Council Watch: Plastic, Police And People Council Handles Local And Global Issues Albuquerque city political leaders have been busy this April, passing a more effective police oversight ordinance, saying no to some single-use plastics, and [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Apr 18, 2019 Read More City Councilors Davis, Jones and Benton (Eric Williams Photography)
County Matters: Basketball, Bullets And Alvarado Commission Provides Reasoned Leadership During the unpredictable month of March, Bernalillo County Commissioners put the ink to a $45 million renovation of their new digs, honored some [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Apr 04, 2019 Read More BernCo District 2 Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: The Council And The Police Ordinance Governs Oversight Board Maybe it was the planet Mercury going retrograde that inspired one citizen to sing for the Albuquerque City Council during its special meeting [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 28, 2019 Read More The Albuquerque City Council in action (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: The Council In March City Lawmakers On Sovereignty, Downtown, Tv And The Police As the March winds wailed and blustered, Albuquerque became the first city in the US to officially recognize Native American governmental sovereignty. Councilors [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 21, 2019 Read More City Council President Klarissa Peña (Eric Williams Photography)
Inmates, Bees And Behavioral Health Bernalillo County Commission Has A Busy Month Bernalillo County Commissioners heard good news about a 24-year-old lawsuit, expressed support for saving bees and toads, funded new behavioral health housing and [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 07, 2019 Read More BernCo Commissioners Hart Stebbins and Pyskotty (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Burque Vs. Plastic Proposed Ban Expensive, But May Save Earth Can Burque be like Vanuatu?While February brought urban snow thrills to town, that all seemed to melt away in the heat of moment, [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 28, 2019 Read More City Councilors Borrego and Peña (Eric Williams Photography)
This Is Not An Emergency State Sues Over Trump’s Power Grab In an effort to check the power of an absurd and dangerous president, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham along with Attorney General Hector Balderas [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 21, 2019 Read More N.M. Attorney General Hector Balderas supports our governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham (Joe Monahan)
Council/Commission Watch: An Inspector, An Election, Pork City And County Leaders Meet Again While most of the political action is happening up at the state legislative 60-day session, there are still local government deeds going down. [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 31, 2019 Read More A recent photo representation of the Albuquerque City Council (Cabq.gov)
New Mexico News: The Singleton Rule Court Ruling Sets Stage For Education Reform With a billion dollars up for grabs and a stinging District Court decision to live up to, education is front and center at [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 24, 2019 Read More (Eric Williams Photography)
Council/Commission Watch: Plastic, Pets And De Anza City And County Government News You Can Use With the 525,600 minutes of 2019 ticking away, the Bernalillo County Commission and the Albuquerque City Council held their first meet ups of [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 17, 2019 Read More BernCo Commission Chair Maggie Hart Stebbins (Carolyn Carlson)