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– perceived by other nations as a and do not need any more pictures. To the Editor: To the Editor: neocolonial force – within the auspices The Journal dictates what the public Whenever I read the Free Press I do of a truly post-colonial United is given to read. It is not an objective Now that the prospect of so with the understanding that it is Nations military force charged with paper: It is one-sided in favor of the American deaths in the battle liberal leaning and that’s fine as long clearing out hotbeds of terrorism in Republicans. It is very obvious in the for Mosul is upon us, it’s time as fact is kept separate from opinion. all countries including the U.S. while editorial section, where – because of to stand back as a nation and re- In the ct. -ov. 1 issue of the remaining in blue helmets. the major part that Hispanics will examine to what purpose do we Press, a box listing what each party play in this coming election – we get have boots on the ground in yet Arab terrorists will have more supports appears on page . another hot spot on the planet. respect for corresponding law an abundance of writers who are Unfortunately, the statements laid down and enforced by a truly pro-Republican and soft on Donald The Trumpeters claiming made in that box were presented as integrated police force with global Trump. In their attempt to sway Obama/Clinton created a facts, but had to be merely opinions reach than they would have for Hispanic readers, we seem to get a lot vacuum by us not sending our as most, in both Republican and foreign boots on the ground wearing of Ruben Navarrette, who is anti- military in a big way earlier in Democrat lists, were false. I could go nationalist military uniforms. Hillary Clinton. Syria (resulting in ISIS being down the list of untruths which you When it comes to Hillary’s emails, formed and filling that vacuum Such a force in clearing an ISIL presented as facts, but I’m sure you, the Journal does not compare her fail to realize that we could well hotbed like osul should first have the editors of the Press, know what email record to that of President Bush have had our soldiers on the supranational authority to require all they are. ground killed by Russian air sub-forces – Shia militias, Kurdish or former Attorney General Alberto What bothers me most about this strikes. Peshmerga and the Iraqi security onale, who destroyed about ,000 emails concerning the false stories of is that there are many young people Already, America is being seen forces – to unite in advance and wear weapons of mass destruction and the reading your paper and they may as a bully in the Arab Middle blue helmets so as to show ISIL a shameful torturing of prisoners by accept your opinion as true fact; to me East. And just as many Americans unified front. waterboarding, etc. that is rape of young minds. see Trump as a bully, there is – Arun Ahuja no more iconic presentation of When it comes to Mayor Berry, the Once, long ago, we could count on Journal will not take him to task about the press for strict lines between fact a bully as an American boot on To the Editor: Arab ground. our police force and the few ocers and opinion. No more. Many news Having lived in New Mexico that give it a bad name. Berry does outlets have become propagandists Also, in places where we on and off since 1 through 10 not step forward and take the blame for the Democrats. have had boots on the ground governorships, the state has ALWAYS for APD’s acts, but makes his police manning military bases abroad, How I wish you were truly a “Free been at or near the bottom of so many chief take the heat. In contrast, the we have done more intimidation Press” presenting real facts with trust measures of social well-being. So mayor of Chicago stepped up and and oppression among our host that Americans are smart enough to what gives? Why can’t ANY of these took responsibility for that police nations than good will. make up their own minds. oceholders, regardless of