Commentary & Analysis in City DeskPat Davis is the founder and publisher of citydesk.org. 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. Citywide, turnout for runoff elections ending Tues. Dec. 9 is strong, but that’s not the […]
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Creator of viral ‘Tim Killer’ AI video claims satire, not deception
Would you be fooled? Watch for yourself belowA video circulating on social media just days before the city’s runoff election appears to feature Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller narrating a driving tour past homeless camps, watching surveillance footage of carjackings and trashing critics – except Keller never said any of those words. When KOB TV first […]
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Donors open their wallets for White in 5-week sprint to pick our next mayor
Voters and businesses have opened their wallets for Darren White in the five-week sprint to the city’s runoff Election Day, a new analysis by City Desk found. In the first 72 hours following the Nov. 4 regular election, White raised $102,000 to kickoff a the head-to-head runoff with incumbent Mayor Tim Keller. It’s only gotten […]
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Our team at nm.news and City Desk ABQ outside our new Nob Hill office, July 2025 From Pat Davis, City Desk founder & publisher When voters elected me to Albuquerque’s City Council in 2015, I promised to serve no more than two terms. In that time, we’d navigated the city through COVID, brought APD to […]
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Dark money and developer dollars fuel District 3 runoff battle between Peña, Garcia
Competing visions of campaign finance transparency are front and center in Albuquerque’s City Council District 3 runoff election where outside money is pouring in and each candidate is calling out the other’s supporters for unnecessary big money influence in a relatively small city council runoff race. Klarissa Peña, the longest-serving member on the council currently, […]
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International District project takes a different path on affordable housing
A church in Albuquerque’s International District and a nonprofit are teaming up to take a different approach to the city’s affordable housing crisis by preserving existing units instead of building new ones. New Creation Albuquerque and the Center for Housing Economics began a $644,000 rehabilitation Monday, Nov. 17, on a 63-year-old, seven-unit apartment complex at […]
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Wolves in the Bosque? BioPark opens new breeding, recovery center to aid Mexican Gray Wolf reintroduction
News of the introduction of a Mexican Gray Wolves to remote areas of New Mexico is sure to spark controversy from ranchers and residents, but in Albuquerque, it’s a different story. A new 4.5 acre enclosed area of the Bosque near the ABQ BioPark could soon house as many as 20 wolves through a rehabilitation […]
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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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Fiebelkorn, Grout easily win council re-election
City Councilors Tammy Fiebelkorn and Renée Grout won reelection Tuesday, with Fiebelkorn running unopposed in District 7 and Grout defeating challenger Colton Newman in District 9. District 7 In District 7, incumbent Fiebelkorn appears to have easily won reelection with 11,853 votes as of 10:00 PM Tuesday, though write-in votes for challenger Jaemes Shanley had […]
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What happened to Gateway’s $21.8M in ‘strings attached’ state funding?
More than a month after Albuquerque received $21.8 million in state funding for Gateway Center expansion, city councilors say they still haven’t received the detailed budget and operational information promised nearly two weeks ago. The funding, awarded in September with strict oversight requirements, is meant to add 183 homeless shelter beds and 204 senior apartments […]