SHOOT THE MESSENGER

By Jeff Garrett, President

Garrett Development Corporation

I know that green chili makes everything taste better and that New Mexico has the most
beautiful sunsets and rich, diverse culture. I also know how it feels to leave your family and
life-long friends because career opportunities do not exist for you as a young professional. I
am from Albuquerque.

I attended Osuna Elementary, Madison Middle School, Sandia High School and University of
New Mexico (UNM). After over five years working in Albuquerques real estate community, I
moved to Los Angeles to further my education at the University of Southern California (USC).
Unfortunately after graduating from USC, New Mexicos economy could not provide the
opportunities my young family needed, so we now live in Arizona along-side many others from
New Mexico.

Since my Op-Ed I have received hateful, threatening emails and phone calls from some of Mr.
Kellers supporters. They shared that Mr. Keller and his campaign managers Mrs. Holguin and
Mr. Packman had all sent out press releases and flooded social media with WAR CRYS to attack
Jeff Garrett an Arizona developer for supporting the false and disgusting ads that
shared Mr. Keller had voted Yes for legislation that protected Sex Offenders.

Dont fall for the Keller Campaign Operatives distraction strategy of SHOOT THE MESSENGER.
Tim Keller committed the crime and voted YES to protect Sex Offenders over the community,
not Jeff Garrett.

Kellers claim that the accusation are false is ridiculous. The Synopsis of Bill from the
Fiscal Impact Report (FIR) states SB184 enacts a new section of the Sex Offender Registration
and Notification Act (SORNA) to prohibit any city, county, municipality or other political
subdivision of the state from imposing distance restrictions on sex offenders place of
residence or create an exclusionary zone for sex offenders. Keller makes the false
claims.

Mr. Keller shamefully attempts to use the FIR for the Pro-Sex Offender legislation he
supported to defend his disgusting actions. Nowhere in the FIR does it state that the
Attorney General supported SB184. Further, Mr. Keller half quotes the Sex Offender
Management Board (SOMB) from the FIR by half-quoting the SOMB. The sentence before his
SOMB quote in the FIR reads The SOMB believes that offenders are safer when they have
jobs, homes, friend and family, and access to treatment. When the SOMB statement is read
in full it is obvious that Kellers defensive quote of restrictions has had a destabilizing
impact refers to having a destabilizing impact on offenders not the community or the
victims as Mr. Keller implies in his deceitful response.

The purpose of the State Auditor (Auditor) office is to ensure that the financial affairs of
every agency are examined and audited each year. In his many news releases Mr. Keller
attempts to trick you that as Auditor he is actually solving problems. He merely conducts
financial audits of governmental agencies. As Auditor he is an arm chair quarterback that
tells everyone that they are doing wrong but does not provide any actual solutions. Maybe
the Auditor job is where he learned how to convert cash campaign contributions into In-
Kind contributions. Mr. Keller had his chance to set and implement government policy as a
New Mexico Senator. He left his Senate seat for State Auditor.
I hope that Mr. Keller comes clean to the good citizens of New Mexico and sits down with an
investigative reporter and shares more about his YES vote to protect sex offenders over our
community, how the cash contributions to his campaign are In-Kind contributions (all the
candidates running for political offices should benefit from this if it is truly legal), his
campaigns involvement with the ABQ Forward Together MFC and why he changed from a life-
long registered Republican to Democrat.

Then we will know where hateful, threatening emails and phone calls should be directed.

That isnt the green chili upsetting your stomach, its the truth.