party department’s wrongdoing. The latest example is the – Mary A. Lombardo aliation, change that reality? hat The Journal could do the public a Philippines, which we once is the question we should be asking favor and press the unspoken issue colonized. There, we have when the next gubernatorial election of the Republican Party’s making Editor’s note: Ms. Lombardo gone the role of policeman nears. President Obama into the Jackie refers to a paid advertisement. being kicked out, and now the And locally, the cops have lost Robinson of U.S. Presidents. It should Philippine president wants to control of Albuquerque’s streets. tackle the seemingly treasonous have nothing to do with the To the Editor: Noisy, souped-up cars, trucks, and actions by the Republicans in their U.S. And what is to be gained motorcycles are using the streets as overt acts to destroy the Congress, The history of [the Albuquerque by the acific Islanders whom a race track, endangering the public the presidency and the U.S. Supreme Rapid Transit project] and the fact that we rule? Will American Samoa with their excessive speeds. And they Court. the need and demonstrated value go create independence-minded back to the recommendations of the know that they can get away with it. The Journal is silent on the terrorists in the future that favor Planned Growth Strategy back in the I can only hope that these immature Republican Party’s actions and indigenous self-rule? early 000s, says that this region is too males bet they are self-destruct expenditures of [billions of dollars] Ditto in the U.S. Virgin Islands, slow to adopt and embrace change. before they kill others. to destroy Clinton during the past as well as the heavy-handed There have not been enough forward Those still talking on cell phones 0 years, yet the ournal’s editors are expulsion of natives from Diego thinkers needed to accelerate a project while driving do it with impunity silent about Trump and the damage Garcia to make room for an like this. Im ust glad that it is finally too. Consider these blatant examples he could do to this nation. Nobody especially luxurious U.S. military approaching construction. . – Kevin, of nonpolicing the next time you lies more than Trump, yet the Journal base there. via the internet get stopped for some minor trac is silent about this and about the The various threads in the infraction. man who describes his daughter as a global web of conict with – Misty Blue “piece of ass,” as well as Trump’s own concomitant terrorist movements sexual wrongdoing. are now too tangled for one Some buddies and I [were prepared] nation, even the U.S., to unravel To the Editor: to cancel the Journal if it had endorsed ABQ Free Press Weekly welcomes let- all by itself, especially through The Albuquerque Journal has failed Trump. ters to the editor and bylined opinion the crude expedience of putting a major segment of its customers. pieces, subject to editing by the news- our boots on their ground. For The number of Democrats is larger One last bit: Shouldn’t the Journal paper for style and length. Letters may appear in one thing, expedience can be the than the number of Republicans. All get on Gov. Martinez about spending her time babysitting elementary print on the newspaper’s website, intent, but a protracted ground one has to do is see the free publicity freeabq.com. Writers should war is often the ultimate result given to Gov. Susana Martinez and school students instead of spending include their full names and a of our generally unwelcome Mayor Richard Berry to aid them more time governing the state? Let daytime phone number that the news- presence. in any future attempts to climb the her husband do the babysitting like paper’s editors can use to contact them. Submissions should be political ladder. spouses in other states do. It is high time that we paused sent to [email protected] and subsumed our military We all know what they look like – Phillip Casias NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • Civil Rebellion Against APD

BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at ABQ Free Press Weekly.

ayor Richard Berry and ress eekly she is sick of AD’s It’s the first response MAlbuquerque Police Chief obstructionist efforts and that she’s we have gotten from Gorden Eden have sparked a done playing nice with Eden and the chief in two years,” citizens’ revolt as civilians who Berry. Souter said. “It’s kind are supposed to take part in reform “There has been no serious, of insulting when you efforts at AD say they’re fed up with meaningful input by civilians about don’t even get a, ‘Hey, I systematically being ignored. any changes at AD. hat includes got your email’ – what he revolt centers around AD’s no civilian input into the policy you and I would call failure to abide by the terms of the development process at any level,” common courtesy – .. Department of ustice lawsuit Fine said. “I’m done waiting for them. and that has been the settlement to incorporate civilian We are done playing nice; we are done frustrating part about it. We’ve never gotten a oversight and policy recommendations trying to be collaborative; we are done written response from into its day-to-day operations. trying to be cooperative. We have been thwarted at every turn.” the four policies we First, it was the Civilian Police submitted in 2015.” Oversight Board that wrote a letter on AD spokeswoman elina spinoa In the letter to Brack, ct. to .. District udge obert said the department sees civilian the Northeast Area rack charging that AD has turned oversight “as a vital part of the reform Command policing that panel’s service into “a waste of process and that AD is working to council said Eden has time.” communicate better with the civilian Civilians tasked under the DOJ settlement with providing input police councils. AD has implemented ignored two invitations into APD policymaking accuse Chief Gorden Eden of ignoring Next came the six area command them and turning their efforts into a "waste of time." An APD most of the recommendations the to speak. “Coupled with community policing councils, also spokesperson responds that policies to improve communications councils have made, but she added recent reports about formed as part of the D settlement, are still being worked on. that the department hadn’t notified poor communication that wrote the judge on Nov. 3 alleging them in writing of that yet. Until very of Chief Gorden Eden that AD and the ity have ignored recently, “There wasn’t a process to get with the Civilian Police them as well. Oversight Agency, we feel this is the general public to believe there recommendations quickly through the is no real motivation to change or The letters – along with a critical emblematic of a larger disregard for system,” she said. improve AD. report by the central figure in the accountability and outside oversight Espinoza added that Eden will reform effort, the independent monitor within AD, particularly among Ron Halbgewachs, chair of the attend the Northeast Area Command ames inger come in advance high-level command staff, the letter Southeast Area Command CPC, said council’s meeting in anuary, and of a Nov. 18 hearing, during which said. the group has lost most of its original that six months ago Eden met with members due to frustration with the parties are to report to Brack on all of the councils’ chairs. It would be “We would also note that Mayor progress of the effort to reform AD’s Berry has never attended a CPC AD’s failure to respond to its policy inappropriate for the chief to attend recommendations. pattern of unconstitutional policing civilian oversight board meetings meeting in any area command. and excessive use of force. because he often has to rule on any In summary, we do not have any “Many of our original members gave ur time and efforts are wasted on disciplinary decisions they make, evidence that den or top AD up and resigned, saying, ‘I can’t deal a Department which is determined to Espinoza said. command staff has any interest in the with this anymore,’” Halbgewachs resist any meaningful input on policies work of CPCs – or regard for council said. “We still don’t feel like we are “It’s meaningless because you members and the general public who getting any communication with from civilians,” oversight board chair cannot change content. You can’t eth ohr, a former police ocer, attend meetings.” Chief Eden, and we don’t as far suggest that a policy is a horse of a as the mayor is concerned. There said in the letter to Brack, who is different color you can only arrange overseeing the settlement agreement ‘Zip, zero’ is no communication, zip, zero.” how their idea is communicated,” The oversight board and the local and has the authority to assume The letter added that the Northeast Fine said. “There is no opportunity for policing councils are not alone in their control of AD if he concludes AD Command’s policing council’s changing policies of any kind at AD. frustration. n ept. , 01, AD can’t reform itself. members have heard “troubling Forward, a coalition of 18 community It appears clear that AD’s goal statements from police ocers, Larger disregard groups that is also working to is to frustrate civilian oversight and AD’s training staff and the Members of the citizen policing reform AD, wrote erry and den input at every turn,” Mohr wrote. department’s “community relations to complain about AD’s refusal to councils, which were formed in surrogates” regarding their inquiries At the Nov. 18 hearing, Brack will submit proposed policy changes, as November 2014 as part of the to AD about the AA and policy listen to all of the concerns and to required by the CASA, to the civilian settlement agreement, say AD changes. Those comments include, AD’s response to them. entities. has been ignoring their policy “Nothing changed. We just do more Mohr continued: “Chief Eden and recommendations for two years. They paperwork,” and “The monitor’s Souter, who has spent two years the AD under his command stand charge that erry’s oce has provided report is three months old and we on his CPC, was blunt when asked in violation of the CASA [Court almost no help in getting the CPCs up have already fixed that, the letter what he thought of AD’s failure Approved Settlement Agreement] and and running, as was required under said. to respond to his group’s policy the City of Albuquerque Ordinance, the CASA. recommendations. The policing council’s letter and yet there are no consequences im outer, chair of the outh alley continued: “These statements are “Like I’m wasting my time,” for the Department or the hief Command policing council, said his frequent examples that indicate – to Souter said. personally.” ‘Thwarted’ organiation finally got a response this council – a general disregard for oanne ine, a member of the from Eden on Oct. 18 on one of its the CASA agreement. Such comments oversight board, told ABQ Free policy recommendations. imply a lack of seriousness and lead • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY EWS Comcast Fee Hikes Lead to Legal Action

BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor at ABQ Free Press Weekly.

