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City Council elections

District 6 candidate guide

By Lily Alexander

Lauren Lifke @ llilyalexander @lauren_lifke On Nov. 7, voters will choose between four City Council candidates to represent District 6, the University of New Mexico’s district.

The candidates – Abel Otero, Jeff Hoehn, Kristin Greene and Nichole Rogers – are vying for the seat incu-

mbent Pat Davis has held since 2016.

A fifth candidate, Joseph Pitluck Aguirre, withdrew from the race in August but is still listed on the City of Albuquerque’s candidate list.

Nichole Rogers Rogers decided to run because she felt no one on the City Council represented her or the 68% of people of color living in District 6, she said.

If elected, she would focus on poverty.

“We talk a lot about economic de-

see District page 6

District 2 candidate guide

By Jaymes Boe @DailyLobo With City Council elections around the corner, incumbent Isaac Benton will not be running for re-election and District 2 will welcome a new councilor to assume the role.

District 2 is the City Center district.

It includes Downtown, Old Town, and the valley east of the Rio Grande.

District 2 also holds the highest number of homeless shelters of any other district in Albuquerque, according to a map released by The Family and

Community Services Department.

A common issue all three candidates share as a focus of their campaigns is how to address the size of the unhoused population in the city.

Currently, Albuquerque’s housing shortage lies between 13,000 and 28,000 units, according to the City’s website. The state as a whole has reported a 48% increase in homelessness in 2023, according to a report from the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee earlier this year.

This year’s District 2 election is a three-way race between Joaquin

see District 2 page 10

District 8 candidate guide

By Kat Gomez @DailyLobo Current City Councilor for District 8, Trudy E. Jones, will not be running for re-election, marking her last term and 16 years in the position.

Located in the Northeast Hights, and Foothills this year, there’s two new candidates that are both vying to assume the role: Idalia Lechuga-Tena and Dan Champine.

Idalia Lechuga-Tena Lechuga-Tena, a Democrat and a former state representative, is an immigrant who grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Lechuga seeks to adress homelessness by working with the City and county to create a Divergent Program Homeless Coalition where nonprofits collaborate to align their efforts and secure funding together instead of competing for the same funding.

see District 8 page 6

District 4 candidate guide

By Sadie Hopkins @DailyLobo Located in the Northeast Heights, District 4 has two candidates on the ballot for City Council — the incumbent Brook Bassan and incoming candidate Abby Foster.

The district is home to many schools, religious structures and family-owned businesses. Neither canidate responded to the Daily Lobo’s request to comment.

Brooke Bassan The councilor up for re-election

is Bassan. Her family has operated restaurants, commercial real estate locations and construction outlets in Albuquerque, including Capo’s Italian Restaurants and Territorial Scaffold Inc. She graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in Criminal Justice.

On her website, she expressed concern over the movement to “Defund the Police” and plans to fight against “Catch and Release” practices in the Albuquerque Justice System in an effort to reduce crime from repeat offenders.

see District 4 page 10

Inside this Lobo Egan: How and where to vote in Albuquerque (pg. 2)

Election Day is on Nov. 7 and knowing where and how to cast your ballot is just as important as knowing who you’re casting that ballot for.

There are three major ways to vote – through an absentee ballot (also known as mail-in ballot), voting on Election Day or voting early.

Secor: All about absentee voting (pg. 2)

As election season approaches in November, the University of New Mexico opens up polling sites in the Student Union Building. However, what about students from out-of-state?

As of fall 2023, UNM had 3,609 out-of-state students, according to enrollment reports — leaving them to figure out how to absentee vote while being away from home.

Ortiz-Ruiz & Kallunki: APS school board election, prepares to bring change to the district (pg. 3)

On Nov. 7, Albuquerque Public Schools will hold an election for school board members. District 1, 2 and 4 each have representatives running for a spot on the school board.

Naru, Pukite, Davidson, Balaños, Bulger & Mendoza: Eight bonds on the ballot for city maintance (pg. 3) On this year’s ballot there are a total of seven municipal General Obligation Bond questions on the ballot, alongside one college bond question.

If any of the G.O. bonds are passed, money from the city’s property tax revenue will be put toward that particular set of capital improvement projects or city maintenance.

Prunty: Mill Levy and APS (pg. 7)

With the election coming up, a question on the ballot proposes a Albuquerque municipal Public Schools Mill Levy or asks whether or not to continue to utilize property taxes in order to support APS and charter schools. If approved, property taxes will not increase and APS will continue to get $264,673,790 for the next six years. If failed, APS would not receive this funding.

Pukite: Soil and Water Board election (pg. 8)

This upcoming election, three of the five elected positions on the Ciudad Soil and Water District Supervisor Board are up for election. Of them, two are landowner positions – meaning you must own land in the district – and one is an at-large position.

Pukite: Uncontested flood election (pg. 8)

The Flood Control Board of Directors is a political body in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority that is elected for six-year terms to work and set budgets for flood control projects in the city.

Smith: Nature photos of the week (pg. 10)

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How and where to vote in Albuquerque

By Grace Egan @DailyLobo Election Day is on Nov. 7 and knowing where and how to cast your ballot is just as important as knowing who you’re casting that ballot for.

There are three major ways to vote – through an absentee ballot (also known as mail-in ballot), voting on Election Day or voting early.

Absentee ballots in New Mexico require an application to state where the ballot should be sent. The last day

to request an absentee ballot is Oct. 24. Past that, your civic duty must be performed in person.

With an absentee ballot, it must be filled out as you would at a polling location, then mailed or hand-delivered to your county clerk’s office by Nov. 2.

The locations to vote in-person are different if you are voting early or on Election Day. There are 72 election voting convenience centers (VCCs), ranging from shopping centers to schools to plazas, but only 20 VVCs are open for early voting.

