A new affordable housing complex broke ground in Rio Rancho last week. CC Housing Inc., an affiliate of Catholic Charities, is building the Felician Villa Senior Apartments, located at 1301 Stephanie Rd SE. Felician Villas is one of four projects currently underway, with another four affordable housing centers previously opened across New Mexico. The Felician […]
Pat Davis
Pat Davis is the founder and publisher of City Desk ABQ. In a prior life he served as an Albuquerque City Councilor.
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Court Records Detail Albuquerque Firefighter’s Arrest in Rio Rancho
In the past two weeks, three Albuquerque firefighters have been arrested and charged with driving under the influence. On March 13, Rio Rancho Police officers were dispatched to Cleveland High School for a welfare check. AFR Driver Angelo Abeyta allegedly left the scene in a gray Toyota Tundra and showed signs of impairment when stopped […]
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The Hiring of Talking Heads
This spring, Ronna McDaniel of the RNC needed a job. As national chair since 2017, she needed to replace the $400,000/year income loss resulting from her forced resignation as Donald Trump clinched the GOP presidential nomination. There’s quite a bit to unpack in that lede, but there really isn’t column space for it. Let’s just […]
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Tijeras Canyon Residents Grumble Over Rumble Strips
Residents of the Tijeras Canyon area will soon sleep peacefully without the continuous noise disturbance of the rumble strips on I-40 East, now that the New Mexico Department of Transportation has a solution to the noise, with just a few paint stripes. What’s all the rumble? Rumble strips are meant to act as a road […]
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New Antique Show Coming to Moriarty
A new antique show, the Roots 66 Rendezvous and Extravaganza, will be held at the Moriarty Civic Center at 202 S, 202 Broadway in Moriarty on Saturday, March 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will showcase antiques, bottles, insulators, jewelry, rocks, marbles, woodcarvings, tools, breweriana, railroad items and toys. Vendors and attendees […]
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Community Briefs: March 20-26
E-Cycling Event Keep Bernalillo Beautiful Board will be hosting an E-Cycling Event so that residents will be able to safely recycle old electronics. The event is free and will be on Apr. 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Bernalillo Municipal Court Building. This is a drive-thru event so please stay in your […]
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The Opinions of Political Candidates
Possibly my favorite thing about writing this column is interacting with readers. That goes for the critical comments as well as the positive. I try to reply as my day job and bourbon consumption allow. (Here’s a tip: if you want to criticize me, please make it conversational. Screeds that just focus on calling me […]
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Nine Stealth City Elections
Nine municipal governments around New Mexico held local elections a couple of weeks ago. If you didn’t know anything about this, you’re in good company. For these municipalities, according to the Secretary of State, there were a total of 122,035 eligible voters. Of those, 9,785 voted. That is 8.02%. In the off-year consolidated local elections […]
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Moriarty Softball Pounds East Mountain in Doubleheader Slugfest
When Moriarty’s softball team played a doubleheader at East Mountain last week, it was as much a local rivalry as it was a reunion. Members from both teams began their softball journeys with East Mountain Little League — on the same field the Lady Timberwolves call home. “It’s crazy to be back here, I haven’t […]
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Tijeras Author Completes Pioneering Trilogy
Author Dick Brown did much of the due diligence for his newest historical fiction novel well below the rim of the Grand Canyon on the back of a mule named Hank. “Guarding the Treasure”, the final book of Brown’s “Under the Canyon Sky Trilogy,” out in March, is based on over 60 years of Grand […]