Fear Of A Brown Planet?

“Unfortunate” and “chilling?”
How about insulting and xenophobic?
Local advocates may have held back a bit last week when they condemned Republican Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard “R.J.” Berry and the New Mexico Republican Party for blaming a brutal murder on the city’s existing immigration policies.
Albuquerque police have charged suspected members of a hardcore El Salvadoran crime gang [...]

City Charter Task Force: What the Journal Won’t Tell You

This week’s editorial diatribes masquerading as new coverage of the Charter Revision Task Force were just the latest of many examples of the Journal’s focused attack on nonprofits. We have no issue with the Journal editorializing about whatever it wants – on its editorial page. That is, in fact, the job of an editorial page. But when that perspective drives the news reporting, we need to call them out for it.

If it’s Friday, it’s time to bury the Perlman story

It is being reported that Mayor Martin Chavez’s right-hand man is out. Bruce Perlman, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Albuquerque, abruptly resigned this afternoon. (NM Independent)
Chavez made no comment about his long-time friend’s departure. But curiously, the Mayor’s office announced that Perlman’s replacement has already been named — Chief Operations Officer Ed Adams.
Before [...]

Greenwashing Mayor Introduces the New Art of Ethics-washing

Dan McKay reported in last Friday’s Journal that Mayor Martin Chavez is taking on the issue of ethics at City Hall. McKay writes:
Mayor Martin Chávez says he wants to transform the ethical culture at City Hall– starting with new training for employees, independence for the city clerk and termination for those who flout the rules.
Chavez [...]

Albuq. Journal: Read the headline, miss the story

Mayor Martin Chavez’s U.S. Senate bid may have collapsed in the face of abysmal poll numbers but that doesn’t mean there will be any abatement of the Albuquerque Journal’s bend-over-backwards favorable reportage of his administration.