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Thoughts on Campbell
My colleague Autumn Gray has a great interview in today’s paper with David Campbell, the local attorney who might soon be running city government. Her piece touches on Campbell’s favorite... Read more »
More on Berry transition team
Here’s another look at who’s doing what for the Richard Berry mayoral transition team: Sherman McCorkle is chairman of the transition team. Rep. Larry Larranaga will oversee the transition of... Read more »
Campbell, White to Join Berry Administration
Mayor-elect Richard Berry announced plans to fill two of City Hall’s top positions with veterans of local government and politics. David Campbell, a former city attorney and well-known expert in... Read more »
Transition Time in ABQ
There’s a new guessing game at City Hall: Who gets hired into the new mayoral administration? The problem is that everyone has the same answer, no matter what question you... Read more »
Breaking: First results are in
Election workers have posted the first returns in the Albuquerque municipal races tonight. Here’s the link to results.
One week to go
All three mayoral candidates are taking advantage of a peculiar rule in the public-financing system. The candidates can spend only about $328,000 campaigning, but they’re also allowed to accept in-kind... Read more »
Clear as Mud
The Journal Poll in the Sunday paper certainly got the candidates and wall-leaners talking. Pretty much everyone has a theory on how any of the three candidates can win. But... Read more »
Weekend Odds and Ends
The Journal’s poll on the mayoral race will be in Sunday’s paper, so don’t forget to pick it up. In the meantime, here are some tidbits on municipal politics: Richard... Read more »
Fourteen days left
There’s a city election Oct. 6, in case you haven’t heard. Richard Berry has five sources of income, Marjorie Childress of the New Mexico Independent reports. City councilors say that... Read more »
About two weeks ’til Election Day
Chock full o’ political news: The mayoral candidates make a lot of claims about the state of city finances, roads and crime. I sifted through the numbers here. There’s some... Read more »
Romero on the Streetcar Debate
Mayoral candidate Richard Romero is opposed to developing a modern streetcar system at this point, but he acknowledges it’s an “exciting idea” that could do some good. His latest statement... Read more »
Truth Squad-ing the Candidates
I tried to add a little “truth squad” element to my last story on the mayoral campaign. Here’s the appropriate section: A Journal review of city spending shows evidence that... Read more »
