Troops Sí, Drunks No At the Sept. 20 meeting, Council President Michael Cadigan’s bill mandating treatment for city employees after a first DWI conviction and firing after [...] Laura Sanchez \ Sep 30, 2004 Read More
Hot As Hell An Interview With Ross Gelbspan, Author Of Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil And Coal, Journalists, And Activists Have Fueled The Climate Crisis—And What We Can Do To Avert Disaster Forget the candy-colored terror alerts. Forget the queasy economy, the ghastly mess in Iraq and Bush's endless fear mongering. On a global scale, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Sep 23, 2004 Read More
With A Bang And A Whimper At the Aug. 16 Council meeting, one sign read “Weapons of Mass Destruction? Iraq: 0, Albuquerque: 2000.” The sign supported speakers from the [...] Laura Sanchez \ Aug 26, 2004 Read More
Roaring Back After a month's vacation, city councilors returned on Aug. 2 and ripped through legislation like a squad of superheroes. Crying “One for All [...] Laura Sanchez \ Aug 12, 2004 Read More
Downtown Arena Plan Moves Forward City Can Walk Away From Partnership If Private Funding Fails The prospect of big bucks and flying balls delighted a T-shirt-wearing crowd at the June 28 special meeting of the City Council. The [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jul 08, 2004 Read More
Filling Shoes Following the announcement of Chief Administrative Officer Jay Czar’s decision to leave office at the June 21 council meeting, Mayor Martin Chavez appointed [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jul 01, 2004 Read More
Almost A Triple Crown The June 7 City Council meeting seemed close to scoring unanimous agreement on every bill. Councilors Brad Winter and Craig Loy were excused, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 17, 2004 Read More
Death By Asphalt The May 17 council meeting passed legislation revamping the Police Oversight Commission, updating a property wall ordinance, and authorizing budgets, bonds and goals. [...] Laura Sanchez \ May 27, 2004 Read More
Go West, Waaaay West At the May 3 meeting, Council President Michael Cadigan moved yet another vote on extending Paseo del Norte through the Petroglyph National Monument [...] Laura Sanchez \ May 13, 2004 Read More
Agenda Whacking: A Contact Sport The 800-pound gorilla—another vote on the Paseo del Norte road extension—failed to materialize at the April 19 council meeting. Putting the bill on [...] Laura Sanchez \ Apr 29, 2004 Read More