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This is right from the dictionary and seems to describe Albuquerque, Berry and Schultz. Fascism (f ash ,izem) noun An authoritarian right wing system of government and/or social organization. (in general use) extreme right wing, authoritarian, chauvinistic and/or intolerant views or practices. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one group over another, national, ethnic, especially social strata or monetarily; a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach. Compliments of one of our Eyes

Jan 24, 2007

Governor Marty? Mayor Payne?

Didn't we just do this? As we found out from the Journal yesterday, the gubernatorial contest is already underway in the state of New Mexico. Mayor Martin Chavez filed his paperwork to form a campaign committee on friday and will have a $2,000 a head fundraiser to kickoff his bid. Now I don't know about you but I'm a little tired after last year's election hoo haa and have just gotten used to the fact that we've got at least a school board election AND a city election on the slate for this year.

Mayor Marty is apparently terrified that he'll get behind in the money race and decided to fire the starting gun. You can read all about it here (subscription required). Now what does that mean for the city? You see, Marty's current stint as Mayor of Albuquerque is up in 2009. Our political Eyes tell us that he'll have to make a decision on the governors race at the same time he decides whether or not he'll run for Mayor. If he does run for guv, then the Mayor's race is for an open seat. The open seat for the top spot in the largest city in the state is bound to attract a lot of attention from area politicos.

Some of the names that have surfaced are Ken Sanchez, Sally Mayer, Michael Cadigan, and now reported on Joe Monahan's blog Transit Director Greg Payne. Now Joe has a reputation as being Big Bills favorite blogger and is also known to be close to Director Payne. Payne is known to be one of Monahan's "alligators" not to mention being featured by name regularly. The real question here is whether Payne can lure his Republican support back or whether his behind the scenes deals and history of betrayal will catch up with him.

To further our suspicion that Payne is very serious about making a run for City Hall, he was spotted today having lunch with some of Marty's biggest supporters in blue, retired Captain Rob DeBuck, former Deputy Chief Paul Chavez, and Deputy Chief Mike Castro. DC Castro is best known for his meteoric rise through the APD ranks and his generous contributions to Mayor Marty's campaign fund.

In short, the opportunistic Payne will be certain to have the inside scoop on whether the mayor will run for guv. We'll have our Eyes on Payne to see if his campaign trolley leaves the station.

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