Fight! Resistance Means Feeling Pretty Psyched As the Doomsday clock ticks closer to global catastrophe, protests break out across the country, an alt-right, white nationalist is given aegis on [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 02, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: A Comprehensive Plan Council Meeting Focuses On Metro Area’s Future Próxima vez, or next time, is the best way to describe the Jan. 18 Albuquerque City Council meeting. Much was said, in English [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 26, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: A Transfer Station, A Farm And Kovitz Council Begins 2017 With Five Hour Flair Albuquerque City Councilors faced a couple of hundred folks at their Jan. 4 meeting. The meeting lasted more than five hours and topics [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 12, 2017 Read More
Year In Review: News The News From Around Here As the national political whirlwind of 2016 swirled around us here in the Land of Enchantment, we contended with a few dust devils [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 05, 2017 Read More
Year In Review: News An Intense And Eventful Year It feels like 2016 thumped us up a bit. Okay, maybe a lot. The last 12 months dealt us record-setting climate events, terrorist [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 29, 2016 Read More
Council Watch: Firefighters, Bureaucracy And The Budget The Last Council Meeting Of 2016 Hats off to our firefighters. At their Dec. 19 regular meeting, Albuquerque City Councilors gave accolades and a standing ovation to the many [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 22, 2016 Read More The council considers transportation legislation at a recent meeting (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Respect, The New Boss And Narcan Council Takes Action On Many Measures A hefty agenda greeted Albuquerque City Councilors at their regular Dec. 5 meeting. After trimming down a huge list of potential topics for [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 08, 2016 Read More Members of the City Council consider citizen comments at a recent meeting (Eric Williams Photography)
County Matters: County Faces Growth, Taxes And Change Commission Meetings Just The Beginning Stretching itself across more than 1,100 square miles through the middle of New Mexico, Bernalillo County—our most populous county—is getting ready to be [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 01, 2016 Read More The folks behind Bernalillo County Government: (L-R): Lonnie Talbert, Debbie O’Malley, Maggie Hart Stebbins, Art De La Cruz and Wayne Johnson (bernco.gov)
Council Watch: Council Weighs In On Apd And Thanksgiving Also On Agenda: Consent And Ditches A light Thanksgiving agenda greeted a bare bones Albuquerque City Council at its regular Nov. 21 meeting. Councilors Isaac Benton, Trudy Jones and [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 24, 2016 Read More City Councilors Isaac Benton and Pat Davis get all patriotic (Eric Williams Photography)
Election Wrap-Up “Let Us Do Something, While We Have The Chance!” It’s time to shake off the election dust, pop the various bubbles we have been living in, and take a look at what [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 17, 2016 Read More President-Elect Donald Trump (Gage Skidmore)