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Doña Ana County Commission

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Approved $165B IRBs 4-1; defendant in multiple suits

Relationships · 12

Litigant against (of them)NM Environmental Law Center (NMELC)Litigant against (of them)NM Foundation for Open Government (NMFOG)Litigant against (of them)The Litigant Counts as memberGloria Gameros Counts as memberShannon Reynolds Counts as memberManuel A. Sanchez Staffed byDoña Ana County government (staff)Counts as memberSusie Kimble Chair of (of them)Christopher Schaljo-Hernandez Commissioner of (of them)Susana Chaparro GovernsSanta Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM Vehicle for (of them)SAC III Acquisition Co., LLC

In the timeline · 15

Aug 26, 2025The county adopts the IRB inducement resolution Sep 19, 2025The $165B vote — 4 to 1 Oct 14, 2025Ordinance 369-2025 adds LEDA permit-fee assistance Oct 17, 2025The first Open Meetings Act suit is filed Oct 30, 2025The agreements are signed in private — and they have grown from 359 pages to 1,583 Jan 20, 2026A $1.5M check is accepted at a commission meeting Jan 31, 2026The first quarterly job report is due — none is filed Feb 6, 2026The Open Meetings Act suit is filed Mar 20, 2026Dismissal denied — and the stay denied too May 2026A state special audit finds 42 failures across county government Jun 22, 2026The state orders the county under outside fiscal oversight Jul 28, 2026The manager who signed the framework MOU is gone; three acting managers take over Aug 11, 2026The county creates a citizen monitoring committee — Resolution 2026-101 Aug 14, 2026The county hires its required fiscal chaperone — up to $489K from reserves Aug 31, 2026Monitoring-committee interest forms close

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Claims involving them · 3

County committed to eminent-domain support and accelerated review (§4.5)

County itself is 'Plant Owner' on the pollution permits

The county holds title during the bond term — and does not keep it

In the Watch · 7

eventNMFOG public-records lawsuit (Jun 22 2026)

eventCounty OMA corrective action (Oct 14 2025)

eventDOJ/AG complaint filed re OMA violations (Dec 8 2025)

promiseAn open, transparent public process.

eventCommissioner Shannon Reynolds resigns (Dec 28 2025)

eventSusie Kimble appointed to District 3 seat (Feb 2026)

Sources · 12

primary-sourceDoña Ana County — IRB inducement resolution of Aug. 26, 2025 (mirrored at haussamen.com) ↗filingNew Mexico Environmental Law Center — Open Meetings Act complaint against Doña Ana County (Feb. 6, 2026) ↗newsAlbuquerque Journal — legal challenges to Project Jupiter funding meet headwinds ↗newsSanta Fe New Mexican — judge dismisses Project Jupiter lawsuit, allows chance to refile ↗newsSanta Fe New Mexican — Doña Ana County approves $165 billion in bonds for massive AI data center ↗newsAlbuquerque Journal — Doña Ana commissioners mull citizens committee to monitor Project Jupiter ↗primary-sourceDoña Ana County — agenda and full packet for the Sept. 19, 2025 commission meeting (mirrored at haussamen.com) ↗primary-sourceDoña Ana County — Ordinance No. 367-2025, IRB adoption, executed and recorded (mirrored at haussamen.com) ↗primary-sourceDoña Ana County — Ordinance No. 368-2025, LEDA gross-receipts-tax share, executed and recorded (mirrored at haussamen.com) ↗primary-sourceDoña Ana County — Ordinance No. 369-2025, LEDA building permit fees, executed and recorded (mirrored at haussamen.com) ↗primary-sourceDoña Ana County — Resolution No. 2025-99, LEDA inducement resolution (mirrored at haussamen.com) ↗newsHeath Haussamen — judge rejects motion to dismiss Project Jupiter lawsuit (Mar. 20, 2026) ↗

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