Council Watch: New Budget, More Business Council Meets Ahead Of Summer Break Clipping through a loaded agenda, Albuquerque City Council tidied up some of Burque’s business before the July summer break. Councilors take the month [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 22, 2017 Read More Councilors Lewis, Jones and Benton discuss city business (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Budget Override, Parade Of Pride Plus Taxes And Animal Welfare Love for Burque Pride, a shout out to Bessie’s Lace for hanging in there for 25 years and a veto override were part [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 08, 2017 Read More Councilors Peña, Lewis and Benton discuss city business (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: The Budget And Tapia Council Manages Many Municipal Issues Sprinkle some money here; toss a little over there. Albuquerque City Councilors cultivated a $531.4 million city operating budget during a five-hour regular [...] Carolyn Carlson \ May 25, 2017 Read More (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Al Hurricane, Taser And Tidds Council Considers Quality Concerns Sparse citizen attendance greeted the Albuquerque City Council at its May 1 regular meeting. Council President Isaac Benton was excused, leaving the gavel [...] Carolyn Carlson \ May 04, 2017 Read More
When Every Day Is Earth Day The First Step Is Being Aware Of The Issues The Middle Rio Grande Valley from Cochiti on the north to San Acacia on the south, is fragile and diverse, and it is [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Apr 20, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: Sikh Contributions, Polyamory, Open Space And Nob Hill Sidewalks Council Considers Local Issues The April 3 regular meeting of the Albuquerque City Council was quick and easy. President Isaac Benton was excused, leaving Councilor Brad Winter [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Apr 13, 2017 Read More (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Planning, Narcan And Petie Gibson Council Addresses A Variety Of Civic Issues Local politics are just as exciting as national politics. If you don’t believe this, then check out these important issues Albuquerque City Councilors [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 30, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: Abc To Z Project, Pay Equity Initiative, Rape Kits And Nob Hill Sidewalks Council Meeting Productive, Progressive A controversial proposed city planning document, gender equality pay and timely rape kit processing were the key topics at the March 6 regular [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 16, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: Council Reiterates Immigrant-Friendly Stance Overflowing Crowd Cheers City Policy Hundreds of people turned out for the Feb. 22 Albuquerque City Council meeting to reaffirm Albuquerque’s status as an immigrant-friendly city. The chambers, [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 02, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: Albuquerque Is Immigrants Council Considers Sanctuary, Law Enforcement, Low-Income Housing Historically, currently and hopefully in the future as well, Albuquerque has been, is and will be a culturally diverse city that welcomes immigrants. [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 09, 2017 Read More (Michael Vadon)