Council Watch: Taxes, Weed, Coyotes Council Works On A Variety Of Issues A rise in retail taxes, the hint of cannabis and condemning coyote hunts lured a flock of citizens to the March 5 Albuquerque [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 08, 2018 Read More The Albuquerque City Council meets (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: We Are One, We Are Safe Council Hears From Citizens And Advocates Shout-outs were heard for Albuquerque’s African American community, the city’s domestic violence advocates and a new fire chief at the Feb. 21 Albuquerque [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Mar 01, 2018 Read More Councilors Benton, Borrego and Winter (Eric Williams Photography)
County Matters Commission Meets To Discuss County’s Future Millions in housing, more millions for healthcare and a trade trip to Singapore crossed the Bernalillo County Commission table since we last checked [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 22, 2018 Read More Commissioners discussed UNMH last week (Courtesy UNM Health Sciences Center)
Council Watch: The City And A Baby Council Promotes Burque, Lauds Holets Burque is a great place to work, live and play. That is, if one believes an enthusiastic presentation given at the Feb. 5 [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Feb 08, 2018 Read More City Councilors Benton and Borrego (Eric Williams Photography)
Council Watch: Ice And Art In January Council Also Considers Cops After a shout-out to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Albuquerque City Council, at its Jan. 17 meeting, did a little Burque salsa [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 25, 2018 Read More Councilors Peña, Sanchez and Harris (Eric Williams Photography)
County Matters: Firefighters Thanked, South Valley Pool Upgraded, Michael Quezada Elected Chair, Detention Center To Get Energy Upgrades And Subcommittee Members Needed And Quezada Is The Chairman A gigantic water splash park and hero firefighters took center stage at the quick, Bernalillo County Commission meeting of Jan. 9, 2018.County Commissioners [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 18, 2018 Read More BernCo Commission Chairman Quezada (courtesy NM Political Report)
Council Watch: A Pink Cadillac And Coyotes City Council Takes Action On Several Issues It didn’t take but about an hour to clear the agenda for the Jan. 3 meeting of the Albuquerque City Council. While there [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 11, 2018 Read More Councilors Sanchez, Harris and Benton (Eric Williams Photography)
New Mexico News: Keep Up With La Politica A Primer On Current Issues “Bye, Felicia.”That pretty much sums up the political year 2017 as it heads out into history. To get a better grip on 2018, [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jan 04, 2018 Read More Bye, Felicia.
County Matters Budget, Cops, Corrections, Perkins A recent meeting of the Bernalillo County Commission was like the classic-yet-never-old Rolling Stones’ song that goes: “You can’t always get what you [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 28, 2017 Read More
Council Watch: Cruisers, Litigation And Art The Council’s Christmas Menu Cruisers, addressing the opioid crisis and discussions about ART were among the items on the agenda at the regular Albuquerque City Council meeting [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Dec 21, 2017 Read More City Councilors Isaac Benton and Cynthia Borrego (Eric Williams Photography)