School's Out! School's Out! Councilors plowed through piles of legislation at the June 19 meeting before recessing for July. Councilor Isaac Benton proclaimed July 1-7 Independents Week, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 29, 2006 Read More What’s left of the Del Rey Mobile Home Park (Wes Naman)
Turning Heroes Into Pariahs Blowing The Whistle On Government Corruption Just Got A Whole Lot Harder Sibel Edmonds is a beautiful woman, even with the gag pulled tight across her face. Normally, the mainstream press would be covering Hot-Damsel-in-Distress [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 29, 2006 Read More
Barely Living Councilors Work To Improve And Expand Affordable Housing In Albuquerque If you’ve looked for a place to live lately, you’ve probably noticed that housing costs in Albuquerque have skyrocketed. Even worse, condemnations and [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Splat! With the city suffering extreme drought conditions, on June 5 councilors quickly passed emergency fire restrictions on open burning or smoking in the [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More (Scott Rickson)
Take Your Dog To School Day Red-clad supporters of Councilor Sally Mayer’s animal ordinance filled the Council chambers for the third time on May 22, wearing crimson gimme caps, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Jun 01, 2006 Read More A bill that requires APS to approve all residential plats before the city approves them passed unanimously. (Wes Naman)
Fighting Like Cats And Dogs At the May 1 City Council meeting, citizens packed the underground chamber to argue over Councilor Sally Mayer’s long-deferred, massive HEART ordinance designed [...] Laura Sanchez \ May 11, 2006 Read More “The way a community responds to its animals reflects how that community responds to its citizens,” in the words of Councilor Sally Mayer, CAO Gail Reese and ... Mahatma Gandhi? (Wes Naman)
We're In The Money Albuquerque Sets A New Minimum Wage After three previous attempts failed, City Council President Martin Heinrich crafted a compromise minimum wage bill debated at an April 20 special Council [...] Laura Sanchez \ Apr 27, 2006 Read More
Preview Of Coming Attractions Items on the short April 17 City Council agenda were deferred or withdrawn except for passage of a water authority bill and approval [...] Laura Sanchez \ Apr 27, 2006 Read More Councilor Sally Mayer’s substitute for her animal ordinance creates a 10-day “safe haven” grace period at city animal shelters before an animal is euthanized. (Wes Naman)
Kool Kid-Kritter Kombo Hear and see what New Mexico students think about the world they will be living in while you enjoy a cool spring morning [...] Laura Sanchez \ Apr 20, 2006 Read More
Shame Game At the March 20 meeting, Councilor Don Harris’ bill establishing an Interim Development Management Area for the core of District 9 passed unanimously. [...] Laura Sanchez \ Mar 30, 2006 Read More