{"id":451,"date":"2006-08-10T07:27:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/08\/garza-vows-to-fight-for-job-but-says-he-is-partly-responsible-for-trouble-that-led-to-suspension\/"},"modified":"2006-08-10T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T13:27:00","slug":"garza-vows-to-fight-for-job-but-says-he-is-partly-responsible-for-trouble-that-led-to-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/08\/garza-vows-to-fight-for-job-but-says-he-is-partly-responsible-for-trouble-that-led-to-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Garza vows to fight for job, but says he is partly responsible for trouble that led to suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Suspended Do\u00f1a Ana County Magistrate Judge Carlos Garza is vowing to fight to keep his job, but also admitting that he is responsible for some of the trouble in which he finds himself. <\/p>\n

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Garza appeared tired during an interview broadcast Wednesday evening on ABC-7. He learned earlier in the day that the New Mexico Supreme Court suspended him, with pay, for 90 days while the Judicial Standards Commission investigates serious allegations against him. The court has sealed the file, so the allegations aren\u2019t known publicly and Garza can\u2019t reveal details.<\/p>\n

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He did, however, tell the station that \u201cthey\u2019re not criminal matters, but they\u2019re serious enough that I need to answer to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Garza, a Democrat, surprised me by saying politics isn\u2019t to blame for the allegations against him. That was refreshing, since Garza has blamed politics for past troubles. His newest statement also comes a day after I reported an e-mail from the Democratic Party chair that said the Republican-controlled sheriff\u2019s and district attorney\u2019s offices were \u201cobviously\u201d to blame for \u201cthese constant attacks against Democratic elected officials in our Republican-controlled newspapers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI can\u2019t blame what happened here on politics,\u201d Garza told ABC-7. \u201cI am responsible for some of these matters. I don\u2019t think that they rise to the level that they\u2019ve been brought to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Garza indicated that he\u2019s been asked to resign, but said he won\u2019t. He also didn\u2019t say who asked.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wish to continue being a judge,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve worked very hard at it, so I will see it through to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Garza spoke to ABC-7 at the veteran\u2019s park in Mesilla, which he helped create when he was a member of the town\u2019s Board of Trustees. That was intentional, and a sign that he intends to fight. He wants the public to recall his accomplishments, not just the scandal.<\/p>\n

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You can read ABC-7\u2019s article or watch the video report by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Garza is running unopposed for re-election this year. He is currently on judicial probation for improperly involving himself in a drunken driving case against a woman with whom he had a personal relationship. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suspended Do\u00f1a Ana County Magistrate Judge Carlos Garza is vowing to fight to keep his job, but also admitting that he is responsible for some of the trouble in which he finds himself. Garza appeared tired during an interview broadcast Wednesday evening on ABC-7. He learned earlier in the day that the New Mexico Supreme […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}