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An Arkansas judge resigned [Page 24] ber occurs, can cover legal fees, following an ethics commission Editor #NMFilmFocus #industry psychological counseling, lost Facebook bias? inquiry that concluded he had Dan Vukelich salaries and even public traded sex for reduced sen- A former member of the Face- (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 Christa Valdez explains how to relations services, according to book team that decides what tences and stored pictures of Associate Editor, News be seen without getting taken Why settle for less? Reuters.com. to post on Facebook’s Trending nude defendants on his home Dennis Domrzalski Topics bar alleged that the team computer. District Judge Joseph Whites only (505) 306-3260 New Mexico’s largest Boeckmann’s resignation comes systematically skewed the results Managing Editor/Arts Editor months after the state’s judicial One of Donald Trump’s Republi- to favor liberal viewpoints, the personal injury law firm can delegates from California is a tech site Gizmodo reported. That Samantha Anne Carrillo oversight commission concluded (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 that the judge gave male defen- white supremacist who believes allegation sparked a request by [Page 23] is looking for all nonwhite people should be a GOP senator to demand that Online Editor dants a hand-written note in #BeerTown #brewing court with his phone number deported from the United States. Facebook staff appear before the Juani Hopwood high-powered litigators on it instructing them that they William Daniel Johnson, leader Senate committee that regulates (505) 345-4080 ext. 816, [email protected] could perform a “community of the American Freedom Party, Internet communication. Ac- Circulation Manager Ty Bannerman schools us on who can stand up for what’s right. service” at his house as part of wants to repeal the 14th and cording to Gizmodo’s source, Steve Cabiedes ABQ Beer Week a “substitutionary” sentence. In 15th amendments to the U.S. Facebook’s Trending Topics (505) 345-4080 ext. 815 a letter to the judge last week, Constitution and pass a new team tended to be dismissive Design the commission said it was in one that says, “No person shall of articles that came from Terry Kocon, C.S. Tiefa If you’re ready for a change, the process of recovering some be a citizen of the United States right-leaning news outlets such Photography 4,500 photos from the judge’s unless he is a non-Hispanic white as Breitbart, Washington Exam- [Page 19] we’re ready to listen. Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Labreche, computer. “They all depict young of the European race. … Only iner and Newsmax — waiting #NewMexico #hiking #camping Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm men, many naked, who are in citizens shall have the right and instead until more mainstream various poses inside the judge’s privilege to reside permanently news organizations such as the Staff Reporter Rene Thompson is your guide to Rene Thompson home and outside in his yard.” in the United States.” Johnson New York Times or the BBC summer in the great outdoors According to the commission, told Mother Jones magazine, covered them. “I’d come on shift Contributors this issue Nice Guys, Tough Lawyers when he took the bench in Jan- “I just hope to show how I can and I’d discover that CPAC or Ty Bannerman, Lisa Barrow, Paul S. Braterman, Gary Glasgow, uary 2009, he began seeking out be mainstream and have these Mitt Romney or Glenn Beck Alan Hall, Juani Hopwood, Mark Hopwood, Bill Hume, male defendants usually between views. I can be a white national- or popular conservative topics Ariane Jarocki, Dan Klein, Karie Luidens, Andy Lyman, the ages of 18 and 35. ist and be a strong supporter of wouldn’t be trending because ei- Ian Maksik,T. Christian Miller, Joe Monahan, Sayrah Namasté, Donald Trump and be a good ex- ther the curator didn’t recognize Joey Peters, M. Brianna Stallings, Rene Thompson, Insurance ample to everybody.” Trump first the news topic or it was like they Christa Valdez Chubb, the insurance giant, now claimed his listing of Johnson as had a bias against Ted Cruz,” the Copy Editors ‘Whatta’ Concert offers cyberbullying insurance a delegate was a “database” error former Facebook contractor, who Wendy Fox Dial, Jim Wagner BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO to homeowners. 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Many an County District Judge Brett Love- The American Civil Liberties be controls in place to detect it,” iconic 1990s hit issued forth in the less has set a preliminary hearing Cover Illustration Union of New Mexico called the said Debra Yoshimura, director heavenly voices of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, sound- for July 5 in Albuquerque. The Gary Glasgow rule unconstitutional and filed of the city’s Office of Internal tracked by corresponding breaks and beats courtesy of Deidra Roper aka DJ hearing will be held to determine a lawsuit on behalf of six public Audit. “It was on our audit plan Spinderella. whether probable cause exists From 1986’s “Hot, Cool & Vicious” to 1993’s “Very Necessary,” Salt N Pepa school teachers and one parent of last year, and we did not get to Corrections policy: to hold a trial. Griego is charged It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct injected danceable, sex-positive feminist anthems like “Push It,” “Let’s Talk a public school student. — NM it, but with this recent revelation with perjury, fraud and bribery errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors About Sex” and “None of Your Business” into the cultural vernacular. What- Political Report we decided to put it back on. at the email addresses on this page. related to a real estate deal he ever your fave ’90s earworm, this show aims to satisfy. We suspected there might be was a part of while he was Cop fraud problems, and this has brought it Learn more at ilovethe90stour.com serving as a state senator. — NM up in priority.” The inquiry said Political Report The city of Albuquerque’s inter- Where to find nal auditor will look into the Al- the allegations of impropriety in- our paper? Samantha Anne Carrillo is a situationist, fourth-wave feminist and managing buquerque Police Department’s volved a commander, lieutenant editor at ABQ Free Press. Email her at [email protected] Gag No more List of more than overtime practices following and sergeant and that it dated The state will no longer have revelations that the New Mexico back to at least August 2015. — 550 locations a so-called “gag rule” in place Corrections: State Police are investigating ABQ Free Press Staff at freeabq.com against teachers, stopping them In the May 4 issue of ABQ Free Press, a photo of Derick Jones was erroneously credited. The photographer was Henrietta Wildsmith. cont. on page 10 4 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS col s NumnEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 5 Growlers, Toilet Mechanics Look Who’s Running for County Treasurer — Again BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI And that Damned ABQ Wind atrick Padilla and Manny Ortiz could Bearce. Sanchez has experience in banking BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS Pbe New Mexico’s poster boys for bad and construction and has worked in the government. Bernalillo County Treasurer’s office for seven reetings and is pulled, and a plug opens. That allows Come June 7, the question is whether the years. Bearce, an employee benefits admin- Gsalutations! This water to flow out to fill the toilet bowl. public cares. istrator, has been active in neighborhood is The Sassy Lass, your When that’s full enough, gravity makes the Both are running for Bernalillo County associations in Albuquerque’s International friendly neighborhood water and waste flow out through a curvy Treasurer. Ortiz is the incumbent. Padilla had District and La Mesa neighborhood. brainiac. Join me bend in the pipe called an S-trap. the job before him, then stepped down to Costing you money now as I do my best Here’s the issue: despite how much we work as Ortiz’s investment officer. to answer your latest (ab)use it, fresh water is a finite resource. Since In their interchangeable roles over the The homework on Padilla and Ortiz is easy. head-scratchingly odd it’s in short supply, and since gravity toilets years, they wreaked havoc on the county’s Padilla was treasurer from January 2005 “What if?” wonderings. can use up to 7 gallons of water in one flush, investments, violated its investment policy through December 2012. During that time, something needed to be done to slow the and helped the county lose $27 million, Ortiz was his investment officer. After two Dear Sassy Lass: Why do they call it a flow of H2O. Water conservation legislation which in turn led to a tax increase. four-year terms, Padilla couldn’t run again “growler” of beer? was passed by Congress in 1992. It required In a report released in 2014, the state audi- because of term limits, and Ortiz was elected A ferociously good question, Thinkin’ that all toilets sold in the United States use 1.6 tor slammed the two, saying they made $900 treasurer and took office in January 2013. Drinker! Ever see a friend carrying a gallons of water or less per flush (gpf). million in investments that were not in the Padilla then became his investment officer. fat-bellied glass bottle into a bar and think, Thus, the roaring flush of the pres- public’s best interest, that they gave prefer- “Is she headed onstage to play jug in a sure-assisted toilet was born. Residential ential treatment to some investment brokers In their time together, Padilla and Ortiz put hillbilly band?” pressure-assisted toilets don’t really look and that Padilla probably broke laws. No much of the county’s $270 million portfolio While it’s not impossible (especially in the any different from the gravity commodes; charges have been filed against either man. into long-term investments, some as long as South), it’s more likely that your friend is the pressure system is hidden in the tank. 20 years. That’s improper for governments taking that bottle, also known as a growler, It’s when you flush that you really hear the In November 2013, the Bernalillo County because they need money available to pay to be refilled with her favorite brewski. difference. A pressure-assisted toilet uses Commission, in an attempt to express its bills and meet payrolls. Bernalillo County, for Growlers weren’t always bottles. Draft beer a burst of compressed air to force water frustration with Ortiz, unanimously ap- instance, spends $25 million a month. was originally transported from the bar in a through the bowl at a velocity higher than proved a vote of “no confidence” in the steel pail. The lids were not airtight, so when gravity flow – and with great suction comes a treasurer. Not long after that, the county At one point, because Ortiz and Padilla had the full pails were being carried home, the great cacophony. rewrote its investment policy and hired – at a tied up the county’s money in long-term in- sloshing would cause the carbonated beer cost to taxpayers – an outside firm to oversee vestments, the county had trouble meeting its said Brian Sanderoff, president of the Albuquerque to release CO2, which produced a rumbling Ortiz’s investments. payroll. That’s when the investment scandal broke Dear Sassy Lass: Why is it so damned polling firm, Research & Polling Inc. growl. into the news. windy here in Albuquerque? You can’t “There are a lot of people who don’t take the time The term “growler” first got the attention As a result, the county sold off its long-term invest- get past noon on a mild or warm day [to delve into issues, candidates and controversies]. of the press in the 1880s, with an article from The U.S. Securities and Exchange ments, rewrote its investment policy and hired an without having to face down a howling However, oftentimes, they do ultimately figure it the June 20, 1883, edition of New Jersey’s wind. Commission is investigating outside firm to oversee Ortiz’s investments. To get out,” Sanderoff said. Trenton Times claiming that “It is called the As someone who spends each year sniffling the cash it needed, the county took a $17 million loss Padilla and Ortiz to determine In recent years, two ethically challenged state growler because it provokes so much trouble and wheezing her way through these as well as a $10 million hit on lost interest income. whether they improperly accepted legislators – Ray Begay and Mary Jane Garcia, both in the scramble after beer.” allergen-laden winds, I can attest to how Democrats – lost their seats to Republican opponents Back in the day, before antidrinking blustery it gets in Burque come April and gifts from brokers and violated after news of their missteps broke, Sanderoff said, At one point, because Ortiz and workplace policies and child protective May – especially in the afternoons. In fact, the county’s code of ethics suggesting that voters do sometimes pay attention. services, working-class kids would fill pails of Albuquerque’s average wind speed in May is Padilla had tied up the county’s A key to the treasurer’s race is who votes in freshly poured draft beer at the local pub, 10 mph, with calm conditions occurring just And now, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Democratic primaries. In the recent past, turnout has money in long-term investments, then “rush the growlers” down to Daddy’s 6 percent of the time. So why does spring Commission is investigating Padilla and Ortiz to job site so he could have a cold one on his hovered around 20 percent in county primaries. But the county had trouble in the 505 blow so hard (pun intended)? see whether they improperly accepted gifts from lunch break. Democratic primary voters are often older than 50 Atmosphere and temperature. brokers and violated the county’s code of ethics. meeting its payroll It’s believed that the glass bottle and are generally more educated and more informed The strongest winds aloft are associated In time, growler was revived in 1989 by Wyoming than the average voter. And they “tend to read with the jet stream. In springtime, the the SEC Padilla has repeatedly claimed that he has done micro-brewer Charlie Otto. These days, jet stream transitions from its southerly newspapers,” Sanderoff said. nothing wrong and that, in fact, he made the county eco-friendly tipplers prefer reusing their will release displacement back to higher latitudes, but millions of dollars in interest income over the years. growlers to save money and to cut down on its find- it still often hangs around our neck of the Ortiz, who was the subject of a failed citizen recall the amount of cans and bottles going to the ings. But ‘It’s always interesting to speak to woods. Because spring also has more hours on June 7, effort, claims in a lawsuit that the County Commis- dump. of daylight, surface heating increases. voters, and to, generally speaking, Bernalillo sion conspired against him. Heated surface air rises and is replaced by County see how much they do pay The November 2014 audit by the State Auditor’s Dear Sassy Lass: Toilets used to create air from higher levels, which has stronger voters Office blasted both Padilla and Ortiz. a quiet swirl of water and waste, then wind speeds. The higher the sun sits in attention to the issues of the will have “The County Treasurer’s Office has not established voila! All gone. Now, the quest for wa- the sky, the higher the wind speeds. As day and controversies’ a chance adequate procedures to determine its cash flow ter savings has made them exceedingly the sun goes down, the surface cools, the Patrick Padilla Manny Ortiz — Pollster Brian Sanderoff needs and did not make prudent investment deci- loud. What makes these new toilets atmosphere becomes more stable, and wind to tell the sions that maintained the liquidity necessary to meet more powerful — and more noisy? speeds slow down. world “That is the group of people who might be aware of the County’s daily cash requirement,” the audit said. What a fitting follow-up to a question Thanks to Deirdre Kann, science and whether they care about the bad government Padilla the types of controversies we have seen in the media Then-auditor Hector Balderas also blasted Padilla about beer consumption, Waste Wonk. operations officer with the Albuquerque and Ortiz have given them and the tax increase they [regarding Padilla and Ortiz],” he added. and Ortiz. Where else do we end up visiting after a office of the National Weather Service, for caused, or whether they just accept the abuse. drink than the loo? But if the commode “You’ve got the second challenge that voters face, her gracious assistance with this question. “I am deeply concerned that public officials who in the loo has a pressure-assisted flushing Does the public pay attention? and that is to go and do their homework and figure out are entrusted with the investment of public funds system, its flush might startle you enough to Got Qs? The Sassy Lass might have “It’s always interesting to speak to voters, and which of the other two candidates they prefer,” he said. violated their fiduciary duties. These violations make you need another drink. some As! Send your questions to to, generally speaking, see how much they do pay Also running for the Democratic nomination for of law and clear abuses of taxpayer resources are The original toilet design relies on gravity [email protected] today. attention to the issues of the day and controversies,” treasurer are Chistopher J. Sanchez and Nancy unacceptable,” Balderas said. to flush. When you flush, a lever in the tank Your question could be next. cont. on page 8 6 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS how to COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 7 How to: Steer Clear of Serial Killers on Tinder Lujan Grisham Makes the First Moves Film: ‘The Friendship Village’ BY T. CHRISTIAN MILLER by sayrah namastÉ PROPUBLICa Toward the Governor’s Office BY JOE MONAHAN ou probably of one of his favorite films, an antiwar brief recap: When last we met, Instagram pic of your besties on the ith Primary in the state has slumped since her Yhave seen the documentary called “The Friendship A ProPublica had just launched a beach. But in the end, at least one user WElection ‘16 ill-fated holiday staff “pizz-ah” party ubiquitous Don Village.” The 51-minute film follows a bunch of fun new features, of which this wrote that she used image search to dis- bombing at the box at a Santa Fe hotel. Martinez’s widely Schrader around Native American veteran, George Mizo, is allegedly one. The idea of this column cover that her match had posted a recent office due to the condemned behavior in reacting to town. He stands out who builds a village in Vietnam for is to share with you, dear readers, some picture of himself on Facebook – with his lack of important noise complaints from the party cast because he wears children deformed by Agent Orange. of the digging skills that investigative girlfriend. Nice catch! local races, the her in a new light. That polling shows little clothing besides Mizo worked alongside the Vietnamese jean cutoffs and a general responsible for killing the rest of reporters use on a daily basis. After all, political junkies Martinez below the important 50 LinkedIn rainbow beanie. his platoon. we’re not the only ones that need to find are bailing out and percent approval mark (ranging from 46 Don is known for his radical political It was Don’s conscientious objection to out stuff. LinkedIn came in as the second most- skipping ahead to to 48 percent) and it’s mainly due to her views, which he shares through letters the Vietnam War that brought him to used tool because it turns out that not Campaign ‘18 when the high-stakes loss of support among Democrats. We threw the door open to questions: to the editors of local papers, consistent New Mexico in 1970 when the Menno- every guy is really a Goldman Sachs gubernatorial contest will again be on What magical investigative reporter public comments at City Council meet- nites provided him alternative service to partner. So if your match lists a company the ballot. superpowers would you like to pos- She has an easy ings, as well as a 20-year stint on public the military. name, LinkedIn’s advanced search is They’re getting plenty of encourage- sess? The ability to bring evil corporate access television. Veterans for Peace Albuquerque and ment to look ahead from Democratic re-election bid to secure polluters to their knees? To expose a highly recommended truth detector. He describes himself as “the most well- Stop the War Machine are helping him U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham. She’s corruption on some school board failing If you have only a company name and a third term in the U.S. known war-tax refuser, living simply en- show the film at 6 p.m., Friday, May already signaling that she will do some- our children? first name of your match, use the “Past thusiast, all raw vegetarian, piss drinker 20, at the Albuquerque Peace & Justice thing that has never happened before House of Representatives No, you said. It was how to research Company” or “Industry” search box to for health, openly gay man and nudist Center, 202 Harvard Drive SE. There will by deciding not to seek re-election in this November leaving triangulate to make sure you’ve found in Albuquerque.” His local celebrity be frito pies and an opportunity to talk your Tinder match. (See note at end of 2018 and instead run for the Democratic the right person. her free to roam about on status has earned him a postcard created with Don himself about how to be a story). How, many of you wanted to gubernatorial nomination. Not every professional is on LinkedIn, by Guerrilla Graphix, which produces war-tax resister, or maybe hear him know, can I find out more about this Meanwhile, she has an easy re-election multiple campaign trails of course, so I’ve found it helpful to type “Better Call Saul,” “Breaking Bad”and share the health benefits of one drinking right-swiped, photo-ready Prince or bid to secure a third term in the U.S. in a person’s name and use Google’s Route 66 paraphernalia. one’s own piss. For more information, Princess Charming with the cute smile? from Tinderites. For some, this may be old hat. But House of Representatives this November It seems the most likely Democratic special “site:” search term. If you search “T. Chris- Don has organized a public showing call (505) 268-9557. I decided the way to figure this out was by report- I was enlightened. Next time, I’ll talk about what leaving her free to roam about on primary voters are ready for some red tian Miller” and “site:propublica.org,” Google will ing – a solution to many of life’s most important I might do as an investigative reporter with a few multiple campaign trails. meat and Lujan Grisham is ready to give search just our website for my name. So put in your things. Not being a user, (happily together, same additional tools in my tool box. Never mind that it’s two full years them a taste. Balderas is more prone match’s name, and restrict your Google search to his amazing woman, almost 27 years), I figured that What became clear is that most people I chatted away from the ‘18 primary. Given a to stick to a vegetarian diet – thus far or her company’s website to find out if they’re job Tinder veterans would have the best advice. with did basic web searching to figure out if some- promising outlook for the Dems to take ignoring pleas to take a more aggressive posing. stance against the administration. His So I set up an account and created a profile that body’s “coffee worthy,” as one respondent put it. If back the governor’s chair, Lujan Grish- Political Pole less partisan course could keep his identified me as a ProPublica reporter looking for that’s as far as you want to dig, I’d add that Google, Facebook am’s early positioning appears designed overall approval numbers high, but tips on how people background their matches. I got LinkedIn, Instagram and other sites have advanced to clear the field of competitors. About the only substantial piece of info that Tinder that would be for naught if it hurts his scores of responses, which made me feel artificially Her most high-profile potential search tools that are far better than the regular provides is whether you have a Facebook connection chances in a Democratic primary. liked. But the responses also generated excellent search box. If you know your match’s Twitter han- opponent is Attorney General Hector in common with your match. Many folks reach out Balderas. The fast-rising 42-year-old, By hitting the accelerator hard so early tips. dle, for example, you can find out where and when to the connection first, before deciding which way to elected in 2014, made a splash with his in the going, Lujan Grisham opens her- As it turns out, Tinder provides an interesting he’s been sending his 140 characters of genius by swipe. “The Facebook connections help me to figure prosecution of former GOP Secretary self to criticism from her foes. And she’s problem to an investigative reporter. The app using Twitter’s advanced search. out if someone is worth knowing,” one Tinderite of State Dianna Duran and is further getting some. They say in her two terms provides precious little information. You might get a But some Tinderites were more hard core. Among told me. “It also helps to sort out the real from fake burnishing his corruption fighting in the U.S. House of Representatives she match’s first name, maybe a last initial. Perhaps a job their tricks: or ‘catfish’ profiles.” My biggest continuing com- credentials with the prosecution of has not carved out any area of specialty, title or company name. Maybe a few details in the Image search plaint with Facebook: I find their graph search tool former State Sen. Phil Griego. lacks attention to detail and, overall, user profile. lame. Lujan Grisham, a former two-term Ber- has an unremarkable record. I came to believe that hiring editors at investiga- You may be familiar with Google’s image search nalillo County commissioner who also Republicans are also early adopters tive shops should make the Tinder Test part of job page and click on the camera icon in the search box. The Chat served a stint as state health secretary when it comes to the ‘18 contest. interviews: “How many facts can you turn up on From there, upload a photo of your potential mate, Once you’ve matched up with somebody, you get and before that as head of the state Already, Lt. Gov. John Sanchez and this guy’s swipes in 30 minutes?” and Google searches for similar photos across the to chat with them via text. Here is where you can do office of aging, is taking the more direct Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry are in a below-the-radar race for their party’s When in doubt, I recall a favorite all-time movie Internet. Tin Eye offers a similar service. You often some gentle sleuthing. Ask for a cell phone number, approach in appealing to likely primary nomination. Sanchez may be the lieu- quote, from “A Fistful of Dollars”: “A man’s life get back search results that reveal the person’s full for instance, and do a Whitepages reverse phone voters. Unlike Balderas, she has begun tenant governor to Martinez but there in these parts often depends on a mere scrap of name or workplace. Hopefully, not mug shots from search to see if you can find a full name. Or ask attacking the policies of Republican Gov. is no love lost between the two and information,” Clint Eastwood’s character, Joe, tells a the county jail. Susana Martinez. Because the governor what they do for a living, and perhaps get a job title her political machine is clearly in Berry’s family gang member. It’s a great thing for an investi- There’s only one hitch. Tinder works on your has been largely off limits from direct or company name that will allow you to go back to corner. Plus, Sanchez was recently gative reporter to keep in mind. phone. Google’s image search works on your desk- and public criticism by high-level state LinkedIn. A casual remark about a recent business stung by a news report questioning his Democrats (for a variety of reasons) It nicely emphasizes just how valuable real top. Uniting the two requires some work. trip could lead you to search Instagram by dates, to campaign finances, a sure sign that his Lujan Grisham’s foray into that territory information is (versus whatever is on the front of a One weird trick that really works: Screenshoot the see if they’re telling the truth. role as front-runner for the nomination grabbed the political community by the Kardashian page today). But it’s also key to my own image of your Tinder match on your phone. Then However, many respondents warned me that is causing his foes to fret. collar. process. Each little bit of information adds up. And upload that image from your phone via a cool little people are on guard during the chats. Asking for a Then there’s the matter of other “Everybody agrees we need to diver- each bit of information can lead you to more, like a tool, developed by tech guru and blogger Amit last name can be fraught. candidates from both sides of the aisle sify the economy. But how? Clearly, the divining rod with aptitude. In the end, it’s the accre- Agarwal (at: http://ctrlq.org/google/images/). It “There is some tension about when to ask for possibly joining the fray. There’s still governor’s policies have not resulted in tion of information, those layers of multiple sources sends the photo to Google’s image search, and you someone’s name,” one correspondent wrote. “Too plenty of time. economic growth. Instead, we have less and multiple pieces of data, that produces the gold. get the results back on your phone browser. early, and it’s weird, and too late, and it’s well, too With so many plots and subplots in tax revenue for state government and The first scrap you need in researching a stranger I found the link a little buggy, requiring you to use play, no wonder the political junkies are late.” few options to make the investments already fixated. It will take them at least is obvious: their full name, or at least enough of it it a couple of times to get it working, for instance. And an office Tinderite colleague just rolled her we need in this state,” Lujan Grisham two years to figure it all out. so you can use it. Then, you need one other detail, And the image searches work best on professional eyes when I asked if she would use the chat to wrote in a recent op-ed. a year of birth, a college name, to get you on your photographs – real estate agents, attorneys and sales inquire whether their match had recently visited any Lujan Grisham’s attack on Martinez’s Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico way. But how? folks who display pictures on corporate websites. countries that were, say, plagued by the Zika virus. policies comes amid a round of new politics. His daily blog can be found at This utility pole on Guadalupe Trail NW just north of Montaño Road is plastered with Today’s installment will focus on the tips I got It’s less accurate for purely social media snaps, that Those are tips from the Tinder users who polling that shows Martinez’s popularity joemonahan.com pro-Bernie Sanders and anti-Hillary Clinton posters. cont. on page 10 8 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS columns/NEWS An Ex-cop’s Fear: COUNTY TREASURER, page 5 Not the first time Sanderoff said the public has to be re- Living in a Police State In the early 1990s, during his first minded continually of wrongdoings by BY dan klein term as treasurer, Padilla was in the public figures before it actually sinks in. “I think the public cares, but it’s a t’s summer 1942, to others under the Constitution? Or did news for a similar scandal. Back Iand you watch you say it didn’t involve you? Or did you then, he had also put the county’s question of whether it has been in the as police officers complain that others asking for the same money into long-term investments. In news enough as to whether voters A Cop’s descend on your rights you enjoy somehow would harm addition, he was accused of churning will remember [wrongdoings] when neighbor’s house. you? the county’s investment accounts, they walk into the voting booth,” View You have known the Would you take in the children of those meaning he was making more trades Sanderoff said. “It takes a certain neighbors for many illegal immigrants whose only crime was than necessary that led to commis- amount of frequency and redundancy years and never trying to provide their children a better sions paid to favored brokers. to translate into consequences in the had a problem with life? Would you say they caused their own Padilla was charged with misuse of voting booth.” them. The officers problems because they should have waited public funds. At trial, he was acquitted quickly force the neighbor, his wife and years to be citizens? Would you turn your by a jury of all charges. Voters appar- Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor children into a police van, and they drive back on their children while caring for ently forgot all that when, in 2005, they at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at away, forced to leave all their property your own children? elected him treasurer again. [email protected] behind as they are placed in internment This has been a dilemma that I have camps. Their crime? Being Americans of thought about for years. Japanese ancestry. How would I have acted if I were a mem- It’s springtime in 1965 in Selma, Ala., ber of the Alabama State Patrol on the Free-Spending County Commission and you watch as protesters, peacefully Edmund Pettus Bridge that day in 1965? marching for equal rights, are beaten, Would I have tried to stop the violence Wrestles with Tax-aholism attacked with police dogs and shot with my fellow officers were inflicting upon BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI high-pressure water from fire hoses. Their American citizens who simply wanted to crime? Being Black in the South and not be treated as equals? Or would I have he Bernalillo County Commission behavioral health program, and $10 accepting their predesignated position in joined in the beatings? Tavoided a tax increase in next million a year is going to the operat- life. If I had been a member of a California year’s budget by agreeing to make ing budget, which for fiscal year 2017 It’s 2011, and you are standing in line police department in 1942, would I have $19 million in cuts. But those cuts is $256.7 million. at any number of county clerks’ offices in blamed every American of Japanese were temporary fixes that solved no And the first reaction of some America as a gay couple is attempting to ancestry for Pearl Harbor? Would I have long-term financial issues, and the county officials this year when the obtain a marriage license. They are denied smiled as I forced American families to commission will face the same budget $19 million deficit became apparent but refuse to leave until police officers suffer in internment camps? Or would I problems again next year. was to again ask taxpayers to give are called and arrest them. Their crime? have refused to act, stating that this was And the issue for the commission more of their money to county Wanting the same rights and benefits that an illegal, unconstitutional act? that is getting a reputation for government. other married couples receive. sticking its hands in taxpayers’ wallets Next year won’t be any different. It’s 2016 in Maricopa County, Ariz. You will be the same: Match spending to “We’re going to be in the same watch as deputies take your middle-aged How would I have acted income, or match income to desired position next year if there is no rev- neighbor and his wife away, while their if I were a member of the spending. That translates to either enue,” O’Malley said. “Revenue has children scream and cry for them to stop. keeping spending flat, or reducing it, not gone up, but expenses continue Their crime? Working illegally in the Alabama State Patrol or raising taxes. to go up. Essentially, we will have to United States for 20 years. Their children on the Edmund Pettus With one exception – outgoing institute the same cuts if we don’t get were born here; they were not. They will Commissioner Art De La Cruz – the Bridge that day in 1965? the new revenue.” be deported and the children raised by, players will be the same: Republican O’Malley isn’t quite right on that. who knows? commissioners Wayne Johnson and Because of Albuquerque’s status as a Since 2010, the two main drivers of Police officers swear an oath to protect Lonnie Talbert, who oppose tax hikes, sanctuary city and a welcoming city to general fund revenue – property and their communities, enforce the law and and Democrats Debbie O’Malley and gay couples, I never had to confront these gross receipts taxes – have increased support the Constitution. What does a Maggie Hart Stebbins, who are more issues. But would I have had the courage to $236.1 million annually, or 15.8 police officer do when the majority of a inclined to support them. It’s not to stand up for those members of our percent. community is harming a minority part of known how the new commissioner community? Johnson isn’t buying the idea that the community? When the laws are illegal from the South Valley – who will James Madison, a drafter of our revenues have to go up. One way the and harmful to their community? When be a Democrat – will come down in Constitution, stated that “the Bill of Rights commission helped close next year’s the laws they are supposed to enforce would protect individuals from abuse by regards to cutting spending or raising are in opposition to the Constitution they taxes. budget gap was to order six furlough a majority.” But there have been laws days for nonunion county employees swore to uphold? that violate the Constitution, Bill of Rights But one thing is certain, with the What would you do if your neighbor, exception of the recent cuts, the who make more than $35,000 a year. and humanity. What then? Does a police But to Johnson, that’s “another way an American citizen, was being sent to a officer have a legal and ethical responsibil- county has been on a spending binge in recent years. Its spending on of kicking the can down the road” concentration camp solely because of their ity to his oath, community and nation to basic government services rose by 22 that hasn’t solved anything. faith or ancestry? Would you voice your refuse to enforce those laws? percent in the four years that ended Johnson said the county can reduce opposition? Would you intervene? Would In November, we will have a presidential you jeer at them while they were driven June 30, 2014, which was more than expenses – 70 percent of the budget election. One candidate has stated away? three times the rate of inflation. is related to personnel – by reducing his intention of putting Americans in What would you do if you saw police And, rather than rein in spending, staff through attrition, especially at concentration camps, breaking apart officers beating unarmed, peaceful the county’s seemingly automatic the county jail. The jail hired 90 more American families and bringing back forms protesters? Would you mumble that they response has been to raise taxes. guards several years ago when it had of torture. November is coming: Will we are getting what they deserved? Would Last year, the commission voted 3-2 inmate populations in the 2,400 to live in a police state, or a free state? Which you stand with the protesters? Or would to raise the gross receipts tax by 3,000 range. But the population has do you want? you close your door and say nothing? three-sixteenths of a cent, or $30 declined by half, and Johnson said Did you stand with gay couples who Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police million a year. Of that, $20 million a some of those guard jobs need to simply wanted the same rights guaranteed sergeant. Reach him through Facebook. year is going to fund a still undefined be cut. 10 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS/EVENTS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 11 Immigration, Israeli Human Man Pleads in Hijab Hate Case BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF Two Races, Six Views of the Future NM Political Report Profiles Candidates in a County Commission Race and a House Rights, Beer and Sex North Carolina man pleaded Attorney’s office. Aguilty to threatening the use of Shortly before landing, Payne of Representatives Race with Implications for the Region’s Future Development by sayrah namastÉ force on a Southwest Airlines flight walked up the aisle to where K.A. was Santolina is key issue in Commission Race mmigrants’ stories: The New Mexico aren’t Texas – and its “abstinence first” during which he ripped the hijab from sitting and stopped next to her seat, Quezada echoed this when he said “we need to IFaith Coalition for Immigrant Justice state policy is one of them. Beer & Bands the head of a Muslim woman passenger. told her to take off her hijab, stating BY JOEY PETERS reevaluate our judicial system,” calling the jail the will lead a “Local Immigration Immersion for Better Sex Education is an evening of Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, something to the effect of, “Take it off! “biggest gaping hole” in the county’s budget. He Experience” May 27-29. Learn about the entertainment and activism supporting N.C., entered the plea in New Mexico This is America!” and pulled the hijab s Bernalillo County Commission District 2 also cited his work as a school board member on lived experience of immigrants in our Planned Parenthood New Mexico’s sex U.S. District Court of intentionally off, according to prosecutors. Acandidate Adrián Pedroza recently put it, the APS’s annual budget of more than $1 billion to show community by meeting with families to education programs. The event starts at obstructing the woman, identified A sentencing date was not immedi- issue of Santolina became “front and center” when he’s up to the task of tackling complex budgets. hear their personal stories and struggles. 