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Albuquerque’s Award-winning Alternative NewspaperVOL III, Issue 9, May 4 – May 17, 2016

TV’s DysonSigns OffPAGE 5

Shocker!We Say Something

Nice About ABQPAGE 13

PAGE 19New Mexico Food & Brew News

Did APD LieTo Us, DOJ?

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Crowdfunding a Rock Opera

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Beholding the Spectacle PAGE 24


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ABQ FREE PRESS • May 4 – May 17, 2016 • 3

Ginuwine is back in the saddle.

And his slot on the ’ 90s R&B

revival tour circuit came courtesyof Hollywood and pop culture.

Actor Channing Tatum played

Michael “Magic Mike” Lane, astripper at Xquisite, in a 2012

comedy. Tatum’s steamy perfor-mance to Ginuwine’s hook-up

paean “Pony” was a zeitgeist

trigger in and of itself.Then Jenna Dewan-Tatum gave her husband a lap dance to the song during

a reality series lip-sync battle. Cue the comeback. Relive the Timbaland-pro-duced ’90s playground that defined a musical moment in time – a nostalgia I

bet I’m not alone in indulging.

Ginuwine appears at Posh Nightclub (405 Central NW) on Saturday, May21. Jet City “Pop-N-B” up-and-comer Karlos Farrar and Southwest-based R&B

stalwart David Wade are also on the lineup. Doors are at 6:30 p.m., and theconcert wraps at 11:45 p.m.

The chance to witness a live performance of one song, Ginuwine’s “Pony”

– equestrian metaphor-strewn erotic lyrics and all – is worth the price ofadmission but expect other hits from his catalog to be repped. Tickets range

from $25 to $120 for a meet-and-greet with VIP seating.

Samantha Anne Carrillo is a situationist, a fourth-wave feminist and managingeditor of ABQ Free Press. Email her at [email protected]

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A&E: Three to See

Previews of touring jazz, hip-hop,

post-rock and art-punk shows

Reviews of new releases byAesop Rock, PJ Harvey and Rufus

Wainwright

Industry insider Christa Valdez

reports on the state of film in

New Mexico

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[Page 26]#BoomBox #albums

[Page 22]#NMFilmFocus #movies #TV

Corrections:In Heath Haussamen’s column in the April 23 issue, it was erroneously reported thatPresbyterian Healthcare Services repaid the State of New Mexico $4 million in disputedbehavioral healthcare services charges. The company that repaid the state $4 millionwas Presbyterian Medical Services.

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Howdy there, ea-ger beavers! Thisis The Sassy Lass, your

friendly neighborhood

brainiac. There are

three questions on

deck this time out, so

let’s give ’em a whirl.

Dear Sassy Lass:

What’s the difference between these

Muslim titles we hear in the media:

sheikh, emir, mullah, imam, ayatollahand grand mufti?

According to data released in 2015 by

Pew Research, there were 1.6 billion Mus-

lims in the world as of 2010; Islam is also

the world’s fastest growing religion. With

this in mind, it’s important to distinguish

between Islamic sects and associated termi-

nology. In addition, remember these aren’t

all “Muslim” titles ... because “Muslim”

and “Arabic” are not synonymous.

A sheikh is a man of vast power. It’s an

honorific title for a tribal ruler, inherited

from the father. While “sheikh” can be

used for a learned Muslim man of faith,

as a word, it is independent of religion.

It is used by Arab Christians as a term for

important elder men.

An emir is a commander, general or

prince. It is a noble title of high office.

Although it is one of the names of the

prophet Muhammad, “emir” is not an

exclusively Muslim title and has been held

by Christians. In certain Muslim armies,

“Amir” was also an officer rank. A mullah is a vicar, master or guardian.

The title is commonly given to local Islamic

clerics or mosque leaders, but it has been

used among some Sephardic Jews to refer

to religious figures. Today, a mullah is

considered an educated religious man.

An imam is a prayer leader. Imams are

spiritual and community leaders. Imams are

defined differently by Sunnis and Shi’as,

a fact often ignored by non-Muslims. For

Sunnis, an imam can lead prayers, even

outside of a mosque. Shi’as believe that an

imam is a man of God and is considered to

be equal to God.

An ayatollah is a term that means “Sign

of Allah.” The title is given to clerics of the

Usuli Twelver Shi’a, the largest brand of

Shi’a. Practitioners of Twelver Shi’a Islam

believe in the Twelve Imams, the spiritual

successors to Muhammad. Ayatollahs are

experts in Islamic studies and teach in

seminaries. The term was popularized with

the creation of Iran’s Qom Seminary in

1922.

The grand mufti is the “general ex-

pounder,” or a religious scholar who issues

influential, though not necessarily binding,

legal opinions (fatwas) interpreting Sharia

(Islamic) law. Some grand muftis are

state appointed while others are elected.

Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka each

have systems of collective mufti.

Dear Sassy Lass: Why are baseball

games canceled when it rains but

football players must slog it out on a

muddy field?

It’s the nature of the games, Sports Fan,

or rather, how each game depends on

nature for maximum playability. When it

rains, a baseball field – which has a lot of

dirt – quickly becomes a muddy, unplay-able mess.

Puddles on the infield mean that the ball

won’t roll. Conversely, a football field –

which typically is all grass – can get soaked

and shredded six ways to Sunday, and the

game can still roll on. Also, more baseball

games are played during a given season,

which means there’s likely to be another

game on that same field the next day.

Fewer football games means the field has

time to heal.

Baseball players aren’t weenies, though,

any more than football stars are superhe-

roes. Major League Baseball teams will play

in light to moderate rain, while NFL games

will be delayed for severe thunderstorms

or hurricanes, as would a baseball game.

Dear Sassy Lass: Scientists say one of

the health threats of burning coal is

mercury contamination. But if coal is

a “fossil fuel” derived from decayed

prehistoric jungles or dinosaurs,

where did the mercury come from?

It’s element-ary, my dear science buff.

Literally. Mercury is a naturally occurring

element of the Earth and is present in

super-low levels in the biosphere. As a

result, it gets absorbed by plants, which is

why you find mercury in coal, a fossil fuel

formed from geologic transformation of

organic materials.

Natural sources such as volcanoes are

responsible for approximately 50 percent

of atmospheric mercury emissions. In

addition, the organic compound methyl-

mercury (mercury plus carbon) forms in

the environment mostly through microbial

metabolism (biotic processes). It can also be

formed by chemical (abiotic) processes.

When coal is burned, a fraction of the

mercury in it is discharged into the atmo-

sphere. The Clean Air Act of 1990 included

mercury on a list of toxic pollutants that

should be controlled as much as possible.

Mercury control in coal-fired power plants

can be achieved by activated carbon injec-

tion – which cuts down on mercury, as wellas on sulfur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and

other nasty stuff.

Got Qs? The Sassy Lass might have someAs! Send your questions to thesassylass@ freeabq.com. Your question could be next.

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ABQ’s Last TV Storyteller Gets Sent Home for Good

Stuart Dyson knows he’s for-tunate to have had a 40-yearcareer in the radio and TV news business in Albuquerque. It was a wild, crazy, fun andsometimes frustrating 40 yearsthat saw him and his early radiocolleagues reach new heights– or lows – in over-the-topsensationalism and insensitivity. It was a career that saw himcelebrated for his blue-collarsensibilities and storytelling

abilities. And it was a career that threwhim too many times up againstwhat he politely calls “manage-rial density.” And now that he has retiredfrom the TV news business atage 64, and after spending 30years with KOB-TV Channel 4,Dyson pulls no punches abouthis career, his antics or hisrun-ins with, well, just abouteverybody. “If there were any ethics orstandards in this business, ifthere were any justice, I wouldhave never been allowed tomove on,” Dyson recalled of hisearly days in radio when he andtwo other colleagues ran wild at a small Albuquerquestation on the AM dial.