Early voting starts Saturday, Oct.

21 and ends Saturday, Nov. 4. All establishments open at 10 a.m. and close between 5 - 7 p.m.

The University of New Mexico has an early voting center inside the Student Union Building at Louie’s Lounge, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m. However, it is only open for early voting and not on Election Day. The closest VVC to campus that is open on Election Day is at Bandelier Elementary School. All Election Day locations are open from 7 a.m - 7 p.m.

Some early voting centers allow

you to cast your ballot on Election Day as well, but with 52 more locations opening up, there will likely be a more convenient VVC nearby.

Simply find the nearest VCC within your zip code using the Voter Portal on the Secretary of State’s website and it will indicate where to vote. It’ll give you a map to the VCC, the address of the location and where to park.

Information on where your county clerk office is, obtaining your absentee ballot and finding the closest voting location to you can all be

found on NMVote.org.

Finding the information will take no more than five minutes or – if you’re between classes – you can vote on campus during the early voting phase.

If the polls close and you are still in line — stay in line.

Grace Egan is a copy editor at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com.

All about absentee voting

By Elizabeth Secor @ esecor2003 As election season approaches in November, the University of New Mexico opens up polling sites in the Student Union Building. However, what about students from out-of-state?

As of fall 2023, UNM had 3,609 out-of-state students, according to enrollment reports — leaving them to figure out how to absentee vote while being away from home.

UNM’s Office of Institutional Analytics has data from 2022 that indicates that there is at least one out-of-state student from every state.

This means there are 50 states, each with its own guidelines and specifics

on how to mail-in vote.

The highest number of out-of-state students come from Texas (534), Colorado (228) and Arizona (128).

Below are these states’ maps and guidelines for absentee voting.

Texas 1) Fill out the “Application for a Ballot by Mail.” The last day the application can be received for the 2023 election is Oct. 27. The application must include one of the following, according to VoteTexas.gov: “Texas Driver’s License, Texas Personal Identification Number or Election Identification Certificate Number issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (NOT your voter registration VUID number); OR

if you have not been issued one of the numbers above, the last four digits of your Social Security Number.”

2) After filling out the application, you can in-person deliver, mail, fax or email with the application for a ballot by mail as a scanned attachment to the early voting clerk.

3) Follow the instructions on the mail-in ballot and send it back. All ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Colorado 1) Every voter should receive a mail-in ballot. If not, contact the local county clerk. The ballot will be sent to the address on your voter registration. To check which address is being used or to make changes, visit

www.GoVoteColorado.gov.

2) Follow the instructions on the mail-in ballot and send it back. All ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Arizona 1) Fill out an Active Early Voter List (which can be done when registering) or submit a one-time mail-in ballot request. A request for a mail-in ballot can be done online by calling/ emailing the County Recorder’s Office or via a printed form.

2) Follow the instructions on the mail-in ballot and send it back. All ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.

form to request a mail-in ballot, all resource centers on campus have free printing available. Other places available for printing include the UNM libraries, Dane Smith Hall and the SUB; a standard paper printout in black and white costs $0.08. Don’t forget to buy stamps.

Mailing locations include the mail room located in the Student Residency Center and the U.S. Post Office on 115 Cornell Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM. Elizabeth Secor is a freelance reporter for the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @esecor2003.

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APS school board election prepares to bring change to the district

By Detroit Kallunki

Milan Ortiz-Ruiz @ DailyLobo

On Nov. 7, Albuquerque Public Schools will hold an election for school board members. District 1, 2 and 4 each have representatives running for a spot on the school board.

Community focuses and values have been voiced throughout fall 2022 within organized community meetings and numerous individual conversations.

Consistent concerns regarding the need for schools to emphasize literacy, math, post-secondary readiness, and the skills, habits and mindsets that lead to success, according to APS Goals and Guardrails.

None of the candiates responded to the Daily Lobos reqest for comment in time for publication.

District 4 District 4 includes Highland High School and its feeder elementary and middle schools.

Heather R. Benavidez Benavidez is chair of the 100% Community Housing Task Force in Valencia County and the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.

“I see a need for increasing funding to support students with disabilities and special education, increasing student enrollment, filling vacant teaching positions, and increasing the safety of students, faculty and staff,” Benavidez wrote according to his APS questionnaire.

Benavidez also discussed the Board of Education’s role in deciding

the superintendent and the importance of deciding who that person is and what values they hold.

“An uneducated populace is easier to control, therefore public education is essential to a healthy democracy and must be protected. Public education is filled with committed educators and staff who care for our children, giving them the ability to think critically and distinguish fact from fiction,” Benavidez wrote.

Stephen J. Cecco Cecco has volunteered for the Title I Homeless Project, Feed New Mexico Kids and with the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors Fundraising to give to non-profit charities in the community, according to his questionnaire with APS. “I see the lack of proficiencies as our biggest challenge, and I see the Goals and Guardrails as a way to begin addressing this issue and continue building on that base to create success after success,” Cecco wrote in the questionnaire.

District 2 District 2 covers Volcano Vista and Cibola High Schools as well as their feeder elementary and middle schools.

Ronalda Tome Warito Tome Warito has involvement in Indian Education Knowledge, Special Education Knowledge, Facilitated Individual Education Plans and Mediation with APS, according to Tome Warito’s APS questionnaire.

An IEP is an Individual Education Plan that identifies specific needs for students to be met by administration and faculty. With more focus

on forming these plans and ideas for student transitions, APS would take a more student-centric approach, which a few of the candidates vocally advocate for.

