On Assignment: Where To Now, Sandia? Key To The Future Or Path To Apocalypse? The big news on the local economic front this past week came from Sandia National Laboratories, the laboratory that fairly looms on the [...] August March \ May 30, 2019 Read More Sandia National Labs (Lsg.org)
Council Watch: The Council Approves Mayor’s Budget Survives, Mostly Intact Have you been asking yourself how the more than $1 billion dollars described in Mayor Keller’s budget will be spent by the City [...] Carolyn Carlson \ May 30, 2019 Read More Councilors Peña, Sanchez and Harris (Eric Williams Photography)
Patterns Of Force: On Violence And Policing In Albuquerque On Violence And Policing In Albuquerque It sure goes fast. Our narrative so far:A UNM undergrad was shot dead by a known prior offender after engaging in a drunken, [...] August March \ May 23, 2019 Read More State Police officers and citizens in our community (Photo by Projekt Visuals)
On Assignment: The Commodified Emergency City’s 2020 Budget Charges For Emergency Services Many would argue that the main premise of progressive governance involves the implicit compact made between citizens and elected officials regarding the reach [...] August March \ May 23, 2019 Read More An Albuquerque Fireman and rescue equipment (Albuquerque Fire and Rescue)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends According to a recently published poll, over half of Americans believe Arabic numerals should not be taught in school—despite the fact that Western [...] Joshua Lee \ May 23, 2019 Read More
Newscity: Facebook Ordered To Pay For Line, Deming Declares State Of Emergency, Group Questions Energy Law Emails Facebook Ordered To Pay For Line The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission rejected a request from the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) to reconsider its decision to [...] Joshua Lee \ May 23, 2019 Read More
Letters: An Outrageous Proposal To Save The United States An Outrageous Proposal To Save The United States An open letter to Senator Sanders and Vice President Biden:The lack of courage and principle is what we are exposed to on a [...] Alibi \ May 23, 2019 Read More
News On The Green Rout 66 Hotel Restored To Service Gone is the corrugated, slate-grey concrete parking lot. Gone are the roaches, rats, bedbugs and other afflictions.Gone are the seventy-seven veterans of all [...] Gerald A. Loeb \ May 23, 2019 Read More
On Assignment: Quote Unquote Conundrum Comes Full Circle Quote Unquote Conundrum Comes Full Circle Recent developments in the story about community cable in Albuquerque point to a revisioning of the system that includes inclusion of founder, longtime [...] August March \ May 16, 2019 Read More Quote Unquote Executive Director Colleen Gorman (Photo: Carlos Barros)
Council Watch: Municipal Election Looms Even-Numbered Council Districts Prepare While many eyes are on the seemingly sexy top dog national elections on the far 2020 horizon, smart eyes are on the important [...] Carolyn Carlson \ May 16, 2019 Read More The Albuquerque City Council (Eric Williams Photography)