Murder City

It was the late 1970s, and Dyson and co-conspira-tors Lisa Breeden and Peter Wellish threw everythingthey had at the news on KRKE-AM 610 as they triedto boost ratings on the end-of-the-dial station andovertake the runaway ratings leader at the time,KOB-AM 770. That included sound effects to go withstories about murders, res and gruesome deaths, aswell as the “Metro Murder Meter,” a running bodycount that screamed at Duke City residents abouthow dangerous the city was. “We were the ringleaders, we were the conspirators,and we were getting what Lisa called highly sensa-tional news, and we were a tabloid,” Dyson said. “I invented the Metro Murder Meter. We’d comein on Monday mornings, and you’d hear the soundeffects on the radio, ‘Bang, bang, bang’ – three gun-shots – and then we’d blurt into the microphone, ‘Aweekend of homicidal frenzy in Albuquerque.’ “If there was a house re, it was never ‘There wereames.’ It was always, ‘There were esh-hungryames.’ It was in incredibly poor taste. We usedsound effects all the time. A lady got struck by

lightning on her motorcycle on Tramway, and shewas killed, and we used a sound-effects record witha huge explosion and sizzling air. And when I talkedabout capital punishment, I used sizzli ng bacon. Itwas pretty crazy. You would think that it would havedestroyed my career right there.” It didn’t, and in 1981 Dyson went to work at KOB

Radio where he toned down the sensationalism butfound odd angles on stories. “Even back then, he had a very unique way ofseeing a story and writing and telling i t,” said Frank

Haley, a 56-year radio veteran who worked with Dy-son at KOB Radio. “I was blown away by his abilityto see an angle to a story that no one else could get.” In 1982, he was hired at KOB-TV Channel 4 by DickKnipng. It was there that he became known as arumpled, regular guy who told great stories and whowas the polar opposite of hair-sprayed, happy-talksuits who recited the news and bored people to death.

“He was the last of the television storytellers, some-one who cared about language and telling stories inan active voice rather than in a passive voice that putthe audience to sleep,” said former TV photographer

Bill Diven, now an occasional ABQ Free Press contrib-utor. “He was a throwback to a no-bullshit reporterwho had no respect for authority, which at one timewas a valued asset in t he news business.” Dyson said he learned to tell stories while growingup in small-town Louisiana.

“I think by birth and ancestryI’m an American southerner,and in the South, Blacks andWhites enjoy a tradition ofstory telling,” Dyson said.“Everything is a st ory. Evenrespectable little old ladyBaptist tells stories, and it’s withhumor, style and usually withsome grotesque elements. I’veusually been a guy who looksat situations upside down andinside out.”

A temper Along with Dyson’s eye fora different side to a story camewhat some call his refusal tosuffer fools and what otherscall a bad temper. Years ago,TV, radio and newspaper news-rooms were places where peo-ple swore and shouted at eachother and sometimes fought, aswell. And Dyson participated,at least verbally. “I have never been the shytype, and if I think somethingis stupid, I will say it’s so. Andif I think something is a baddecision, I will criticize it,”Dyson said. He added that his

rst ght with management came at his rst radio job at KUNM-FM 89.9 Radio, which is owned by theUniversity of New Mexico. It was the mid-1970s, and Dyson was covering

sports for the station when a UNM student killedanother student. Dyson knew them both and knewthat the incident involved a ght over a woman,also a UNM student. He wrote the story up and putit on the air. Then he got called into the ofce of thestation manager. “She said, ‘Stuart, it was a nice story, but we don’tcover murders at KUNM; we’re above that,’’’ Dysonrecalled. “I said, ‘These are two UNM students.We’re a community radio station.’ She said, ‘We donot cover murders.’ It was one of the rst times Iwas confronted with stupidity in the news room, andI was highly critical, and I questioned her judgment,and I questioned their intelligence and their compe-tence.” In February 2015, Dyson and veteran KOB anchorTom Joles nearly came to blows in the newsroom. Joles was sent home for a week. And then, this pastApril 15, the two had another high-prole argu-ment in the newsroom. This time, Dyson was senthome. When he returned the following Monday, heand KOB management realized it was time that he

actually start his long-planned retirement. “I have been sort of at war with management peo-ple in a friendly kind of way for 40 years,” Dysonsays. “Nothing has changed, really.”

Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor atABQ Free Press. Reach him at [email protected]

After spending 40 years in news, Stuart Dyson said he intends to spend his retirement playing music and watching his401(k) evaporate.

Dennis Domrzalski

It was [at KOB-TV] that he becameknown as a rumpled, regular guy

who told great stories and who wasthe polar opposite of

hair-sprayed, happy-talk suitswho recited the news and

bored people to death


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Has APD Been Lying to DOJ and Public?

On March 18, Albuquerque City Attorney JessicaHernandez stunned city councilors whenshe tried to explain away the Albuquerque PoliceDepartment’s ineptitude at writing policy. APDofcials, she said, thought they were forbidden bythe U.S. Department of Justice from asking otherpolice departments for help in writing policies, orfrom using model policies that are readily availableon the Internet. Assistant Police Chief Robert Huntsman, APD’ssecond in command, echoed those comments. “Itwas our understanding we were not allowed to,or should not, use model policies,” Huntsman told

councilors that day. But 19 months earlier, on June 11, 2014, APDChief Gorden Eden told a group of Albuquerque business people that he was looking to other policedepartments for help in writing policy, especially ause-of-force policy. “Thats one of the things we are working on rightnow, is working with what other departmentshave right now as far as use-of-force policy,”Eden said during a talk to the Economic Forumof Albuquerque at the Hotel Albuquerque in OldTown. “We are also now looking at what is now thestandard, acceptable practices that have been imple-mented in those cities where DOJ has had ndingsof excessive use of force, to nd out what courts andthe monitor have dened as what is use of force.” Eden continued: “We have to move slowly, mak-ing sure we follow the guidelines that are going to be set forth by the United States District Court forNew Mexico, the Department of Justice, and makesure we conform to those best practices and lawsthat already exist. “I have a three-inch notebook, two of them, that

say, ‘Use-of-force policy,’ or ‘Use-of-force policiesfrom all over the United States.’ So when someoneasks me a specic question about what’s a use-of-force policy in Seattle, I have it readily available.Because, right now, departments across the UnitedStates are trying to dene the uses of force, what isthe best practice when it comes to the use of force.” Eden’s comments to the business people came justas the city and the DOJ were starting negotiationsthat led to the s ettlement agreement to reformAPD’s culture of aggression and pattern of constitu-tional policing. It’s not clear when APD ofcials came to believethat they could not copy successful policies fromother police departments. APD spokeswomanCelina Espinoza didn’t answer questions ABQ FreePress emailed her about the issue.

DOJ ain’t buying it In a March 25 letter to Mayor Richard Berry andCity Council President Dan Lewis, U.S. AttorneyDamon Martinez said the DOJ never told APD it

couldn’t ask other departments for help in develop-ing policies, and that it repeatedly encouraged it toreach out. “The impression is incorrect, and we are perplexedabout how this belief came to be,” Martinez’s lettersaid. “Since the inception of our negotiations on the

CASA [Court-Approved Settlement Agreement],DOJ has consistently encouraged APD to evaluateother departments’ policies and draw from bestpractices in order to meet the shared objectives that

became embodied in the CASA.” Martinez’s letter also addressed Huntsman’sMarch 18, remarks to councilors. “DOJ has notprohibited or discouraged APD from using modelpolicies,” the letter said. “To the contrary, we haveencouraged the City to examine model policies andpolicies from other departments in developing itsown policies and practices,” the letter said. “Throughout the ve-month negotiation process, both DOJ and the City repeatedly invoked bestpractices from model policies and policies fromother departments in staking out their positions onvarious provisions of the CASA.” Martinez’s letter went on to say that APD reliedon the Las Vegas, Nev., police department’s use-of-force policy in developing APD’s policy that wasapproved on Jan. 21 by the independent monitor, James Ginger.

Another contradiction? During his talk to the Economic Forum, Eden alsosaid that shortly after he became chief in February

2014, he changed APD policy to prohibit ofcersfrom shooting at moving vehicles to disable them.But a year later, in the spring of 2015, when APDofcers shot at three moving vehicles in 10 days,Eden defended the ofcers’ actions in two of thecases, saying the ofcers’ lives were at risk.

CONT. ON PAGE 10

Now that DonaldTrump has justabout clinched the

2016 GOP presidential

nomination, the ques-

tion arises whether

the unpredictable

billionaire could

possibly make a play

for New Mexico’s five

electoral votes this November.

The short answer is no.

According to Gallup, “The Donald’s”

unfavorable rating among Hispanics in

March was a sky-high 77 percent. That

pretty much takes him out of the running

here in any contest with Hillary Clinton. In

that same Gallup poll, “The Hillary” scored

a 59 percent favorable approval rating

among Hispanics.

