Comments on: What Taxpayers’ 400th Anniversary Money Is Buying

By: The Santa Fe Review » Birthday Parties

The Santa Fe Review » Birthday Parties — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:07:11 +0000

[...] secret — a violation of the laws governing nonprofit corporations — but the Reporter ferreted out the numbers. The celebration’s executive director, Libby Dover, who was recruited from Seattle, was [...]

By: William H. Mee

William H. Mee — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000

Hi, I’m the President of the Agua Fria Village Association and someone alerted me to the this posting about the 400th at the United Communities of Santa Fe County meeting.

Early on in the process, (2007-8?) all the local villages were told that they should participate in this celebration and share our history together. There would even be a meeting with the King of Spain and like the olympic ceremony we would march in under our Village’s banner in opening and closing ceremonies at the Community Center.

It sounded great and when I called back to find out the historian was fired, the ceremony planner was fired and a NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR was hired from OUT-OF-STATE.

Then it went downhill for there………

I think locals could have pulled it off……

By: SFReeper.com— SF City Council Takes Up Railyard Cinema, 400th Funding

SFReeper.com— SF City Council Takes Up Railyard Cinema, 400th Funding — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:51:22 +0000

[...] the struggling non-profit that’s organizing the city’s 400th anniversary celebration another $750,000. This should be [...]

By: SFReeper.com— Thinking Outside The Box With Lt. Gov. Diane Denish

SFReeper.com— Thinking Outside The Box With Lt. Gov. Diane Denish — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:00:41 +0000

[...] Note: The Lt. Gov.’s “Quick Start to Energy Star Resources for School Districts” page has a bunch of broken links. Hope that site didn’t cost $15,000. [...]

By: Joan Fenicle

Joan Fenicle — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:29:23 +0000

This is obsene! Are we living in a world where no one has a conscience? People are living on the streets and depending on food pantries. Santa Fe really has become the city indifferent.

By: Gregory Pleshaw

Gregory Pleshaw — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:20:39 +0000

I did a story on them for the New Mexican earlier this year, and if you ask me, the entire operation was blue smoke and mirrors from the get go. Ask them how much they paid their “PR firm” to set up on an appointment with me to see Libby Dover – the PR firm is located Right Next Door to their office downtown. Bollocks.

By: nvalley

nvalley — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:10 +0000

From the Albuquerque Journal, Sept 20, 2008

..Bonal would not disclose how much Dover will be paid. He said he wants the non-profit’s budget to be public —most of its $350,000 in funding so far has come from city and state government — but that disclosure of her pay should come from Dover. She said her pay is “a good living but nothing spectacular.”

By: Rob DeWalt

Rob DeWalt — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:42:16 +0000

meanwhile, the shelves at The Food Depot remain nearly empty and education budgets are potentially being hacked to pieces. Way to go Santa Fe. In an effort to celebrate the past, we’ve managed to throw the future under the rug. Scratch that: bus.

By: povertywithaview

povertywithaview — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:18:53 +0000

you obviously haven’t seen the “400th Merchandise Tent” on Guadalupe… vinyl tents aint cheap, and seriously, the sign says “400th Merchandise Tent”…. awe some

By: Zane

Zane — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:22:30 +0000

Not to mention $695/mo to Qwest… um, you’d think Halliburton is in charge of the 400th.