“Supporting the school board in understanding the Martinez and Yazzie Lawsuits (addressing class and racial inequities in education), especially in the context of Special Education and Native Americans, requires a multifaceted approach,” Tome Warito wrote. “Including IEPs and transition plans in the goal processes will be very helpful in including all students.”

Peggy Muller-Aragón Muller-Aragón has served two terms on the National Association of Latino Elected Officials and has been on the ABC Community School’s Board since 2017, a bilingual advisory committee according to her APS questionnaire.

“Outside interests and adult interests too often take precedence over student interest. Having been an APS student, parent and educator, I believe that when we place our students above politics and above those outside interests that APS will become a better school system,” Muller-Aragón wrote.

Adrian Nogales Nogales has been with the district since 2008, serving over 15 years as an educational assistant, substitute, kindergarten teacher, second grade bilingual teacher, 6-11 social studies teacher, coach and administrator, according to his questionnaire with APS. Nogales writes that she sees lan-

guage as something APS could lead in and wants to see bilingual stipends for language teachers alongside school safety.

“The Albuquerque Public Schools police needs to be revamped and the district/school board needs to invite more community partnerships, including with APD, Service Aides, Bernalillo county sheriff, NMSP and all other positive role models,” Nogales wrote in the questionnaire.

District 1 District 1 encompasses Atrisco Heritage Academy and Rio Grande High Schools as well as their feeder elementary and middle schools.

Janelle Jaime Astorga Astorga co-founded an advocacy group called Youth Voices in Action.

Through the Learning Alliance of New Mexico, their efforts have been sponsored by the APS Office of Equity and Engagements for eight years, according to her APS questionnaire.

“I believe in the potential of every student, and together, we can create an environment where they thrive. Let’s champion their dreams, aspirations and ensure they have all the tools they need to succeed,” Astorga wrote.

Robert Trujillo Trujillo has served as the parent representative on the Pajarito Elementary School Instructional Council, and on the Parent Advisory Committee that was a part of the ABCs grant, according to his questionnaire with APS. “There’s been a strong disconnect between our state legislature and our local school board. That’s been a challenge. Fortunately, I’ve been

endorsed by the legislators in my district and we’re prepared to collaborate on our mutual goals to deliver policies and funding to secure the best possible future for our educators and our children,” Trujillo wrote in the questionnaire.

Verlando Coker Coker has 10 years of pedagogical, (methods of teaching) research, he currently volunteers as a tutor at La Placita and offers family support for IEPs, Behavior Intervention Plans and Intervention Hearings, according to his questionnaire with APS. He wants to see cross district collaboration and sees the need for modernization in the district’s goals and guardrails.

“While the goals and guardrails are fine on paper, everything from the metrics we draw from to the statistical goals themselves are designed around a system that will not prepare students for the 21st century workplace. They are not sufficient in bettering the district,” Coker wrote in the questionnaire.

Each candidate has outlined the improvements they aspire to make to the Albuquerque Public School system in individual questionnaires. Access the candidate questionnaires here.

Detroit Kallunki is a senior reporter with the Daily Lobo. They can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @DailyLobo.

Milan Ortiz-Ruiz is a freelance reporter at the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at news@dailylobo.com

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Eight Bonds on the ballot for city maintenance

By Maddie Pukite Zaina Naru BillyJack Davidson Karina Balaños Thomas Bulger Kelsa Mendoza

Monday, October 23, 2023

On this year’s ballot, there are a total of seven municipal General Obligation Bond questions alongside one college bond question.

If any of the G.O. Bonds are passed, money from the city’s property tax revenue will be put toward that

particular set of capital improvement projects or city maintenance.

The approval of bonds will not cause property taxes to increase, however if a bond is not passed, it could cause a small decrease in property taxes with a $3.80 decrease a

month for a home valued at $150,000.

The team at the Daily Lobo has broken down what these bonds mean to give voters context on the projects at hand as they step into the voting booths this November.

Municipal: Public Safety Bond supports districts unevenly

Encompassing several different city departments, the Public Safety bonds would allocate about $25 million in total to the Albuquerque Fire Rescue, Albuquerque Police Department (APD), Albuquerque Community Service (ACS) and the Regional Transportation Management Center (RTMC).

The money is broken down between over $14 million to Fire Rescue Apparatus Replacement, $6

million to APD, $1 million to ACS and $1.5 million to RTCM. Remaining funds are then split up between the districts, excluding District 6, (the International District), and District 2, (downtown and east of the Rio Grande).

“The money is primarily going to assisting police facilities … They’re going to the buildings – the actual equipment that they use there.

They’re not obligated to break down

where exactly that money is going,” Jack Champagne, the program and legal director from the New Mexico Black Leadership Council, said.

For districts receiving funds, the amount ranges from $600,000 to District 7 (Uptown and Northeast Heights) and $150,000 to District 3 (Southwest Albuquerque).

While the NMBLC does not formally support or oppose the bond, the lack of funds going towards Dis-

trict 6 was a concern for Champagne.

“We, the NMBLC, are located in District Six which is where the International District is, and I did notice that none of the bond funding is going there which is a little concerning to me because there are public safety needs here. That is relatively urgent. So the fact that I didn’t quite make it in there is concerning,” Champagne said.

There are public comment periods

for G.O. Bonds and Champagne encouraged more feedback from the community on what districts are receiving funding in future elections.

Bonds for $35.8 million are on the ballot to support metropolitan redevelopment, community centers and affordable housing.

Most of the bonds, $13,550,000, would be allocated towards community and senior centers and $7.5 million towards affordable housing.

The rest breaks down with $5 million towards improvements at the Gibson Health Hub center, $3.5

million towards redevelopment, including $2 million towards rail yards around the city as well as specific portions of money for community centers and redevelopment to every district, except District 7.