ttorney Dan Hattis omcast employee told Oops Adoesn’t think him to call the city’s able people would stand for Franchise and Hearing here’s one thing that the omcast it if, when ordering a $4 oard if he wanted to file employee rti-oriega called in 01 iced coffee from a coffee a formal complaint. didn’t tell him he city’s ranchise able and Hearing oard doesn’t shop, the cashier added Over the next two on an extra 50 cents for exist. It hasn’t had any members for weeks, Ortiz-Noriega four years. the cup and 13 cents for called the franchise every ice cube. board, which is supposed Ortiz-Noriega learned that only That would be to be the city’s hearing when the ABQ Free Press Weekly told deception and fraud. authority on cable TV him as much. If a coffee shop did and franchise matters. hey omcast and the ity that, there would be an It’s also supposed to Attorney’s oce never told me that uproar and they would be where Albuquerque no one was home, so I ust dropped lose business,” Hattis consumers can go to file said. complaints. rti-oriega But Hattis believes left at least three phone a similar scenario is faced recently. On Oct. 1, the attorney messages he never got FCC Fine playing out for subscribers of cable general for the state of Washington a return call, and on Oct. 29, 2015, n ct. 11, the fined company omcast orp. in filed a 100 million consumer fraud he called the Albuquerque ity omcast . million for charging Albuquerque and elsewhere in the lawsuit against omcast, and on Attorney’s oce to complain about customers for things they never .. In a class-action lawsuit he filed ct. 11 the ederal ommunications the fees. A staffer there told him that ordered and never opted out of on ct. 1 in alifornia, Hattis alleged ommission fined the company . a omcast supervisor would get back after omcast offered the service omcast is charging hidden fees, then million for defrauding customers by to him within hours. ive days or equipment to them. It’s called lying about why the fees are charged charging them for equipment and later, rti-oriega got a call from “negative option billing,” and and what they’re for. services they never ordered. It was a omcast supervisor who said the the largest fine that the had ever fees were money omcast had to pay it’s illegal. Here’s what the omcast began charging two fees assessed against a cable company. to broadcasters to rebroadcast their said about omcast’s business in 2014 and 2015: The Broadcast TV shows. There was nothing she could practices: fee and the Regional Sports fee. Since or omcast’s operations in do about them, he was told. Although the specific details they were introduced, both have Albuquerque, these problems couldn’t vary, many complaints allege increased by more than 00 percent come at a worse time. he ity of Then, Ortiz-Noriega noticed the that omcast added services or each, and omcast has upped them Albuquerque’s franchise agreement, fees begin to rapidly increase. The equipment to subscribers’ cable even in the middle of multi-year or contract, with omcast expires Broadcast TV fee started out at $1.50 service without their knowledge customer contracts. next Oct. 1 – and because the city has a month in 01 it’s now .0. he almost no regulatory authority over egional ports fee has gone from 1 or permission. ome complaints omcast orporation is engaging the firm, the contract negotiations a month to .0. In early ctober, claim that services or equipment in a massive illegal scheme of falsely could be the city’s one chance to rti-oriega called omcast once were added or upgraded advertising its cable television service provide consumers some protection. again to inquire about the fees and after subscribers specifically plans for much lower prices than it ask whey they had increased in the declined an offer by omcast actually charges,” Hattis’ lawsuit Consumer middle of his two-year cable contract. representatives to do so. Many of alleges. omcast promises to charge Frustration He was told again that he had no the complaints describe multiple customers a fixed monthly price for choice in the matter. attempts by subscribers to obtain the service plans, but, in fact, omcast Albuquerque resident Joseph clarification or redress of billing omcast spokeswoman ulianne charges a much higher rate for those rti-oriega knows first-hand how issues during hours-long and Phares told ABQ Free Press plans via concealed and deceptive dicult it is for consumers who have repeated phone calls allege Weekly that the fees Ortiz-Noriega fees’ which omcast intentionally complaints against omcast to get unhelpful or abusive behavior by complained about are fees that disguises in both its advertising and anything done about them. About customer service representatives omcast is charged by broadcasters, in its customer bills, it says. two years ago, Ortiz-Noriega began (such as unexplained and they are simply passed on to its noticing the added Broadcast TV disconnections, refusal to transfer omcast has admitted these customers. nfortunately, the cost fee on his monthly cable bill, and in calls to supervisory personnel, invented fees are actually just price to deliver programming continues to 2015 he noticed that the Regional threats of service interruptions or increases for broadcast channels and increase, especially for broadcast TV Sports fee had suddenly appeared. assertions that subscribers bore sports channels in its cable television and sports programs, hares said. He called omcast to complain and the responsibility to know how packages. ut omcast intentionally oth of those things are itemied on ask what the fees were. He told the much their bill ought to be and does not include the cost of these fees bills so we can be transparent.” She representative that he didn’t have any allege repeated, unmet promises in its advertised or quoted rates for added that the cost to omcast to sports packages and didn’t think he by omcast employees to apply those channel packages, in order to rebroadcast shows has more than should be subject to the sports fee. credits or billing adustments. mislead customers into thinking that doubled in recent years,” and that He said the representative told they will pay less than omcast will customers were notified of the coming him that because he did have sports actually charge them. increases. Hattis’ lawsuit is one of several channels as part of his basic cable legal challenges that omcast has package, he was subject to the fee. The NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • CONT. FROM PAGE 5 Local Briefs it,” Ortiz-Noriega said, referring to Berry’s administration is preparing the nonexistent franchise