I don't see this diaried anywhere else, so if it has already been covered please advise.
Albuquerque Public Schools have been roiling with scandal for the past week. The incoming superintendent, Luis Valentino, is on the cusp of resignation, after only a few weeks on the job. At issue is his hiring of Timothy Jason Martínez, a former employee of the Denver public school system, who is currently out on bond for charges of domestic violence and sexual assault on two children, ages 13 and eight. Since his hiring in June, Martínez repeatedly evaded his routine background check, until last week when following an altercation with another district employee, he abruptly resigned.
Questions are swirling: how did Martínez get hired? How did he evade a background check for so long?
The answer may lie in a Whistleblower lawsuit filed against New Mexico 's governor, and new head of the Republican Governors Association, Susana Martínez (no relation, as far as I know, to Timothy Jason Martínez).
