Council Watch: We’ll Get Around To It The Monday, Aug. 17 meeting opened with a stunner— Councilor Sally Mayer announced she had removed her name from the October election ballot. [...] Laura Sanchez \ Aug 27, 2009 Read More
2030 Challenge How Ed Mazria Plans To Change Our Homes ... And The World The new session of Congress is poised to pass another stimulus bill, one that will pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jan 15, 2009 Read More
Cow Farts, Coal And Combustion Engines Oh, fair New Mexico! Our glorious skies! Our 70-mile views, our wilderness and our long, lonesome roads!Our coal-fired power plants! Our extractive industries, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Dec 04, 2008 Read More
Council Watch: Build High, Build Wide Or Build Less? Several speakers called for strengthening the Police Oversight Commission during public comment at the Oct. 20 City Council meeting. The Council passed Councilor [...] Laura Sanchez \ Oct 30, 2008 Read More
Council Watch: Bike And Shop The city’s code compliance official previously ruled that the Church of Scientology needed a conditional use permit for its proposed Downtown hub. At [...] Laura Sanchez \ Oct 16, 2008 Read More
Council Watch: Big Money And Little Money The City Council was scheduled to pass a routine bond bill for the Sunport at the Sept. 15 meeting. Councilors had to defer [...] Laura Sanchez \ Sep 25, 2008 Read More
Council Bite: Power Seesaw Council Weighs In On Labor-Management Balance City workers won the right to settle disputes with the administration via an independent party—but their victory will probably last only until Mayor [...] Laura Sanchez \ Aug 28, 2008 Read More
Council Watch: Easing Back In City Councilors returned Monday, Aug. 4, from a month’s vacation. A presentation from the Albuquerque Ethics Coalition recommended improving the ethical behavior of [...] Laura Sanchez \ Aug 14, 2008 Read More
Commentary: Some Inconvenient Facts Drilling Won't Strike Cash Syndicated cartoonist Ben Sargent drew a grandmotherly elephant sitting at a gas station . Granny GOP reads a fairy tale to a fuming [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jul 10, 2008 Read More
Location, Location, Vacation The Council chamber was crowded at the June 16 meeting, the agenda long, the AC on max and new Chief Administrative Officer Ed [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More