board and to renegotiate the franchise agreement BY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY STAFF his failed attempts to reach it. The with Comcast, which has been in franchise board is supposed to have effect since 00. o one at ity Hall three members and, according to is saying exactly what it is hoping for Summer Jobs Ellison Drive and Coors Bypass city ordinance, it’s supposed to be out of a new contract. Northwest. The new Albuquerque The U.S. Forest Service is hiring. the “city’s administrative hearing location will be the company’s “To prepare for those negotiations, Through Nov. 14, the agency will authority on cable television (or second here. the City has been identifying the accept applications for more than wireless cable) matters, primarily City’s cable-related needs and 1,000 temporary spring and summer issues regarding regulation within evaluating Comcast’s performance jobs in New Mexico and Arizona. Baggage Fees the local franchise area as allowed by under the existing franchise Positions are available in multiple Despite pressure to generate more federal, state and local laws.” fields, including fire control, revenue, the chief executive of recreation, natural resources, timber, Southwest Airlines has rejected the engineering, visitor services and idea of charging customers to check What Comcast Pays archaeology. Applications must be luggage, even though similar fees Washington State Lawsuit submitted via the web on USAJOBS. have generated billions of dollars for Comcast’s franchise agreement gov. Interested applicants are other airlines. The Los On Oct. 1, the Washington State with the city expires next October, encouraged to create a profile on Angeles Times reported Attorney eneral’s ce filed and the city is looking to negotiate USAJOBS in advance to save time that the nation’s top 13 a $100 million consumer fraud a new deal with the company. once the hiring process begins. airlines collected $3.8 lawsuit against Comcast alleging Under the 2002 agreement, Forest Service representatives will billion in baggage fees 1.8 million violations of the state’s Comcast pays the city 5 percent notify selected applicants by email or during 2015, plus another Consumer Protection Act. of its gross revenue and 44 cents phone. Applicants not selected will $3 billion in charges The lawsuit claims the per subscriber per month to be notified by email. paid by passengers company’s $4.99-a-month Service fund public, educational and who change or cancel rotection lan was effectively government (PEG) channels. In Loving Santa Fe reservations, according worthless because it didn’t FY2016, Comcast paid the city to the U.S. apply to wires inside the walls $4.2 million in franchise fees and Condé Nast Traveler Department of of a customer’s home, although $389,921 in PEG fees. Comcast has magazine’s readers Transportation. Comcast told customers it did. 205,000 customers in New Mexico. have voted Santa Fe as Southwest, which The complaint also alleged that the third “Best Small is responsible Comcast charged customers for City in The U.S.” for about half service calls that should have and fifth best among cities worldwide. The the passenger been free, and that it made more ordinance,” the city’s legal magazine’s readers also trac through than 6,000 improper credit checks department said in a statement. voted the ity Different the Albuquerque on customers. “In addition, the City is reviewing as the fifth best place in International “This case is a classic example applications from individuals the U.S. to retire. Sunport, is the of a big corporation deceiving interested in serving on the Cable only major U.S. its customers for financial gain, Franchise and Hearing Board – a Merger carrier that Washington AG Bob Ferguson board intended by the Council doesn’t charge said when he filed the suit. I to provide a forum for public Two large federal passengers to won’t allow Comcast to continue participation in the franchise credit unions in check their first to put profits above customers renewal process.” Albuquerque are two bags or to merging to create the single and the law.” Ortiz-Noriega said the city should change ight largest financial institution negotiate a shorter contract with reservations. in New Mexico. Sandia Laboratory Comcast, not a 15-year year deal Federal Credit Union and Kirtland like the current one. He wants the You and APD The board is also supposed to Federal Credit Union have stated city to require the cable firm to The Albuquerque Police Department represent consumers and advise the that they will merge. The institutions include all fees in its base pricing is seeking public input on its new mayor and the Albuquerque City will continue operating under their so Albuquerque customers will policies on use of force, body cameras Council on what might constitute respective names while they work on know exactly what they have to pay. and use of Tasers. APD’s newly grounds for revoking Comcast’s integrating their organizations; no Nor should Comcast be allowed created ce of olicy Analysis contract to use the city’s right-of- layoffs at the combined 1 locations to increase fees during the life of a receives the public comments. The way for its wires and other cable are planned or anticipated. With contract, he said. comments are then forwarded to a equipment. 130,000 combined members and $3 Ortiz-Noriega is pessimistic about billion in assets, the combined entity board that includes members of the But since 2012, and until only the upcoming negotiations. independent Police Oversight Board recently, the board has had no will surpass Los Alamos National “I don’t think the city is up to do Bank as New Mexico’s largest and its investigative body, the Civilian members because its members quit, Police Oversight Agency, along with or their terms expired, and Mayor its part in dealing with Comcast,” he financial institution. said. representatives of the APD police Richard Berry’s administration New store union and other ocers. o learn how made no moves to replace them. to submit comments, visit: cabq.gov/ In September, the City Council did Home décor retailer HomeGoods is police/our-department/standard- approve Berry’s appointment of one opening a new store in Albuquerque operating-procedures. person to the board, and the city is on Nov. 13. The 21,699-square-foot apparently in the process of fully store is in Cottonwood Corners at stang it. 8 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS Journal 'Eliminates' Veteran Reporter, and Others Exit Joey Peters is a reporter for nmpoliticalreport.com, BY JOEY PETERS a nonprofit online news aenc

