N.M. Mayor & Dem Rep Candidate: I Was Drunk When I Signed Contracts
- Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:10pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Sunland Park, NM Mayor Martin Resendiz.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Mexico border town mayor and congressional candidate Martin Resendiz was drunk when he signed nine contracts with a California company that is now suing the city for $1 million, according to a deposition in the case.
“The day I signed . I had way too much to drink. It was after 5 p.m. and I signed it (the contracts) and I didn’t know what I was signing,” Sunland Park, N.M., Mayor Martin Resendiz wrote in response to questions from lawyers for the architectural design firm Synthesis+. “My sister had to pick me up.”
The lawsuit claims the company is owed $1 million for work performed under the nine contracts, according to a report Thursday in the Albuquerque Journal. ( http://bit.ly/prqaSi ). Sunland Park contends the contracts were not valid because they weren’t approved by the City Council.
Resendiz is a former El Paso, Texas, police officer and Sunland Park municipal judge. He has been mayor since March 2008 and has said he plans to seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce.
Resendiz could not be reached Thursday morning but his office said it expected to issue a statement later in the day.
According to a transcript of Resendiz’s June 2010 deposition by attorney Victor Poulos, Resendiz acknowledged signing the documents in May or June 2008 after several hours of drinking with Sythesis+ executives at Ardovino’s Crossing, an Italian restaurant in Sunland Park. Among the executives present was architect Daniel Soltero.
“Again, this was after two or three hours of us drinking, not exactly the best time to do business, not exactly the best time to read over legal documents, which he (Soltero) did not portray at any time to be legal documents,” Resendiz said according to a transcript of the deposition.
City Councilor Daniel Salinas, who was also deposed, said under oath he was at the restaurant meeting and was also inebriated.
Synthesis+ officials said the mayor signed the documents in July 2008 at the Sunland Park city hall and that the mayor was sober.
Poulos said it was the first time in his 33 years of practicing law that someone had acknowledged signing a contract while drunk.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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Comments (57)
Rickfromillinois
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 8:05amHe would probably make an excellent DEMOCRAT Congressman, but a terrible United States Congressman.
Report Post »RebelSon
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 8:37amAt least he would have an excuse, unlike the ones we have now who make ridiculous decisions for no apparent reason.
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 11:42amRick you are right just the man the democraps are looking for!
Report Post »dominke
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:02pmI think all liberals and democrats are drunk most of time. Or are they just plain stupid?
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:46pm@Dominke – It’s a matter too much liquor or stupidity, it is denial. Denial that the United States can be a third world country overnight. Denial that Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid are sustainable in their present forms. Denial that the “pieces of Utopia” that were promised to them do not exist. Denial that the tax code needs scraped for the FAIR tax so that class warfare can not be played.
Obama said that “the debt ceiling debate was a manufactured crisis by Republicans.”
But I submit that it was a manufactured crisis by BOTH parties in order to blame the other for predicted credit rating drop and the financial problems that will come with it.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 7:19amPlain and simpleton
Report Post »It depends on what the definition of is … is
Bowmaster
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 7:16amIf THAT’S the case we should recind most of the laws the drunks in congress have imposed on us.
Report Post »They should ALL be drug tested too.
They MUST be high or drunk with all the irrational crap they try to cram down our throats.
theye
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 8:55amDitto!
Report Post »likwidlizard
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:48amThis is BS! He’s an X-judge. He knows what he was doing. Unless he was in a “BLACKOUT”. Anyway, he’s a POS and a liberal Democrap that thinks he can just l\‘lie’ and get away with anything. But he is following the intelligence of his culture by just admitting he’s a stupid idiot and a FOOL.
Report Post »cowpill
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:39amAs a former resident of NM, stupidity like this is all too common. One of the many reasons I left.
Report Post »Desert Dog
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 8:10amAs a current NM resident my opinion is….he fits right in. He wants to replace my Congressman. HMMMM….We finally got rid of a lot of Richardson cronnies last election and things are slowly changing here. But let’s put this guy in charge of our district and we can all use the “Drinking Defense”. What ever happened to taking responsibility for your own actions. What a POS!
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:57amHe shouldn’t blame the booze and just resign while he still has whatever little pride he has left. “I was drunk.” No, you were stupid – its politically genetic among the democratic party, they seem to have a strong tendency to breed stupidity by making poor decisions and dumb excuses for their actions.
