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VOL II, Issue 19, September 23, 2015 New Mexico’s second-largest newspaper How Lobbyists Funnel Untraceable Cash PAGE 5 Lobo Fans Poised To Turn on Davie PAGE 7 Our Pick for City Council District 6 PAGE 16 ABQ’s Winning Weather Person PAGE 18 Diner & Drive-in Icons PAGE 22 Film Digs at Roots of Country Music PAGE 23 Music: Calexico Crosses Borderlands of Genre PAGE 27 2 • September 23, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • September 23, 2015 • 3 NEWS www.freeabq.com [ A & E ] www.abqarts.com Editor: [email protected] [ ART ] of the Carters’ allure was a reaffirmation of the ideals and Associate Editor, News: [email protected] The 19 Pueblos of New ABQ Free Press Local Briefs values of country life. Ways of Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] 20 Mexico have endured COMPILED BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF three waves of occupation doing and being were shunted Advertising: [email protected] aside in favor of steel, the Jazz since the 16th century – first Coverup alleged glaze of the tiles used by Barbara guilty in January and agreed Age and feverish “progress.” On Twitter: @FreeABQ by Spain, then Mexico, then Grygutis, the original artist. to testify against Sanchez. At – Captain America reviews country- The former records custodian for the U.S. – yet their right to sentencing in December, Keesing Western music documentary “The the Albuquerque Police Depart- self-govern has been, relatively Recall dropped faces up to five years in prison, Editor speaking, uniquely respected. Winding Stream.” ment alleges that top officials at payment of unpaid federal APD, including Chief Gorden Dan Vukelich – In “Matters of the Art,” Lisa The recall income taxes and repayment of Barrow considers “The Original Eden, ordered him to find ways to (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 [ STAGES ] effort against his share of the embezzled funds. Instructions: Pueblo Sovereignty deny public records requests from It’s fitting that “A Crack a member of Associate Editor, News and Pueblo Governance” and the in the Wall” premiered the news media and members the Albuquer- Dennis Domrzalski exhibit’s symbolic canes, some is- Cop-on-cop 24during this solemn season of the public. Reynaldo Chavez, que Public (505) 306-3260 sued by President Abraham Lincoln. of the Jewish liturgical year who was fired on Aug. 24, says Schools board Bernalillo County District because the drama is set in his orders to deny or limit the ended in mid- Attorney Kari Brandenburg has Associate Editor, Arts [ WORD ] the Warsaw Ghetto during the department’s response to records Samantha Anne Carrillo September asked the Albuquerque Police dark days of World War II. The requests came even after he (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 Anyone who’s interested when Jacob Department for its reports in work is an ambitious study of complained to top brass that he can come check out the Gil, an angry connection with the case of an 21 people trying to maintain their believed they were acting illegally Design zine library at A Night at APS parent and leader of the APD officer who was shot nine humanity under the pressures and in violation of the state’s Terry Kocon, Hannah Reiter, Cristina Olds the Zine Library, at The Tannex recall effort, said a local law firm times by his lieutenant during on Thursday, Oct. 8. It’s also a of unthinkable evil and depriva- Inspection of Public Records Act. that had offered to represent him a $60 drug bust in January. tion. – Barry Gaines sets the scene Chavez had been APD’s records Photography chance for folks to help set up backed out. With a court hearing Brandenburg wants to review Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio for the fest. We’ll be making for his review of local playwright custodian since 2011. An APD Peter Fisk’s “A Crack in the Wall” at set and no legal counsel, Gil said the case to see if there was any Labreche, Liz Lopez, Adria Malcolm decorations and putting them spokesman called Chavez “a he had no choice but to drop the criminal wrongdoing involved, up. We might even do a mini- the Adobe Theater. disgruntled former employee.” recall. It could be filed later, he according to a Sept. 4 email she Contributors this issue zine workshop. – ABQ Zine Fest said. Gil had filed recall papers sent to Police Chief Gorden Eden. Lisa Barrow, Andy Beale, Captain America, Barry Five’s co-producer Liza Bley hypes A [ MUSIC ] against all seven APS board Eden has yet to respond to her Night at the Zine Library. Safe at first Gaines, Paul Gessing, Gary Glasgow, Ariane At what point did boy-girl members, but after realizing that request, Brandenburg told ABQ Jarocki, Dan Klein, Dan Mayfield, Robert Reich, Isotopes Gen- 26 bands shove Ride, The New Mexico Public Education