ew Mexico’s biggest daily advertising jobs overlapped with other Nnewspaper is scaling back. jobs in the department. The Albuquerque Journal recently The decision to eliminate the five eliminated six positions, including non-newsroom jobs came last week, one in the newsroom, according to Fantl said. Brian Fantl, the newspaper’s senior Fantl wouldn’t speak specifically vice president and chief operating about the reporters who are leaving or officer. have already left, calling it a “personnel On top of this, five more reporters matter.” But the internal email from recently left the newsroom, and it’s Journal Editor Kent Walz and Moses unclear whether their positions will offers some, albeit limited, insight. be refilled. The four retiring reporters, according One of those positions, which to the email are: courts reporter Scott belonged to staff writer Ollie eed r., Sandlin, whose last day was Nov. 1; is being eliminated, Fantl confirmed. UpFront Columnist Winthrop Quigley, eed was laid off Thursday. eed, a who well leave Nov. 11 (Quigley also retired Albuquerque Tribune reporter, announced his retirement publicly); was recruited in March 2015 to fill the vacancy left when environment Hendrix, who is leaving Nov. 11; Deputy and water writer John Fleck left the News Editor Joe Ipsaro, whose last day newspaper to research a book on water was Oct. 29. in the West. On top of this, Santa Fe-based ournal Others “may come back on consultant Investigative eporter Thom Cole also agreements,” Fantl said. The left at the end of October to take a job newspaper will review the other at a competing outlet, the Santa Fe New positions before making a decision, but Mexican. The New Mexican is the daily will “definitely” put someone into an with the second-largest circulation in assistant city editor position, Fantl said. the state, though it’s well behind the Journal’s circulation. The internal Journal email noted One of those positions, which that Cole “plans to do some part-time belonged to staff writer Ollie editing at The New Mexican.” The Reed Jr., is being eliminated. New Mexican’s announcement of Cole’s hiring says he’ll also “help direct investigations and projects.” The New An internal newsroom email from Mexican has recently increased its focus late October obtained by NM Political on investigative stories. eport suggests only one of the five departed newsroom staffers, editorial writer Sharon Hendrix, will come back ‘Layoff is not a “on a consulting basis.” word we’re using’ – Journal Managing Editor Karen Moses Journal Managing told NM Political eport that “we are Editor Karen Moses doing some restructuring.” “Layoff is not a word we’re using,” Moses said. Aside from Cole, the email doesn’t describe the circumstances of the egardless, the cutbacks are causing retirements of Sandlin, Quigley, Hendrix anxiety among employees at the and Ipsaro. Fantl described the situation newspaper, according to a source close as two who “came in and retired” while to the situation. “everyone else filed for retirement.” Of the five non-newsroom positions Quigley wrote on Twitter he is being eliminated, three are in circulation “planning some larger writing projects.” and “probably two” are in advertising, The Journal cutbacks come at a time according to Fantl. of sinking advertising revenue for Fantl said the three circulation jobs newspapers across the nation. Last were “no longer needed” because of week, for example, the Wall Street “new technology” the Journal is using ournal announced layoffs in its that “optimized the flow” of newspaper newsroom for this reason. delivery routes, while duties of the ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 9 Grading Our Charter Schools

