The Bare Facts On Heather's $47,000 The Bare Facts On Heather's $47,000 On March 10 the organization Citizens for Ethics in Government released its latest research on legislators who receive money from corporations that derive [...] Laura Sanchez \ Mar 17, 2005 Read More
Domenici's 2,000-Acre Sucker Punch Domenici's 2,000-Acre Sucker Punch Ooooh, have you seen it? New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici went North to Alaska with other legislators and Bush Administration honchos Interior [...] Laura Sanchez \ Mar 10, 2005 Read More
Singin' In The Rain Singin' In The Rain The Feb. 23 Council meeting featured a packed audience but a shortage of councilors with Debbie O’Malley and Tina Cummins sick, Sally Mayer [...] Laura Sanchez \ Mar 03, 2005 Read More
Backyard Barbecue At the Feb. 7 meeting, Councilor Sally Mayer’s bill funding five more animal control officers to staff the just-passed “dangerous dog” ordinance passed [...] Laura Sanchez \ Feb 17, 2005 Read More
Very Bad Things Two hot button bills on the Jan. 19 City Council agenda—the Old Town missile bill and a Montaño restriping compromise—were deferred when Councilor [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jan 27, 2005 Read More
Nimby Night The Dec. 20 council meeting was called to order by new Council President Brad Winter, chosen along with Vice President Miguel Gomez in [...] Laura Sanchez \ Dec 30, 2004 Read More
Leaving On A Jet Plane, Eventually With Councilor Brad Winter absent, the Dec. 6 council meeting lasted just over two hours. Winter’s flight home was held up by bad [...] Laura Sanchez \ Dec 16, 2004 Read More
Phoenix Envy Various groups crowded council chambers on Nov. 15. Stop the War Machine people supported a bill encouraging the city to work with Kirtland [...] Laura Sanchez \ Nov 25, 2004 Read More
Scariest Halloween Ever Thursday afternoon computerized calls flooded Valencia County phone lines informing voters that Darth Cheney will be in Los Lunas on Sunday, October 31. [...] Laura Sanchez \ Nov 04, 2004 Read More
Eruptions While Mount St. Helens threatened fireworks, the Oct. 4 Council meeting considered Albuquerque’s own volcanoes, went sub-ballistic regarding a missile, and saw two [...] Laura Sanchez \ Oct 14, 2004 Read More