Triggers meet with City Officials in Trinidad

11/5/2012-Triggers meet with City Officials in Trinidad

JD Droddy and Kim Schultz met with City Officials in Trinidad to discuss the current situation of the Triggers. As of Halloween the Trinidad Triggers appeared that they were done. Not due to lack of support but due to political issues. There was a disagreement and misunderstanding about the Triggers and Trinidad State Junior College. And with no City Attorney and no City Manager there was no authority on who to turn to.

Today Kim Schultz and JD Droddy met with Trinidad City Manager Ralph Gagliardi, Trinidad Mayor Bernadette Baca Gonzalez, Trinidad State Junior College, President Dr. Charles Bohlen, Rich Holden and Coach Torrez from TSJC.

The purpose of the meeting was try to resolve issues and allow to the Triggers to have an option to play in Trinidad. The big issue at hand was the condition of the playing surface at Central Park. There had been accusations that the Triggers had badly damaged the playing surface which would cost TSJC money to repair. JD Droddy made very clear that this was not correct and had people on hand to testify in his defense. Once the discussions of conditions of the field were addressed the meeting was positive. Trinidad State Junior College will support the Triggers playing in Trinidad and agree that the Triggers are good for the community. There was a main disagreement of the condition of the field from when the Triggers arrived to when they ended. Many people believe the field was in much better shape. Should the Triggers play again in Trinidad in 2013, there would be a memorandum of understanding between TSJC and the Pecos League about expectations. Everyone agreed that the Triggers are very good for Trinidad. We were going to establish lines of communication. The Triggers also need to recognize and support TSJC in a better manner.

"Put us back on the schedule" says JD Droddy," I want to be in Trinidad, this is the best city in the Pecos League by far. We have great support from everyone, this was a misunderstanding. The Triggers need to play in Trinidad and in the Pecos League. With me being a new coach and TSJC having a new coach we will work out differences."

Pecos League Commisioner Andrew Dunn did not attend the meeting. The schedule is due out on November 15th, the prelimary schedule does not have the Triggers in Raton or Trinidad.

The Mayor was very much in favor of keeping the Triggers. She personally called Andrew Dunn and said she just wanted to move forward and not lose the team in Trinidad. Moving the Triggers to Raton would have killed their work and momentum they had from the first year. Raton may still get up to six of the regular season games in the Triggers schedule. Many people also want to keep the original logo on the hats and keep the name of the team the Trinidad Triggers.