The Media Game has Changed

If it’s Friday, it must be time to connect the dots after a particularly tumultuous week. A couple of local institutions took major hits – not the least of which was the governor’s office.  For starters, the Washington Post suggested that Gov. Bill Richardson’s days on the national stage may be over. Whether anyone should [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Marty “Duck and Cover” Chavez

Back in June 2007, the Albuquerque Journal and local blogs reported that the City of Albuquerque’s claim that its red light camera program had reduced crashes at intersections was false. Who took the heat for the cooked books? APD spokesman John Walsh and Chief Ray Schultz. Last week, the Journal (sub) reported that the City [...]

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.