A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD TO RENAME THE LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY. THAT MEANS TAKING THE NAME OF FORMER NEW MEXICO STATE SENATOR MANNY ARAGON OFF THE ENTRANCE TO THE LIBRARY.
ARAGON PLEADED GUILTY IN 2008 TO CONSPIRACY AND MAIL FRAUD IN THE METRO COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION SCANDAL. HE WAS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM FEDERAL PRISON. ARAGON WIELDED A LOT OF POWER WHEN HE WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE, WITH THE POSITION OF SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM.
THE BOARD HAS YET TO SELECT A NEW NAME OF LIBRARY.
