At a recent Albuquerque City Council meeting, a councilor called out the Solid Waste Management Department after a constituent told her his trash can was damaged by a garbage truck and he had been waiting more than a month for a replacement. But he is not the only one. Councilor Klarissa Peña asked Solid Waste […]
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