An anonymous representative from the Student Tenant Union at the University of New Mexico – a group focused on affordable housing for students – felt as though the

bonds do not do enough to address the housing issue.

“It lacks the necessary urgency and meaningful measures to address the immediate housing needs of Albuquerque’’ the representative from STU wrote.

The money allocated towards affordable housing is via the City’s Workforce Housing Opportunity Act which outlines the funding and

stipulations for affordable housing to be built using the bond funds.

To be considered for housing under the act, income must be below 80% of the area median income for ABQ, currently $44,750 for one person. The monthly housing cost also can’t exceed 30% of the income limit, according to the ordinance.

Workforce housing projects or subdivisions must have 30% of the

spaces that meet affordable housing standards. Rental properties also have to have a monitoring deal to ensure affordability, the ordinance states.

Municipal: Community Centers and affordable housing

Municipal: Bonds for baseball and outdoor space The Parks and Recreation G.O. Bonds would set aside $34.9 million for improving and developing equipment for local parks and recreational facilities.

The Parks and Recreation Department will receive $21,950,000 for projects such as park, playground and pool renovations along with open space facility improvements.

“The 2023 G.O. Bond package would fund capital projects in 13 core Parks & Recreation Department (PRD) programs, including park irri-

gation system renovation, park and playground renovations, open space facility improvements, pool renovations, urban forestry, improvements to Balloon Fiesta Park, equipment and vehicles, security and Little Leagues,” Dave Simon – Parks and Recreation Director – wrote. $5 million of the bond are assigned to North Domingo Baca Aquatic Center.

The Open Space program will also receive $4 million in the 2% of the bond set-aside for open space

land acquisition, alongside an additional $750,000 for open space Bosque restoration and $750,000 for facility improvements. “(Open space provides) outdoor recreation opportunities and economic benefits. Cities with more green space are more economically successful and are also seen as more attractive places to live and operate businesses,” Simon wrote.

The bonds would put $3.4 million towards improving the irrigation systems in its parks. Additionally, for

over 288 parks there’s $1.5 million set aside to renovate playgrounds and facilities managed by Albuquerque’s Park Management Division. Nearly $5 million would go towards improving the Little League fields across the city.

“Open space helps maintain the beauty of our City’s setting in the middle (of the) Rio Grande Valley, cools the City and increases our climate resilience,” Simon wrote.

Specifically allocated to phase two of Los Altos’ Master Plan, the

Maddie Pukite is the editor-inchief at the Daily Lobo. They can be contacted at editorinchief@dailylobo.com on Twitter @maddogpukite

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bonds funnel $500,000 to improve the park by constructing new playgrounds, dog parks and 20 new horseshoe courts capable of hosting regional tournaments. $750,000 is also allocated to go towards park security such as cameras, fences and street lights.

Zaina Naru is the News Editor at the Daily Lobo. She can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com

Municipal: Funds to city building , 3% to Energy Conservation Program

Among the Bonds for this election are bonds for energy and water conservation, public facilities and system modernization. This package is the least costly for the election and totals $24,155,000.

These bonds will be focusing on the improvement and rehabilitation of different services and buildings throughout the city.

The main focus is to support official buildings and structures that strictly belong to the city, located in

Downtown Albuquerque. $2 million of the $24 will be going exclusively to the repair and rehabilitation of roofs on all of the city buildings.

This includes the funding for public spaces as well, including renovations and rehabilitation of the city courthouse, $1 million to the Plaza del Sol building - which holds public records — and almost $1.5 million to the Isotopes stadium improvements.

Along with the buildings, $1 million from the bond will go towards

the purchasing of new and improved city vehicles.

3% of this bond is allocated towards the Energy Conservation Program.

A sum of $6 million will be put directly towards the program, which will be implemented directly into the construction and development of energy conservation projects.

Cybersecurity, information technology systems and overall network equipment would also receive funds from this bond. In total, over

$3.4 million would go towards the growth and improvement of generic sounding causes such as planning hardware and software upgrades and an IT infrastructure upgrade.

This includes additional and updated cameras in city parking garages, Information Technology infrastructure and geographical systems.

Other parts of the city that will receive funding from these Bonds include the Los Angeles Landfill, the rehabilitation of the Environmental

Health Facility and $200,000 for garage Sump Pumps.

G.O. Bond #5 would allocate a total of over $50 million – 25% of the overall Bonds amount to repair, reconstruct and rehabilitate the overall transportation system within Albuquerque.

These Bond would allow Albuquerque the opportunity to improve public transportation facilities, road systems, bikeways and bipedal systems.

This money is meant to be funneled back to the voters; the city is hoping to do this through emphasi-

zing repair for its streets and modes of transportation, KRQE reported.

The city would allocate $125,000 - $650,00 to each district, except District 2, for the rehabilitation and renovation of streets in each district.

The bond has several areas of focus. McMahon Blvd. will be reconditioned between Kayenta and Rockcliff. Funding will also come from State Capital outlay.

Two intersections will be of particular focus for the city – University/ Lomas and Alameda/Barstow – and

will undergo overall improvements.

The Roadway Widening Project for Paseo del Norte & Unser is anticipated to have better ADA accessibility, landscaping and storm drainage precautions. This project needs to meet the requirements to receive $10 million in federal funding in 2024/2025, along with $4 million from state capital outlay.

Overall pedestrian use is meant to be reconstructed as well through the implementation of bikeways, sidewalks, trails and more.

Adhering to the Americans with Disabilities Act and safety is a large portion of these bonds. Rights of way and curb ramps are to be built, along with the planning and design of the City counteraction.

The high fatal and injury network, Vision Zero Program, is to be implemented as well. Vision Zero is meant to prevent fatal and severe crashes through a collaborative approach.

