In a recent Eye Poll the Almighty Alcalde was panned by a margin of 10 points. This time Eye readers decided to voice their dissatisfaction with the city council. We've suspected that folks generally didn't have a positive opinion of the council for sometime. This Council Eye Poll confirmed our suspicions with 66% disapproving; only 31% approving, 2% didn't know, and 1% didn't care. Remember, this is an unscientific poll but a margin of 35 points is hard to ignore.
We generally view the council as being simultaneously inept and overbearing. They love to overlook the mundane but most important issues like funding APD, AFD, building and repairing infrastructure, in favor of sexier or more narrowly focused ones like trolleys, big box ordinances, affordable housing, etc. The biggest problem with the council is that they feel like they need to do something, which in this case means create laws.
When you spend your time pandering to very narrow interest groups everyone else feels neglected. It's no surprise that almost 2/3rds of us don't think much of them.
On to other things like this week's Eye Poll. You knew this was coming after last week's Mighty Marty Mayoral mistake. Yep... immigration is the topic. Let us know what you think APDs policy towards known illegals should be.
One more thing...
A while back we started a segment called letters to the Eye. If you'd like to be featured, send us your best post. If we like it... up it goes! You don't have to agree with us but you can be sure that if you don't we'll have a comment or two about it. We promise not to edit it unless it contains particularly vile language, but we're also not going to run spell check on it either. (We've got enough trouble trying to keep our grammar semi-correct.) Send your letters to editor@eyeonalbuquerque.com.
12 comments:
Track 'em down, and deport 'em. Simple
illegal means illegal!!!
When the Illegal-APD bro-haha erupted, Mayor Marty was not on camera.
How many times is the Mayor up close and on camera when he makes an APD announcement with Da Chief standing in the background looking like a grinning Bobble-Head Doll?
Not this time! The Mayor was invisible and the silence was deafening.
I've noticed something pretty profound with this subject. Other subjects bring out the typical Marty and Ray supporters, and they make thier snide little comments and move on. Not at all the case with this subject. I think Marty has finally put the final nail in his political coffin. He's forced an issue we can ALL agree on, and he's shown his true colors and idiocy to everyone. I love it. Bye Bye Marty! 2008 can't come soon enough.
Let the Illegals get away with murder, robbery, auto theft, rape.
Say hands off APD. Don't mess with my people. Marty & Bill think these illegals are the only ones that will vote them in office. Think again. And Ray, get balls. You're in charge of APD not Marty.
Take your midget to the river and drown it.
Darren White is a good guy and would be a great mayor or governor!
Hey don't call Daren a midget !
You neglect to mention how many people participated in your poll, which makes it hard to care what the results were.
And use of the pejorative term "illegals" makes anyone sound like a moron.
Attention all you rule-of-law moralists: It used to be legal to own slaves. It used to be illegal to drink alcohol. Maybe one day they'll make up a law that puts you on the wrong side of it and you can be an "illegal" too.
ok Im cool w/that - for instance its illegal for me to hang out in
mexico without a visa -- so I dont do it. Its illegal for anyone to enter the US w/out papers but you are ok w/that. Too bad that when the first suicide bomber comes in across that border we cant guarantee that u will shield the rest of us from the blast. Since u cant do that for us hows about you get back up on the porch, plant eater, and let us carnivors defend your country for ya. thanks
LMAO!! Couldn't have said it better myself.
Now I'm gonna go "get over it".
You'll get over it....
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