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 […]
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The ABQ BioPark has a new baby hippo and you can name it
Voters getting ready to cast their votes for mayor, city council, school board and other local elections will have one more big decision to make before polls close on Election Day next Tuesday: what to name a new baby hippopotamus? The ABQ BioPark’s new baby female hippo, born on Oct. 14 to parents Karen and […]
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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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Community questions prompt APD to revisit investigation into Black teen found hanging last year
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina announced Tuesday that his department will seek an outside review of APD’s investigation into the death of Jayvon Givan, a young Black man found hanging from a chain outside a closed business a year ago on Albuquerque’s Westside. Social media posts — many incorrectly claiming Givan was found hanging from […]