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🌱 Tucumcari faces questions over millions in potentially missed reimbursements

Tucumcari, New Mexico Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Tucumcari faces questions over millions in potentially missed reimbursements
  • Recall bid against three Tucumcari commissioners heads to court Friday
  • Grenades behind Tucumcari evacuation were armed after all

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 68 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Thursday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 70, low: 36.
  • Friday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Tucumcari may have millions in unreimbursed funds (easternnewmexiconews.com) — Tucumcari may have missed grant reimbursements worth millions, and a financial consultant warns some deadlines to recover that money may have passed. At the Nov. 5 commission meeting, Michael Steininger said he was investigating capital-project spending and incomplete financial records. Overdue audits already prevent the city from qualifying for some grants.
   

• Tucumcari recall petition to be heard Friday (easternnewmexiconews.com) — A judge will hear a recall application against three Tucumcari commissioners at 9 a.m. Friday in a remote-only hearing. Former city manager Jared Langenegger alleges misconduct involving budget approval, a tax-related emergency meeting and closed sessions. Commissioner Jonathan Brito calls the claims baseless; judicial approval would allow signature gathering, not immediately trigger an election.
   

• Surprise: Grenades found in Tucumcari home were armed (easternnewmexiconews.com) — Three grenades found in a Tucumcari home were armed, contrary to an initial state police report, interim Police Chief Mel Lolmaugh says. Their discovery prompted a one-block evacuation on South First Street Oct. 23. The devices have since been safely destroyed, and authorities don't know why they had been rearmed.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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