Martin Chavez
Michael Cadigan wants to be Albuquerque’s next mayor
As many expected, Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan is jumping into the 2009 mayoral race. And he’ll use public financing, his e-mail announcement said. He’s currently looking for volunteers and donations:
“The Cadigan for Mayor campaign will use public financing, so we will need many volunteers. If you can lend your time, energy and talent to [...]
Mayor Marty’s infrastructure wish list comes in at $1.6 billion
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez wants $1.6 billion from Barack Obama. Well, not in the way that Rod Blagojevich wanted money from politicians, but rather for the city government he leads.
KOB-TV reported that Chavez sent over the wish list at the request of Obama — for big-city mayors and the projects they want included in an [...]
Marty Chavez, candidate for ____, says ‘Happy Thanksgiving’
On a Web site paid for by “Marty Chavez for New Mexico,” Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez tells everyone “Happy Thanksgiving.”
MartyChavez.com is online with the message and an area set up to “Join Team Chavez.” What Team Chavez is rooting for is not immediately clear. But the last time we saw MartyChavez.com, the site was for [...]
Big solar plant planned for Mesa del Sol is still full steam… er, sunshine… ahead
The Associated Press is reporting that despite the current economic downturn, Schott Solar, a New York-based manufacturer and distributor, is still doing well and the plans for a 250,000-square-foot Albuquerque solar panel plant are going ahead as planned. The plant will be built in the Mesa Del Sol area on the southern end of Albuquerque.
Mayor Martin Chavez makes his case
Alas, all is not well economically speaking. But you have to give credit to Albuquerque’s three-term mayor for doing his best to communicate a fiscally responsible approach and a we’re-in-better-shape-than-most attitude during his State of the City speech on Nov. 18.
ABQ City Council seems open to Downtown event center, but will we need a public education campaign?
As the Albuquerque City Council wound up its late-night hearing last night about the proposed Downtown event center complex, Councilor Don Harris questioned how the public would be educated about the project.
The $700,000 viability assessment commissioned by the council has now been completed and, despite stated concerns about the economic downturn we’re in, the council [...]
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Increased taxes would (almost) pay for downtown arena
Downtown arena could raise $344 million in financing with an increase in the gross receipts tax, but the city would have to figure out another way to come up with the money for things like a proposed canopy over the railroad tracks and a parking garage.
White House to get a new puppy… but what kind?
During his victory speech Tuesday night, President-elect Barack Obama promised his daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, that their reward for putting up with the campaign would be a new puppy.
Presidential pets — especially dogs — have a long and storied history (anyone remember Checkers?), and have included Eisenhower’s Weimaraner, Kennedy’s Welsh terrier (and Caroline’s [...]
The elephant in the garden patch
The goal is lofty and laudable: Preserve farm land in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, help growers reach promising markets and cut greenhouse gases according to Kyoto Protocols. But one question simmers: Would Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez, widely regarded as the King of Sprawl, really defend small farmers against mega-builders?
Local Dems praise passage of tax incentives for renewable energy
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and 1st Congressional District candidate Martin Heinrich gathered at Sacred Power in Albuquerque to praise the passage of renewable energy tax incentives.
Bingaman told the New Mexico Independent the incentives “will help New Mexico because some of the companies that have established here, Schott Solar which is just building [...]