5:30 p.m., Saturday, June 4, at Tractor as K.A., in the free exercise of her ately set. lawyers and developers behind the controversial Without naming examples, Chavez referred to the Agencies that support immigrants, Brewing’s Wells Park location, 1800 religious beliefs. “This prosecution sends a clear planned community inserted themselves into the county’s “frivolous” spending on contractors, which including health care providers, commu- Fourth St. NW. Court documents show that on Dec. message to anyone who contemplates race by creating a political action committee. he said could be solved with more competitive bids. nity organizers, attorneys and educators, Featured acts include Le Chat Luna- 11, 2015, Payne and K.A. were on the use of threats or intimidation to Pedroza, one of three candidates running to fill No candidate supported furloughs or layoffs of also will be present. The $100 fee board a Southwest Airlines flight from interfere with the right of individuals, the term-limited Art De La Cruz’s seat, is vocally county employees as a means to fix the deficit. includes three meals and transportation. A recipient of the Gandhi Chicago to Albuquerque. K.A. was including members of our Muslim opposed to the development. Of the more than 1,000 Scholarships are available. RSVP by wearing a religious headscarf, known community, to express their faith people in the district that Pedroza says he’s talked to Trying to kickstart change in calling (505) 217-5846. Peace Award in 2011, as a hijab. Payne was seated several without fear,” said New Mexico U.S. since beginning his campaign last year, he contends Stabbed rabbi speaks: A few months ABQ’s International District Ascherman will rows behind K.A. and did not know Attorney Damon P. Martinez. only one of them voiced support for Santolina. ago, the shocking image of a rabbi be- speak about human her. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is “They can’t imagine how the county would be byym andy l an ing attacked by an Israeli settler armed supporting and thinking about putting public with a knife went viral. Rabbi Arik rights in Israel Payne admitted in court that he saw committed to protecting the religious ne of Albuquerque’s most diverse legislative that K.A. was wearing a hijab and was rights of Muslims in New Mexico by resources towards a new city with 40,000 homes in Ascherman, co-founder of Rabbis for an area that doesn’t exist,” said Pedroza, a develop- Odistricts has seen three different representatives Human Rights, survived the attack with tique, Albuquerque Aerialist Collective aware that it is a religious practice of aggressively prosecuting those who in the past two years. Muslim women to wear a headscarf, wish to perpetrate hate crimes against ment director at the South Valley-based Partnership minor injuries. A recipient of the Gandhi and Cali Shaw. The pre-show VIP for Community Action. “When people try to get sold Now voters in House District 21 have three choices Peace Award in 2011, Ascherman will tour and tasting features food from according to a statement from the U.S. them,” Martinez said. on, ‘This is jobs for the district,’ they say, ‘Well, we in the upcoming Democratic primary. No Republi- speak about human rights in Israel and Artichoke Café and music by Robb want jobs in our existing communities, not jobs in a can is running in the race, which means the winner Palestine from 7-9 p.m., Thursday, June Janov. General admission is $15, and VIP of the June primary will almost certainly be the next majority of these were within the community that doesn’t exist.’” 2, at Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Admission is $50. The event is sponsored news summary, Page 2 representative from the district Albuquerque Police Department. Robert Chavez, one of Pedroza’s opponents in the 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. For more by Self Serve Sexuality Resource Center, The game of musical chairs began when Tim information call (505) 220-1994. Equality New Mexico, and Transgender — NM Political Report upcoming Democratic primary, argues this type of Keller, then a state Senator, ran for State Auditor. Supporting sex education: There Resource Center of New Mexico. Rape kits outspokenness by Pedroza might bar him from ac- Keller won. The Bernalillo County Commission are many reasons to be glad that we New Mexico’s state auditor is gearing Sued tually voting on Santolina issues as a commissioner. — Sayrah Namasté voted to appoint Mimi Stewart, also a Democrat, as up for the next step in clearing the Commissioners vote on development projects as a paid for billboards in support of his candidacy. The federal government has sued the his replacement. Stewart represented the district for backlog of untested sexual assault quasi-judicial body, which means they’re supposed The billboards reference his most famous credit – a city of Española, saying it is trespass- nearly 20 years before her move to the Senate. evidence kits, or rape kits, through- to act as impartial as possible to any decision before supporting role as DEA Special Agent Steven Gomez ing on the Pueblo of Santa Clara’s The commissioners then chose community activist out the state. State Auditor Tim them. on AMC’s TV series “Breaking Bad.” lands by refusing to pay the tribe for Stephanie Maez to replace Stewart. After serving Keller said his office will conduct a “Pedroza has been very clear he’s against ev- Quezada denounced the billboards and pointed to the rights-of-way the city uses on one year, Maez, again a Democrat, resigned to focus statewide survey of law enforcement erything that Santolina stands for,” said Chavez, his vote against Santolina on the APS school board. those lands for its water and sewer on her family – her son was charged with murder in agencies and an audit of eight police a maintenance operations supervisor with Al- “I don’t owe nobody nothing,” he said. lines. The complaint, filed in U.S. 2015. agencies to get an idea of how rape District Court in Albuquerque, said buquerque Public Schools who retired from the Hop-scotch kits are tested. “We are working the city obtained four miles of rights- Albuquerque Police Department. Moving in, out Quezada contended that he’s “not a fan” of Santo- with law enforcement agencies and of-way from the pueblo in the early That said, Chavez added that he won’t support lina “because what it is is you’re skipping over what The commission ultimately chose Idalia Lechu- stakeholders to shine a light on what 1980s under the provisions of the any of the 80 different public subsidies Santolina I’m trying to fix.” ga-Tena to replace Maez last November but not changes are needed to eliminate the Indian Right-of-Way Act. But those developers are seeking from the county. “You’re skipping the Southwest Mesa and the before she faced some scrutiny for her address and backlog and keep it from happening rights expired in 1994 and 2002. The “I hope I make this as clear as possible: I will not South Valley to build a whole new community voting record. again,” Keller said in a statement. pueblo and the city haven’t been able agree to that,” Chavez said. “There are too many when, hey man, we’re dying down here,” he said. According to records of the Bernalillo County Last year, Keller’s office found that to come up with a new deal, despite things in our own community that need to be dealt “What about us?” Clerk’s office, Lechuga-Tena changed the address on there were more than 5,000 untested 10 years of negotiations. with.” Quezada said he is in support of development in her voter registration to the Warren Sandia Apart- evidence kits around the state. A — ABQ Free Press Staff ‘Don’t owe nothing’ the Southwest Mesa, where he lives, and he said he ments, a complex that allows short-term leases and Steven Michael Quezada, a member of the APS suspects that’s why Santolina’s backers support him. sits within the boundaries of District 21. Lechu- how to, Page 6 Board of Education and actor and comedian, is the Commissioners, of course, will have to face other ga-Tena made the change just days before the com- only candidate who wouldn’t completely rule out issues, such as the current deficit of $19 million. The mission appointed Maez. Two months after Maez’s responded to my callout. For the next swipe right on the person’s picture, the proposed subsidies. candidates can be short on specifics when it comes appointment, Lechuga-Tena changed her address column, I’ll discuss some of the tools it means you’re interested in them. “I have to worry about, ‘Are we doing it right? Are to ideas on fixing the deficit. back to her previous, out-of-district, residence – but that an investigative reporter uses Swipe left, and you reject them. You we doing it fair?’” Quezada said. “I’ve got to look at Pedroza said he favors looking at existing county not for long. to do a full deep dive. Tinder for the get matched when people swipe right all that from all angles before I make a decision.” programs to “make sure we’re getting results” and Nine months later, Lechuga-Tena changed her voter registration back to the Warren Sandia Apart- Truly Paranoid. when your picture comes up on their Quezada, for example, questioned whether reject- “cut the ones that are not working.” ments, about two miles from her original residence. Finally, my editor made me write screen. Tinder connects you via text ing tax subsidies – paying for infrastructure for real Jail spending This address change came five days before the this for those not familiar with Tinder. chat. estate development with gross receipts and property This is what we call context for the taxes the developments are expected to generate – Pedroza also said he wants to “look seriously” commission appointed her to fill the vacancy. Now reader. Tinder is a matchmaking T. Christian Miller joined ProPublica in means that the future Santolina will become another at reducing county spending at the Metropolitan Lechuga-Tena owns a house in the district and said service that runs as an application on 2008 as a senior reporter based in Wash- Pajarito Mesa – a colonia where people are building Detention Center and attempt to get Albuquerque to she’s ready to put her address changes behind her. smart phones. You download the app, ington, D.C. He spent the previous 11 homes in southwest in Bernalillo County without help pay for the jail. “I’ll be honest, I did move four blocks because and link it to your Facebook account. years reporting for the Los Angeles Times. running water and electricity. “There’s a lot of money being dumped into MDC,” my house that I own in La Mesa Neighborhood After that, Tinder presents you with Send questions, ideas, and ribald insights Questions about Quezada arose after the Santo- he said. “We need to look at how we can reduce the Association was four blocks from the district,” photos of other Tinder users. If you to [email protected], or @txtianmiller lina-backed PAC, New Mexicans for New Mexico, jail population.” cont. on page 12 12 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS news feature ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 13 Where are the Trees a Neighborhood Needs? BY ALAN HALL Why Did We Take This Photo? ell us what this thing is, and win four tickets to the Duke City Gladiators’ arena ordy Andersen of Albuquerque was the first to respond to the alfway between Interstate 40 and Quemado, wildlife and erosion control. These are good reasons, Tfootball team’s game against the Amarillo Venom at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, at Gphoto in our May 4-May 17 issue: Hstate Hwy. 117 crosses the “North Plains,” an but the most compelling reason for planting trees, Tingley Coliseum. The “thing” in the photo is something publicly visible around town. old lava flow. The builders avoided the expense of and nurturing them, is to reaffirm our understand- If you know what it is, tell us with as much detail and context as you can. Send your You are featuring a photo of two of the gargoyles adorning the cuts and fills by laying the asphalt almost directly on ing that the debt owed to our forbearers must be answers to [email protected] by 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 25. Gertrude Zachary Castle on Second Street between Lead and Coal. the natural surface, and as the motorist crosses the paid by investing for the benefit of future genera- Gertrude was a German immigrant who lived and went to college North Plains, one’s vehicle repeatedly rises and falls tions. in Michigan. After moving to Albuquerque, she decided that she as it traverses the long, gentle swells of an ancient, We certainly could do better. Take, for example, could “improve” on traditional Native American jewelry. With no frozen sea. Cottonwood Mall on Albuquerque’s West Side. It’s background in design or jewelry, she “invented” “Contemporary Some years ago, at the crest of one of those swells, attractive enough, as such places go, but as one Native Jewelry,” incorporating gaudy gemstones and design elements I happened to look toward the east and saw the painfully squints across the roasting parking lot on a that have about as much to do with Southwestern style as gargoyles outline of a white ranch house several miles off. hot summer afternoon, he may be forgiven for think- do. In the longstanding tradition of 20th and 21st century Anglos Although I was born and raised in the West and am ing that a more accurate name would be “Asphalt who move to the West for a New Age/Southwestern Experience, she no stranger to lonesome vistas, something about this Mall.” There is landscaping, but it is on a small scale. would arrange gemstones on a table and wait for them to talk to her dwelling gave the sense that it was not just isolated Despite the name, there are no shade trees – cotton- and create the design. but was forsaken. woods or otherwise. One of her visions included building a quasi-Victorian castle in the As my truck descended into the trough, my mind The owners of the mall, of course, would protest heart of one of Albuquerque’s numerous skid rows. From all indi- filled in the probable details: shabby construction that big trees are high maintenance and a liability cations, she was a strong, independent woman who lived alone and covered with dirty stucco. A screen door without a problem and that they require a lot of water. It’s true grew her own business that must have afforded her some success as screen. A bare dirt yard amply decorated with flat- checked curtains, and out of them came the sound of that big trees can be messy and expensive, just like indicated by her ability to open two stores to peddle her semiplagia- tened oil and beer cans. Every cholla in the vicinity a woman’s whistling and the smell of freshly baked teenagers. But rightly or wrongly, we continue to ristic wares and of course bearing a plastic bag, flapping in the breeze. And pie (peach pie, to be exact). put up with teenagers. As for the water conservation create the arguably kitschy, arguably eyesore show- inside, an old bachelor glumly living his life out of My truck again dropped into the trough, the house argument, it is only partly correct. Our vast ex- a frying pan. It was a vision of rural New Mexico room/home that features fell out of view, and I pondered how those trees had panses of pavement are perfect for water harvesting; that my job had made familiar and required little an eclectic mish-mash of changed my impression so entirely. it takes only a little planning to direct the runoff to imagination. Gothic, Victorian, stained The cottonwoods were all by themselves on a where it’s needed. But as I topped the next crest and looked again glass windows and of course, featureless expanse, so they obviously had been Nor are there, regrettably, any shade trees in our toward the house, I saw a detail that I had missed: gargoyles. Gertrude died in planted, and planted long ago. By now, their roots newer subdivisions. It isn’t that they haven’t yet cottonwoods, big ones, towering over the house, may have reached a reliable water source, but in 2013. grown tall; it’s that they haven’t been planted. This their light green foliage just discernable against the their early years, they would have required regular is wrong, very wrong. If you are going to have a nice darker green of the distant hills. attention. Such attention was probably an expendi- neighborhood, you need sidewalks and places close And in an instant, unaided by any conscious ture of time and labor that pioneers could ill afford, enough to walk to, and shade trees. It is just that effort, my mental vision changed completely. The but they had in mind something beyond merely simple. house became a tidy bungalow. On the porch was earning a livelihood. They were building, however a grandpa nursing a cup of coffee, supervising a so humbly, for posterity. Alan Hall is an attorney with the Rodey Law Firm in couple of toddlers tumbling about on a little patch of Every year at Arbor Day, we are encouraged to Albuquerque. He wrote this in recognition of Arbor Day, lawn. The open kitchen windows bore red and white plant trees because of their beauty and benefits to the last Friday in April, which this year fell on April 29.

