ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL CREWS REMOVE FORMER STATE SENATOR MANNY ARAGON'S NAME FROM THE LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY ON FRIDAY. THIS FOLLOWS THE APS BOARD'S VOTE TO REMOVE ARAGON'S NAME AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY IN 2008 IN THE METRO COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION SCANDAL AND HIS SUBSEQUENT PRISON SENTENCE.
ARAGON WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN DECEMBER. HE WAS ONCE SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE LEGISLATURE.
MONICA ARMENTA WITH APS TELLS 770 KKOB THE DISTRICT MAY NOT REPLACE ARAGON'S NAME WITH ANOTHER. SHE SAYS MOST SCHOOL LIBRARIES HAVE NO NAME ATTACHED.