“Collaboration among local traffic planners and engineers, policymakers and public health professionals,”

Vision Zero’s website reads.

Renovation and rehabilitation toward Transit Facilities are another key focus of this bond, particularly the Yale Transit Facility. $1.9 million will go toward the overall improvement of this transit center.

introducing infrastructure to mimic nature, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Green stormwater can be gathered through porous pavement, rain gardens, rain barrels and other methods. Traditional stormwater management is referred to as ‘‘gray’’ and collects rainwater from large flat surfaces such as parking lots and roofs and directs it with the use of pipes and arroyos.

The other new project from 2021

is for pump station rehabilitation. $1 million will be used for purchasing equipment, primarily for the South Broadway Storm Basin.

BillyJack Davidson is a beat reporter at the Daily Lobo. He can be reached at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @BillyJackDL

Municipal: Street and Transportation Bonds: repair, reconstruct, rehabilitate

Municipal: Storm and Sewer System bond The Storm and Sewer System bonds will be on the upcoming ballot in November. A vote for “yes” means $14,310,000 will be put towards improving and constructing both equipment and facilities. The ballot will read as follows: “Shall the City of Albuquerque issue $14,310,000 of its General Obligation Bonds to plan, design, develop, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, renovate, expand, extend, enhance, study, monitor

and otherwise improve, and to acquire property and equipment for the storm sewer system?”

The last Storm and Sewer System bonds were approved in 2021. It funded six projects and cost $4,651,000.

Those six projects appear again on the 2023 ballot.

The projects include keeping facilities up to code with EPA standards, funds toward the South Broadway master plan, improving water quality facilities, advanced planning,

developing emergency action plans and preventing floods in the Pueblo Alto area.

A total of eight projects are preparing to be funded along with 1.5% ($210,000) of the budget going towards public art. The largest portion of the money, $5 million, will go towards green stormwater management in the Southeast Heights and was not a listed project in 2021.

Green stormwater refers to collecting rainwater where it falls and

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District 6 from page 1 velopment for our business owners, but we don’t talk about economic development for average people who need just a little help to get a leg up,” Rogers said.

Tackling poverty, Rogers said, would help solve other issues such as inaccessible mental health care, retail crime and homelessness.

Part of her plan includes a basic income pilot. This would target those in District 6 who are most vulnerable to poverty – especially single mothers enrolled in higher education, Rogers said.

“Research shows if we take care of our women, it actually ripple-effects into the entire community,” Rogers said.

Rogers said the basic income pilot would help UNM students cover on or off-campus housing costs.

Additionally, Rogers hopes to incentivize young people to become homeowners. She wants to provide $40,000 down payments to students, people of color and people of low socioeconomic status. Then, they can purchase property and build generational wealth, Rogers said.

Rogers works as a financial planner. She currently serves as the chair of the City’s Gun Violence Task Force.

“I understand what it’s like to navigate systems, and I’m the best (candidate) to help other people navigate systems – systems of education, systems of healthcare, systems of government. I’m the only one that has all that experience,” Rogers said.

Kristin “Raven” Greene As a city councilor, Greene would focus primarily on economic development and reinvestment. She wants to create safer neighborhoods which will help solve many of her concerns for District 6, she said.

“I believe that economic reinvestment – especially on our commercial corridors like San Mateo and Route 66 – will be key to kneecapping the crime, poverty and homelessness that are spawned by an unhealthy economy,” Greene said.

Economic reinvestment, Greene said, will create job opportunities for students, which will lead to more competitive wages. If elected, she hopes to make infrastructure improvements that encourage students to stay in Albuquerque after college, she said.

Greene said she wants to implement green space in District 6 – citing examples in other cities where it has led to decreased crime. She also spoke about its environmental benefits.

“If we’re going to be making real strides toward getting our city in a better environmental space, we need to start looking at things such as tree cover and green space. We need to shore up our transportation; we need to shore up our infrastructure,” Greene said.

Greene is also a board member of the Elder Homestead Neighborhood Association, serving as the Homelessness Solutions Chair and Neighbo-

rhood Beautification Coordinator.

“I think what sets me apart is I have been involved in the community of my own volition, not as part and parcel of my job and because I’ve been receiving a paycheck,” Greene said. “I’ve been here doing the work, leading from within.”

Jeff Hoehn Hoehn said he would strive to improve crime and homelessness. He also wants to reform policing policies and address city cleanliness, according to his campaign website.

“Having a clean and safe city is the prerequisite for all future success,” Hoehn said.

Hoehn said he would work to increase cooperation between the Albuquerque Community Safety department – a group of trained mental health professionals who respond to non-violent, non-medical 911 calls – and APD. This would include installing mobile command units near high-crime areas, increasing technology-based APD enforcement and increasing speed enforcement.

Hoehn is the Executive Director of nonprofit Cuidando Los Niños, which provides resources for families experiencing homelessness.

He said he thinks ACS should respond to reports regarding nonviolent unhoused individuals.

“If someone is homeless and they’re not dangerous, then we should not have a police officer responding to that call. It’s the wrong tool

for the job,” Hoehn said.

Hoehn also said he wants to increase funding for substance abuse and behavioral health, as well as prevent shoplifting by providing free essential goods to the community such as undergarments and hygiene products.

Hoehn said he hopes to improve the safety of UNM student housing, which often exists in high-crime areas.

“We need to make sure that our students are safe first and foremost,” Hoehn said. “Every student at UNM deserves that.”

Abel Otero Abel Otero is a barber shop owner who emphasizes his unique perspective and understanding of crime, homelessness and housing affordability.

“I don’t look like your typical politician; I’ve suffered from addiction, been homeless and even incarcerated,” Otero wrote in an op-ed for the Albuquerque Journal. He did not respond to the Daily Lobo’s request for comment.