But there is a wrinkle that has political

watchers wondering if the race could be

closer than assumed. Veteran New Mexico

GOP pollster Bruce Donisthorpe, who has

polled for both Republicans and Demo-

crats, conducted extensive polling of the

state this spring. He says he has never seen

such anger and downright hatred toward

politics and politicians.

“It was not unusual for likely voters to

tell us that they hate all politicians and to

slam down the phone. That goes beyond

mere anger and could impact voter

turnout this November.”

Donisthorpe says the animosity felt

toward the political class will translateinto a lower vote turnout, not higher.

“They are not happy with their choices

and rather than hold their noses and vote

for someone, we are sensing that many of

them will simply stay home.”

In response to his findings Donisthorpe

has already lowered his voter turnout

projection. He forecasts that it will fall be-

low that of the 2012 presidential election

when about 772,000 people cast ballots

for president. How much of a decline from

that point, if any, he says, will become

more clear later in the year.

That lower turnout is good news for

Trump. The most likely people to vote this

year remain Anglo conservative Republi-

cans, reports Donisthorpe. “The Republi-

cans remain the most reliable voters and

that could mean a closer race between

Clinton and Trump but she remains the

solid favorite here. The state has voted

Democratic in the last two presidential

elections and that pattern can be expectedto hold.”

The most turned-off segment of the

electorate right now is independents, a

block that continues to grow (19 percent)

as more voters turn away from the

two major parties. “Our polling shows

independent [voters] are especially turned

off by the tone of politics these days,” said

Donisthorpe.

Turnout could be further hurt by a

presidential race that is seen as a runaway.

“If Clinton is far ahead in the polls

here, there will be little to drive voters to

the polls. The only statewide race is for

secretary of state. There is really nothing

else, except the battle for control o f the

state House which is now in the hands of

the Republicans and the uphill battle bythe Republicans to try to take control of

the state Senate. That is not going to drive

turnout.”

Donisthorpe says low voter turnout is

always best for the reliable Republicans

as their percentage of the vote grows as

more independents and Democrats stay

home.

“I think that could be more relevant for

the legislative races and help the Repub-

licans, but not so much when it comes to

Trump, who is a tough fi t for our state’s

demographics.”

But what if Gov. Susana Martinez ended

up on the presidential ticket with Trump?

Wouldn’t that boost turnout here?

Probably so, but that is not going to

happen. Martinez has been highly critical

of Trump’s immigration policies and her

political operatives have been consistently

critical of Trump on social media.

Then there’s Martinez’s stumble when

she had that ill-fated holiday staff pizza

party. Much-publicized audiotapes from

the night show her appearing to be

intoxicated as she berated a hotel clerk –

an incident that alienated so many New

Mexicans predisposed to support her as

an up-and-coming Latina ascending the

national stage.

A Washington Post political column

summed it up this way: “In practice, the

chairman of the Republican Governors As-

sociation has become a punch line among

some GOP elites in D.C. She’s gotten a

reputation within corners of the consul-

tant class as Palinesque: gaffe-prone, not

intellectually curious, and not up for therigors of a national campaign.”

And that says volumes.

Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico politics. His daily blog can be found at joemonahan.com

‘In practice, the chairman of the Republican

Governors Associationhas become a punch line’

— The Washington Post

BY JOE MONAHAN

Handicapping Trump’s ImpactIn N.M. Not as Easy as it Sounds

Mark Bralley

Since 2014, Gorden Eden has issued contradictory statements onreviewing use-of-force policies of other agencies and prohibitingshooting at moving vehicles.


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Fighting GMOs: The group GMOFree New Mexico

has organized

several events this

month as part of

a global campaign

against Monsanto

and genetically

modified foods and in support of local

farmers.

Things kick off with “Art Fight:

Farmers, Food and Friends” at 7 p.m.

on Friday, May 13, at Tractor Brewing’s

Wells Park brewhouse, 1800 FourthSt. NW. Artists will create agricul-

tural-themed work in front of a live

audience, then auction off the artwork

at the end of the evening.

Hub City Sound System will perform,

so bring your dancing shoes.

Eight days later, at 10 a.m. on

Saturday, May 21, Albuquerque will

join 428 other cities in 38 countries in

the “March Against Monsanto.” The

initiative highlights the anti-GMO

movement’s arguments over the

dangers posed by Monsanto’s genet-

ically modified seeds and the cancer

danger allegedly posed by its herbicide

Roundup.

Protestors will meet at Rio Grande

Boulevard and Central Avenue and

march to the Downtown Grower’s Mar-

ket at Robinson Park, then rally at the

west end of the park where participants

can buy food from the local farmers.

Anti-Monsanto activities continue

3-9 p.m., Saturday, May 28. GMO Free

New Mexico along with Diné Relief

Initiative, Affordable Solar and Soilu-

tions Inc., celebrate #FOOD, #FARMERS

& #FRIENDS at Tractor Brewing’s Wells

Park brewhouse. The event features

music by Keith Sanchez, Burque SOL

and several other bands.

Non-GMO food will be provided

by food trucks My Sweet Basil and

Conchita’s Creations. Red Tractor Farm

will give away free tomato, basil and

chile plants. Representatives from the

New Mexico Beekeepers Association

will answer questions about pollinators.

Children’s activities, arts and craft

vendors, poets, live art demonstrations

and a seed mural are all part of the fun.

More info on Facebook, keyword: GMO

Free New Mexico.

Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with theAmerican Friends Service Committee inAlbuquerque. She writes about eventsof interest to Albuquerque’s activistcommunity.

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Academy will hold its memorial at 9:30a.m., May 25, at 4491 Cerrillos Road in

Santa Fe. The City of Rio Rancho will hold itsmemorial at 4 p.m., May 27, at Veterans

Park, 750 Pinetree Road SE. The Southern New Mexico Law En-

forcement Memorial will be held at 10a.m., May 10, at the Las Cruces Conven-tion Center, 680 E. University Ave.

It’s important to understand thatpeace officers come from all walks of

life in America. They are not an occupy-ing army; peace officers are us – citizenswho serve other citizens.

According to the Officer DownMemorial Page (odmp.org), the first

line-of-duty death of a U.S. peace officeroccurred in 1791 when Darius Quimbywas shot and killed in Albany, N.Y., while

serving a warrant. Over the past decade, on average, 150

American peace officers die in the lineof duty each year. The majority of thosedeaths come from automobile crashes.

The first officer to die in a car wreck wasU.S. Marshal Charles Day, who died in

Arizona in 1918. The Albuquerque Police Departmenthas lost officers Jeffrey Russell (2002)

and Richard Armijo (1958) to car wrecks.Other agencies that lost officers to car

crashes are Bernalillo County (deputiesFrancis Miera, 2010; Angelic Garcia,2001; and Ray Davis, 1969. Rio Rancho

lost officers Germaine Casey in 2007 andAnthony Haase in 2015.

In 2015, the Albuquerque metro areawas shaken by the killings of Rio Rancho

Police Officer Anthony “Nigel” Benner

and Albuquerque Police Officer DanielWebster, as well as by the shooting of

Albuquerque Police Detective Jacob

Grant. Grant survived but is permanentlydisabled.

We gather to honor all fallen peace

officers.

These include Washington County,La., Deputy Oneal Moore (1965), a Black

man who was slain because of the color

of his skin; and Corporal Dennis Engel-

hard (2009), an openly gay trooper withthe Missouri State Highway Patrol who

was struck and killed by a vehicle.

New York City Police Department

cadet Mohammed Hamdani, a Muslim,died while saving lives on Sept. 11,

2001. He was honored with a full police

funeral by NYPD, yet his name still does

not appear on formal lists of NYPDdead.

These last three were – are – treated

as second-class citizens because of theirrace, religion and love, yet they still

served and sacrificed all. Sadly, there is

no greater love than to lay down your

life for an all-too-often ungratefulnation.

Gail Cobb of the Metropolitan Police

Department of the District of Columbia

(1974) was the first female officer slainin the line of duty. She was also the first

Black woman officer killed in the line

of duty. Omaha, Neb., police Officer

Kerrie Orozco (2015) was gunned downdays after she had given birth and right

before she was to start maternity leave.

Navajo Police Officer Alex Yazzie

(2015) was slain while on patrol in Ari-zona. Homeland Security Special Agent

Jaime Zapata (2011) was killed by drug

cartel members. U.S. Marshal Zacarias

Toro Jr. succumbed to illness related to9/11 – in 2015, 14 years later.

