{"id":525269,"date":"2018-02-15T20:08:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T03:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=525269"},"modified":"2018-02-15T20:08:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T03:08:50","slug":"it-is-time-for-county-commissioner-john-vasquez-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/02\/it-is-time-for-county-commissioner-john-vasquez-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"It is time for County Commissioner John Vasquez to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_525298\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Do%C3%B1a_Ana_County,_New_Mexico,_Government_Center_2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-525298\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dona-Ana-County-Government-Center-771x563.jpg\" alt=\"The Do\u00f1a Ana County Government Center\" width=\"771\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dona-Ana-County-Government-Center-771x563.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dona-Ana-County-Government-Center-336x245.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dona-Ana-County-Government-Center-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dona-Ana-County-Government-Center-1170x855.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dona-Ana-County-Government-Center.jpg 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Steve Strummer<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Do\u00f1a Ana County Government Center in Las Cruces<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>COMMENTARY:\u00a0<\/strong>As Democrats, we believe that all people deserve to be treated with respect. We stand with the silence-breakers who have come forward in recent months \u2014 in New Mexico and around the country \u2014 to share their stories of sexual harassment and sexual abuse. We encourage anyone who has experienced harassment or abuse to speak out and pursue justice.<\/p>\n<p>Sexual misconduct in any form does not reflect Democratic values and has no place in our Party.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We commend and support Neomi Martinez-Parra, the Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM) Vice-Chair, who recently <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/02\/state-dem-party-chair-implicated-in-dona-ana-county-commissioners-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came forward<\/a> with her own history of being subjected to harassment by Democrat and Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner John Vasquez, and who has called on DPNM to take action in regard to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/01\/on-facebook-dona-ana-county-commissioner-goes-after-activists-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented pattern<\/a> of harassing behavior displayed by Commissioner Vasquez. We believe that it is time for Commissioner Vasquez to resign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We appreciate today\u2019s statement <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/02\/an-apology-to-neomi-martinez-parra-and-a-call-for-john-vasquez-to-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by DPNM Chairman Richard Ellenberg<\/a> and his call that Commissioner Vasquez should step down. We expect our party and its leaders to act based on our shared values. New Mexico Democrats need to be able to trust that in our Party allegations of sexual misconduct will never be swept under the rug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The days of covering up and ignoring sexual misconduct are over. We stand united in our commitment to support survivors and to hold perpetrators accountable.<\/p>\n<p><em>This statement comes from U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, U.S. Reps. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Ben Ray L\u00fajan, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and state Rep. Angelica Rubio, all Democrats.\u00a0Agree with their opinion? Disagree? NMPolitics.net welcomes your views. Learn about submitting your own commentary\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/commentary-submissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexual misconduct in any form does not reflect Democratic values and has no place in our Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":525298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192,16],"tags":[135,115,3636,292],"class_list":["post-525269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","category-guest-columns","tag-democratic-party","tag-dona-ana-county","tag-john-vasquez","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525269","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=525269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}