State-chartered schools are required by the New Mexico Public • Are the lowest performing students in math and reading improving Education Department to publish an annual report card. The more or less than expected? The lowest performing students are in following 10 pages contain the report cards of five Albuquerque-area the bottom quarter (25%) of past performance in their school. charter schools, organized according to guidelines set out by the PED.

The report cards are critical tools for promoting accountability • Do parents and students believe their school is a good place to and publicizing data about student performance and program learn? Is student attendance high? effectiveness for parents, policy makers and other stakeholders, according to the PED. Report cards help parents and the general • Is the school promoting extracurricular activities and engaging public see where schools and districts are succeeding and where parents and students? there’s still work to do. Additionally, the more parents and community members know about the academic achievement of their children and their schools, the more likely they are to be involved in their local schools and the public school system. Equipped with information on academic results and teacher quality, parents and community members can make better decisions and choices. The report cards contain information on the schools’ performances in several areas that parents can consider in their decisions to enroll their children in charter schools or transfer them between schools: • How did students perform in the most recent school year? What percentage of students are on grade level? Did students improve more or less than expected?

• Did the school as a whole improve student performance more or less than expected? 1 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 11 1 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 1 1 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 1 1 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 1 1 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 19 20 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY PUSSY RIOT ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 21

Masha Alyokhina (of Pussy Riot) Talks Protests, Prisoners and Mediazona

Maria Alyokhina (Pussy Riot) at the Moscow Tagansky District Pussy Riot - Denis Bochkarev Court - Denis Bochkarev

BY MELISSA WOOD

ussy Riot was a little under a year What should attendees at the Santa Crimea and about the political situation have emigrated. We cannot compare Pold when it gained international Fe event expect to see this week? – actually war – which we have between situations, but basic freedoms, such as attention. Forming in mid-2011, The Our event is about a project called Russia and Ukraine now. Russia refused a choice – they are totally different in feminist punk rock protest group rose Mediazona. (It’s a) Russian independent a week ago to send him back to Ukraine, our countries. to fame during the 2012 re-election media (project) we started since we were because according to Russia he is a What has brought about the increased of Vladimir Putin in Russia. The group released from prison. Russian citizen because he was born sentencing since speaks out about LGBT rights in Rus- We decided to put our prison experi- in Crimea. your release? sia, feminism and the right to political ence toward this project, and the Media- He is a really talented director, he and religious freedoms. The group Since I was released, Putin has started zona covers all the topics about freedom could bring his films to any film festival, two wars in different countries. Since regularly staged guerilla performances in ussia Its prisons, its police violence but now he is in the middle of nowhere to film music videos that were critical 201 we’ve had a war with our closest and its political courts, (of) which the Siberia, in total isolation. So this is case country, with Ukraine. People are killing of Putin and his supporters. number has been growing over the past number one. each other every day. Every day mini- One of these videos, staged inside two years. How many cases have mum three people are dying in the war. the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in We have been providing legal help you handled? We have also been attacking Syria, so it’s Moscow, led to the imprisonment to prisoners that are behind bars; we We had handled about 30 cases; a completely different situation than we of members Nadya Tolokonnikova are going to speak about it to show the we won several of them. These are cases had in 2012 when we started Pussy Riot. and Masha Alyokhina. The incident reality that we have here. of political prisoners and also cases of What about your current project, drew international attention, You’ll be drawing on your personal usual prisoners that do not have “Burning Doors?” particularly from the West, and they experience, I’m sure. medical treatments. were granted amnesty 21 months into Yes, it’s a theater project with an We will be talking about that during underground theater, the Belarus Free their sentence. What are your thoughts on Masha and her the Q&A, but we want to focus on what American parallels that can be drawn? Theater, and I hope I will speak more In Russia, the sentences for acts Mediazona partner is happening currently – especially cases I met Julian Assange, and I’m in about it during the Q&A. But it’s a play such as these could be decades. Since Sasha are coming we are currently covering. contact with him and I know him. about resistance between artists and their imprisonment, laws surrounding The case of Oleg Sentsov, who is a I have friends from United States who the torturers. to Santa Fe on Nov. political dissent have become harsher. Ukrainian filmmaker that got 20 years of are working in this field. And of course, And actually, there are three heroes 13 to speak about Bringing attention to this is the focus prison because of his political position – I understand in the U.S., that especially there – well, not heroes, but three stories. this work and of Masha’s independent media project, in my opinion, he is a much more pure with police violence, there are lots My story; the story of Petr Pavlensky, more. The event Mediazona, in which she, with the example of what can happen to people of problems. who is, in my opinion, the main contem- will be held at the help of a legal team, takes on cases of in Russia now. We got – we were quite I think the main difference is that in porary artist in Russia now; and the third other political prisoners. lucky – we got two years, but this guy, the U.S., it is possible to speak about it is the story of Oleg Sentsov. historic Lensic he got 20 years, and this is a nightmare, ABQ Free Press Weekly spoke with and you have a chance to change it. In We played in UK for two months at theatre, in so we are now campaigning for his Masha about some of these projects Russia, almost all the independent big six theaters; in London we played for partnership with freedom and I hope we will succeed and what she and her partner at media were shuttered down, and people one month, and we played it in Italy with this. Meow Wolf. Mediazona, Sasha, will talk about at who would speak about or were protest- and we are going to Australia also. their upcoming discussion at Lensic He is from Crimea, and so all his ing against this order, some of them are Hopefully this spring we will bring it Theater in Santa Fe. guiltiness is just his public words about in prison, some of them are killed, some to the Ukraine. 22 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY FILM N.M. Film Focus:The Crew Community BY CHRISTA VALDEZ