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Lechuga-Tena said. is making the district safer. Within NM Political Report. KinKaid agreed with Sariñana that Before Lechuga-Tena’s appointment, HD21 is the International District, She said it took about a week before residents want better representation. she admitted to voting before she known by some in the city as the War she realized the House was something “They want someone who actually Find a became a citizen. Zone. Legislators officially named it she could take on – with the help of listens to what’s going on,” KinKaid Vote Absentee Lechuga-Tena said the past is the past the International District and com- others. said. and “it was an honest mistake.” munity stakeholders continue work “It’s going to take a whole bunch of KinKaid also said there is plenty of polling “I never got any letters from the people to fix that area,” Sariñana said. to improve the area in terms of crime room for improvement to make the DA, nothing,” Lechuga-Tena said, and poverty. La Burqueña community safer, stating, “As much Vote referring to when the Clerk’s Office Early “I had students that said, ‘I didn’t Amanda KinKaid grew up on as everybody wanted to rebrand that location forwarded the matter to the Bernalillo do my homework because somebody Albuquerque’s Westside but said she district, it’s still a war zone.” County District Attorney last year. was shooting at my window.’ And it saw an opportunity to improve the KinKaid does not have a campaign The outsider was true,” Sariñana said. areas in the district. website and has almost no online Vote on near you! Sariñana said many residents are Election Day Debra Sariñana, who goes by She changed her address from presence, but said she walks the district Debbie, teaches at Manzano High surprised to see or hear from anyone outside the district to a home near when she’s not working at an optical running. School and has lived in House District Central Avenue and Eubank Boule- shop on the city’s Westside. On the “They said they haven’t seen anybody 21 for most of her life, minus her time vard. political side, she worked in the House www.bernco.gov/myvotecenter for years,” she said. “They’re just look- in the U.S. Air Force. The epitome of a KinKaid is a self-proclaimed “Bur- Majority office in different positions. political outsider, she told NM Politi- ing for someone to represent them.” queña until the end” and said “the cal Report she wasn’t used to talking Sariñana said she had “to be opportunity presented itself” so she Joey Peters and Andy Lyman are (505) 242-VOTE(8683) about herself. convinced” to apply for the appoint- decided to apply for a vacant seat last reporters for NM Political Report, an “I’m a math teacher, so I don’t talk a ment and then to run for the seat. year. She never made it to the nomina- online non-profit news agency. Read whole lot,” she said. “I wasn’t sure I would even know tion process, because the address on more of their political coverage at Sariñana said one of her concerns what to do, exactly,” Sariñana told her resume was in Rio Rancho. NMPoliticalReport.com 14 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS analysis EDITORIAL/CARTOONS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 15 Donald Trump: America’s ABQ Free Press Readers On Clinton, Sanders, Trump 21st Century Goldwater ‘Feel the Bern’ BY BILL HUME BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF And the County Treasurer BY DAN VUKELICH AND WILL FERGUSON rump unprecedented? Perhaps not. his side of the political debate. BQ Free Press readers overwhelming more than 38 percent said Clinton would T For those who have been around for Goldwater muscled past a number of Asupport Bernie Sanders for president do well or extremely well. e’re still for Hillary. many great again,” the anger Trump is building too long, the only Republican presidential opponents, principal of whom was New and believe Donald Trump would be a More than 80 percent of all respondents W We were the first on makes him a serious threat. The Tea Party primary remotely close to the one we York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, whose disaster for America. said they were extremely likely to vote in newspaper in the nation people didn’t go away after the last election. are currently experiencing was the 1964 surname then defined the moderate wing If the election were held during the May the June 7 primary; 94.3 percent said they to endorse Hillary Clinton Sure, they sent a few whack jobs to Congress nomination of Sen. Barry Goldwater of of the Republican Party. Trump trampled 4-13 online poll period, Sanders was the were extremely likely to vote in November. for president when she and made a dysfunctional legislative branch Arizona. The similarities are significant, over a broad field of primary opponents choice of slightly more than 58 percent Based on the political makeup of the re- announced last year. more so, but they’ve been waiting for someone the contrasts stark. – subduing conservatives and relative of all respondents; Hillary Clinton, 17.9 spondents, it was no surprise the harshest But we think she would like Trump to come along. In both cases, the nominee prevailed moderates alike (“moderate Republicans” percent; Donald Trump, 12.9 percent; Gary comments were directed at Trump. be more likely to win in against the will of the GOP establishment, are an endangered species these days). Johnson, 10 percent; and Jill Stein, 0.4 “Trump, very scary anti-women, November and be a better significantly outside the boundaries of percent. president if she picked Bernie anti-nonwhite!” wrote one respondent. This next part is about your tax dollars. We feel contemporary Republican thought. But Slightly more than 63 percent of the Sanders as her running mate. Goldwater’s ‘In your heart, “Dangerous moron,” wrote another. the need to speak up on the Democratic primary where Trump’s platform is grounded in the 279 respondents to our unscientific poll Bringing Bernie on board would guarantee that Clinton did not escape unscathed. race for Bernalillo County treasurer. amorphous slogan “Make America great you know he’s right” was identified themselves as Democrats; 11.5 the millions of young voters Bernie energized “Hillary Clinton. No matter what political As Dennis Domrzalski spells out in an article on again,” Goldwater enunciated a specific parodied by the campaign percent as Republicans; 16.8 percent as over the past several months stay engaged to affiliation you hold, Hillary is a lying, Page 5 in this issue, two men seeking election to far-right policy platform couched in sharp independents; and 8.6 percent as belong- crush Donald Trump in November. of Lyndon Johnson with manipulative, crooked politician who has the office are personally responsible for costing rejection of the Great Depression-era New ing to other parties. As we noted last year, Hillary pledged on the a blatant disrespect for our military. She taxpayers millions of dollars through imprudent Deal public welfare programs and in sharp “In your guts, you know Seventy-seven percent of all respondents day of her announcement to get big corporate should be in prison,” wrote one reader. investments. confrontation with the Soviet Union. he’s nuts’ said Donald Trump would perform money out of politics. We believe she can do it. Manny Ortiz, the incumbent, and his tag-team Goldwater’s rhetoric excited some, poorly or extremely poorly as president. More-detailed results of our Presidential Just as only Nixon could go to China, we believe partner, Patrick Padilla, have for years treated scared others: “I would remind you that But consider this: Goldwater is credited Seventy-one percent said Sanders would only Hillary has the political will and the skill to Preference Poll can be found online at the Bernalillo County Treasurer’s Office like their extremism in the defense of liberty is no with kicking off the 20th century conserva- perform well or extremely well. A little do it. freeabq.com own personal crap game – making ill-advised vice. And let me remind you also that tive movement in the GOP that culminated If fixing a corrupt campaign system is the only trades, allegedly favoring friendly brokers and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no in the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. thing she accomplishes as president, it will be costing county taxpayers money. virtue.” It seems tame in retrospect, but at With the ascendance of Donald Trump, the a truly lasting legacy – one that reverses the They screwed things up so badly that the the time, those words were widely viewed ideology of the GOP is in disarray. nation’s slide into the ooze of corporate influence Statewide Poll: High Negatives county had to hire an investment adviser to do as a call to excess. The New York Times recently listed the and voter irrelevance. their jobs for them. The state auditor slammed Goldwater’s “In your heart, you know major differences between Trump and Having Bernie at her side will unite the their business practices and thinks laws were he’s right” was parodied by the campaign Republican orthodoxy: He is to the left of For Both Clinton, Trump Democratic Party. Having Bernie at the table will broken. The U.S. Securities and Exchange of Lyndon Johnson with “In your guts, you the party on trade, closer to Democrats on BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF guarantee that Hillary looks after the working Commission is investigating. know he’s nuts.” some economic issues, more hardline on poor who believe Bernie’s progressive approach Padilla survived a criminal corruption trial in “In your heart, you know he might” was immigration, is a foreign policy isolation- statewide poll of New Mexico voters Clinton was scheduled to appear on behalf to restructuring our “crony capitalism” economy the 1990s over his investment practices back another reverse phrase, playing on the ist, and is relatively soft on social issues. found that Hillary Clinton would edge of his wife in Albuquerque and Española A can help them. then and, to the discredit of Albuquerque voters, fear of Goldwater in control of nuclear The highest ranking elected Republican out Donald Trump in November by a 41 per- May 24-25. We also believe that while Donald Trump will they later re-elected him. Once he got back weapons. A notorious political ad of the cent to 33 percent margin, with Libertarian Of potential gubernatorial candidates in in the country, House Speaker Paul Ryan, most likely lose to “Crooked Hillary,” as he calls in office, state auditors found he used county times depicted a little girl picking petals November 2017, Attorney General Hector refused to endorse Trump, at least initially, New Mexico ex-Gov. Gary Johnson picking up her, Trump might actually be able to beat “Batshit employees to run personal errands for him. After off a daisy, counting down from 10 to one. Balderas was the pick of 28 percent; Mayor because of doubts about his conservative as much as 14 percent of the remaining vote. Bernie,” or whatever Trump ends up calling two terms, when he couldn’t run again, Padilla Then an image of a nuclear explosion. Richard Berry of 23 percent; Rep. Michelle views. Could it be that Donald Trump will A sizeable percentage – 12 percent of the Sanders if he were the nominee. stepped into the investment officer position and Imagine what the political ads will be emerge as the destroyer of the conserva- poll respondents – said they were not yet Lujan Grisham 13 percent; John Sanchez 13 Politics is the art of compromise – finding anointed Ortiz as his replacement. like this cycle. tive wing of the party? sure who they would vote for – meaning percent; and someone else or “not sure” at common ground to fix things that need fixing. When the county nearly didn’t make payroll Johnson buried Goldwater in one of Of course, it’s way too soon to tell. And undecided voters will play a central role in 24 percent. We believe that only Hillary Clinton and Bernie and Ortiz’s and Padilla’s malfeasance finally the biggest landslides in history in 1964, in any event, it is increasingly apparent a race featuring two well-known candidates In the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Sanders together can repair the damage a surfaced, Ortiz sat in stony silence as the County taking down many GOP members of that a primary motivator for all voters in with high negatives. race, Democratic Bernalillo County Clerk Republican Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court Commission demanded answers. Now, he’s suing Congress in the process. Democrats made this incendiary year is deep disdain for the Translation: A nasty race ahead. Maggie Toulouse Oliver was favored over have inflicted on America. the County Commission, charging he is the victim a clean sweep of all national and state conventional leadership in both parties. The telephone poll done for NM Political Roswell Publican Rep. Nora Ezpinosa 43 to of ethnic discrimination. Oh, and he wants the offices in New Mexico. Trump confounded all the prognosticators Report by Public Policy Polling of Raleigh, 36 percent, with a significant number of county to pay the legal bills he ran up fighting The policies Goldwater advocated with his primary blitzkrieg. Bernie Sanders, N.C., found that Trump has an unfavora- voters – 21 percent – being undecided and an unsuccessful citizen recall effort last year. became the genesis of a renewal of Which brings us to what is fueling Donald with his almost messianic advocacy for bility rating of 60 percent, while Clinton unsure of who they currently favor. For the sake of your tax dollars, do not vote conservative influence in the party. There Trump. bedrock liberal views, could be compared polls unfavorably with 54 percent of voters In the Presidential race, the schism that for either of these two men. was no mistaking what Barry Goldwater Democrats are already licking their chops, to Barry Goldwater in his clarity of expres- questioned. Trump is creating in the Republican Party The other two Democrats in the race are Chis- thought about this and that. He spoke thinking that The Donald’s Epic Fail will lead sion over politi-speech obfuscation. The poll found that Gov. Susana Martinez does not seem to be happening to the topher J. Sanchez, a Treasurer’s Office employee, from conviction, not from focus group-vet- them to take back the House, the Senate, or What seems likely, however, is that if has a 47 percent unfavorable rating, while same degree in New Mexico. Of voters who and Nancy Bearce, a neighborhood activist who ted slogans. both. Even John McCain says that Trump’s Donald Trump emulates Goldwater in 42 percent of voters approve of the job voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, 71 percent on her Facebook page lists past employment at Contrast that picture with today’s candidacy means McCain “is in for the race of going down in a massive landslide loss, the she’s doing and 11 percent are unsure of of them said they favored Trump in a race “Kirkland Air Force Base.” Donald Trump. my life.” identity of the Republican Party will go how they think she’s doing. featuring Trump, Clinton and Johnson. Sanchez has been endorsed by a host of heavy Where Goldwater was a man of rock- But the Democrats had better think again. down with him. When you do “out with The poll’s margin of error was plus or The poll’s 802 respondents were 47 hitters in the Democratic Party, including former solid policy positions, Trump serves up percent Democrat, 41 percent Republican Despite his misogyny, his xenophobia and the old, in with the new” – and then burn minus 3.5 percent. Lt. Gov. Diane Denish. We endorse Sanchez and verbal shots from the hip, bolstered by his and 13 percent independent. Ninety-seven his racism – or maybe because of it – Trump is the new in a political Light Brigade charge The poll did not assess voters’ attitudes pray that his election in November will slam the aura of supreme self-confidence and thinly percent of the respondents said they tapping into the dark side of America and found – there’s little left to clean up. toward Bernie Sanders, who recently door on Ortiz and Padilla and their shenanigans veiled White America First resonance. If planned to vote in November. The poll was the mother lode of anger and fear. opened a New Mexico campaign office for good. American political speech has become too Bill Hume is a former editorial page conducted May 13-15. And it probably wasn’t by accident that Trump constrained by political correctness fears, editor of the Albuquerque Journal and across Central Avenue from UNM. The named a white supremacist as a delegate from Dan Vukelich and Will Ferguson are the Trump’s overt flouting of those constraints later served as a policy adviser to former Clinton campaign opened an office in Las For the full results of this poll, visit California. He actually needs the racist vote. publishers of ABQ Free Press. Reach them Cruces one day later. Former President Bill has imposed a coarse, racial overtone to Gov. Bill Richardson. NMPoliticalReport.com Just as Adolf Hitler promised to “Make Ger- through [email protected] letters ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 17