Report Post »SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:55amThings just keep getting better and better don’t they.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:49amYou can’t blame me. You can’t prosecute me. I was drunk at the time I sank the U.S.S. Oldsmobile and Mary Jo died.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:19amHe should fit right in with Fancy Nancy and Hapless Harry. Lets get this bill passed so we can read ir and find out what we did.
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:15amOf course he‘s net responsible he’s a democrat.He had good intentions,just like Obummer judge me by my words not my actions.He’s the only one to ever do something they regretted when drunk.Well go away pos.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 4:27amHe signed contracts for the city after several hours of drinking – you have to be kidding me – what the hell was this idiot thinking – this is just unbelievable. Didn’t he had enough sense to say “I think I need to sign these tomorrow” – simple, what the hell is wrong with all these idiots who are in office in this country now!!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-1j3
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:54amWhats wrong with these idiots is they are liberals.
Report Post »elphi43
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 2:33am“But I was drunk when I signed….,” sounds like the standard line when a Democrat gets caught. I’m not buying that for a minute.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:32amThe man says he was drunk when he signed the contracts. Presumably he was sober the next morning? How was the company able to perform 1 million in work before the Mayor realized he’d signed the contracts and authorized the work? I don’t buy it.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:20amHis Facebook status the next day was “OMG guize, SO drunk last nite… LOL. Dun ‘member a thing! HAHA! Good times… feelin’ it today tho!” followed by blurry, self-tagged photos of him laughing and “signin’ sum papers”.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 6:00amSorry, if the MAYOR has a page that reflects this, perhaps He is not worthy of the office? I certainly don’t want a college student on a party track representing me locally. Or nationally.
Report Post »Suzee
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:13amWe are entering the last of human civilazation as it stands. All I can tell ya is : you knocked all of us Christian right wingers but YOU ARE GOING TO MISS US WHEN WE ARE GONE!
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:43amIt would not matter if this Democra as drunk or not he would still get it wrong ,like most democrats.
Report Post »Stonedage
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:42amElected in 2008, see what happens when you let illegal immigrants and dead people vote. I hope Albuquerque has a strong TEA party and starts cleaning the place up.
Report Post »Hex_Omega
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 11:45amAlbuquerque isn‘t in this Congressional district so it’s doubtful their Tea Party, which is AWESOME going by the events I’ve attended there, would have any sway in that election. Las Cruces, which is nearby Sunland Park, has one I believe. I hope they get their act together and ensure this moron’s election dreams stay just that.
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:28amI am at a loss for words.
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:11amOne word: Doofass.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 8:13amNo, that label should be reserved for the folks who elected this jerk.
Report Post »psst
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:10amSomeone said he was gonna sue the alcohol mfg.They made the booze that got him boozed up.
Report Post »What da hey, always sue deep pockets.
Of course, no one in their right minds believe this BS that he was drunk.
I wonder how much he got under the table?
After-all, this is why most people run for office.Ya thunk they spend anywhere from 1/2 mil to a cupla mils or more to get a job that can pay anywhere from 60K- to 200K+ depending in which state and for what office.
Thar’s gold under them thar tables.No mining equiptment needed .Just gotta know how to bend an elbow.on one arm and reach under the table w/ the other. Called multi- tasking.
Kess
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:43pmIs that picture for real? He looks like Pee Wee Herman.
Report Post »Max Fenig
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:30pmIt appears he is infinitely qualified to be the Democratic nominee for the House of Representatives. He will fit in nicely with his party’s caucus. He already has spending like a drunken sailor no pat, literally and figuratively.
Report Post »tankyjo
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:27pmYes, Galt, meet the new Booze Czar.
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:31pmLol! Sounds about right…
Report Post »tiger772
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:26pmThis sounds like a page from the Ted Kennedy book on being a public servant….. Just stumble through your elected office in a alcoholic haze.
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:38pmThis is becoming too frequent. I hope we’ll soon be able to elect more decent people to such offices.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:25pmVery good reason to elect this DRUNK!
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:19pmOh! Let me guess- since we’re the current scapegoats, he’s probably going to twist this to blame the “radical” Tea Party “terrorists”, right? We forced him to get drunk? The ‘stress’ drove him to be drunk on the job??
http://markamerica.com/2011/08/02/so-now-were-terrorists/
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:30pmAhhh.. my mistake, ya’ll- didn’t notice it said he did this in 2008. Nevertheless, he’ll find some way to blame us.. or Bush!! He’s also a popular scapegoat..lol
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