Otero advocates for community safety, access to mental health services and addressing homelessness.

At his job, Otero wrote that he has listened to members of the community who have concerns about housing and crime.

“My opponents don’t have the understanding of these issues to effectively solve them,” he wrote to the Albuquerque Journal.

Otero believes in utilizing ACS over increasing police presence to address crime, according to his op-ed.

He said he doesn’t believe in a “one-size-fits-all” approach to addressing homelessness. His proposed solutions include supporting preventative measures, investing in mobile centers for mental health and using short-term housing solutions for people in crisis.

Though Otero said he has been incarcerated, no records show that he has served time, according to the Albuquerque Journal. He said he doesn’t know why these records can’t be found, but did not retract his statement about his incarceration.

“This community deserves leadership with lived experiences that reflect our major challenges and the vision to solve them,” he wrote. “I’m running for City Council because this city has never heard a voice like mine.”

The Divergent Program alongside working to prevent homelessness would also help those in need of rehab and prevent recidivism as well.

The project would need a budget of $3.5 billion and calls for over 1600 new police officers to develop the program, Lechuga said.

“Not only will it clean up the city, it will reduce crime because we are diverting the homeless. We’re diverting them from the streets and from the criminal justice system to treatment,”

Lechuga said.

Dan Champine Champine is a Republican, former APD officer and detective who grew up in Albuquerque. He is a small business owner and currently works in real estate. He did not respond to the Daily Lobo’s request for comment.

From his past experience, he states online that his main goals are making police enforce the public safety laws and to keep taxes low to support the economy, according to

his campaign website.

He is willing to forward more accountability by empowering police officers to enforce more laws to the City, according to his website. In order to do that, he states he wants to have more officers hired for the job.

To address homelessness, he wants to take preventative measures whilst not losing focus on helping those who need it. He states on his website that he opposes the legalization of homeless tent encampments

and would want to maintain safety laws in order to protect and keep the homeless from camping.

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Lechuga said she also acknowledges how a certain percentage of homeless residents are going through addiction and behavioral health and doesn’t see incarceration as a solution.

“We can’t incarcerate our way out of addiction and mental illness, so we need to treat it,” Lechuga said.

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Municipal: Library, Museum and Cultural Facilities Bonds A total of $15,595,000 from the Library, Museum and Cultural Facilities Bonds will be used to improve the Balloon Museum and its exhibits, South Broadway Theater, KiMo Theater, Albuquerque Museum, Explora, Unser Museum and Albuquerque libraries.

Funds will also contribute to additional public art installations as well as new materials for all Albuquerque libraries.

The University of New Mexico’s student body will also see improvements at Zimmerman Library. The

bonds detail new materials such as books and digital media to provide more education and recreational implements, as well as updated content.

“Academic libraries as a whole across the state got $6 million this year. We (New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries) take about half of that and we share the cost for buying databases that every academic library in the state can use,” Mark Emmons said – the Associate Dean for Education and Engagement and a professor in the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at UNM.

Zimmerman library could receive almost a third of the funds from the G.O. Bonds because it is a part of the largest University in New Mexico.

“It’s an essential piece of what we do because we don’t get quite enough of an allocation every year to buy everything we want to buy,” Emmons said. “If we didn’t have (G.O. Bonds), we’d have to reduce our resources because we received almost a million dollars towards our databases. If the bonds were to not pass, it would have a drastic effect on our materials budget and we wouldn’t be able to

support our students’ learning and research as well.”

Emmons said that he wants the Albuquerque community to support libraries through the Bonds being put forth by the legislature. “It means a lot that the citizens of New Mexico value us (Albuquerque libraries) and keep voting ‘yes’ on the Bonds.”

Funds from the bonds will afford renovations and upgrades for these community establishments such as new equipment, software, enhanced HVAC systems, landscaping, flooring and other basic amenities.

The bonds also contribute $240,000 to new art around the city, due to the initiative, “Art in Municipal Places,” which funnels 1% of the City construction funds produced by G.O. Bonds towards art.

Central New Mexico Community College has a possible $80 million on the ballot to provide funding to upgrade both the campus and technology.

The bonds specifically would be used to upgrade the Automotive Technology facilities – creating a new building on Rio Rancho Public School’s Career-Technical Education Complex – to be used in partnership with public schools to provide dual credit, according to Brad Moore — the Director of Communications & Media Relations at CNM and Chief

Strategy Officer Angela Sims.

“These improvements are necessary for CNM to provide modernized learning environments that prepare our students for success in classrooms and the workplace, while also addressing major workforce needs in our region,” Brand wrote.

The Auto Mechanic, Diesel Mechanic and new Electric Vehicle Mechanic programs would be moved permanently to Rio Rancho.

“By establishing a new facility and relocating vital programs, CNM is poised to provide students with

cutting-edge resources, industry connections and hands-on experiences that will prepare them for the dynamic and evolving automotive industry,” Sims wrote.

The money from the Bonds will also be used to create CNM’s Film and Digital Media Center at the Rail Yards “to support the workforce needs of the film industry,” Moore wrote.

The Bonds would also fund a permanent location for the FUSE Makerspace currently located on Central and Broadway, alongside $3 million

that would complete the Trades & Applied Technology Facility project, according to Sims. The Trades & Applied Technology Facility is anticipated to be done by 2025.

“Altogether it (The Trades Applied Technology Facility) will provide 60,750 square feet of classroom and lab space and will house CNM’s Carpentry, Electrical, Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Plumbing, Industrial Automation Technology (Mechatronics) and Welding programs,” a CNM press release from June 22 reads.

Other physical campus improvements the Bonds would bring are a new intersection on University between Coal and Baseheart, additional parking spaces and technological updates to their Student information system and cloud system, according to Sims.

