Former DOH Deputy Secretary Duffy Rodriguez to head Taxation & Revenue Dept.

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"____ has worked for and with every Governor since Gov. Jerry Apodaca," the press release reads.

Ready for the answer? Dorothy "Duffy" Rodriguez, a former deputy secretary at the Department of Health who earlier this year was at the center of two whistleblowers' allegations of nepotism and fraud. (Read SFR's coverage here.)

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So far, neither allegation has been proven—but when Rodriguez left the DOH in April, many of the comments on SFReeper.com were euphoric.

"Duffy...was a corrupt bully who was feared by all in the agency," one commenter wrote. Another described the news as "too good to be true!"

But Rodriguez has a brand new job: Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department, where she'll replace Rick Homans—who in turn will take over from Steven Landeene as director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, according to a press release from the Governor's office. And the wheel turns.

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