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Posted inCommentary, Opinion

Turning brine into water

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Juan Montes. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org In a shameless display of grifting, former bureaucrats, and oil lobbyists revealed their strategy for the upcoming legislative session to use the governor’s 50 year Water Plan to provide taxpayers the “opportunity” to pay (half a billion dollars) for the […]

Posted inCommentary, Opinion

Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You (or your family, friends or neighbors)?

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Randi McGinn. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Have you ever been called upon to be someone’s hero? If you’ve chosen a “hero” career like nursing, firefighting, law enforcement or the military, you have that chance almost every day, usually in dramatic fashion.  The rest of us don’t […]

Posted inCommentary, Opinion

Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You (or your family, friends or neighbors)?

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from Randi McGinn. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org Have you ever been called upon to be someone’s hero? If you’ve chosen a “hero” career like nursing, firefighting, law enforcement or the military, you have that chance almost every day, usually in dramatic fashion.  The rest of us don’t […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Local Gov., Politics & Elections

Haaland, Stansbury rally political supporters ahead of Trump inauguration

This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell Albuquerque’s U.S. representative along with the outgoing U.S. secretary of the interior — who’s rumored to be eyeing a run for […]

Posted inAlbuquerque, Bernalillo County, Local Gov., Politics & Elections

Haaland, Stansbury rally political supporters ahead of Trump inauguration

This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell Albuquerque’s U.S. representative along with the outgoing U.S. secretary of the interior — who’s rumored to be eyeing a run for […]

Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Politics & Elections

ABQ man arrested for threatening posts toward Trump, Musk, others

This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell An Albuquerque man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others on social media. As first […]

Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Politics & Elections

ABQ man arrested for threatening posts toward Trump, Musk, others

This story is republished from NM Political Report, a nonprofit news outlet, as a part of our commitment to bringing you the best in independent news coverage that matters to Albuquerque. By Nicole Maxwell An Albuquerque man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others on social media. As first […]

Posted inCommentary, Opinion

On the Brink……

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org As the nation collectively holds its breath awaiting the incoming administration of Donald Trump (Will America be made Great Again or will chaos & billionaires reign?), I am reminded of my visit to Germany about six months after Trump was […]

Posted inCommentary, Opinion

On the Brink……

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own: editor@citydesk.org As the nation collectively holds its breath awaiting the incoming administration of Donald Trump (Will America be made Great Again or will chaos & billionaires reign?), I am reminded of my visit to Germany about six months after Trump was […]

Posted inLocal Gov.

BernCo commission pressing forward on treasurer’s deputy hire

Bernalillo County commissioners are pressing the issue of how much authority they have over staff hiring for elected officials. They’ll be discussing the issue again Tuesday, in a second closed session before their regular meeting.  After a closed meeting Thursday, the board authorized County Attorney Ken Martinez to proceed with certain steps toward resolving the […]