Council Watch
Lighting the Way to the Future
Post-eclipse meeting is subdued
A small post-eclipse crowd greeted city councilors at their Aug. 21 regular meeting. With no red-hot topics, councilors trekked through an easy agenda that included a new innovative public lighting plan, a halt to some road construction and grant dollars for senior citizen projects.
- Council Watch: Shades of Blue by Carolyn Carlson (8/20/2020)
- Council Watch: Welcome Back, Now Get to Work! by Carolyn Carlson (8/6/2020)
- Council Watch: Councilors Cleaning House by Carolyn Carlson (7/2/2020)
- Council Watch: Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Carlson (6/25/2020)
- Council Watch: Here to Serve by Carolyn Carlson (4/2/2020)
- Council Watch: The Council in March by Carolyn Carlson (3/19/2020)
New Mexico News
Udall on Climate Politics
Ignoring change puts country at risk, says N.M. Senator
The Powell Manifesto advocated that businesses whose profits were threatened by conservation and environmental laws should become involved in political campaigns and media. Tom Udall says it may have been the turning point in these regulations becoming partisan.
Newscity
Lawsuit filed to keep Albuquerque Healthy Workforce Ordinance off the ballot and N.M. ranked among the worst states for babies.
Odds & Ends
Funny because getting stranded at a North Dakota Walmart in your pajamas happens to someone else.
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (9/3/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/27/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/20/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/13/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (8/6/2020)
- Odds & Ends by Joshua Lee (7/30/2020)
Kyle Silfer
Election News
Mayoral Forum Brings Candidates, Community Together
The election is Oct. 3
Local citizens continue to embrace and invigorate the local political scene. Their commitment to change and democracy was apparent and in full force at a satnding-room mayoral candidates’ forum—co-sponsored by the North Valley Coalition and Weekly Alibi—that happened Tuesday night, Aug. 23, at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