These are but a few of the officers I

hope we’ll remember. I hope we alsoremember those officers who may not

have died while on duty but for whom

the stress of the job certainly took their

lives. Officers who commit suicide orwho turn to drugs or alcohol often do so

to ease the pain of sights none of us can

understand. They deserve our compas-

sion and assistance. The national police memorial in

Washington, D.C., has more than 20,758

names. Peace officers come from all

walks of life. They represent all races

and sexual orientations. In short, peaceofficers represent America. This month,

take the time to thank them.

Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque policesergeant. Reach him via Facebook andTwitter via @Dankleinabq.

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Get on the Social

Justice Soul Train

“The Albuquerque Police Department

had a policy where you could shoot ata moving vehicle to disable the vehicle.

That is use of deadly force no matterwhich way you look at it,” Eden told

the Economic Forum audience. “Andone of the things we did very early on iswe took that option away.”

Former Albuquerque City CouncilorPete Dinelli has this interpretation

of Martinez’s letter: “To me, he

[Martinez] is basically saying someoneis lying. They [APD] were intentionallymisleading the DOJ,” Dinelli said. He referenced Ginger’s March 3report to the federal court judge who isoverseeing the reform process. Duringhis report, Ginger told Judge RobertBrack that APD was engaging in apolicy of “do little, delay and deect,”when it came to complying with thesettlement agreement. Dinelli blamed that policy on Hunts-man, who headed APD’s SWAT team atone time. Huntsman retired from APD

in 2012, but was rehired by Eden in

April 2014 to help lead the reform pro-

cess. In its April, 2014 report on APD’s

abuses, the DOJ laid much of the blame

for those abuses on the SWAT team.

“Huntsman is being asked to eitherrewrite or review the very policies hehad a hand in drafting in the rst placeand that got us into this mess,” Dinellisaid. “Ginger said the department wasdelaying, doing little and deecting. IsHuntsman part of that? They need to

ask Huntsman, ‘Who told you that youcould not look at these other policies,or did you just make it up?’“

Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editorat ABQ Free Press. Reach him [email protected]

Freelance journalist Charles Arasim

shot the June 11, 2014 video of

Chief Eden at the Economic Forum

of Albuquerque meeting.

See freeabq.com to discover just

what Eden said.

EDEN, PAGE 6

Industrial Strength Clean-up

A massive new weapon has now been deployed in the battle to clean upthe Kirtland Air Force Base fuel leak: 40,000 pounds of granular acti-vated carbon that is stripping aviation fuel constituents out of the contam-inated water table. At a cost of $14.2 million, the U.S. Air Force has built asystem of three extraction wells, pipes and a 4,000-square-foot, full-scaletreatment plant, complete with two metal vessels that each hold 20,000pounds of carbon. To date, the system has cleaned 52 million gallons ofwater contaminated with ethylene dibromide. The system is pumping 400gallons of water a minute, or 576,000 gallons a day, and has the capacityto treat 800 gallons a minute. Water enters the plant with an average EDBconcentration of 100 parts per trillion, which is twice the allowable limit,and leaves with no detectable EDB. The cleaned water is used to irrigateKAFB’s golf course and to recharge the aquifer.

BY JUANI HOPWOOD

Lead, Coal Residents Want Answers on ART Safety Impact

Celebrating Malcolm X: Malcolm X’sfamous words still hold true today:“If you’re not careful, the newspapers

will have you hating the people who are

being oppressed and loving the peoplewho are doing the oppressing.”

The inaugural Malcom X Festival will

be held from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday,May 21, at Thomas Bell Park, 3001

University Blvd. SE. Organizers describethe family-friendly festival as “promoting

solidarity and unity in the Black commu-nity by any means nece ssary.” There will be speakers, food vendors,

and entertainment in celebration of thelate civil rights leader.

Social Justice Soul Train: The

SouthWest Organizing Project inviteseveryone over 21 to a night of soul, funk

and dance at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May21, at Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave. SW.

Wear your funkiest old school styles and,

organizers say, “For just five bucks youcan get up to get down” while support-

ing SWOP’s community organizing and

youth internships. More at: swop.net.

Debt service: The Million StudentMarch is a national campaign to cancel

all student debt, make public college

tuition free and to raise the minimumwage. It has gained momentum with

presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’endorsement.

Locally, students have organized the“Million Student March Against Student

Debt and Racism at UNM,” which starts

at noon on Monday, May 16, on theUNM campus. In solidarity with the Black

Liberation Collective, organizers are de-manding that all colleges and universities

divest from private prisons. For more

information: Facebook, keyword MillionStudent March at UNM.

— Sayrah Namasté

Remembering Malcolm X,Dancing and Protesting DebtBY SAYRAH NAMASTÉ

Joseph Aguirre, a plaintiff in a recent lawsuit againstthe City seeking an injunction to stop the $119 millionAlbuquerque Bus Rapid Transit project, says ARTwill lead to more tra fc accidents on Lead and Coalavenues. Aguirre and his neighborhood association knowabout accidents on Lead and Coal. Last year, a red lightrunner at Girard Boulevard sent a city bus careeninginto a house. He and his neighbors can offer up a photoportfolio of accidents involving trees, signs, landscap-ing and, of course, cars that have led them to call thetrafc on the two streets a “demolition derby.” City ofcials have argued in public hearings that

sending more Central trafc to the two one-waystreets will lead to more congestion and thus speedswill be slower. A spokesperson for the ART projectsays there’s plenty of capacity for diverted Centraltrafc on the two streets and that city and federalofcials have deemed the Central Avenue trafcdiversions safe. “There will be one lane of trafc open in eachdirection of Central during the entire constructionperiod and afterwards,” said Joanie Grifn of Grifn& Associates, an ART spokesperson. “If people wantto take Lead and Coal or other side streets to avoidCentral, there is plenty of capacity according to trafcstudies.” Aguirre, who lives on Lead, doesn’t buy it. “It’s verylikely that the number of accidents is simply relatedto the volume of trafc. So, to argue that, somehow,affecting speed by causing more congestion is goingto reduce the accident count – it’s not a carefullythought-out and studied analysis,” he said. Aguirre is a party to a Bernalillo County DistrictCourt lawsuit against ART. Another lawsuit to delayART construction is pending in New Mexico U.S.

District Court. “There are these high velocity, high impact colli-sions. People have had rollover accidents in proximityto their homes, cars crashing through corners, bring-ing down signposts – collisions where, easily, someonewould have been killed if they had been standing on acorner,” he said. “Cars are, with frequency, knocking down trees,running onto the sidewalks or into walls,” he said.“The City is fundamentally just not doing its job; theyneed to keep the cars on t he road.” Aguirre worries residences on Lead and Coal are too

near the street, with some asclose as 18 feet away. Alsohazardous are the numerousaccess points. “There areso many intersections, andthey’re very closely spaced,plus alleys, plus driveways,so there are all these pointswhere people cross the road-way, and that creates moreaccident risks,” he said.

Melanie Martinez, aspokesperson for Municipal

Development, the lead cityagency on ART, said the de-partment worked to reducecrashes on Lead and Coalduring a redesign completedin 2012. “Driving lanes werereduced from three to two, bike lanes were added andsidewalks were widened,1,200 trees and 8,200 busheswere planted,” she said. Martinez referred questionson the safety impact of ARTon Lead and Coal to Grifn,who cited trafc study data by the Mid-Region Councilof Governments. The studyperformed as part of a fed-eral grant to seek funding forART estimated that 200 carswill be diverted from Centralduring each of the morningand evening rush hours

“which is approximately vecars per minute – hardly a‘demolition derby,’” Grifn said in an email. Aguirre agrees that the 2012 Lead/Coal redesignsucceeded in improving accessibility and landscaping but, “from a safety point of view, many of us feelit was a failure; there are still unacceptable safetyproblems in immediate proximity to people’s homesand sidewalks. As much as the ART planners mightwant to ignore that, they can’t. They can’t propose aconguration that will send more trafc to Lead andCoal when there are these unacceptable problems.”

Neighborhood associations sent letters to the CityCouncil proposing adjustments to the project’s plans before the City Council voted to approve ART. “Our bottom line was we did not want the vehicle lanereduction between San Mateo and Girard, the oneadjustment that could have made the project have lessonerous impacts ... a more realistic plan would be togive up the dedicated bus lanes and use the existingRapid Ride model with enhancements,” Aguirre said.

