinance.

bition on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will stand at least until 2015, when a new member will join

Several superintendents from the state’s largest school districts testified before the Legislative Education Study Committee on Tuesday that while the state’s new teacher evaluation system has its benefits, the data collection behind it remains unclear and problematic. For example, the Albuquerque Public School District reported receiving four different evaluation results over the course of three months for certain groups of teachers. And the evaluation results for some Albuquerque teachers who previously had worked at different districts were sent to their former districts, breaching personnel confidentiality guidelines. More than 200 teachers in the Rio Rancho School District were categorized in incorrect groupings. Some teachers in that district were given credit for classes they did not teach. And some teachers with the same Standards Based Assessment data received different points for the data. In the small Cuba school district, one teacher who taught reading and social studies and another who taught math and science were both scored on math and reading data, though neither taught both subjects. And some special education teachers said they felt they did not get a fair shake from administrators who evaluated them, since so much of their classroom work revolves around meeting students’ Individualized Education Plan goals with teaching methods that most principals do not understand and cannot easily

It means Mora County’s prohi-

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Union finds response to sick patient lacking By Patrick Malone The New Mexican

Doctors are confident that a patient treated Monday at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center who recently traveled to Africa does not have the Ebola virus. But the response to the scare raised serious questions about how prepared Santa Fe is for an actual case of the disease. “We are trained for screening for Ebola, but I think the policy could be better as to what to do after we screen patients after they walk in the door,” said one nurse who treated the suspected Ebola patient Monday. She spoke to The New Mexican about the experience on condition of anonymity. The last coordinated drill at St. Vincent to simulate biological and chemical disasters was April 26, according to a hospital spokesman, and the last time emergency department staff was trained in donning full protective gear, the recommended dress for treating Ebola patients, was April 20. Both predate the growing concern over Ebola in the U.S. by months. At the same time Santa Fe’s only general hospital was treating the patient Monday, an email landed

Please see EBOLA, Page A-5

Irene Rosa of Wagon Mound clutches her stuffed raccoon while she yells at the Mora County Commission on Tuesday for considering the repeal of the oil and gas drilling ban. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Commissioner changes vote to keep restriction after audience voices strong support for it By Milan Simonich The New Mexican

CLEVELAND, N.M. ora County commissioners upheld a ban on oil and gas drilling during a raucous public meeting Tuesday, the issue only decided when one of them reversed his position at the last moment. Commissioner Alfonso Griego had told a crowd of about 40 people that he saw little choice but to repeal the controversial prohibition on oil and gas drilling. But then, under heavy pressure from spectators who jawed with the commissioners even as they deliberated,

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Mora County Commissioner Alfonso J. Griego, right, reversed course and voted to uphold the ban.

Turkish airstrikes complicate ISIS fight NATO partner only hits Kurdish rebels inside its borders By Julie Pace and Suzan Fraser The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In a fresh test for U.S. coalition-building efforts, Turkey is launching airstrikes against Kurdish rebels inside its borders this week despite pleas from the Obama administration to instead focus on an international campaign

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to destroy Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in the region. Media reports about the Turkish Barack Obama strikes surfaced Tuesday as President Barack Obama and military chiefs from more than 20 nations gathered in Washington in a show of unity against the

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Islamic State group. “This is an operation that involves the world against ISIL,” Obama declared, referring to the militant group by one of its many names. The Turkish airstrikes occurred Monday and marked the country’s first major strikes against Kurdish rebels on its own soil since peace talks began two years ago. The strikes came amid anger among the Kurds in Turkey, who accuse the government there of standing by while Syrian Kurds are being killed

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by Islamic State militants in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani. The Islamic State militants also have targeted Kurds in Iraq, who have to some extent been able to hold off their advances. The U.S. has been pressing Turkey — a NATO ally — to take a more active role in the campaign to destroy the Islamic State group, but the Turks have said they won’t join the fight unless the U.S.-led coalition also targets Syrian President Bashar

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Alfonso Ortiz, 86, Santa Fe, Oct. 10 PAGE B-2

Art in Architecture The group show features the American Institute of Architects Western Mountain Region award entries; reception 5 to 7 p.m. at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. The exhibit runs through Oct. 18. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

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Today Mostly sunny. High 73, low 44. PAGE A-8

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