To the Editor: within the confines of constitutional law if Many thanks to Derick Jones for his I am elected Bernalillo County district at- inspiring article on choosing torney. We need effective prosecutions. The Albuquerque. He chose it for many of the kind of prosecutorial misbehavior allegedly CALLING ALL PETS same reasons I did 13 years ago, although committed by my opponent is unacceptable I would add artistic culture and outdoor and creates distrust in our criminal justice recreational opportunities to the list. I system. am always saddened by the pervasive – Edmund “Ed” Perea negativity of longtime residents who miss the special value of Albuquerque. The To the Editor: essence of Albuquerque is, as Jones stated, Ed Perea’s political smear campaign a place where it is easy to be “known” and deliberately falsifies the truth and the facts. feel connected to your community. I believe The truth is, and Ed Perea knows this, this is unique for a city of our size. It’s time any suggestion that I acted improperly to flaunt it! was taken back, dismissed, and the judge – Cara Gordon Potter corrected the record. As a prosecutor, I put rapists, child abusers, and murderers To the Editor: behind bars. Ed Perea has not. I’m proud I have to say, the ABQ Free Press is a of my record. My political opponents will great little newspaper, and I love the Gary stoop to anything to stop our movement Glasgow cartoons and cover art, but when for reform. This blatant attempt to smear it comes to using photos effectively, you my record only underscores the need for guys suck. real change in our community. Jeffrey Paul sent us You’re even worse than the Journal, and My opponent is launching these attacks this photo of Oscar, an that’s pretty bad. There’s no excuse for that. to cover up the truth about his own record 8-year-old miniature – that as an officer, he was reprimanded I see Mark Holm’s name on your masthead, dachshund. “I adopted and he’s one of the best photojournalists multiple times by APD, including for him a year ago with his in the business. Give him free rein to do failure to properly investigate fellow mem- Send it to sister, Olive,” Jeffrey his thing, and watch the look of the paper bers of the department. At a time when [email protected] improve. holding police accountable for misconduct wrote. “He’s all boy and I know you guys in the editorial chairs and abuse is vital to restoring trust in our Include your name, phone has a sweet personality.” are former Tribunistas, and like the other community, Ed Perea has already shown number, and your pet’s that he cannot be trusted to take action word-herders at the Trib you probably re- name, and we’ll try to sented the volume of space that was taken when necessary. up by photos and graphics. But admit – Raúl Torrez reserve their spot in the pet parade. it— graphically, The Trib kicked ass, and it won plenty of awards to prove it. It died To the Editor: because it was a p.m. paper, not because it Since Roe v. Wade was decided in ran too many photos. 1973, over 50 million unborn children Well, at least you’re not running full-page have died at the hands of abortionists. An ads boasting about your photojournalis- unknown number of women have died as tic excellence, like the Journal has been a result of having a “safe” legal abortion. Taj Mahal trio doing lately. What kind of bullshit is that? Other women have had to undergo Anyone who reads the paper regularly emergency surgery to save their lives after knows that their idea of photojournalism is having a “safe” legal abortion. They have In concert at the Santa Fe pictures of buildings, pictures of signs, and been rendered sterile as a result of these May 26 posed pictures of somebody holding some- surgeries, as have countless other women Market Pavillion thing and staring into the camera (Yawn). whose abortions caused their sterility Even the Daily Lobo can (and does) do without realizing it. 7:30 pm better than that. Surely, with your vast The human carnage of abortion is experience and expertise, ABQ Free Press unknown, and it cannot be calculated. could do at least as well. After the unborn child, women are chief – Shannon Wagers victims of abortion. They die from it, they are mutilated by it, and they suffer from To the Editor: long-lasting emotional problems. Some- The Albuquerque Journal story regard- times they even take their own lives over ing a federal drug case handled by my the burden of guilt they bear having hired opponent in the Democratic primary for someone to kill their own child. In light of Bernalillo County district attorney is very this, why would any woman continue to troubling. This information is a strong support abortion? indication of his lack of judgment handling – Steven Dapra prosecutions. It also casts doubt on his integrity when a federal judge accused him of trying to “unfairly alter” a transcript to ABQ Free Press welcomes letters favor the government’s case against two to the editor and bylined opinion drug suspects. Even his employer, the U.S. pieces, subject to editing by the attorney, wrote that he might have been newspaper for style and length. subject to disciplinary action had the judge’s Letters may appear in print on the newspaper’s website, www.free- order not been modified. abq.com. Writers should include My law enforcement leadership experience their full name and a daytime teaches me that we must ensure fairness. phone number that the newspa- Tickets on sale @ The rule of law must be strictly followed by per’s editors can use to contact www.brownpaperbag.com prosecutors. I pledge to aggressively pros- them. Submissions should be sent ecute drug suspects and violent offenders to [email protected] This concert is co-presented by Double D Productions & KSFR Radio living ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 19 #FreeABQ Summer Guide: Camp, Hike & Swim in NM BY rene thompson

West of Grants in the Zuni summer crowds, go on a weekday, or Mountains lies Bluewater Lake. even during the fall or winter off-sea- Well stocked with trout and catfish, son. Bluewater has boating docks and Montezuma Hot Springs a dam that hosts hundreds of bird nests just below the top rim. The park Lower tubs: 98 –112 degrees, suits offers primitive camping, hiking and required horseback trails. Proximity to ABQ: Approximately Day use fees are $5, and camping 2 hours will run you $10. An electricity hook- Hike: n/a up is $4 extra. For an easy-to-access location, Montezuma Hot Springs are literally Pecos River National right off the road heading northwest Historical Park on Hwy. 65 outside of Las Vegas. Proximity from ABQ: Approximately There’s a stunning view of the United 1 hour, 20 minutes World College castle that overlooks In this ponderosa pine forest, a the nearby river. phenomenal three-mile stretch for When it comes to convenience, camping and fishing is available by these springs can’t be beat, but they’re reservation and on first-come, first- also frequently and heavily populated served thereafter. Anglers travel from by locals. The top-tier spring can prove intense, with temperatures rising to 138 John Fowler via Flickr near and far for the fantastic trout fishing and to vibe on the Pecos’ degrees; try out the lower pools first. Chaco Canyon National Historical Park mellow flow. Fees range from $7 to $25 per person each day, depending Centralized hiking t’s summer in New Mexico, and that gov/chcu/planyourvisit/camping on activities. I means it’s time to dust off the tent Even if you can’t get out of town, and venture into the great outdoors White Sands National Monument accessible hiking trails are plotted all with friends or family. Proximity to ABQ: Approximately Hot springs over Albuquerque. Hikes here range When it comes to distinctive out- 3 ½ hours Soaking in hot springs is a must from easy to difficult; all include door locations and activities, White Sands’ 143,733 acres of white during New Mexico summer, but exceptional scenic views. New Mexico has much to offer. Peruse gypsum sand dunes make this an au- never submerge your head in spring La Luz Trail highlights from our inaugural guide thentically otherworldly camping spot. water, lest you risk exposing yourself Moderate to strenuous to New Mexico camping spots, hiking The park offers sand sledding, backcoun- to meningitis-causing amoebas. Other Proximity to ABQ: Approximately trails, lakes and bodies of water that try hiking and primitive camping. The potential dangers include spider One Free 20 –30 minutes. Trail length: 8-9 miles transcend the ordinary; scope an landscape stars dunes as far as the eye nests, other parasites, vandalism and For folks who stay near the trail- General expanded, hyperlinked version can see. White Sands is exceptional for even random nudists, so stay aware of of this article at: photography and stargazing. head, this can Admission bit.ly/FreeABQSummerGuide2016 Entry fees are $5 for adults and free be a breeze. for children under 15. For camping, a Yet it extends Ticket Camping sites permit is required, and only 10 spots to the San- When Presenting This Ad are available on a first-come, first- dias’ highest Chaco Canyon Historical Park served basis. There are no amenities point, 10,678 feet. The base Proximity to ABQ: Approximately such as water or toilets, and a sep- of the trail 3 hours arate camping fee is applicable. RV features the Chaco Canyon offers limited space and vehicle camping is prohibited. May 28th, 6 p.m. game Rock House for designated camping, as it houses To learn more, visit: nps.gov/whsa/ aka Kiwanis the vast ruins of the Chacoan culture, planyourvisit/backpacking Cabin; this and it’s one of only a few night sky trail and the reserves in the country. Chaco Canyon Watering holes Rock House boasts out-of-this-world, one-of-a- The high desert of New Mexico prof- offer spectac- kind stargazing. fers dozens of great lakes and rivers I Am New Mexico via Flickr ular views Individual camping site fees are to immerse yourself in come summer. La Luz Trail feet from the $15 per night. These sites, smack dab If you dig fishing, the New Mexico parking lot. in the middle of nowhere, feature Game and Fish Department hosts an If you tackle the trail in toto, make thrilling desert vistas but absolutely online fishing licensing site, at costs your surroundings. sure to take at least 2 quarts of water no shade. Before you leave town, ranging from $12 (one day) to $25 Bring along tons of water. Drink per person and high-protein snacks, check the weather for daytime high (annual) for New Mexico residents, at: alcohol responsibly or not at all, and allow plenty of time to hike back temps. Pack (and apply) your sun- onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us. as higher water temperatures can down before sunset. screen, plus floppy hats and plenty of quickly dehydrate the human body. drinking water for the daytime heat Bluewater Lake State Park Make sure all your belongings and Rene Thompson is a staff reporter for and sweaters and/or blankets for the Proximity from ABQ: Approximately vehicles are properly secured to ABQ Free Press. Email her at evening chill. For more info, visit: nps. 1 hour, 45 minutes prevent parking lot theft. To avoid the [email protected] 20 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS living how to ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 21 Our Guide to New Mexico Fests y Fiestas Hospitality: Tips on Tents BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF BY IAN MAKSIK camping, hiking and swimming New June 9–12 s an event planner who’s been carpet in an array of colors. 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The right stuff For more info and the speaker herman Alexie’s first poetry and more accessible to readers. In “Contingent,” eight spans of lineup, keep an eye on the event page S collection was published in “People might not be Mexican or cheesecloth corseted by latex and at bit.ly/BedTalksIV. 