Mad Props to J. Wood Photo
At any rate, the church has been dying to get a hold of Alicia LeDoux's property right across Stone Street. They finally got their chance when the real estate contract Johnny Marrujo entered into collapsed, thanks to the mortgage crisis. The street bought the property, razed the buildings, and paved it without a permit.
I don't want to live on the same block as a parking lot. We already have problems with druggies and pushers hanging out in the neighborhood, perpetuating the heroine problem. Now, they're more than happy to hang out in the new parking lot.
During a mediation session with the City, the deacon claimed that he did not know that the church needed a conditional use permit to pave the lot. He claimed not to know that the Santa Barbara-Martineztown Neighborhood Association meets on the third Thursday of the month. And has. Since the earth cooled. He claimed the parish was not receiving any help from the archdiocese of Santa Fe. Their rep was there. Deacons should not lie.
