From the Santa Fe New Mexican - Keith Perry, head of the state's Motor Vehicle Division, abruptly resigned last week after Taxation and Revenue Secretary Demesia Padilla "raised some concerns" about the general management of the division. A spokesman for Padilla stressed that the secretary "wants to take assertive steps to improve customer service and overall operations" at the agency. Padilla told KOAT News that Perry "is a great team player. He just wasn't as aggressive as I would have liked for him to have been." Spokesman S.U. Mahesh stressed that Perry's resignation after eight months had "absolutely nothing to do" with the recent controversial effort by the agency to verify the residency of foreign nationals who have New Mexico driver's licenses. "In fact, Keith Perry was very supportive of repealing the foreign national driver's license law and worked very diligently on the residential certification program," Mahesh said in an email. Read more
New Mexico MVD chief resigns post
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Michael Swickard
on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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