Juani Hopwood is a staff writer at ABQ Free Press. Reachher at [email protected]

Accidents like this one at Coal and Carlisle have led residents of the University HeightsNeighborhood to call the traffic on Lead and Coal avenues a “demolition derby.”

ABQ Free Press staffers took homenine awards, including three first-place finishes, in the prestigious Society of

Professional Journalists’ “Top of the Rockies”

contest in April.

The paper won in several categories,including: front page design, and investigative

reporting, news, and arts and entertainment

reporting. The contest included entries from

reporters and journalism organizations in

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

ABQ Free Press submitted entries in the

30,000-75,000 circulation category. With

print runs that have varied from 45,000 to

60,000 copies, ABQ Free Press is New Mexico’s

second-largest newspaper. Most of the state’s

newspapers have circulations of less than

25,000.

Writer Bob Klein placed first in investigative

reporting for a story on why the Mixed

Waste Landfill on Kirtland Air Force Base

that contains highly radioactive materials

and toxic chemicals could blow up and how

state environment officials seem content with

covering the landfill with dirt rather than

more expensive methods of remediation.

“We’re only two years old and we’re making

an impact,” said co-publisher Will Ferguson.

“We’re putting out quality journalism that

enhances the public dialogue.”

News Editor Dennis Domrzalski placed first

in the News Reporting category for a story

questioning the need for Mayor RichardBerry’s proposed Bus Rapid Transit project

down Central Avenue.

ABQ Free Press contributor Megan Kamerick

won first place in the Arts and Entertainment

Enterprise Reporting category for a story

about artists who turned “orphaned” business

signs along Central Avenue into canvases for

art.

Artist Gary Glasgow and designer Terry

Kocon placed third in the Front Page Design

category for a cartoon featuring Gov. Susana

Martinez as a puppeteer manipulating

members of the Albuquerque Public Schools

Board.

ABQ Free Press editor Dan Vukelich placed

second in news reporting for a collaboration

on the impact of lobbyists and their campaign

contributions on failed legislation aimed at

curbing payday lenders’ interest rates. Writer

Lisa Barrow won a third place for an interview

with local artist Nani Chacon.

ABQ Free Press Snags Awards

First place, Investigative Reporting: Bob Klein

First place, News Reporting:Dennis DomrzalskiFirst place, Arts & Entertainment Enterprise

Reporting:Megan Kamerick

Second place, News Reporting:

Rene Thompson, Dan Vukelich

Second place, News Feature:

Dennis Domrzalski

Second place, Arts & Entertainment:

Megan KamerickThird place, Front Page Design:

Gary Glasgow, Terry Kocon

Third place, Investigative reporting:

Dennis Domrzalski

Third place, Arts & Entertainment Enterprise

Reporting:Lisa Barrow

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Bob Wilson of Albuquerque was the rst to respond tothe photo in our April 20-May 3 issue:Your photo is of the top of the North Tower of the two“Tricentennial Towers,” located on I-40 at the intersectionwith Rio Grande Boulevard. The towers are part of thePublic Art program in Albuquerque. They were designed bya team at High Desert Forge and constructed and installedin 2006 as part of Albuquerque’s 300th birthday celebration.The most interesting thing about the two towers is thatthough they are similar, 65 feet tall, weighing approximately14 tons, and made of steel alloy, with stainless steel, tin, and

copper paint, they are actually quite different. Your photo isof the “Nature Tower,” which represents the environmentalfeatures of the area, includ-ing clouds, rain and thefour cardinal directions. The“Craft Tower” was designedto replicate the traditionalpunched-tin technique.Paint colors were chosento complement both of thestructures and the existingsite palette. Installationcoincided with a visit fromthe duke and duchess ofAlburquerque.

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Have you ever wanted to pack up your entire lifeand just move somewhere completely different? Well, I didn’t do exactly that – not in in so manywords – but I did spend a fair amount of timeresearching the pros and cons of living in Al- buquerque before moving more than 850 milesacross the country. Did I have a new job relocating me? Was I going toschool out here? No. I simply took a test. About six months ago, my partner and I decided itwas time to make the big leap from our hometownof Shreveport, a small town in north Louisiana, to

somewhere more tting for our family. We both hadour own ideas of what our “ideal” location could be.I leaned toward the beach and Florida. My partner,Evan, was interested in the West Coast, mainlyWashington or Oregon. After spending the last two years developing our business, a brick-and-mortar vintage clothing storewith a signicant online presence, we realized wecould take our brand anywhere and sell our goodsonline from any city in the country. “You don’t havea job there and you’re just moving? Isn’t it supposedto be the other way around?” people would ask. But why Albuquerque? Rather than throwing a dart at a map, we soughtout a third party for help choosing which place wasright for us. That’s how we found FindYourSpot.com, an online 250-question quiz that’s powered by an algorithm designed to match your family’sneeds with a short list of places where you should be living.

Matchmaking “It sounds simplistic, but I wanted to help people

be happy,” said Brent Eskew, creator of the website.“With all the travel and transportation options inour modern society and the ability to work digitally

and remotely, there is noreason to be stuck some-where that does not tyou – just because yourparents or grandparentsgrew up there.” Are you a youngfamily? Are schoolsin your neighborhoodimportant? By providinganswers along the con-tinuum from “stronglyagree” to “strongly dis-

agree,” quiz takers areable to guide themselvesthrough the test to ndtheir top 24 spots in theUnited States. Askew said he hopespeople like me who takethe test gain an under-standing of all the greatplaces available that match their particular interestsand style. “[People] should explore an amazingcountry full of fantastic choices, so many of whichare undiscovered,” he said. Number one of our list was not Albuquerque, butsomewhere a little more west – Salem, Ore. It’s notthat Salem wasn’t a viable contender, but the morewe thought about living in Oregon, the less it madesense for us nancially and physically. Neither oneof us wanted to be that far from our parents, andeven though 12 hours away is far, it’s still a lot closerthan Oregon. After nixing Salem and Portland, the other top citythe website picked for us, we focused in on Al-

buquerque. In our mind’s eye we saw desert, sand,cactus – and nothing. How could we get placed by acomputer in a city in the middle of nowhere?

But as soon as we started to dive into what this cityhad to offer, we were oored. We found a bustlingvintage community full of entrepreneurs and busi-ness owners, multiple coffee shops and breweriesfor every type of person and a downtown that wecould actually afford. One of the rst connections wemade was Albuquerque native Amelia Olson, wholike us, is a young business owner and has a passionfor vintage clothing.

Connecting We connected with Amelia through Instagram,one of the best platforms we used in researchingAlbuquerque. We spent the months before our movechatting about the city, the vintage business and

why one would want to set up shop out w est.She said it succinctly: “I realized how impossibly

special our town is. Albuquerque is s incere, in-clusive and honest. There are so many amazinglyambitious things happening in Albuquerque rightnow and it’s a real testament to being secure in yourtalents and not confusing arrogance for success.” “People remember your name, your kid’s name,”she said. “Being able to enjoy the experiences a largecity has to offer, while still being very connected toyour community is something so, so special and I’malways humbled by the people that live here.” It’s only been a couple of months but the testwas right. We love it here. I love it because I get towake up to mountains every day and the weather is beautiful. Not having mosquitos – a big check mark.Evan says it’s the rst time he’s felt at home. We both have our reasons, but something about beinghere makes sense. I sold my car, left our brick-and-mortar business behind and purged most of my possessions. LivingDowntown has been one of the best choices I’ve

made.If you see former Shreveport journalist Derick Joneswalking Downtown, give him a big wave and a smile.

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Is it the shot that triggers the mother of allwater battles in the Middle Rio Grande, or isit a futile gambit doomed from the beginning

by a longstanding precedent? “It” is the lawsuit filed by WildEarth Guard-

ians, seeking to require New Mexico’s top

water boss, the state engineer, to fulfill hisstatutory duty and force an accounting of the

water used by the Middle Rio Grande Conser-

vancy District – a statutory requirement pastdue since way back in the 20th century.

“We think the state engineer has a manda-

tory duty to hold MRGCD accountable,” saidJennifer Pelz, wild rivers program director forWildEarth Guardians.

