The Push That Never Came Not only did the Feb. 5 Council meeting lack pitchfork-toting, cell phone-brandishing mobs–almost no one showed up at all. Deferred bills included training [...] Laura Sanchez \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More A bill to ban cell phone use in cars without hands-free devices passed the Council 5-4. (Amanda Hügenkiss)
Flogging Abbey’s Ghost The Monkey Wrench Gang Heads To The Big Screen Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang is only three months away from movie production. After many fits and starts, the film will be [...] Jim Scarantino \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More
Odds & Ends Dateline: New York– A wallet belonging to a Korean automobile factory worker has been found–in upstate New York. The worker lost his wallet [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More
Blue In Burque Mysterious Billboards Have Burqueños Holding Their Breath In Albuquerque and along the interstate, people are turning blue in the face. Among them are Al Franken, Orbit (the Isotopes’ furry mascot), [...] Kate Trainor \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More (Kate Trainor)
My Prerogative [RE: Commentary, “EDo: Albuquerque’s Boob Job,” Jan. 25-31] First, I must commend you for writing a provocative piece. That’s always the underlying goal [...] Alibi \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More
Lost Sanctuary Holistic Treatment Center For Women Shuts Its Doors--For Now Shawna Campbell-Rosenthal tried to save the building, tried to make sure there wouldn’t be a gap in services for the women who come [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More Forty-one-year old Lorraine Sanchez makes her way down the hall on a pair of crutches at Almas de Amistad. Sanchez, who has trouble keeping off the streets, found a support network at Almas de Amistad that helps her stay clean and out of jail. Sanchez is trying to prepare for a hip replacement, but is often turned away at the hospital due to her unpredictable state. (Tina Larkin)
Odds & Ends Dateline: Croatia– An angry husband who threw old clothes into his garden and set fire to them because he couldn’t find any clean [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 08, 2007 Read More (Eric J. Garcia)
Thin Line Self-Scrutiny— All right fellow media critics, we’re about to make “Thin Line” history. As best I can tell, this is the first time [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 08, 2007 Read More
Adrift In A Sea Of Life Preservers What Will It Take To Save Aps? Ideas for how to save the Albuquerque Public School system are flying around the Legislature like aspen leaves on a blustery October afternoon. [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Feb 08, 2007 Read More
Show Mom The Money One Woman's Story Illustrates That New Mexico’s Child Enforcement Division Is Deadbeat For Single Parents Seeking Aid When Jessica Sanchez was a child, she strategically planned visits to friends’ homes at the dinner hour. “I would pretend I was going [...] Kate Trainor \ Feb 08, 2007 Read More (Rex Barron)
