Council Watch: Lord Of Dogtown During Blaze’s eight-year career, he sniffed out more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana, 500 pounds of cocaine, 60 pounds of meth, 50 pounds [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 22, 2012 Read More
Council Watch: Downtown Development The Council breezed through an easy agenda at its Monday, March 5 meeting. The gavel was in Debbie O’Malley’s hand as President Trudy [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 08, 2012 Read More
Council Watch: City’s Core Dissected Council President Trudy Jones alerted speakers at the Wednesday, Feb. 22 meeting that new green, yellow and red lights would let them know [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 01, 2012 Read More
Council Watch: D3 Carving Job Councilors heard passionate public comment about changes to the Albuquerque Police Department and its oversight structure at the Monday, Feb. 6 meeting. Speakers [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 09, 2012 Read More
Talking Points: Benton On Redistricting City Councilor Isaac Benton may see the end of his district if a Republican-backed plan takes effect. A new Westside seat would be [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 02, 2012 Read More Councilor Isaac Benton
Council Considers Eliminating Downtown-Unm District Albuquerque’s expansion is causing political consternation. City councilors voted in favor of a plan on Jan. 19 that would eliminate Isaac Benton’s District [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 02, 2012 Read More
Council Watch: The City’s First No-Bike Road Topping the Albuquerque City Council wish list for the 2012 legislative session is $46 million for reconstruction of the Paseo del Norte and [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 26, 2012 Read More
Council Watch: 100 Birthday Spankings For New Mexico President William H. Taft signed the proclamation declaring New Mexico the 47 th state on Jan. 6, 1912. Rita Powdrell, president of the [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 12, 2012 Read More
Feds Pay Out Big Money For Discrimination Against Native Farmers Class Action Settlement To Benefit New Mexicans After a 13-year court battle, Native American farmers and ranchers who were denied federal farm loans will get long-awaited compensation. The U.S. District [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 12, 2012 Read More
Council Watch: Un-Green Time Machine Neither rain nor snow nor sleet kept more than a hundred people away from the Monday, Dec. 19 Council meeting.Rolling back the city’s [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 22, 2011 Read More