Balance of Power Tips...

As expected, more than 20% additional voters flocked to the polls to vote in the special election deciding whether or not Albuquerque would have a more restrictive pregnancy termination law and who would be the city councilor for District 7.

Like everybody else, we all knew there was no way the "abortion" ordinance was going to make it on the October ballot because that would bring Democrats to the polls. And Democrats to the polls meant candidate Pete Dinelli would win the mayor's race.

The 11th Floor braintrust decided their jobs were more important than the city's interests, or the voter's wishes, so they kicked that ordinance vote down the road. But as usual Berry & Perry, Inc. only think of the immediate issue and not long term. That would require responsible decision making.

By kicking the ordinance question to yesterday's vote, they sunk the majority they held on city council because had it not been on the ballot, Janice Arnold-Jones would've been a shoe-in. Our Eyes tell us of an endless onslaught of McCleskey marketing in support of JAJ that all but smothered any of Diane Gibson's efforts. Yet still, Gibson won simply because folks came out to vote against the ordinance. Over four-thousand more people than who voted in October's general election.

Our Eyes also tell us there is more than a crack in the fringe cabal of Republicans that are in power in the city and state thanks to this simple election. Perhaps their grasp in power is truly not as strong as they would like us to all think it is....

So now, city council is weighted heavily with Democrats and they hold the majority. And ideologue appointees by Berry that were there, are now gone. And waiting in the wings is Councilor Ken Sanchez's inquiry into whether or not city council has authority to approve Mr. Perry's self-defined raise.....

Hold on folks, things are about to get interesting....