About a month and a half ago we were told by City Councilor Martin Heinrich and Mayor Martin Chavez that they would seek to repeal the extension of the Transportation Infrastructure Tax (O-06-49) that had been passed in order to fund Albuquerque's trolley. (ABQ Journal - Subscription Required) Councilor Brad Winter introduced a bill to do just that and to force any extension of the tax to go before the voters. The problem... Councilor Winter's bill was tabled in the Finance Committee last night by Councilor Mayer a supporter of the tax extension and founding member of the Chavez 3.
It's common knowledge that the mayor has set his sites on a shiny new trolley and is determined to get one at any cost (to us). His first step was to hire a slick snake oil salesman to promote his dream in the form of Transportation Director Greg Payne. His second was to try and railroad the voters by slipping a tax extension (tax hike actually) through the City Council the day before the November election (ABQ Journal - Subscription Required). Now, despite promises of repealing the tax extension, task forces, and placing the issue before the voters, the bill that does exactly that, is tabled.
So as of right now, the passed and signed extension of the Transportation Infrastructure Tax is the law of the land with no change in sight. And the light you see at the end of the tunnel is really a trolley on the fast track... again.
9 comments:
These politicians are bought and sold for like the whores they are. The citizens that have elected them are going to realize that they need to be held accountable as well, for their ignorance and stupidity.
Albuquerqueans will get exactly what they deserve; the shaft. They have elected the most unqualified, uneducated, corrupt scam artists ever.
"Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change"
Why is the main stream media afraid to report these activities?? Can it be that the owner of the Journal needs city hall's approval to continue the development of his land known as Journal Centre? WOW! What a state of affairs. Seems the tax payers are left holding the (empty) bag again.
Well, well, well. Is something amise? Is some stink leaking from the bag.
I guess examples are set at the top.
Wife beatings; Simple cover ups..
On duty rapes; major cover ups...
Putting a gun to your girlfriend's head in a "Fifth Floor" office of APD; Priceless...
Just started tunning into this web site. What I'm reading is deplorable. This administration and Police Department sound like a free-for-all "sex circus" This will be the demise of the very moral fabric which holds a society together. Scandal after scandal. Look at the people who are in high level positions in this city; and to think, that we the taxpayers, pay the them 80 to 100k salaries to sodomize us all.
Anyone know when Mayer is up for election, is there any law that can let us kick her out sooner? I've had more than enough of her.
Fees and taxes,more fee, fines, penalties. Everything that the administration and city councilors initiate has somethig to do with extracting money from our wallets.
We are on a slippery slope. The Mayor, Chief, City Councilors and all their little minion director boot lickers, are all nothing but 'Shake down' artists. I say "Citizens revolt" against taxations without representations. Just where is all the money going? Off shore bank accounts, that's where. Dirty deeds are rewarded by this mayor. Look at Director Payne. Has he ever held a real job? No. He's the point man for what will be the biggest heist ever pulled off by this city. That's stealing millions of your tax dollars to kickbacks from contractors to sell you a trolley at double the cost of what it should be. Their personal off shore bank acconts will balloon after this. Why are they fighting tooth and nail for this? Because it's a big ticket item with lots of cash to go around to everyone who supports it. DOES ANYONE OUT THERE IN THIS ABYSS NOT GET WHATS HAPPENING HERE YET???
I just have a few comments on this. First of all, and this is my own impression and opinion; We neither elect nor appoint anyone of competence in this City or City Council. Second, those of whom are in power couldn't care less about the citizens who elect them as they know that most are ignorant and are easily fooled. Third, in Albuquerque, those of whom we elect are not moral, they are unscrupulous, and are only in this for themselves. Fourth, since most, cannot hold a job in the real world, a career in politics in Albuquerque is a way to make a fast buck, via kickback schemes and favors, by knowing (and this is the best part) that NOBODY, in any agency will hold them accountable; not the FBI nor the Justice Department and especially the News Media.
I might also add that the Trolley venture will be nothing less than the largest heist since the great Brinks robbery many years ago. Wouldn't it be great to have such a retirement plan for ourselves. The whole lot of them are despicable. That's why it so damned vital for them to have this. Remember, In this current environment and leadership, "If you're not corrupt-able, you're not elect-able"
This site reads like a refuge for anti-transit morons. Did any of these creeps bother to read the Parson Brinckerhoff report (on the ABQ Ride site under Modern Streetcar -for those who can read)? Every place where light rail has been tried, both in the US and overseas it has been a huge success. It has now even been installed on the streets of Paris, one of the world's most beautiful cities (that's Paris, France -not Paris, Kentucky, knuckleheads.)It will in the not too distant future be arriving even in Duke City's neighborhood, yeah, that's right, in Tucson, in Phoenix. It IS the wave of the future whether you like it or not.
Love the reference to the Parsons Brinkerhoff study. From the first page of their website:
From the time that our founder, William Barclay Parsons, designed New York City's first subway line and stretched a railroad across China, Parsons Brinckerhoff has grown into one of the world's leading planning, engineering, program and construction management, and operations & maintenance firms.
Think perhaps their "study" might just be slanted towards the inclusion of 19th Century technology and trolleys in particular? You should take the time to check out who writes the study that you base your argument on. Just makes you look like the only moron, or creep.
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