1992. Ever since, the author has been they might not be Native American stiffened with fiberglass at either end Accessories to access celebrated as a singular voice in the or they might not be from Sherman’s hang from the gallery ceiling. “Repe- diverse family of American Indian culture or my culture,” Morales says. tition Nineteen III” is an arrangement The Internet overfloweth with in- cultures. And “But because we’re giving them a of 19 droopy, open-mouthed cylinders formation. But have you ever noticed Over the ensuing 24 years, Alexie also to Mex- character that has wants, that has of fiberglass and polyester resin that how much easier it is to find instruc- has proven his versatility with the portray a ican dreams, that has fears, that has all gleams like mica. “Accession II” tions for tricking a cat into loving success of his poems, short stories, loving fam- American: these things that are very specific, I sprouts soft, rubber-tube cilia – thou- you than, say, a handy map showing novels and even an award-winning ily. That was Morales think that’s what is going to make sands of them – inside a galvanized where to get a no-cost flu shot? screenplay. While his voice adapts really important: immigrated in people connect with it.” steel cube. A movement of volunteer program- to various genres, the same themes a loving Native 1994 from Xalapa, Alexie notes that he writes for With innovative materials, sugges- mers, designers and other do-good- manifest over and over: reservations American family.” the capital city of everyone, not just children who tive humor and sheer surreal imagi- ers has come to recognize that just and isolation, dual identities and There’s no Veracruz, Mexico, to share his ethnic heritage. At the same nation, works like these by Eva Hesse because information may be floating death, alcoholism and a tribalism that shortage of love northern California. time, he is explicit about his desire to revolutionized sculpture as an art form. around in the tubes, we can’t count on can fracture people as much as it can in Thunder Boy’s At the time, she was represent racial minorities in his work. After a decade-long career, Hesse it to be accessible or usable by your unify them. narration. While a new mother who “Seeing a brown-skinned character died of a brain tumor in 1970. She was average human. Not until someone In other words, Alexie’s themes he respects his barely spoke En- in a picture book has a lot of power,” he takes it upon themselves to make it only 34. Described as everything from Eva Hesse Life + Work are often dark. That’s why his young father, Big Thunder, the eponymous glish, and reading picture books to her says. It’s no coincidence that Morales accessible. Postminimalist to proto-feminist, the Sculptor Eva Hesse adult novel, “The Absolutely True protagonist resents the petty ring of son provided comfort and inspiration. served as the work’s illustrator. “That’s “‘Civic hacking’ encompasses any Diaries of a Part-Time Indian,” earned his own nickname, Little Thunder. His Through frequent library trips why I chose her to begin with. I wanted body of work she completed remains correspondence and diaries she left accompaniment of up to 20 slides. activity that transforms publicly avail- him both accolades (including a 2007 search for an original moniker reveals and evening classes, Morales found somebody who understood what it profoundly influential and absorbing behind. One of those speakers is Mauro able information into a resource that National Book Award) and censor- a strong sense of self-worth and great her calling as a children’s illustrator. means to be a brown person in the nearly a half-century later. “Eva Hesse” runs Friday, May 20, Woody. A musician best known for is helpful to local citizens,” explains ship (as school boards and libraries affection for his sister and parents, Within a decade, she was publishing United States and somebody [who’s] Feature-length documentary “Eva through Thursday, May 26, with daily her work as Lady Uranium and in Brad Weikel of Code for Albuquerque. engaged in a national debate over its especially his ever-present dad. beautiful books and winning presti- well-versed in their own culture.” Hesse” opens at the Guild Cinema showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets run bands like Chicharra and the 5 Star The group, which engages in civic place in curricula and on shelves). “Being a good father is the most gious awards for them. Alexie visits Albuquerque later this (3405 Central NE) on Friday, May $5 to $8. Visit guildcinema.com or call Motelles, she’s attended the last three tech volunteer work throughout the With his first picture book, Alexie radical thing a Native American father In “Thunder Boy,” Morales infuses month to promote “Thunder Boy Jr.” 20, with an 8 p.m. showing. Director 255-1848 for details. BEDtalks and found them highly year, is organizing Burqueño partic- shifts his attention and related themes can be,” Alexie says. For that reason, Alexie’s distinctly American Indian It seems fitting that he’ll read at the Marcie Begleiter, fresh off the film’s enjoyable. “I’ve seen everything premiere at the Whitney Museum, Ready for BED ipation in the National Day of Civic toward an even younger audience. “Thunder Boy” is as much political characters with elements of her own KiMo Theatre, whose Pueblo Deco from the DNA and chromosome will be there in person for a talk and Hacking on Saturday, June 4, starting “Thunder Boy Jr.” tells the pointedly statement as it is colorful kid’s enter- Mexican heritage. From page to page, style fuses elements of local indige- Step 1: Put on your footsie paja- differentiation of transgendered discussion. at 9 a.m. happy tale of a young Native Ameri- tainment. “Thunder Boy” dances at a powwow, nous architecture with design trends mas and grab a pillow. Step 2: Head men and women to Begleiter’s interest in the sculptor can boy’s positive identity in a happy And the book is prismatic, glowing bikes past a Mayan temple and from other cultures. The result simul- down to GRAFT Gallery (1415 Fourth online makeup games originally manifested as “Meditations: family. Glowing reviews piled up with award-winning artist Yuyi Mo- jump-ropes through garage sale toys. taneously honors tradition and forges Street SW), where you’ll pony up a involving liposuction Eva Hesse,” a play she debuted in prior to the work’s May 10 release, rales’ vivid illustrations. Her visual His family participates as he skids a fresh, forward-looking identity — suggested donation of $3 to $5. Step and removal of organs 2010. Joining forces with producer 3: Get treated to an evening of short and “Thunder Boy” seems destined to interpretations bring Little Thunder’s effortlessly across differing aspects of not unlike Alexie and Morales’ work. from Disney characters,” Karen Shapiro, Begleiter then spent talks on eclectic subjects delivered by become an uncontroversial hit. dilemma to life with pictures that his identity, tying them into a single, Alexie speaks from 7-9 p.m. on she says. “It’s always nearly four years on the documen- smart, interesting local peeps. ABQ Free Press spoke by phone expand on Alexie’s descriptions, joyful existence. Thursday, May 26, at the KiMo a mixed bag.” Woody tary, interviewing the artist’s friends BEDtalks IV puts at least 10 sepa- with Alexie about what differs when sometimes in unexpected ways. “Yuyi Morales brought in images Theatre (423 Central NW). For info on adds her own voice to and compiling images of her work rate elocutionists to bed – aka onstage writing for such a young audience. “I didn’t want to just put images from her culture and various indig- tickets and scoring a signed copy of the wide-ranging chorus and photographs from her life. The – on Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m. Each “The pressure to make it good,” to the manuscript,” Morales reveals enous cultures,” Alexie says. “It was “Thunder Boy Jr.,” visit bkwrks.com/ with a witchy look at the narration hinges on Hesse’s own speaker delivers a 10-minute talk Alexie says, laughing. “There’s very via long-distance telephone interview her idea, and I thought it was brilliant. sherman-alexie. “history, practice and Christiaan Colen via Flickr words, drawn from the reams of on a self-selected topic to the visual few picture books featuring Native from her studio. “I wanted it to be I just stayed out of the way and let her perception of Wicca.” Americans and almost none featuring what I love about picture books — that do her thing.” Karie Luidens is an Albuquerque-based The topics truly are diverse. When Part of an effort across the U.S., the contemporary Native kids. So it seems they really become a narrative in two Morales agrees that weaving writer of criticism, commentary, current author Jessica Mills used to speak event focuses on goals of practical like there’s a lot of pressure attached voices.” together diverse imagery makes Little events and semiconnected musings. to parents about her 2007 AK Press value on a local level, and no particular to it — to make it great because of that. In this case, the second voice is Thunder’s story at once more unique Email her at [email protected] guide to radical parenting, “My skill set is required. “We’re planning Mother Wears Combat Boots,” one a mix of technical and non-technical question came up over and over activities, and we welcome attendees again, she says: “At what age do you from all backgrounds,” says Weikel. Beer Town: Your Guide to ABQ Beer Week think it’s appropriate to introduce Those activities include a by TY BANNERMAN kids to politics, activism or demon- mini-hackathon based on projects that strations?” have worked in other cities, and the Nuevomexicano pride received silver and bronze for their — expect lovestruck wackiness. A ri- German Beer & Brats Night That question ultimately provided premiere meetup of “open learning efforts. Congrats to all our world-class diculous bounty of hopped-up events Thursday, May 26, 4 – 9 p.m. Let me begin by extending congrat- Rio Bravo Brewing the seed for Mills’ BEDtalk “Social environment” MaptimeABQ. Details, ulations to the seven Albuquerque local beer producers and purveyors. are scheduled, so your ever-loyal including the location, are still in the Justice Begins at Home.” “Through breweries that received medals at this ¡Bienvenidos Beer Week! guide to Beer Town has painstakingly 1912 Second Street NW works, so keep up with developments identified the most promising events the way we parent,” says the mother, year’s World Beer Cup event. Kick off Beer Week with German- at codeforabq.org or RSVP at the Even in a Beer Town like Al- and created an ABQ Beer Week itiner- teacher and hellraiser for local bands Gold medalists were Nexus Brewery style partying, lederhosen and event page at bit.ly/abqhackday2016. buquerque, there’s one week where ary for barley-blasting good times. like Nose Blonde and Sentence Frag- for their Honey Chamomile Wheat; the consumption of sausages. Rio our love for beer exceeds all other ments, “We can model for our kiddos Lisa Barrow is a member of the Dirt Boxing Bear Brewing Co. for their Bravo Brewing hosts an evening of things; that’s ABQ Beer Week. Don’t starting when they are very young City Writers collective. Visit her on the Chocolate Milk Stout; and La Cumbre Got a hot tip on Albuquerque’s beer scene? bratwurst (courtesy of the German look now, but it’s nearly here. From what social justice feels like and looks interwebs at facebook.com/LisaBarrow- for their BEER lager. Marble Brewery, Know of a seasonal draft I’ve simply got to try? American Club), Germanic beers and Thursday, May 26, to Sunday, June 5 like, instead of just talking about it or LikesWords. She most recently served as Canteen Brewhouse, Bosque Brewery Drop me a line at [email protected] live music. And it’s free! Mathias Ripp via Flickr — that’s actually a week and a half preaching it.” arts & lit and web editor at Weekly Alibi. and Santa Fe’s Second Street Brewery Cont. on page 24 24 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS film ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 25

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evi Platero of To’hajiilee-based blues Tijerina as his threesome L band The Plateros, which head- takes the Main Stage at 2 p.m. lines this year’s ABQ Blues & Brews Blues guitar scales are fest, is moving on from the standard blues guitar scales are … ho- blues fare. hum. Here’s an idea: Turn The festival, which boasts a handful the guitar upside down, of blues bands and a multitude of and present the unexpected. craft beers, happens Sunday, May 29, That’s Lakota John. See if at Sandia Resort and Casino. General your ears don’t register a admission tickets ($30 presale, $35 at little surprise at the slide door) get you in at 3 p.m.; VIP status guitar licks John presents ($40 presale, $45 day of show) earns twice a day on the Atrium you an extra hour, with VIP admission Stage: at 1:45 and 5 p.m. beginning at 2 p.m. The Plateros close Sandwiched between out the Main Stage at 4 p.m. Lakota John’s sets is “I’ve been doing this long enough Bosque Blues at 2:45 p.m. now that I know my guitar playing Courtesy of artist on the Atrium Stage. Thank will always be there,” says 24-year- Levi Platero, frontman for To’hajiilee-based blues band The Plateros goodness for nickel-plated old Levi Platero. “Lately I have been guitars with resona- focusing more on the song, not nec- what we go through in life. As a kid, Hicks hasn’t yet met Alex Maryol, tors — they give a hound essarily just the guitar playing. I am I began playing in tent revivals, and I who takes to the Acoustic Stage at 1:30 dog a run for his money. Listen to what writing songs now with melodies and was raised with a church foundation. I p.m. Maryol melds guitar virtuosity “lonesome” really sounds like with the chord progressions that are different have come back to it.” with a pleasant repertoire that’s kind blues harp and the metal guitar. from blues, though I put a blues guitar This spiritual progress follows a to the ear and intellectually appealing. For the full schedule of events and sound under it.” period where Platero lived what he With an up-tempo blues trio, ticket info, visit abqbluesandbrews.com. As a 13-year-old featured blues-rock calls the template for Native American nothing satisfies quite as much as a Reporter, editor and photographer guitarist, wunderkind Platero took the stereotypes. handsome frontman backed by a tasty Mark Hopwood serves as president of 2005 Gathering of Nations by storm “I never wanted to come home, just rhythm section. So don’t even try Hopwood Communications. in a trio that included his father and a partying with my friends. Go on a to overlook the rather hirsute Todd Email him at [email protected] cousin. From there, Platero journeyed bender and not come home the entire to the 2009 Presidential Inaugural weekend. I had a front-row seat [to] Ball in Washington, D.C., and to the how people isolate themselves from Navajo Reservation landscapes to family, especially due to alcohol,” shoot music videos for his original Platero says. “There were some deaths blues-rock songs. and troubles I was dealing with, like Now, as Platero writes songs that everyone else around me, but I never stray from standard blues-rock pro- solved anything by getting so far from BREWERIES gressions, he finds himself developing my family.” 70 themes that originate from back home Platero was happy to find that his in To’hajiilee. An inkling of Native family’s still there for him. He’ll be 2016 ALBUQUERQUE BANDS sounds can be heard in some of his playing some of his new songs at 5 songs, especially in drum patterns. Blues & Brews, with two cousins for HOURS “I have something to say that is a rhythm section and Tony Orant on 4 OF TASTING more important for me than just guitar keyboard. Sampling Tickets playing,” Platero says. “I have parables Here are some other highlights to to tell that relate to human experiences, check out at ABQ Blues & Brews 2016: starting at $25.

