Commentary & Analysis in City Desk We ask experts and reporters covering local news to share their takes on how it all fits together. Analysis by Editor Kevin Hendricks, City Hall Reporter Jesse Jones and Publisher Pat Davis By the time early voting ended Saturday night, 82,013 (22% of eligible voters) had turned out in […]
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Commentary: From conflict to collaboration — How a New Mexico transmission line will protect power delivery and prairie chickens
Opinion in New Mexico Political ReportIn his role as Executive Director for Audubon Southwest, Jon Hayes oversees the National Audubon Society’s operations in Arizona and New Mexico—including two nature centers, a research ranch, and a team of scientists, educators, and advocates all working to advance bird conservation in the Southwest. The Crossroad-Hobbs-Roadrunner Transmission Project, a 345 […]
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Opinion: Getting capital outlay moving
Opinions Pete Campos is a state senator from Las Vegas representing State Senate District 8 including parts of Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel & Taos Counties. For decades, New Mexico policymakers have been talked about reforming the capital outlay process. And some progress has been made, but the reality remains frustrating: billions of […]
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More people voted for the BioPark’s baby hippo name than voted in all 3 Westside city council seats
ColumnistsPat Davis is the founder and publisher of citydesk.nm.news. He is a recovering politician having served eight years as an Albuquerque City Councilor and, in another life, served as a police officer and nonprofit organizer. On the same day the official city election tallies were being counted, the ABQ BioPark released its own stunning election […]
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Opinion: In the absence of ranked-choice voting, how to hear a good debate
Guest CommentaryIsaac “Ike” Benton is a former Albuquerque City Councilor. Elections for our next mayor are underway and a runoff election between the top 2 candidates is assured. Our current election system is marred, as I will explain below, but we must make the best of it. I urge Albuquerqueans to vote for Alex Uballez […]
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Opinion: Protecting the Freedom to Read: A Call to Action for New Mexico
By Senator Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez, Senator Harold Pope, and Representative Kathleen Cates
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Opinion: Albuquerque needs experienced leadership to restore public trust
By Stephanie Telles, MBA, CFE. She is a candidate for Albuquerque City Council, District 1. An independent review released this week confirmed serious problems inside Albuquerque’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The outside audit, conducted by accounting firm REDW, found that OIG investigations lacked evidence to support their conclusions, failed to consider alternative explanations, and showed poor […]
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Letter to the Editor: Vote Uballez to keep Darren White out of the run-off
This letter was submitted to City Desk ABQ by Sandra Ortsman, Albuquerque. She is a community planner and community member who cares deeply about immigrants rights, mom and small business owner who has lived in and loved Albuquerque since 2002. Have an opinion? Of course you do! Send it to pat@citydesk.org If there is anyone […]
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Government shutdown signals heartburn ahead for New Mexicans
Alex Ross is a senior politics and legislative reporter for the New Mexico Political Report. He began his career in daily journalism in Montana and previously worked as a breaking news and politics reporter. At midnight on Wednesday, the federal government went into shutdown mode, and if the last shutdown was any indication, New Mexico […]
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The Mother Road—and the People Beside It
Birga Alden, Albuquerque, is Chief Communications Officer for the New Mexico Dream Center, an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking. In the spring of 2025, I noticed banners going up for the 2026 centennial celebration of the “Mother Road”—Route 66. In Albuquerque, NM, this stretch of road is aptly named Central Avenue. I’ve lived in […]