“APS utilizes the money for renovation, maintenance and other things.

With this, we can fix and replace fences that have been worn down – leaky roofs if there is a pipe loose.

We can install cameras for security and we can get more equipment for music classes, science classes, the library and other technologies for our students and faculty,” Elder said.

If the Mill Levy is approved, funds will also be allocated – alongside the

aforementioned construction and materials – towards chromebooks, American with Disabilities compliance, classroom and library furniture, physical education equipment and upgrading electrical equipment, security systems like card readers.

Elder said he believes the Levy money will make a huge impact for the school distict.

“It’s a huge impact. It’s a big thing to make sure that APS schools have

a safe, clean, comfortable learning environment for the students and staff,” Elder said.

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Mill Levy and APS

By Rodney Prunty @Rprunty05 With the election coming up, a question on the ballot proposes a Albuquerque municipal Public Schools Mill Levy or asks whether or not to continue to utilize property taxes in order to fund APS and charter schools.

If approved, property taxes will

not increase and APS will continue to get $264,673,790 for the next six years. If failed, APS would not receive this funding.

Mill Levy, also referred to as a Capital Improvements Tax, provides funding for school activities, maintenance and other miscellaneous things.

Scott Elder, the Superintendent of APS, spoke about several ways the Mill Levy funds will be used.

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By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite This upcoming election, three of the five elected positions on the Ciudad Soil and Water District Supervisor Board are up for election. Of them, two are landowner positions – meaning you must own land in the district – and one is an at-large position.

There are several soil and water conservation districts (SWCD) across the state. The SWCD are volunteer positions and the board is responsible for the control and prevention of soil erosion, flood water damage, promoting conservation and water recreation, according to the Act creating the districts.

The board sits under both the New Mexico Department of Agriculture and the National Resource Conservation Service, which is positioned under the federal U.S. Department of Agriculture – providing perspective to both state and federal matters.

“Their knowledge to accomplish conservation work appropriate for the locale, by their own work or by coordinating with and advising federal and state agencies, as well as other local government entities such as counties and municipalities,” the Supervisor Handbook reads.

At large candidates There are two candidates on the ballot for the singular at-large position. Voters will select one of the two at-large candidates on the ballot.

Kaelan Dreyer Candidate Dreyer said he decided to run, being a young smallholder

farmer from the North Valley, and he wanted representation for micro farmers on the board. He currently supports the East Mountain Water Runoff programs and wants to expand farmer training.

“I’ve always been interested in the growing industry. As a neurodivergent person, I find it (to be) much more rewarding, conventional work.

I’m currently going to Central New Mexico College right now to do the brewing program because I want to supply grains for local breweries here,” Dreyer said.

He sees potential for Albuquerque to become an “urban agriculture oasis” as a solution to food deserts or lack of grocery stores and affordable fresh food available.

Daniel Conklin Incumbent Conklin has served on the board for eight years and volunteered since 2012 after graduating from Bernalillo County’s Master Naturalist program. In the Naturalist program, he worked on the Tijeras Creek Remediation Project. If re-elected, he would want to continue restoration on the creek.

“We have grown dramatically during my tenure with over $3 million in grant funds to be spent this year.

Almost all our funding comes from grants which we compete for and must continually replace. We have six dedicated – may I say passionate – employees who get the job done,” Conklin wrote.

Conklin said the board intends to seek voter approval next year for a tax that would secure the boards’ long-term funding. He also supports the ongoing education projects, East

Mountains Forest Heath Program and restoring natural and native ecosystems.

Landowner candidates There are five candidates for the two landowner positions. Those voting are allowed to select up to two candidates on the ballot for the landowner position.

Incumbent candidates for the landowner position, Thomas Allen and Maria Young, are running in support of each other, as well as atlarge incumbent Conklin due to the current functionality of the board and wanting to keep the current team in place, Allen, Conklin and Young said.

Thomas Allen Also working as a teacher, Allen is the current Vice Chair of the Board and has served 16 years in total.

Being an urban board, Allen said their goals are focused on conservation and education.

“We do a lot of education programs to fund a lot of education programs and run them. We also are partners with Open Space (and) we get to do a lot of conservation through that. We do a lot of things like help small farmers and some fire protection thinning in the East Mountains,” Allen said.

His priorities are the environmental education component of the board, specifically the River Exchange and Arroy classroom which both focus on elementary school environmental education alongside the adult education program, the Watershed Stewards.

Other priorities would include removing invasive species out of the Bosque and a new middle and high school water education called Sponge City.

Maria Young

Young, a gardener in Albuquerque for the past 30 years, currently serves on the board. She said her priorities are awareness of the board and overseeing education projects.

One priority Young mentioned in particular is the East Mountain Forest health programs, which include educating the community on their vulnerability to forest fires and doing assessments on what they can do to prevent them.

In addition to expanding educational projects, Young wants to work on the general awareness of the board in the community.

“There’s a lot of things that the district board has engaged in that is actually completely underneath the awareness of the general public and we would really like to change that,” Young said.

Leonard Pederson II Pederson II is an avid outdoorsman who is running out of concern for misuse of public lands, aquifers and water levels.

In one word, Pederson said his priority would be “conservation.”

He would seek to work with the legislative branch to see tax breaks for individuals who plant regional plants and revisit agreements with ranchers to limit grazing on public lands due to soil erosion.

He also wants to encourage the community to use water-friendly landscaping and cut down the water footprint in Albuquerque.

“At some point, complaining about what’s going on is only complaining about it. If you actually try to do something about it, you are actually taking the steps to make everyone’s

Uncontested flood control election

By Maddie Pukite @maddogpukite

This year’s Flood Control District 5 director election is uncontested with incumbent Bruce Thomson on the ballot unopposed.