Free Press. APD spokeswoman Peter St. Cyr, M. Brianna Stallings, Richard Stevens, [ FOOD/DRINK ] Ronettes and “Some Velvet eral Manager Department Secretary Hanna Celina Espinoza did not imme- Rene Thompson, Tom Tomorrow, Alan Webber Locally owned drive-ins Morning” into a blender and John Traub Skandera would appoint replace- diately respond to an ABQ Free remain the quintessential call it “dream pop”? ... Two says the Copy Editors ments to the board, Gil withdrew Press telephone call for comment 22symbol of the 1950s American words: Beach House. – M. team’s ticket Wendy Fox Dial his petitions against six board on Brandenburg’s email. In her service industry and the era Brianna Stallings reviews Beach sales stayed members. Despite dropping email to Eden, Brandenburg said Jim Wagner House’s latest, “Depression Cherry,” steady for the itself. Thriving until the mid- the recall against the seventh she had received a copy of the 1970s, the drive-in and the in our Boom Box column. 2015 season, despite a change in member, Peggy Muller-Aragon, civil lawsuit filed by the injured Sales Director (505) 345-4080 diner gradually gave way to the Isotopes’ affiliation from the Pam Gutierrez x803 Gil contends she is too close officer, Jacob Grant, against APD, their comparatively blasé suc- [ MUSIC ] Los Angeles Dodgers to the Colo- to Skandera and Gov. Susana and the lieutenant who shot him, cessor, the drive-thru. – Ariane Calexico core duo Joey rado Rockies and the Isotopes’ Martinez. Greg Brachle. Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 Jarocki reports on ABQ Americana Burns and John Conver- dismal performance on the field. Abby Feldman x802 icons the Dog House Drive-In and 27 tino both play so many instru- Ticket sales for the 70-game home Garrett Ferguson x809 the Owl Café, in part one of the ments I could run out of space 2015 season were about 550,000 Guilty Jobs picture Cory Calamari x810 series, ABQ Icons: “Diners & Drive- listing them all – everything – on par with 2014 – and season John Wehner x812 Ins Now & Then.” A former governor of Santa Ana New Mexico’s economy turned from accordion to cello, ma- ticket sales actually increased, Pueblo was sentenced to serve in a tepid performance in the Operations Manager rimba to vibraphone. The result Traub said. “I think it has a lot to 51 months in prison and pay a 12 months that ended Aug. 31, Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 [ MUSIC/FILM ] is an equally diverse sonic do with our having a wholesome share of $3.5 million in restitu- adding 3,000 jobs for a 0.4 percent landscape that runs the gamut family experience,” he said. The America was still largely tion in a scheme to embezzle growth rate. Seven industry Published every other week by: rural but the lure and from Americana and surf to team ended the season with a money from a Native American sectors lost jobs, and four gained, Great Noggins LLC 23power of the city eclipsed the jazz and Mariachi. – M. Brianna 62-82 record, third-worst in the company formed to develop the according to the latest numbers P.O. Box 6070 workaday countryside. Part Stallings introduces her interview 16-team Pacific Coast League. Albuquerque Indian School site from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 with Calexico’s John Convertino. in the near North Valley. Bruce Statistics. The construction sector Check the oil Sanchez, 61, was also ordered to shed 2,000 jobs for a negative Publishers pay the IRS $655,276 in federal 5.2 percent growth rate. Mining Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich Albuquerque artist Erin Magen- taxes on the embezzled money. lost 3.6 percent of its jobs, and nis is renovating Albuquerque’s 21 23 27 Sanchez and his co-defendant, government employment fell Corrections policy: [ ] ] [ ][ “Chevy on a Stick” sculpture on Thomas Keesing, 62, of Pecos, by 1.4 percent. The leisure and It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct Gibson near San Mateo Boule- were indicted in October 2012, for hospitality industry had a 3.7 errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors at the email addresses on this page. vard Southeast. The tiles covering conspiracy and embezzlement. percent growth rate, while the vintage 1954 Chevy are Both pleaded guilty. According education and health services chipping in places. “We’re going to prosecutors, over five years, grew by 2.7 percent. The state’s to have scaffold installed with a Keesing submitted false or economy has been losing steam Where to find fence around it so we’ll be able inflated invoices for real estate in the past several months. The to climb up to the top and get our paper? consulting services and kicked year-over-year job growth rate hit List of more than to the top of the car,” Magennis back $1.7 million to Sanchez 1.6 percent in April but has been 550 locations said.