DEVELOPING... Story will be updated as new information can be verified. Updated 5 times AlertMe The Albuquerque City Clerk has declined Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales’ application to get public financing for his mayoral campaign, citing questions about potential misconduct in the qualifying process. In a letter to Gonzales dated Friday, Clerk Ethan Watson said he could not confirm that Gonzales had complied with the city’s Open and Ethical Election Code and associated regulations, noting a pair of ethics complaints Mayor Tim Keller’s re-election campaign filed against Gonzales last month. “The Office of the City Clerk has not reached this decision based on the mere fact that complaints were filed,” Watson wrote. “The decision instead is based on the conclusion that the evidence submitted to date prevents the Office from certifying that you are entitled to receive $661,309.25 from the Open and Ethical Elections Fund. The Office of the City Clerk cannot provide that certification on the record as it stands today because of the obligation all officials have to safeguard public funds.”