The Flood Control Board of Directors is a political body in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority that is elected for six-year terms to work and set budgets for flood control projects in the City.

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Robert Coburn Coburn, another candidate for the landowner position, wants to bring conservative representation to the board.

He served 23 years in the Marine Corps and earned a Physical Sciences degree from the U.S. Naval Academy.

His goals are to keep conservation at the local landowner level and bring Universities into the decision-making process for water conservation.

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Baca, Loretta Naranjo Lopez and Moises Gonzalez.

Loretta Naranjo Lopez Lopez has worked for the city of Albuquerque for over 20 years – 15 in the City’s Planning Department.

Lopez chose to run in an effort to see a safer community. She plans to address this by building trust in law enforcement through community policing, investing in crime prevention programs and developing parks and recreational facilities, Lopez wrote.

Having worked previously in city housing, Lopez would like to see her district take a more assertive stance when addressing affordable housing.

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“I worked on the Greater Albuquerque Housing Partnership for eight years, and that was in the ‘90s.

At that point, we understood we needed affordable housing … We need to be more assertive on that issue,” Lopez said.

Joaquin Baca Alongside working as a program manager for the U.S. Forest Service, Baca is a hydrologist on the Rio Grande Conservancy District Board.

They are running to see a greener and more environmentally friendly city.

“We just had the hottest July ever in Albuquerque … There’s things that the city can do to actually help,”

Baca said.

To address homelessness, Baca believes there are steps we can take to help those on the streets, beyond just providing shelter.

“Short term, we should allocate some funds and planning … Some behavioral health services, how to get driver’s licenses, just some real basic stuff,” Baca said.

Moises Gonzalez Gonzalez hopes to bring more attention to public transport. He wants to see his district be able to incorporate affordable housing near public transport, allowing residents to spend less in both areas, as stated on

his website.

“There are sometimes conflicting desires there (District 2). They should be better represented,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez has worked on various local committees, one most recently being the Complete Streets Ordinance Committee. He is currently the vice-president of the Huning Highland Neighborhood Association.

Gonzalez would also like to see more accessible units available to those who may be struggling with behavioral health and/or addiction.

He spoke specifically on the Housing First concept.

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get people into affordable permanent housing, and once people are in that housing, you’re much more likely to have success in treating substance use issues and in treating mental health issues,” Gonzalez said.

to her campaign website, include reducing crime, supporting small businesses and creating more high-paying jobs for residents of the Heights.

Abby Foster Foster – the districts incoming candidate – is a licensed attorney and small business owner. Foster decided to run for District Councilor to “tackle Albuquerque’s serious

challenges (with) the drive to turn ideas into real action,” Foster wrote on her campaign website.

Foster has a history of practice in adult guardianship law and volunteers for those who are in need of help, including disabled persons and seniors.

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First” method by first providing housing for homeless individuals in order to continue providing them with the care that they need. Her campaign site details short, medium and longterm approaches to Albuquerque’s homeless rate while preserving standing neighborhoods.

Foster also states on her website she believes in defending women’s healthcare and plans to continue

funding reproductive healthcare practices, stating that she “unequivocally stands with women and strongly supports New Mexico laws that protect a woman’s access to abortion.”

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District 4 from page 1 During her time in office, she also sponsored the bill to grant $10 million to small business owners who suffered during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bassan entered District 4 as an elected councilor to represent the area with “more common sense leadership and less political divisiveness,” her website reads.

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ACROSS 1 Took a powder 5 Wake-up call alternative 10 Real estate ad abbr. after 2 or 3, commonly 14 Golfer Aoki 15 Blender button 16 “Wonderfilled” cookie 17 One of a daily three at the table 19 __ colada: cocktail 20 Heart rate 21 Tempo 22 Tar Heel State university 23 Hunting dog 25 Israeli currency 27 __ out a living 29 Fiber-__ cable 32 Temperate 35 Jinx 39 Tokyo, long ago 40 Drink cooler 41 Ten-spot 42 Ga. neighbor 43 Voting mo.

44 Ditching class, say 45 Visa rival, for short 46 Mournful toll 48 Former OTC market regulator 50 Trendy, with “the” 54 NFL team that moved from St. Louis in 2016 58 Perfume that sounds forbidden 60 Foes of us 62 “The Bourne Identity” star Matt 63 Universal donor’s blood type, briefly 64 Reality show hosted by rapper M.C. 66 “Golly!”

67 Suggest 68 Salinger title girl 69 Aardvark fare 70 Affectionate nickname 71 __-Pei: wrinkly dog

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DOWN 1 Talks like Sylvester 2 Suffix with arab 3 San Andreas __ 4 Like much breakfast bread 5 Jungle chestbeater 6 Sugar cube 7 Real estate calculations 8 Gunslinger’s “Hands up!”

9 Brawl 10 Girl with a missing flock 11 Military marching unit 12 Gambling town northeast of Sacramento 13 Sound of pain 18 Smell bad 24 Halfway house activity 26 Oddball 28 Spreads, as seeds 30 Sitting around doing nothing 31 Win over gently 32 Luxurious fur 33 Twitter’s bird, e.g.

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34 Utmost effort 36 Brit. honor 37 Brooks’ country music partner 38 In base eight 41 Fries sprinkling 45 Costs for sponsors 47 Guffaws or giggles 49 Iraq’s __ City 51 Code of conduct 52 SeaWorld orca

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53 Entice 55 Horse-andbuggy-driving sect 56 Mother’s nickname 57 Lip-curling look 58 Frat party robe 59 Very shortly, to Shakespeare 61 Mid-21st century date 65 Cornea’s place

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