SANTA FE’S MAYOR IS NOW DEALING WITH ACCUSATIONS OF COMMITTING A SEX CRIME WHEN HE WAS IN HIS EARLY TEENS. A CITIZEN RECENTLY PLAYED A RECORDING FOR CITY COUNCILORS THAT MAKE THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST JAVIER GONZALES … WHO WASN’T AT WEDNESDAY’S MEETING BECAUSE HE WAS IN MEXICO ON A WORKING TRIP.
GONZALES DID ISSUE A STATEMENT THAT SAYS THE REPORTS ARE SLANDEROUS AND HURTFUL TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND ARE WITHOUT MERIT OR TRUTH. GONZALES’S FAMILY ALSO THINKS THE ACCUSATIONS HAVE NO CREDIBILITY. AND A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE ALLEGATIONS ARE A RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON THE MAYOR.