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State Democratic Party gets new executive director
Scott Forrester
Democratic Party of New Mexico Chairman Javier Gonzales named Scott Forrester as the party’s next executive director earlier today.
Forrester will replace current director Josh Geise on Dec. 1, Gonzales announced in a news release.
“I look forward to working with Scott and continuing the fight for change New Mexicans voted for last year,” Gonzales said.
Forrester is an Albuquerque native who has worked on the campaigns of John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. He has also been chief of staff to outgoing Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez.
“I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the Democratic Party of New Mexico,” Forrester said in the release. “As a native New Mexican, I believe deeply in the Democratic values of our state, and I look forward to working to continue the progress Democrats have brought to New Mexico. I will work enthusiastically to ensure Democrats are elected throughout New Mexico.”
Gonzales said he also wanted to thank Geise for his service.
“He has been a friend and asset to the party, and I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors,” Gonzales said.
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Hope Forester learned something from having worked in two, major, losing campaign organizations.
Gentlemen, we can play this game of picking apart press releases, but even your attempts to mix headlines into this obvious boilerplate commentary ignores a point that any good journalist (including our good host Mr. Haussamen) understands…Human shortcomings and the temptation of corruption, short cuts and easy money have no political ideology. To pretend otherwise is being disingenuous.Yes, we have examples of corruption in NM across the political establishment and hopefully they will become increasingly few in the New Information Age of transparency and better policing by the public. There are fewer and fewer places of refuge for scoundrels and all of these abuses, accidental or intended, are being discovered and addressed pretty swiftly in my opinion.Also, those of us in our arm chairs aren’t doing much police work either. It’s being performed by public servants like law enforcement, auditors and journalists, and if they discover a problem, they bring it to light immediately.I bring this up, because since I’m confident you are reading the same newspapers I am, and recent headlines state similar abuse of the public trust in local government and local business too — people are being caught embezzling and stealing and padding expense reports in local government, small businesses, churches, etc.Is it worth measuring what party they belong to? People are people, and to pretend this type of problem is unique to Democrats in NM is clearly ignoring the bigger picture. A quick survey of the national landscape might paint a different picture.
True Ramirez, in short the preservation and protection of La Politica is the main job.
It should have gone more like this:“As a native New Mexican, I believe deeply in the Democratic values of
our state, and I look forward to working to continue the progress
Democrats have brought to New Mexico, including pay-to-play politics, misuse of political and public funds, and the continued reckless spending that has lead our state into a multimillion dollar budget deficit. I will work enthusiastically to
ensure Democrats are elected throughout New Mexico.”