New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez apologized Friday for the way she addressed a noise complaint related to her holiday party, according to TV station KRQE’s report.
Martinez repeatedly demanded the hotel staff, where her party took place, tell her who placed the initial complaint. She also asked the 911 dispatcher and police once they arrived on scene, according to the report.
The Republican governor held a party for the office staff last week. But while the main party was happening in the ballroom of the facility, the noise complaint was concerning her hotel room, according to the report.
The person who filed the complaint said someone in the room was throwing bottles from the balcony. In the audio files, you can hear Martinez aggressively asking for information on the person who placed the noise complaint.
Once police arrived on scene, Martinez told them they were “eating pizza and drinking cokes, and whoever was throwing bottles is not there, hasn’t been there for like six hours.”
On Friday, Martinez told the TV station it wasn’t appropriate.
“I apologize to the people of New Mexico, that was not appropriate,” she reportedly said.
Listen to audio of the call:
Read the full report.
They call her Susana Tejana, referencing the basis for her campaign money. She is not well-liked in the state.
So, she doesn’t dispute they were being noisy, just that no one was (currently) throwing bottles off the balcony? And proceeds to berate the cops for doing their jobs?
She couldn’t just ask her state police bodyguards to find out the info?
…and who 's paying for the 6+ hour pizza binge?
Why in the hell did the complaint that is available here (or elsewhere I imagine) allow the person, calling in to complain, not have her name or phone number shielded for her own protection? Seeing how the Governor already has a bug up her ass and a vindictive streak to go after the person complaining, and a willingness to throw her weight around by way of her position, that seems like very bad form to not cut out the information about the caller on the recording. Just not good.
Edit: And btw, in the article it says:
What’s inappropriate? Calling the cops and harassing them to release information she’s not entitled to, throwing bottles off the balcony at her party, carrying on loud intrusive partying that upset hotel guests, or being a passive-aggressive bitch on the phone with the police while trying to get information by virtue of her position?
Can she be anymore specific???