Dick Folmar, former associate director of New Mexico's Legislative Council Service, died in April at 81.

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Dick Folmar, former associate director of New Mexico's Legislative Council Service, died in April at 81. He was honored as a man who "gave his best to the citizens of New Mexico." according to Paula Tackett, current Council Service director. "His footprints can be found in every corner of the New Mexcio statutes." Folmer was the highly respected constitutional expert who worked at the Council Service from 1959 until his retirement in 1985. A veteran of World War II, Folmer was taken prisoner during the...