MRGCD’s water rights – or at least its water

permits (more on this below) – currentlybelong to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the

legacy of a federal bailout in the middle of the

past century. “I am aware of it generally,” said Bureau

of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan Lopez,

adding he had not been briefed in detail. Desired result: A writ forcing the state

engineer to demand a “proof of beneficial

use,” as required by state statutes, that couldtrigger a general adjudication of water rights

in the Middle Rio Grande. This would entail

compiling a list of all holders of water rights,

their amount, place of use, and their prioritydate. For comparison, an adjudication of the

lower Rio Grande has been going on since

the 1980s. That case includes about 10,000water claimants and has cost tens of millions

of dollars over decades. Each water claimant

has the right to an individual examination ofhis right – and all have the right to contest

everybody else’s.

Obviously, the Lower Rio Grande adjudicationwould seem easy in comparison to a Middle

Rio Grande legal free-for-all with its estimated

30,000 to 40,000 claimants. Water rights law requires a prospective user

to apply for a permit (which MRGCD did in

1930). Upon completion of the proposed proj-ect, the applicant is to provide proof that the

water is in fact being put to beneficial use – at

which time a license, the actual water right,

is issued. MRGCD never filed that proof ofbeneficial use – and it is that nonperformance

that WildEarth Guardians is seeking to require

the state engineer to remedy now. However, the New Mexico Constitution, state

water law and longstanding practice give the

state engineer wide discretion. State engineers,since the establishment of MRGCD, have

“exercised discretion” in not requiring the

proof of beneficial use – with the exceptionof an abortive attempt in the late 1990s by

then-State Engineer Tom Turney. MRGCD filedfor extensions through 1961. The Bureau ofReclamation filed for extensions through 1987.

Then the extensions stopped.

The situation is further complicated by the

fact the water delivered by MRGCD has a

variety of legal underpinnings. There are the

prior and paramount rights of the Middle

Rio Grande Pueblos. Then there are pre-1907

rights – predating the first territorial water

law. Pre-1907 rights are the gold standard

of non-Indian rights. Following those are

the rights established by permit and license

between 1907 and the completion of MRGCD’s

works in the 1930s. Finally, there are the newly

reclaimed lands brought into production by

MRGCD.

Should MRGCD – or the Bureau of Reclama-tion – be required to provide a detailed proof

of beneficial use, the interests of all of these

different classes of water claimants could be

in conflict – with each other and with MRGCD,

greatly complicating the issue for the preparer

of the proof.

“If the state engineer … set a deadline for

demonstrating proof of beneficial use orcanceled the subject permits for failure to do

so, then surface water could be available to

Guardians and the public for beneficial use,”

according to the lawsuit. It also noted the

existence of a 30,000-acre-foot storage right

that the Guardians hold in Abiquiu Reservoir,

in which water could be stored for environ-

mental purposes.

So, on the one hand, the WildEarth Guard-

ians lawsuit seeks to initiate a process that

could well require an accounting of all the

water in the middle reach of the Rio Grande.

On the other hand, if the state engineer’s

discretion is as far reaching as it seems, the

effort to force his hand on this issue will fail.

Nonetheless, there is yet another avenue bur-

ied in the complexity of state water law. That

is the provision that any water right holder

can demand an adjudication. So, WildEarth

Guardians could buy a farm with water rights,

demand an adjudication, set off the domino

effect of conflicting rights and claims of rights.

If that happens, watch state officials scramblefor a way to evade the clear mandates of that

provision of law.

Bill Hume is a former editorial page editor of theAlbuquerque Journal and later served as a policyadviser to former Gov. Bill Richardson.

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BY HEATH HAUSSAMEN

Some Politicians Don’t GetPublic/political Distinction

During a radio interview about her effortsto gather the signatures needed to run forsecretary of state, Republican Rep. Nora Espinoza

of Roswell directed listeners to her official

legislative webpage to contact her and to help.

“They can look on my legislative website, and

it’s on there, so that they can email me, and I can

mail them a petition,” Espinoza said in February

in response to a question from the radio host.

Democrats hit hard. The state Democratic Party filed an ethics

complaint accusing Espinoza of inappropriately using public

resources to campaign.

“Official government resources cannot and must not be used forcampaigning. Period,” Debra Haaland, the chair of the state Demo-

cratic Party, said at the time. “It violates the law, and it vi olates the

public’s trust.”

Haaland is correct. Espinoza should not have directed people to

the Legislature’s official website to contact her about her petition to

run for secretary of state.

Some members of Haaland’s own party also need to take her

words to heart. Such as Michael Padilla, an Albuquerque Democrat

who is the party’s majority whip in t he state Senate.

Early this month, Padilla’s re-election campaign sent an email

inviting people to his fourth annual job fair. It claimed that, to date,

Padilla’s job fairs have “helped over 1,600 people find new jobs.”

And the email, which states that it’s paid for by Padilla’s campaign,

does the very thing Haaland correctly pointed out as inappropriate

when Espinoza did it.

“Click here for my legislative web site,” Padilla’s campaign-funded

email states. The “here” links to the Legislature’s official website.

I’ve written on this issue many times. A former governor and

lieutenant governor, former president pro tem of the state Senate,

former secretary of state, former union president in Albuquerque,

and a former Santa Fe County sheriff are among those who’ve used

government resources for political purposes.

The amount of public money that is misused in these cases isusually small or, in some cases, immeasurable (a line in an email

that leads to a click to a public website). I n other words, in a state

plagued by government waste and corruption, there are more

serious offenses than these.

But the mindset that it’s OK to mix campaign and official govern-

ment resources leads to bigger problems. These offenses are serious

because, left unchecked, they contribute to a culture that allows

larger abuses of the public trust.

So let’s hope Espinoza has learned her lesson. Let’s hope Padilla

does, too. And that their examples help educate other government

officials and shift our state’s culture to one that shows greater

respect for the public trust.

Because New Mexico, which too often ranks at the bottom of all

the important lists, isn’t going to improve until we collectively take

the public trust more seriously.

We’ve made progress in this area in recent years. I believe most of

our government officials avoid using public resources to campaign.

But clearly, we need to continue efforts to educate officials on the

importance of keeping their government and campaign activities

separate. We all need to play a role in holding our government

officials accountable by voting, paying attention to what they’re

doing and speaking out in our communities.

And, as I’ve written before, we need to create a state ethicscommission to set ethical standards in government, educate officials

on those standards, and help police violations.

Haussamen runs NMPolitics.net, a news organization.Reach him at [email protected], on Facebook at /haussamen,or on twitter @haussamen.

BY BILL HUME

Fight over Rio’s Water CouldInvolve Cast of Tens of Thousands

the New Mexico Constitution,state water law and longstanding practice give the

state engineer widediscretion. State engineers,since the establishment ofMRGCD, have ‘exercised

discretion’ in not requiring theproof of benecial use

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number, and your pet’s

name, and we’ll try to

reserve their spot in the pet parade.

Keith Lewis, a

carpenter, sent us

this photo of his

dog, Diego. “He’s a

total nature boy

and loves to be

with me workingin the yard or

building something,”

Lewis said.

CALLING ALL PETS

If you had to comeup with a themefor Ray Birmingh-

am’s baseball Lobos

in 2016, it could be:two steps forward

and one step back.

But is this goodenough?

When you play baseball in the Moun-

tain West Conference – not a highlyrespected conference for diamond play

since TCU bolted – you probably need to

dance to the theme of three steps for-ward and one back. And you absolutely

need some signature wins.

Which brings up this question: Do the

ball-pounding University of New MexicoLobos need to win the Mountain West

Conference May 25-29 on Lobo Field in

order to scratch their way back into theNCAA Tournament?

The answer probably is “yes” because

an at-large berth is not something youcan count on in the Mountain West. It’s

probably not something the Lobos can

count on either unless they finish red hotand attract additional attention beyond

a possible Mountain West regular-season

title. The automatic NCAA bid goes to theMountain West tourney king.

The MWC is a long shot to crack the

Top 10 in conference rankings. One RPI

site has the Mountain West in the No. 13slot heading into the month of May. Any

Mountain West team hoping for an at-large bid probably needs to be in the Top40 (RPI) as a team because there are too

many conference champions in wannabe

leagues grabbing automatic bids. One thing is certain: Birmingham’s

Lobos need to get back on the Road to

Omaha, even if it’s another ho-hum first-round-and-out. For recruiting purposes,

the Lobos need to establish themselves

as a program where players can expectto play in the postseason. It’s a key to

building a program.

