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ABQ Finds 31 Snakes in One Apartment
What do you call 31 venomous snakes in one apartment? Too many. The city of Albuquerque confiscated the snakes, including a cobra, on Thursday, and they’re being taken to the... Read more »
Paseo Billboard Urges Voters To Call Councilors
A billboard along Paseo del Norte urges commuters to contact the three Albuquerque city councilors who’ve blocked efforts to move forward with selling bonds to pay for improvements to the... Read more »
Berry Urges Public to Pressure Three Councilors on Paseo
Mayor Richard Berry accused three city councilors of choosing to “play politics” with the Paseo del Norte project and urged Albuquerque residents to contact them. His statement, posted below, comes... Read more »
Immediate Approval of Paseo Bonds in Jeopardy
UPDATE: Well, the immediate future of the Paseo project isn’t any clearer, several hours after the council initially tabled the bill. The City Council ended up scheduling the Paseo bond... Read more »
At Least One Contested Race on Tap for County Commission
A former chairman of the Chamber of Commerce plans to challenge Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener in the Republican primary. Lonnie Talbert announced his campaign on Monday and said he... Read more »
Auditors Find City Hall Misspending
City Hall improperly spent nearly $500,000 of its transportation tax money on Big I landscaping, acc ...
Marty Chavez Makes Cameo Appearance in Blackout Theatre’s Latest Ode to Albuquerque
Eeee! Is that former Albuquerque Mayor Marty Chavez in Blackout Theatre’s latest take on life in ‘Burque? Why, yes it is. The theatre, which saw its first two “Sh*t Burqueños Say”... Read more »
Mayor Approves New City Council Map
Mayor Richard Berry this afternoon signed into law a new map of City Council districts that puts incumbents Isaac Benton and Debbie O’Malley into the same district. It was narrowly... Read more »
Husband of Wilson Staffer Sorry for Registering Dog to Vote
The jokes practically write themselves whenever news hits that someone’s registered a dog to vote. Politics has gone to the dogs, the fur will fly — that kind of thing.... Read more »
ABQ Launches Convention Center Improvements
Mayor Richard Berry’s administration is moving forward with a $20 million renovation of the Albuquerque Convention Center. Berry said Wednesday that he expects the work to focus on the older,... Read more »
Lack of Quorum Cancels Commission Meeting
Bernalillo County commissioners canceled Tuesday’s meeting because three of them couldn’t make it. Commission Chairman Art De La Cruz said last week that commissioners Michael Wiener and Wayne Johnson were... Read more »
