Daphne Hougard

Talking Points

Bidder 70

An interview with the activist who stood in the way of the oil industry

By Marisa Demarco

Tim DeChristopher walked into the oil and gas lease auction without a plan. Someone asked him if he wanted to be a bidder and handed him a paddle. "And I said, Yes." With that, DeChristopher became bidder 70. He claimed 22,500 acres of drilling rights in Utah that day.

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Council Watch

Families Stand Against APD Shootings

By Carolyn Carlson

There have been four officer-caused deaths this year. Another 14 people were shot last year, resulting in nine deaths. “A police force working for a city is supposed to protect and serve. Citizens count on them to help but not in Albuquerque. Here, citizens are afraid to call 911 because of APD’s shoot-to-kill policies,” said Mike Gomez, father of 22-year-old Alan Gomez who was killed by an APD officer on May 10.

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Johnny Tapia promised his Saturday, June 4 fight against Colombian Mauricio Pastrana was his last. It was Tapia’s 66 th bout as a pro.

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Boxing

The Real Addiction

Johnny Tapia says he’s finished in the ring. Is he?

By Toby Smith

It’s hard for Tapia to get clean from boxing when 2,000 people are screaming his name. And yet all week long, before Saturday’s fight with Mauricio Pastrana of Colombia, Tapia talked in interviews with the Alibi of pulling the curtain on mi vida loca.

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Ask Kat Curious

A Diatribe Against Puritanism

By Kat Cox

Despite checking out every other adult store in town, I can't bring myself to enter a porn store in plain sight of I-25, especially with that giant eye staring at me. Do you have any advice on how to enter the store without the world (and the creepy eye) seeing me?

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