Odds & Ends Odds & Ends A satiric Facebook event inviting people to storm Area 51 has prompted the US Air Force to issue a serious warning. According to [...] Joshua Lee \ Jul 25, 2019 Read More
Fuel Spill Committee Part Ii Swop: A Garden By The Base And An Ear To The Ground Driving up to the SouthWest Organizing Project’s community garden, taking Gibson Boulevard east most of the way to Carlisle Boulevard, one is struck [...] August March \ Jul 25, 2019 Read More Juan Reynosa, Deputy Director SWOP (Eric Williams Photography)
Newscity: Judge Blocks Panhandling Law, Art Bus Training Begins, Governor's Approval Rating Low Judge Blocks Panhandling Law A federal judge ruled that an Albuquerque ordinance limiting panhandling on city streets is unconstitutional.The Albuquerque Journal reports that the American Civil Liberties [...] Joshua Lee \ Jul 25, 2019 Read More
Letters: I’m Not Saying (I’m Just Saying) I’m Not Saying (I’m Just Saying) This letter is in deep gratitude to Alicia Ruth’s “Big Pharma and Vacci-Nazis” letter [v28 i26].My grandchildren were given the usual vaccines as [...] Alibi \ Jul 18, 2019 Read More
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends The Russian Orthodox church is considering a ban on blessing weapons of mass destruction. According to Religion News Service, Russian Orthodox priests have [...] Joshua Lee \ Jul 18, 2019 Read More
Fuel Spill Committee Part I Water Utility Board Looks Into Remediation Efforts The Kirtland jet fuel spill, officially known as the Kirtland Bulk Fuels Facility Spill, continues to be a civic issue here in Albuquerque. [...] August March \ Jul 18, 2019 Read More The groundwater treatment plant at Kirtland Air Force Base filters ethylene dibromide (EDB) from groundwater extracted from the contamination plume. (US Air Force)
Newscity: State Pedestrian Deaths High, Sharp Program Shows Results, Gun Buyback A Success State Pedestrian Deaths High A new report from the state’s transportation department shows that fatalities involving pedestrians remain high this year and could even surpass last year’s [...] Joshua Lee \ Jul 18, 2019 Read More
Commentary: Unm Must Improve Its Record University Plagued By Poor Priorities And Privilege A recent op-ed in the local daily uses a laserlike focus to call the university out for a continuing lack of diversity among [...] August March \ Jul 11, 2019 Read More On campus at the University of New Mexico (UNM)
Newscity: Public Safety Tax Spending Questioned, Mixed Results On Scooter Report, Child Care Proposal Postponed Public Safety Tax Spending Questioned A recent audit of Albuquerque’s public safety tax has raised concerns about appropriate spending practices.According to KRQE, the city’s Office of Internal Audit [...] Joshua Lee \ Jul 11, 2019 Read More
On Assignment: Councilor Davis Sponsors Gun Buy-Back Councilor Davis Sponsors Gun Buy-Back Two significant reports on crime in the city—one done at year’s end and the most recent just three months ago—demonstrate that the progressive [...] August March \ Jul 11, 2019 Read More (Maya Holt via New Mexico News Port)