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“singer-song- MAGAZINE writers.” Apparently, 28 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS music CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 29 Dieterich + Barnes Create New Language BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS t’s such an unassuming name for up soloists. I’ve D EFINitive DOZEN List your even a duo: Dieterich & Barnes. Two last been interested in I SATURDAY, MAY 21 5 WORD: Buffalo Soldiers: The Story SATURDAY, MAY 28 names, nothing more. Few points of the idea of collec- of American Heroes in the Western in the T 1 EVENTS: Creative 505 9 OUTDOORS: Bees + Seeds Festival reference are revealed to someone tive improvisation 6 pm, Free, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Territories 5 pm, Tractor Brewing-Wells Park, who stumbles on their debut album based on rhythm, 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, 2 pm, Placitas Community Library, 1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, getplowed.com ABQ F albuquerquecc.com 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, placitaslibrary.com ree P “The Coral Casino” online or in a rather than melody 10 WORD: Past and Present — Barelas ress vinyl bin. or freakouts. 2 COMMUNITY: National River MAY 22–DECEMBER 31 Community: Larry Perea Clean Up Part of Stories of the Middle Rio Grande calenda Apart from Martin del Litto’s cover That’s one of the 6 Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, Email event info,R 8 am, Rio Grande River, NW Corner of The Inquisition, and New World 10:30 am, Gutierrez-Hubbell House, art featuring a line drawing of old aesthetics that we Central and Sunset, RSVP: 452-5213, Identities 6029 Isleta Blvd SW, RSVP: 314-0398 including event name, date, rei.com men in Speedos playing chess, there got into with this New Mexico History Museum, SUNDAY, MAY 29 time, address and contact aren’t any clues as to what the casual record. MAY 21–22 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org 11 2nd Annual South American phone number listener ought expect. They may need Dieterich: As free 3 SHOWS: Crawdaddy Blues Fest Folk Fair someone who knows the meanings of The Mine Shaft Tavern, 2846 NM-14, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Noon, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, or website, to as improvising Madrid, crawdaddybluesfest.com 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, those surnames to translate — like a 7 SCREENS: Akira — 25th Anniversary [email protected] is theoretically indianpueblo.org secret code. SUNDAY, MAY 22 8:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave one month in advance supposed to be, a NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com JUNE 3–5 Dieterich & Barnes is an experimen- lot of the time it ac- 4 WORD: The Zeon Files: Art and of publication. Design of Historic Route 66 Signs: MAY 26–27 12 SHOWS: 18th Annual Albuquerque tal duo made up of two internation- tually isn’t. I think Mark C. Childs & Ellen Babcock 8 SHOWS: Gabriel Iglesias Folk Festival ally acclaimed musicians who happen 3 pm, Page One Books, 5850 Eubank Blvd Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum, we were trying to Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, to roost in Burque. John Dieterich is NE Ste B-41, 294-2026, page1book.com 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, 301-2822, find a new lan- 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Mescalero, abqfolkfest.org best known for his membership in guage, a new way (800) 545-9011, innofthemountaingods.com avant noise outfit Deerhoof, while of approaching our Jeremy Barnes is a member of sham- instruments. bolic folk legend Neutral Milk Hotel, and alongside violinist Heather Trost, How do is also half of A Hawk and a Hacksaw. you convince your Released on May 6, “The Coral brain that this is Casino” originated as a freeform actually interest- improvisation during which they tried interview on escaping creative ruts, ignore each other as you made music ing? [laughs] I their damnedest to play together in listenable failures and Albanian televi- together in the same room, what think that’s what took us the longest the same room while not listening sion. was the songwriting process like for time. It was this very slow process to one another. The resulting tracks of discovering what the common How’d you come up with the album these songs? range from space-age exotica to ground was and where we wanted to Visit our fabulous online MAY 25–JUNE 3 TCMG presents In a Dream FRIDAY, MAY 27 SATURDAY, MAY 28 title? Barnes: That technique — of impro- calendar featuring hot links to Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux blippy ditties to Spaghetti Western go. Sunshine Theater Youngsville: Farewell Scott and Johanna Hongell- vising and not listening to each other cool events in the ABQ area. 120 Central Ave SW, 764-0249, St, Taos, (575) 758-9826, Albuquerque Show Tour Darsee soundtrack. It’s available on vinyl and Barnes: The Coral Casino is a resort taoschambermusicgroup.org — is how we laid the groundwork So, Jeremy, there’s A Hawk and a sunshinetheaterlive.com 7:30 pm, Tractor Brewing-Wells Park, Part of Elena Gallegos Sunset Series CD via Barnes’ label Living Music hotel in Santa Barbara, Calif. When I SHOWS for a lot of songs. Then we took that Hacksaw release slated for release May 25, Insane Clown Posse SUNDAY, MAY 22 1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, 7 pm, Elena Gallegos Double Shelter, Duplication. was a kid, my grandma lived in Santa See freeabq.com for a more June 2, Blue October, Danny Malone getplowed.com Albuquerque, 768-5353, cabq.gov later this year? What can you tell me Carl Peterson groundwork and worked on it for a extensive list of events. June 3, Bad Omens (Moonlight Lounge) Staged Reading: A Tender Thing ABQ Free Press sat down with Barbara. She had a neighbor who about that? Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and long time. So the bases for some songs MAY 27– 28 7:30 pm, The Adobe Theater, was a member [there], and we were Bloody Mary Bar Dieterich & Barnes for an illuminating MAY 21–JUNE 3 THROUGH MAY 22 Cloak & Dagger Music Festival 9813 4th Street NW, 898-9222, are improvisations, but we did change Barnes: We’re just finishing up the 11 am, Distillery 365, allowed to go Low Spirits Dividing the Estate Various Locations, redfishevents.com adobetheater.org things around later. It was a great way music for an Albanian TV show that’s 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, on her member- 2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555, The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th Street NW, Saudade to get out of certain patterns that you lowspiritslive.com 898-9222, adobetheater.org distillery365.com MAY 27–JUNE 19 ship. premiering in the fall. It’s a 15th cen- 6 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro, May 21, Rebilt 16 yr Anniversary Show fall into as a musician. tury Albanian historical comedy. Kreutzer Sonata & More Hairspray 901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, It was this May 25, Leukemia and Lymphoma THROUGH MAY 29 9:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, Albuquerque Little Theatre, 243-9916, stclairwinery.com classic Califor- Dieterich: Everyone has their tropes Dieterich: I love it when you describe Society Benefit w/Beard The Drunken City 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org 224 San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, May 26, Ricky Bats Duke City Repertory Theatre, 700 1st albuquerquelittletheatre.org Stars & Stripes Forever nian Art Deco that they go back to. It’s like we it like that. [laughs] Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble: 8 pm, ABQ BioPark Zoo, 903 10th St May 27, DJ Buddhafunk St NW, 797-7081, dukecityrep.com place right were finding ways of tricking our- Reina de la Noche SW, 768-2000, nmphil.org Barnes: John has a new record coming May 28, Prison Bitch 3 pm, First Presbyterian Church, SATURDAY, MAY 28 alongside the selves into playing in a way that we June 1, The Imperial Rooster SATURDAY, MAY 21 Tracey Whitney out also. 208 Grant Ave, Santa Fe, SFWE.org D’Santi Nava beach. It’s al- wouldn’t normally. The other thing Dirty Bourbon Claude VonStroke 7 pm, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, 7 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, Savion Glover with Jack DeJoh- 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov ways been one that’s interesting is that we failed. We Dieterich: Yeah, Deerhoof has a 9800 Montgomery Blvd NE, 296-2726, 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave nette Quartet 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, thedirtybourbon.com SW, elreyabq.com brokentrailspirits.com of those child- were trying to not listen to each other, record out in June (“The Magic,” 4 pm, Lensic Theater, SUNDAY, MAY 29 May 21, Chad Freeman & Redline Nimbus 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, Freak Show: Behind the Curtain hood mem- but it’s almost impossible to be in a releasing June 24). We went with a May 22, The Dirty Bourbon Variety Show Noon, Free, Petroglyph National 8 pm, Therapy, 119 Gold Ave SW, ABQ Blues and Brews (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org 2 pm, Sandia Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd, kinda mixtape aesthetic. May 26-28, Asphalt Cowboys Monument, 6510 Western Trail NW, thedesertdarlings.com ories where room with somebody playing and not Yay Carl Peterson 796-7500, abqbluesandbrews.com June 2, Randy Rogers Band 899-0205, nps.gov/petr/ everything is interact with them. We’re also doing an actual mixtape. Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and OSHWA Launchpad The Temporary Tattoos 7:30 pm, Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith Bass Clarinet Bach great. Then People who preorder the record get a Bloody Mary Bar 9:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, I noticed that and thought they 618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887, 6 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro, Blvd SE, 369-1648, tortugagallery.org cassette with four cover songs on each 11 am, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org we thought flowed seamlessly together; I didn’t launchpadrocks.com 901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, Raven & The Sweet Potato Pie that, in a way, side – stuff like Madonna, Public Enemy, May 21, The Riddims CD Release Show 243-9916, stclairwinery.com brokentrailspirits.com Band Continental Divide think of it as a very positive failure. Part of the Centennial Celebration Def Leppard, Van Halen, David Bowie. May 22, Mic Club 33 West Texas Live! 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, that’s what 1 pm, Free, Petroglyph National May 26, Pears, Russian Girlfriends 8 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main TUESDAY, MAY 24 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, we’re trying Dieterich: It’s listenable, so it’s a Monument, 6510 Western Trail NW, Stream album cut “What” at May 27, Let it Grow Campus, 203 Cornell Drive, 925-5858, Quietly Kept indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe failure. [laughs] I like that about it. May 28, Dirty Deeds Burlesque: Flesh 899-0205, nps.gov/petr to do with this bit.ly/DandBWhat and check out LM unmtickets.com Part of Art in the Afternoon and Fantasy The School of Aspen Santa Fe record: finding So “The Coral Casino” provided you 2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of Ballet Recital Eryn Bent Duplication at lmduplication.com. June 2, Chrch, Dopethrone Part of Bloody Sundays Brunch and MAY 21–22 Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Francisco, that again. both with creative freedom? Bloody Mary Bar Courtesy of artist M. Brianna Stallings reports on Sister Bar Earth Heart Tour feat. Desert 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, 11 am, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, So aside from Barnes: I’ve found that improvisation 407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, Dwellers & Kalya Scintilla ticketssantafe.org Albuquerque art and artists for sisterthebar.com 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, Dieterich & Barnes’ “The Coral Casino” attempting to is either collective insanity or backing Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, ABQ Free Press. May 21, Reggae Dancehall Saturdays El Prado, (575) 758-1900, brokentrailspirits.com May 26, Geekon Pinball Tournament taosmesabrewing.com June 3, Tokimonsta 30 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • 31

CALENDArSummertime Stroll CALENDArStorytime Saturday FRIDAYS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 starts May 27 SUNDAY, MAY 22 2 pm, Free, Page 1 Books, Center for Contemporary Arts Noon, Free, Old Town Gazebo, QiGong Coffee Education and Tasting Billy the Kid and Other New 5850 Eubank Blvd NE #B41, 294-2026, Cinematheque 303 Romero St NW, 842-9918, 3:30 pm, Open Space Visitor Center, 6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters, Mexico Legends: Ray John de page1book.com 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, albuquerqueoldtown.com 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, 3228 Los Arboles Ave NE Ste 100, Aragon 379-5136, prosumroasters.com Part of Brainpower & Brownbags ‘Mysteries of Love’ The Nicest Kids (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org MAY 21–22 cabq.gov/openspace SUNDAYS Starts May 27, Love & Friendship Lunch Lectures BY SAMANTHA ANNE CARRILLO Salsa Sunday Starts May 27, Weiner 12th Annual Hubbell Navajo MAY 22 & MAY 28 SATURDAYS Noon, New Mexico History Museum, 2 pm, St. Clair Winery and Bistro, Rug Sale Basic Necklace & Earring Downtown Growers’ Market Meem Community Room, in Town SATURDAY, MAY 21 Petroglyph National Monument, 901 Rio Grande Boulevard NW, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, Making 7 am, Robinson Park, 8th and Central, BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS 243-9916, stclairwinery.com Caddyshack 6510 Western Trail NW, 899-0205, Mama’s Minerals, 800 20th St NW, 252-2959, downtowngrowers.org (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum.org nps.gov/petr Part of Up Late at the Cocteau RSVP: 266-8443, mamasminerals.com Sunday Family Fun Santa Fe Farmers Market: 11:15 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, The Rio Grande Valley Celtic 10 am, Bachechi Open Space, Railyard ONGOING Festival MONDAY, MAY 23 9521 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 314-0398, 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, 8 am, 1607 Paseo de Peralta at 1ST WEDNESDAYS (505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com Balloon Fiesta Park, How to Become an Addiction bernco.gov/openspace Guadalupe, Santa Fe, 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway, Poetry and Beer Up Counselor in New Mexico farmersmarketsnm.org 768-6050, celtfestabq.com 7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells Park, Part of Movies in the Park 10 am, Free, UNM Continuing Educa- OUTDOORS tion Building, 1634 University Blvd NE, SUNDAYS 1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, Dusk/8:30 pm, Free, Road Runner Little SUNDAY, MAY 22 SATURDAY, MAY 21 getplowed.com League, 10700 Lagrima De Oro Rd NE, 277-0077, RSVP: ce.unm.edu Rail Yards Market ABQ National Mexican Festival & Whirligig Beetles of the World: 314-0400, bernco.gov 10 am, Free, 777 1st St SW, WEDNESDAYS Rodeo Show MAY 27–28 Dr. Grey Gustafson railyardsmarket.org FRIDAY, MAY 27 6:30 pm, Santa Ana Star Center, Explora New Volunteer Orien- 5 pm, Bachechi Open Space, Crazy Wisdom Poetry 3001 Civic Center Circle NE, 9521 Rio Grande NE, RSVP: 314-0398, 4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts, Thor: Spanish w/English tation WORD 891-7300, bernco.gov/openspace 808 Park Ave SW, 247-1172, Subtitles Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, santaanastarcenter.com 224-8300, explora.us MAY 21–JUNE 3 offcenterarts.org 2 pm, Free, South Broadway Cultural MAY 21–22 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Center, 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande NW, THURSDAY, MAY 26 New Mexico’s Ultimate Out- 848-1320, southbroadwaytickets.com ONGOING 344-8139, bkwrks.com CULTURE Innovation New Mexico door Expo any diehard David Lynch fans are focused on the 2017 May 21, Bob Julyan, Hiking to History SATURDAY, MAY 21 SATURDAY, MAY 28 Awards TUESDAYS Buffalo Thunder, 20 Buffalo Thunder May 22, Matt Donovan, A Cloud of Mreboot of Lynch’s iconic ’90s TV series “Twin Peaks.” 