Witness the softball Lady Lobos. The Lo-bos’ softball program has been unable to

establish itself as a vehicle to postseason

play, and that has to hurt in recruiting.

The softball Lobos have made theNCAA playoffs once in the history of

the program. Coach Erica Beach could

be breathing her last gasps as a Lobocoach, but it’s not that she isn’t a good

coach. She inherited a program in a deep

hole, and her Lobos have been unableto significantly cut the gap between San

Diego State and now, since the c onfer-

ence realignment, Fresno State. The softball Lobos will not make

postseason play in 2016. The Fresno State

Bulldogs grabbed the regular-season

crown and the Mountain West’s auto-

matic NCAA bid.

The SDSU Aztecs and the Fresno

Bulldogs have the edge in recruiting

leftover talent ignored by the Pac-12.

They have geographical advantages.

The New Mexico softball talent pool is

shallow. Arguably/probably, the top three

softball players from New Mexico high

schools over the past five years ended

up at Oklahoma. Shelby Pendley, a Lobo

assistant coach, played in two College

World Series at Oklahoma and was on a

national championship team.

So, the bottom line is if you want to

participate in the NCAA postseason as a

Lady Lobo softball player, you go sit in a

sports bar and watch ESPN. Birmingham’s Lobos have done better

with postseason – with first-round-and-

out appearances in 2010, 2011, 2012 and

2013, However, if they miss in 2016, that’s

a three-year drought. If you want to

establish yourself as a consistent postsea-

son program, that’s too long.

Staying with the mens’ baseball Lobos,finally, they’ve been frustrating because

they are good and on the cusp of being

very good. Yet, a key series for UNM

was the three-game road trip to Arizona

State. The third game in that series

on May 1 was a 1-0 loss by the Lobos’

hard-hitting bats, which handed ASU the

sweep.

The Lobos were given an opportunity to

take three steps forward but instead took

three steps backwards. It was the Lobos’

fourth loss in five games. The reality wasthat UNM needed to win at least one

game against ASU – especially to wipe

out the memory of a three-game sweep

by Dallas Baptist earlier this season that

included a 33-8 spanking.

Will the NCAA Selection Committee

remember that incredible and embarrass-

ing 33-run collapse?

Probably – but the Lobos can save

themselves a lot of worry by winning the

Mountain West Tournament.Richard Stevens is a former sportswriter for The Albuquerque Tribune. More recently, he was an insider at theLobo athletic department. Reach him [email protected]

One thing is certain:Birmingham’s Lobos

need to get back on theRoad to Omaha, evenif it’s another ho-humrst-round-and-out

BY RICHARD STEVENS

Checking for Life SignsAt Lobo Baseball, Softball

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Bites of Burque: On Hunger, ART and the Co-op

Beer Town: Flight Club vs. Draft NewsBY TY BANNERMAN

BY TY BANNERMAN

Draft Station ABQ (1720 Central SW) sometimesfeels like Albuquerque’s forgotten taproom. Sit-uated on Central just east of Old Town, it occupies apart of town where beer havens are in short supply.Yet there’s never a crowd. Why? My theory involves two things: First, the name“Draft Station” is a bit generic and doesn’t promotethe fact that it’s a Chama River taproom. Second,the business’ sign is nearly invisible, disappearing between the bright banner for Five Star Burgers andthe classic neon blaze of Garcia’s. If people don’t know you’re there, they can’t dropin. The place is denitely worth a visit, especially

if you want to get your drink on amid serenity. Forthis issue’s Flight Club, I decided to pop in andsample the Chama offerings. Here’s what I found: Class VI Golden Lager (5.0 ABV): This lager fea-tures a light, straw-colored luster and a bitter nish.Especially on a spring afternoon, Class VI’s smidge

of apricot-like fruitiness makes it a lovelypatio-sipping beer, but the moderate ABVmeans you may need a nap afterward. Rio Chama (5.0 ABV): Malty sweetnessmelts to a lingering bitterness on the backof the tongue, while the faintest aromaof hops beckons. This is one of Chama’ssignature offerings, and for good reason. Jackalope IPA (6.2 ABV): Bring thisdraught to your lips, and a sage-like hopscent hits your nose, calling to mind aridprairies where legendary jackalopes aresaid to play. It comes on with a metallictang that gives way to the heavily hopped bitterness the style is known for. Themouth-feel is dense, almost syrupy. Copper John (5.3 ABV): This golden paleale asserts itself with a thick malty avorthat downplays its sweetness. H ops are hardly thereand balance perfectly with the malt, bestowing ahigh drinkability. A faint metallic taste follows theswallow. Perhaps it’s copper? Vermillion Red (6.0 ABV): This heavy ale boasts aliquor-like assertiveness and a touch of citrus. It’s a bolstering drink with a hint of smoke. Islay Chaser (3.3 ABV): There’s a strong, piney

smokiness to this one. It feels lighter in the mouththan most ales, and the cherry accent gives youanother reason to take a drink. And the Beer Town Seal of Awesomeness goes to... Class VI Golden Lager, perfect for whiling away asunny afternoon.

Bosque bites on horizon Word has come down the pike that the BosqueBrewery will soon add a full kitchen. Details arescant at the moment, but I’ll have more for you soon.

New distillery on Marble The craft beer movement continues to expand, andthe craft spirit movement follows suit. Our city’snewest distillery makes that connection obvious by

opening just down the street from the original Mar- ble Brewery. The dream child of entrepreneurs PeterArathoon and Zach Hulme, Still Spirits is expectedto open this summer and offer housemade vodkaand whiskey. The owners chose the location due tothe area’s pedestrian-friendly vibe.

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‘Let them eat cake’ The Santa Fe New Mexican reportsthat state workers in the IncomeSupport Division testied under oaththat they were encouraged by their su-periors in the Martinez administrationto fraudulently deny food assistanceto hungry New Mexican families. The ve state employees spoke ata federal hearing investigating thestate’s Human Services Department,admitting that management hadpressured them into falsifying incomeinformation on applications for emer-gency food assistance in order to denyor delay fullling claims.

The ghost of Denny’s The site of the former Denny’srestaurant on Central near UNM isslated to house a Chipotle MexicanGrill, a Jersey Mike’s sandwich fran-chise and a Verizon store in the nearfuture. The building gained notorietyafter being featured as a location in

the nal season of hit AMC series“Breaking Bad.”

A work of ART? Construction of the controversialAlbuquerque Rapid Transit projecthas yet to begin, but one former NobHill restaurant is already blaming theproject for its closure. According to Albuquerque BusinessFirst, former Soul & Vine generalmanager Michael Vigil stated that the business decided to close owing to

fears that the impending ART con-struction would adversely affect theirfuture protability. The storefront at 3409 Central NEwon’t stand empty for long. 99 DegreeSeafood Kitchen, a seafood boil con-cept restaurant, will soon move intothe space.

Full steam ahead The Boiler Monkey Bistro gave upits signature steampunk bus years

ago, yet owner Matt Fuemmler saysthe restaurant is once again on themove. The gourmet creperie will de-part from its 724 Mountain Road NWlocation and reopen by midsummeron the southwest corner of Centraland Sixth Street.

Grocery chopping With the closure of Albuquerquewholesale food distributor GDi, twoNew Mexico towns have been left

without local grocery stores. Storesin Carrizozo and Mountainair wereshuttered on April 21, leaving resi-dents to travel to other communitiesto purchase food.

State of the Co-op On April 12, employees of theLa Montañita Co-op branch on RioGrande Boulevard voted 36-3 in favorof joining the United Food and Com-mercial Workers International Union.

According to the Albuquerque Jour-

nal, workers raised concerns about

pay and benets before the vote, and

Co-op management said it would not

contest the election results. The ve

other Co-op branches are unaffected

by this decision.

Bag it up According to a memo from Shirlene

Sitton, Santa Fe’s Environmental

Services director, that city’s ban on

plastic bags and 10 cent-charge for

paper bags in grocery stores has been

a success. In the eight months since

the program’s implementation, the

city has netted $92,000 in fees and has

signicantly reduced the number of

plastic bags that wind up in landlls.

Ty Bannerman is passionate about both

food and journalism, and he reports on Al-

buquerque food news for ABQ Free Press.

