Council Watch: We’re Dancing In The Show! Council Gambols Through Civic Issues Albuquerque City Councilors were all about music, dance and better health before tackling a robust agenda at their Nov. 7, 2016, regular meeting.For [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 10, 2016 Read More Your City Council in action (Eric Williams)
Election News: Your Vote Counts! Down-Ballot Races Require Your Attention Political eyes are on New Mexico. Our state is considered a political swing state where the two major parties have similar levels of [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 03, 2016 Read More (Tom Arthur)
Council Watch: Council Discusses Garbage, Naloxone And Stop Lights Debate On More Art Stops Also Featured These are the kinds of things that kept the Albuquerque City Council busy throughout its 3-plus hour Oct. 17 meeting: garbage, more stop [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Oct 20, 2016 Read More City Councilors Brad Winter and Klarissa J. Peña (Eric Williams)
Council Watch: Empowerment, Fees And The Police Council Reckons With Many Issues Ride the bus everywhere you need to go for one week; that was the gauntlet thrown down to the Albuquerque City Council at [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Oct 13, 2016 Read More Your City Council hard at work (Eric Williams Photography)
Opinion: Vote! Please Do Your Duty, Citizens Thinking of sitting out this election because you haven’t bothered to register to vote? There is no excuse to balk any longer. These [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Oct 06, 2016 Read More (Tom Arthur)
Opinion: Choosing Justice Your Vote Will Influence Supreme Choices Some Burque voters disagree, often strongly, with Democrat Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton on a variety of issues. But here is one reason all [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Sep 29, 2016 Read More The US Supreme Court (Ken Hammond)
Council Watch: Narcan, Use Of Force & Sunshine Another Day In The Lives Of Our City Councilors Albuquerque City Councilors learned how easy it is to save someone’s life at their Sept. 19 regular meeting. Dr. Joanna Katzman from the [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Sep 22, 2016 Read More The Council (Eric Williams)
Council Watch: Art, Waste Transfer And Schrader’s Warning Council Meets On A Variety Of Issues Sometimes the most interesting dialogue heard at Albuquerque City Council meetings comes from public comments. True to this, the Sept. 7 regular meeting [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Sep 15, 2016 Read More Police Chief Gorden Eden addresses a recent City Council meeting (Eric Williams)
Local Governments Working Together Council And Commission Join Forces While the Albuquerque City Council wrestles with municipal governance, some of the issues currently facing the Bernalillo County Commission include a new megadevelopment [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Sep 01, 2016 Read More Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (bernco.gov)
Jill Stein And The Green Party Third-Party Candidate Offers Four-Pillar Platform Ardent, perennial Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is reaching out to voters with her clean, green, political machine—not only to burned Bernie [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Aug 25, 2016 Read More Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein (Gage Skldmore)