Council Bite: Red-Light Camera Cash Buys Police Cars Camera Cash Buys Police Cars Remember paying all those red-light camera tickets? The City Council spent most of the fine money collected since 2005 at the Monday, Feb. [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More (Jeff Drew jeffdrewpictures.com)
A High Price: Will New Mexico Offer Drug Users Treatment Instead Of Jail Time? Will New Mexico Offer Drug Users Treatment Instead Of Jail Time? There might be some good news on the horizon for those caught in the revolving criminal door of drug addiction. Proposed state legislation [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More (Corndog Publishing http://bit.ly/bnXYqy)
Council Watch: Cash For Firefighters, Stat It is always a pleasure to see firefighters at a City Council meeting. At the Wednesday, Jan. 20 meeting about a dozen spoke [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 28, 2010 Read More
Council Watch: Public Art, No-Bid Contracts, Budget Woes The Council clicked its way through business at the Monday, Jan. 4 meeting. New Councilors Michael Cook and Dan Lewis are still keeping [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 07, 2010 Read More
Council Bite: Don’t Say “Light Rail” Don’t Say “Light Rail” City Councilors zipped through the city’s Monday, Dec. 21 business, bringing the last meeting of 2009 to a close in less than two [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 24, 2009 Read More
City Council Watch: The New Boss And His Crew A fresh City Council got down to business Monday, Dec. 7, with Councilors Dan Lewis and Michael Cook on board. Lewis replaces Westsider [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 10, 2009 Read More
Council Bite: So Long, Cadigan And Mayer The last meeting of Albuquerque’s 18 th City Council started with goodbyes to Michael Cadigan and Sally Mayer. There were slight quivers in [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More Councilor Sally Mayer
Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson Talks Better Drug Policy Ex-Gov. Gary Johnson Talks Policy Reform More than a thousand people from around the globe gathered in Downtown Albuquerque from Nov. 12 through 14 to forge a plan for [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More “It makes no sense to spend the kind of money we spend as a society locking up people for using drugs and using the criminal justice system to address the problem." —Former Gov. Gary Johnson (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Tweets And Comments From The Drug Policy Reform Conference Read the Alibi’s full coverage. Treatment “Good treatment is user-friendly and meets people where they are at and does not force any one [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/drugpolicy/sets/72157622643717769/[/url]Explore these and other photographs from the DPA Network’s Reform 2009 Flickr set by clicking on this caption.[xurl]
Council Spends Millions In Minutes Councilors wasted no time as they sped through their Monday, Nov. 2 meeting and put off many items for the incoming Council to [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Nov 05, 2009 Read More