VOL II, Issue 16, August 12, 2015 New Mexico’s second-largest newspaper XX-centric Bubonicon Author Mary R. Kowal Joins ‘Women of Wonder’ at Sci-fi Fest PAGE 17 How Payday Lenders Got Their Way in Santa Fe PAGE 4 Joe Monahan: List of 2017 Mayoral Hopefuls Grows PAGE 7 Boyd Standoff Went Badly Right from the Start PAGE 5 2 • August 12, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS www.freeabq.com www.abqarts.com Editor:
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