5 pm, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Trail, Santa Fe, (505) 455-5555, Art in Bloom – Reception Clue Casino del Rueda Dance Class Unusual Size and Shape: Meditations But here’s the thing: some of us Lynchian obsessives think the 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, 6 pm, National Hispanic Cultural buffalothunderresort.com 5 pm, Galeria de Corrales, Part of Up Late at the Cocteau on Ruin and Redemption original series already ran well past its prime. The TV drama’s nderground filmmaker John Waters scored an un- albuquerquecc.com Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, 3923 Corrales Rd, Corrales, 890-4929, 11:15 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, May 23, Joshua Cooper Ramo, nhccnm.org THURSDAY, JUNE 2 galleriadecorrales.org primary mystery – who killed Laura Palmer? – resolved in the Ulikely mainstream hit in 1988 with “Hairspray,” starring 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, MAY 27–30 Riparian Restoration and Tam- ninth episode of the second (22-episode!) season. Divine, Ricki Lake, Deborah Harry and Sonny Bono. 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com and Survival in the Age of Networks Indigenous Culture’s Night Out Grand Outlandish XLIII 1ST WEDNESDAYS arisk Beetle Workshop Less than 15 years later, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, May 28, James Brooks, Mesa of 5 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, If you’re also perplexed by this rehash, here’s a cinematic MAY 28–29 171 Sundance Kid Rd, Tijeras, Book to Art for Kids 8:30 am, Rotunda, UNM Science and Sorrows 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, prescription: celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of Lynch’s Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan transformed Waters’ albarrans.outlands.org Technology Park, 801 University Blvd Chinatown 10 am, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, May 29, Anita Rodriguez, Coyota in indianpueblo.org greatest films, “Blue Velvet,” at one of two screenings at the tribute to 1960’s Baltimore into a Broadway smash hit. 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, SE, RSVP by 5/15: (970) 256-7400, the Kitchen: A Memoir of New and KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, SATURDAY, MAY 28 indianpueblo.org tamariskcoalition.wildapricot.org Old Mexico MAY 27–JUNE 18 Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) the weekend of June 3-4. “Hairspray: The Musical” earned eight Tony Awards, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Memorial Day Bash June 3, Tomas Morin poetry reading Released in 1986, “Blue Velvet” melds film noir and psy- including Best Musical. Although “Hairspray” exited the JUNE 3– 4 Iconic: Summer Group Show SUNDAY, MAY 29 10 am, Ski Apache, 1286 Ski Run Rd, WEDNESDAYS Reception, Friday, May 27, 5–7 pm chological horror to sublime effect in concert with unlikely, Great White Way in 2009, and Burqueños are far removed Alto, (575) 464-3600, skiapache.com 70th Annual African Violet SATURDAY, MAY 21 The Water Horse ABQ Jazz Trio Open Jam Evoke Contemporary, 550 S Guadalupe perfect casting; Dennis Hopper was Lynch’s third choice from the work’s Atlantic coastal setting, local theater fans 5 pm, Free, Lizard Tail Brewing, Convention Come Dark: Steven F Havill Part of Sunday Under the Stars Miss & Teen Model Latina New St, Santa Fe, (505) 995-9902, for nitrous-abusing villain Frank Booth. The film’s stellar can still enjoy the adventures of plus-sized hair hopper 9800 Montgomery Ave NE, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Noon, Free, Treasure House Books, 6 pm, Free, Inn of the Mountain Gods Mexico 2016 evokecontemporary.com lizardtailbrewing.com/home 1901 University Blvd NE, 2012 S. Plaza St NW, 242-7204 soundtrack boasts an orchestral score by Angelo Badalamenti Tracy Turnblad as she lands a spot on her favorite local Resort & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, 7 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, albuquerqueafricanvioletclub.org MAY 27–JUNE 26 and features the eponymous Bobby Vinton song plus Roy dance program, “The Corny Collins Show.” Mescalero, (800) 545-9011, Stories in the Sky with Laurie SUNDAY, MAY 22 “Hairspray” opens Friday, May 27, at Albuquerque Little innofthemountaingods.com 848-1320, Magovern Rhythmical Arrangements: Orbison’s “In Dreams” and a Julee Cruise number. southbroadwaytickets.com 9:30 am & 11 am, Anderson Abruzzo EATS Hiking to History: A Guide to Petra Class Theatre (224 San Pasquale SW) and runs through June 19. FRIDAY, JUNE 3 Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon Mu- Off-Road New Mexico Historic Reception: Friday, May 27, 5–7:30 pm JUNE 3 – 4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 Catch it on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Finding Nemo MAY 28–30 seum Dr NE, 768-6020, Sites: Robert Julyan Patina Gallery, 131 W. Palace Ave, “Blue Velvet” 1 pm, Free, Treasure House Books, on Sundays. Tickets range from $14 to $24. For more info, 8 pm, Santa Fe Railyard Park, ABQ Wine Festival balloonmuseum.com Lavender Shortbread Santa Fe, (505) 986-3432, 10:30 p.m. only, Guild Cinema, 2012 S. Plaza St NW, 242-7204 call 242-4750, ext. 2, or visit albuquerquelittletheatre.org. 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, Balloon Fiesta Park, 10 am, Free, Los Poblanos Historic Inn patina-gallery.com 3405 Central Ave. NW, 255-1848, guildcinema.com ampconcerts.org 5500 Balloon Fiesta Parkway, 768-6050 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAYS & Organic Farm, 4803 Rio Grande Blvd Ranchos de Atrisco Acequia, FRIDAY, MAY 27– SUNDAY, JUNE 19 NW, 344-9297, lospoblanos.com SUNDAY, MAY 29 The Good Dinosaur Drinking Liberally — Cedar Sanchez farms: Jorge Garcia, JUNE 3–5 Critique Theater: ‘Hairspray: The Musical’ Part of Movies in the Park Crest Chapter Mayordomo, Armijo Acequia 5 pm, Greenside Café, 12165 NM-14, MAY 26–JUNE 5 10 am, Sanchez Farm Open Space, 9 pm, GRAFT Gallery, 1415 4th St SW, JUNE 3–16 ONGOING Albuquerque Little Theatre, 224 San Pasquale SW, Dusk/8:30 pm, Free, Los Vecinos San Felipe de Neri Fiestas Cedar Crest, 264-1368, ABQ Beer Week Arenal and Lopez, cesoss.org 412-9263, graftgallery.com Community Center, 478 ½ Old Hwy 66, Historic Old Town, Rio Grande Blvd & Hozho: Catherine Eaton Skinner 242-4750, albuquerquelittletheatre.org Central Ave NW, 768-2000, cabq.gov drinkingliberally.org Various locations, abqbeerweek.com THROUGH MAY 21 314-0400, bernco.gov MAY 31–JUNE 10 Brut: James Harvard MONDAY, MAY 23 Reception: Friday, June 3, 5-8 pm Geometries: THURSDAYS MAY 28–30 J Matthew Thomas SUNDAY, MAY 29 JUNE 3–5 EVENTS COMMUNITY The Fireman: Joe Hill Sean Moon MILL Contemporary, 702 1/2 Canyon Rd, Latin Gold: Salsa Lessons & Albuquerque Wine Festival 7 pm, Jean Cocteau Cinema, Reception, Friday, June 10, 5-7pm Unhyphenated: Jody Wisternoff Music on the Mesa Gypsy Alley, Santa Fe, (505) 983-6668, THROUGH JUNE 2 Dancing Balloon Fiesta Park, 5500 Balloon 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, Placitas Community Library, millcontemporary.com Jami Porter Lara 4 pm, Skylight, 139 W. San Francisco St, Taos Mesa Brewing, 20 ABC Mesa Rd, THROUGH MAY 21 Introduction to Buddhism 8 pm, Free, Q Bar-Hotel Albuquerque, Fiesta Parkway, 768-6050, (505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, Central Features, Santa Fe, (505) 982-0775 El Prado, (575) 758-1900, Albuquerque Quilt, Craft, & Meditation Classes 800 Rio Grande Blvd NW, 225-5928, holdmyticket.com placitaslibrary.com JUNE 3–26 514 Central SW, 243-3389, taosmusiconthemesa.com Sewing Festival The Temporary Tattoos qbarabq.com THURSDAY, MAY 26 centralfeatures.com 10 am, Expo New Mexico, Manuel Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation Desiree Fessler, Jasmine Becket 3 pm, Corrales Bistro Brewery, SUNDAY, MAY 29 Tech. Co ABQ Demo Night JUNE 1–JULY 31 Lujan Building, 300 San Pedro Dr NE, Center, 142 Monroe St NE, 292-5293, Griffith & Stephan Webb 4908 Corrales Rd, Corrales, 897-1036, SCREENS meditationinnewmexico.org 2ND & 4TH SATURDAYS BearFest 2016 6:30 pm, El Rey Theater, Come Together: Collage, Stranger Factory, 3411 Central Ave NE, cbbistro.com 222-9700, exponm.com MAY 21–29 Coder Dojo 2 pm, Boxing Bear Brewing, 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com Assemblage & Community 508-3049, strangerfactory.com THROUGH JULY 10 am, ages 7-17, Quelab, 680 Haines 10200 Corrales Road NW, 897-2327, A Word with Writers: Sherman OFFCenter Community Arts Project, MONDAY, MAY 30 Guild Cinema SATURDAY, MAY 21 Volunteers needed for NM Ave NW, coderdojoabq.github.io boxingbearbrewing.com Alexie, Thunder Boy Jr. 808 Park Ave SW, 247-1172, JUNE 3–30 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848, Imagine — NDI Albuquerque cont. on page 32 Memorial Day Concert — Veterans’ Museum 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW offcenterarts.org Paintings, Sculptures & Draw- guildcinema.com Gala Old Town New Mexico Veterans’ Memorial, 3RD SATURDAYS ONGOING 768-3544, kimotickets.com ings of Hammon Buck Puzzle on page 32 May 21, No Mas Bebes 5 pm, Hiland Theater, 4800 Central FRIDAY, JUNE 3 2 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE, 256-2042, Lyme Get Together Reception: Friday, June 3, 5–8pm May 21, Stand Up Comedy-Live! Ave SE, 872-1800, ndi-nm.org 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov nmvetsmemorial.org 12, Free, location varies, more info: TUESDAYS SATURDAY, MAY 28 Arthur Lopez — Artist Talk Sierra Club Gallery, 2215 Lead Ave SE, May 21-26, Eva Hesse, Vita Activa — International Migratory Bird 304-9411 Truckin’ Tuesdays Mindful Birth & Parenting: 5:30 pm, New Mexico Museum of Art, 243-7767 FRIDAY, JUNE 3 The Spirit of Hannah Arendt Celebration SATURDAY, MAY 21 11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Teresa Jones 107 W. Palace Ave, Santa Fe, May 28-29, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet 10 am, ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, The Gruve ERA Rodeo Meet & Greet SATURDAYS 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, 10 am, Albuquerque Birth Network, (505) 476-5072, nmartmuseum.org 2601 Central Ave NW, 764-6200, Two Person Show: Carrie Fell & 5:30 pm, Prairie Star Restaurant and 1 pm, Dan’s Boots & Saddles, Downtown Walking Tours with albuquerquecc.com 123 Wellesley Dr SE, Nick Montano — Opening MAY 21–JUNE 10 abqbiopark.com Cody Sanderson Wine Bar, 288 Prairie Star Rd, 6903 4th St NW, 345-2220 Albuquerque Historical Society albuquerquebirthnetwork.org Reception Reception, Friday, June 3, 5–7:30 pm Santa Ana Pueblo, 867-3327, Jean Cocteau Cinema Malcolm X Day Festival 10 am, Free, meet at Central and 1st WEDNESDAYS 7 pm, Broken Trail Spirits & Brew, National River Cleanup Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. Palace Ave, mynewmexicogolf.com/prairiestar_home 418 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, Noon, Free, Thomas Bell Park, by Century Theater, 289-0586 Talin Market Food Truck MAY 28–30 2921 Stanford Dr NE, 221-6281, 8 am, Rio Grande River, NW corner of Santa Fe, Manila Killa (505) 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com 3001 University Blvd SE Round Up brokentrailspirits.com May 21-26, Belladonna of Sadness Central and Sunset, RSVP: 452-5213, Saturday Night Swing Dance Turkey Feather Blanket (505) 501-6555, sorrelsky.com 9 pm, Stereo Bar, 622 Central Ave SW, Santa Cruz de Mayo 7:15 pm, Rhythm Dance Company, 11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE May 27-June 2, The Invitation rei.com Weaving Demonstration elreyabq.com Celebration 3808A Central Ave SE, 250-6146, Free, Petroglyph National Monument, June 3-9, Presenting Princess Shaw 6 pm, Free, Old Town Gazebo, abqswing.com 6510 Western Trail NW, 899-0205, Reid Speed June 3-10, The Lobster 9 pm, Effex Nightclub, 420 Central SW, 303 Romero St NW, 311, cabq.gov nps.gov/petr effexabq.com 32 • May 18 – May 31, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS Calendar/CROSSWORD Crossword Tasty Treats by Myles Mellor and Sally York cont. from page 31 Set to Topple and The Rainbow Artists THROUGH MAY 30 Across 68. Nodule 29. “___ Ng” (They Equivalent Architecture: Collective Artshow Intersect: Peggy Truitt 1. Stewed fruit 69. Certain print Might Be Giants song) Tom Miller First Unitarian Church, 70. Deflects 30. Photographer Goldin James Kelly Contemporary, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, Unsung Memories: 8. Bolivian ___ 1611 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, 554-3891, uuabq.com Dick Evans 13. Mild laxative Down 31. Star in Perseus Chiaroscuro, 558 Canyon Rd, (505) 989-1601, Artists New 2 ABQ 15. Laughs, maybe 32. Back in? jameskelly.com Santa Fe, (505) 992-0711, 1. A sparkling wine South Broadway Cultural Cen- chiaroscurosantafe.com 17. Tasty treat 33. Copper coins Joan of Arc: ter, 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, 2. Shade of blue 19. Grad 37. Caribe Voices of Light 848-1320, THROUGH MAY 31 3. Remote control button Evoke Contemporary, southbroadwaytickets.com 39. Away The Essence of Color: 20. Content of some bags 550 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, 4. Overly decorous Placitas Artists Series Adam Frus 21. Start of some cloud 40. D.C. setting (505) 995-9902, 5. Salad topper May Genuine Southwest Arts & 41. Science writer, Willy evokecontemporary.com names Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, Gifts, 1919 Old Town Rd NW 6. Bus. card abbr. 22. Sapporo sash 43. Colo. neighbor THROUGH MAY 22 7 Paseo de San Antonio, Ste 2, 243-1410, 7. Related on one side Placitas, 867-8080, genuinesouthwest.com 24. It’s definite 44. Blood-typing letters Hard Edge Abstraction in 8. Grand ___ (“Evange placitasartistsseries.org 27. Car nut 45. Nest builder the 20th Century THROUGH MAY 31 line” setting) Albuquerque Museum of Art & THROUGH MAY 29 28. Tasty treats 46. Good buddies use This Enchanted Land- 9. Common Market History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, Bugs and Buses: scape: Stephen Day & 34. Not digital them 242-4600, letters Jack Parsons Peggy Immel 35. Arise 47. Smart guys? cabq.gov/museum Patina Gallery, 131 W. Palace 10. 1986 #1 hit for Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W. 36. Little kick 48. City in Ontario Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 986-3432, Palace Ave, Santa Fe, (505) Starship THROUGH MAY 26 49. Jai alai ball patina-gallery.com 501-6555, sorrelsky.com 37. Class-conscious grp. Traversing the Edges 11. Simple eyes New Mexico Watercolor 38. “O Sanctissima,” e.g. 50. Smell the coffee Romance & Necessary Fictions Society 2016 Spring THROUGH JUNE 9 12. Carved figure Harwood Art Center, 42. Way to walk 55. Sean Connery, for one Exhibition Bill Todino Photographs 14. Coupling 1114 7th St NW, 242-6367, 57. Baseball great Expo New Mexico, Loma Colorado Main Library, 45. Charge harwoodartcenter.org 16. Smoke and fog 300 San Pedro Dr NE, 222- 755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE, 47. Tasty treat 58. Engine sound mixtures THROUGH MAY 28 9700, exponm.com Rio Rancho, 891-5013 x3033, 51. General in gray 59. Fungal spore sacs Collage Like Picasso! riorancholibraries.org 18. Chain Ann Pisto 52. Tropical snake 60. Beach site Blue Lily Atelier, Exhibition 22. Sean ___ Lennon Placitas Community Library, 53. Possessive pronoun 61. Dregs 3209 Silver Ave SE, 23. Breathalyzer 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, 63. Crumb 263-6675, 54. Some bends placitaslibrary.com attachment bluelilyatelier.com 56. Taboos 64. Get prone 25. Dupes 58. Beach item 65. Second degree? 26. Easily tamed bird 62. Tasty treat 66. Across, in verse 28. Dracula, at times 67. Folklore creature Answers on page 31