Martinez Caught Again; Another Insider Deal with Taxpayer Money
Submitted by J. Dyrcz on 9 September 2010 - 9:00am
Martinez's Office Had Deals with Staffer's Husband – Heath Haussamen, NM Politics
District court had a similar arrangement to provide after-school services for juveniles; Martinez says it made sense to use the same company
District Attorney Susana Martinez’s office paid companies owned by an employee’s husband for several years to mentor juveniles in an after-school martial arts program.
The Third Judicial District Court in Las Cruces entered into a similar arrangement with one of the companies. Martinez’s gubernatorial campaign and Kelly Kuenstler, who was the office manager in Martinez’s office while her husband’s companies were being paid for the services, said it made sense to put the juveniles from the DA’s pre-prosecution diversion program (PPD) in the already existing class for juveniles in the court’s drug court program.