Cheech and Chong Rock Route 66

Iconic stoner duo Cheech and Chongplay their classic, comedic tunes atRoute 66 Casino’s Legends Theater(14500 Central SW) on May 14, start-ing at 8 p.m. VIP tickets to this 18-plusevent have already sold out, but silver,gold and platinum tickets are availableat $28, $37 and $50 respectively. The comedy and music duo met inCanada in the late ’60s. Cheech andChong went on to create a franchisewith nine albums, including twoGrammy nominations, and eightfeature lms. In honor of the pair’s visitto Route 66, ABQ Free Press compileda list of ve lesser-known facts aboutCheech Marin and Tommy Chong.

Number One: Everyone knows TommyChong’s persona as the ultimate stonerwho not only advocates marijuana use but also sells his own lines of medical

and recreational marijuana and para-phernalia. Fewer know about his soul band The Calgary Shades.

In an interview with cannabisculture.com, Chong said, “The Calgary Chiefof Police called the President of the Le-gion and ordered us to a meeting at theMayor’s Ofce where they mentionedcomplaints of trashed homes, brawls,underage drinking, rowdy mobs andvandalism, all blamed on The CalgaryShades. The Chief told me there in frontof the Mayor, ‘All of Calgary thinks itwould be a good idea if you and your band left town.’”

Number Two: Cheech Marin’s birthname was Richard Anthony, and hisnickname Cheech was in fact dimin-utive for “chicharron,” a pork rindsnack. He grew up in South CentralL.A., and his father, Oscar Marin, was a30-year veteran of the LAPD.

The actor who played one of the biggeststoners of all time had a cop for a dad.Marin owns one of the largest collections ofChicano art in the world. He has collectedsince the ’80s, and pieces from his collectionare often featured in museum shows.

Number Three:The duo splitup in 1985, andMarin went onto star in lmslike “Born in EastL.A.” and “TheShrimp on theBarbie,” but ittook over sevenyears for them toeven sort of rec-oncile. If not forthe stellar casting

of animated lm“FernGully: The

Last Rainforest” in 1992, wherein bothvoiced characters, Cheech and Chongmight have gone without ever workingtogether again.

Marin and Chong didn’t actuallyreunite until 2003, when both appearedon an episode of “Biography” andsaid they were willing to put the past behind them. They planned to makeanother movie that year, but thenChong’s bong company was seized bythe feds. He took a plea deal and spentnine months in jail.

Number Four: Chong has beatencancer twice, and he says he oweshis recovery to cannabis. In 2012, heannounced that he had prostate cancer,and in 2015, he battled colorectal can-cer. Chong has repeatedly testied thathis use of cannabis oil and buds while

undergoing cancer treatment was whatultimately saved his life.

Number Five: Many actors have hadcameos in eight Cheech and Chonglms, four of which Chong directedhimself, including Paul Reubens (akaPee Wee Herman), Strother Martin(“Cool Hand Luke”) and Tom Skerritt(“Alien”). Comedian Sandra Bernhard’sacting debut was in “Nice Dreams” before going on to star in Martin Scors-ese’s “The King of Comedy.”

Other celebs and icons who madeappearances ran the gamut from LSDadvocate Timothy Leary to actressEvelyn Guerrero.

Even Chong’s wife Shelby was inmost of the movies. Chong’s daughterfrom his rst marriage, Rae DawnChong (“Quest for Fire”), never actedin his movies, but she did go on star in,write and direct her own lms.

For more info about Cheech and Chong’supcoming show, visit holdmyticket.com/event/238273-cheech-chong

Rene Thompson is a staff reporter for ABQFree Press. Email her at [email protected]

BY RENE THOMPSONCALL

NOTICE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BERNALILLO COUNTY

ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE COUNTY POST-PRIMARY CONVENTION

Pursuant to the Rules of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, a Call is hereby issuedfor the election of Democratic Party delegates and alternates to the State Post-PrimaryConvention. This Call is published to inform all registered Democrats of BernalilloCounty about the ward meetings to be held to elect delegates and alternates of theDemocratic Party of Bernalillo County. All voting shall be done by secret ballot inaccordance with DPNM State rule 19. NO Resolutions to be submitted. If you haveany questions, please contact: Democratic Party of Bernalillo County, PO Box 51264,Albuquerque, NM 87181, 505-515-9662, www.bernalillodems.org

WARD DELEGATE ELECTIONS, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2016, VARIOUS TIMES:

• WARD 10A - 10AMABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW

• WARD 10B - 10AMAtrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW

• WARDS 11A &11B - 10AM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW

• WARD 11C - 11:30 AM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW • WARDS 12A & 12B - 10AMAtrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW

• WARD 13A - 10AMAtrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd

• WARD 13B - 11:30AMAtrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW

• WARDS 14A, 14B & 14C - 11:30AM Atrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW

• WARDS 15A & 15B - 10:30AMNorth Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE

• WARDS 16A & 16B - 10AMDesert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW

• WARD 16C - 1PMAtrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW

• WARDS 17A & 17B - 10AMDel Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE

• WARD 17C - 12:30PMNorth Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE

• WARDS 18A & 18B - 11:30AMABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW

• WARDS 18C & 18D - 1PM ABQ/BC Main Library, 501 Copper NW

• WARDS 19A, 19B & 19C - 10 AMManzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE

• WARDS 20A & 20B - 11:30AMManzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE

• WARDS 21A & 21B - 11:30AMManzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE

• WARDS 22A & 22B - 1PMManzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE

• WARDS 23A - 10AMDesert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW

• WARDS 23B & 23C - 11:30AM Desert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW

• WARD 24A - 9:30AMEldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE

• WARD 24B - 1PMEldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE

• WARD 24C - 1PMManzano Mesa MC, 501 Elizabeth SE

• WARD 25A - 10AMDel Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE

• WARDS 25B & 25C - 12PMDel Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE

• WARDS 26A & 26B - 1 PMAtrisco Heritage HS, 10800 Dennis Chavez Blvd SW

• WARD 27A - 12PMDel Norte HS Cafeteria, 5323 Montgomery NE

• WARD 27B - 10:30AMNorth Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE

• WARD 27C - 12:30PMNorth Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE


• WARDS 28B & 28C - 11:30AM Eldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE

• WARD 29A - 11:30AMDesert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW

• WARDS 29B & 29C - 1PMDesert Greens Country Club, 10035 Country Club Ln NW


• WARDS 30B & 30C - 1PMEldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE

• WARD 31A - 12:30PMNorth Domingo Baca MC, 7521 Carmel NE

• WARD 31B - 9:30AMEldorado HS Cafeteria, 11300 Montgomery NE

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE, WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2016, 6PM TBD

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BERNALILLO COUNTY POST-PRIMARY CONVENTION,

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2016, Registration 12-1:45PM Firm,

Meeting begins at 2PM

UNM Continuing Education Auditorium, 1634 University NE, Albuquerque

PURPOSE OF COUNTY CONVENTION

The purpose of the County Convention is to pass through the delegates andalternates elected at the Ward elections the Democratic Party of New MexicoPost-Primary Convention, and conduct other business pertaining to the county.

DONE THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 2016 FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF BERNALILLO COUNTY, BY:

Ana Canales, County Chair Democratic Party of Bernalillo County

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Distillery 365 renamed

Speaking of synergy between distilleries and breweries, the outt formerly known as Distillery365 has adopted a name change that reects its newfocus on both beer and spirits. Broken Trail Spirits+ Brew — the name references its origin as an idea between two friends hiking the Sandias — now hasve taps alongside its lineup of 365 spirits, includingHoly Ghost vodka and Tres Pistolas whiskey.

Hops headed for opening? “Coming soon” for about a year, the long-rumoredHops Brewery may nally be on its way to open -ing. According to the Albuquerque Journal, owner Jim Shull expects a grand opening sometime thissummer. The brewery will occupy 3507 Central NE,a storefront that formerly housed Revolver Vintage.

Goblet of ... wine? Chris Goblet, considered the state’s ambassadorof craft beer during his tenure as executive directorof the New Mexico Brewers’ Guild, has ofciallyturned traitor to the barley revolution by castinghis lot with the pinky-extending glass sniffers at theNew Mexico Wine and Grape Growers Association. As the new executive director for that collectiveof regressive fruit stompers, Goblet will work w ithNew Mexico’s 45 wineries to raise the prole of localvintners, even as craft beer captures the lion’s shareof attention. His crime will never be forgiven.

Drinking & jogging Apparently, there’s a subset of runners who enjoy beer and beer drinkers wh

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