s the song goes, "...these are the or T show, ice cubes, body bags, antiquated cell Apeople in your neighborhood." whether we phones or futuristic weapons and accessories. Go ahead, let the tune get stuck in know it or not. your mind. It was the catchy little No one and Dusty cowboy hats and strategically theme song to a lovely segment on an nothing would distressed denim dont just happen all-time classic television show during arrive at any within the time constraints of a its heyday. Now, during the latest scene without filming schedule – but those are some heyday of film in New Mexico, lets Transport. From things an accomplished ager-dyer can get to know some of the people in our equipment to achieve during a film shoot. Western neighborhood. A-listers, the garb, post-apocalyptic uniforms, or even the proper street attire for a Greens, Crafty, Ager-Dyer, Critter transportation general crowd scene in any given era Wrangler, Property Master, Grip, coordinator is requires the work of a skilled subset Stunts, Special Effects, Transport, typically in charge of the costume department. Casting, Wardrobe – these and many of moving everyone more are jobs in the New Mexico film and everything to And back to that theme song: "Who industry. and from set. The Are the People in Your Neighbor- shuttling goes on hood?" was written and composed Greens are not the garnish or even throughout filming, by 1-time Emmy Award winner eff the salad that comes with your entrée as cast and crew Moss, who was the first head writer, – in production, its the team of work- branch of the must be transported composer and lyricist for “Sesame ers that creates or arranges landscape art department who furnishes all the in mini-busses, coaches, golf carts or Street.” That’s three more job titles to dress a set. In all its splendor or specialty set decorations and props ATs from location to location. among the thousands it takes to imperfection, the lay of the land tells featured from scene to scene. These complete the art of film, television and volumes to us as we watch a movie Your local property master is the can be anything from prop guns to new media. ‘Dr. Strange’ Adds Something Old, Something New to MCU

BY DAVID LYNCH

he Marvel Cinematic Universe – the its promise of being a totally fresh like a sore thumb. Swinton is fine as a of Marvel Studios to utilize imagery, Tentire superhero genre, in fact – is experience. Supremely Powerful Do-Gooder, but architecture and even other characters of Asian origin without going the at a bit of a crossroads. Watching char- While for the first time in a long time it feels out of place and inappropriate distance with arguably the film’s most acters like Iron Man, Captain America, I found myself wishing I was watching important persona. and the third iteration of Spider-Man in an IMA theater, the film’s ubik’s to grace the big screen this century, Cube-on-LSD set pieces Despite its weak direction, there has become a regular event seemingly don’t is some new material that “Doctor more common than teen novel seamlessly Strange” brings to the table. For a mov- adaptations. fold into the ie universe that pays seemingly so little attention to the It’s led to a bit of an oversaturation, plot. and Hollywood knows it. In fact, the film And just when we think we’ve seen explicitly intro- it all, along comes R-rated “Deadpool,” duces a loophole the fresh “Guardians of the Galaxy” that erases any and the ambitious “Captain America: of the stakes that Civil War” to reshape how the genre would be sug- can take advantage of the movie gested by a city medium. literally folding And so we get “Doctor Strange,” over itself. What Marvel Studio’s first feature-length we see onscreen debut since “Guardians” – and it turns almost reflects prospect of finality, out (mostly) not to be your run-of-the- just how mud- death is a major theme here, mill MCU flick. dled the bigger as is its inevitability. MCU narrative The action teases to be some of the has become with Also, Strange himself is a decid- most immersive we’ve seen from a the addition of this edly morally ambiguous character, superhero movie in years, and Bene- film’s lore. with a sense of arrogance that isn’t dict Cumberbatch is an immediately simply replaced with heroism the welcome addition as the selfish doc- As far as the elephant first time he dons the cape. Instead, the tor-turned-magician. in the room goes – yes, audience welcomes a more dynamic the role of Brit Tilda Swin- internal journey. It’s a tantalizing start to a film, but ton in an environment clearly ultimately fails to deliver on evoking an Asian aesthetic sticks out Dai nch is an awarwinnin fil critic CALLBOARD ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 23 The Callboard: Local Auditions, All in One Place

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BY DAN VUKELICH

ust in time for Veterans Day comes their troops. I had always wondered J“Hacksaw Ridge,” director Mel how one man could single-handedly Gibson’s attempt to outdo the vio- save 75 of his fellow troops. lence of “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) Now I know, after having watched while juxtaposing the gore of the Doss Andrew Garfield scour a color- battle for Okinawa with the pacifism less battlefield under constant fire of Desmond Doss, the only combat to drag one wounded man after an- medic to be awarded the Congressio- other to the edge of a cliff and lower nal Medal of Honor. them with ropes to medics waiting in The horrific violence of the film’s safety below. battle scenes confirmed the stories “Hacksaw Ridge,” which is based of two of my uncles, a First Marine on a true story, breaks no new ground. Division veteran of four years of As a war movie – thanks to Gibson’s storming Pacific islands, and the other elegiac treatment of battle scenes, a conscientious objector who served explosions, gore, dismemberments as an Army medic in Europe, starting and death – it does, in fact, top the in France at D-Day Plus 10. violence of “Private Ryan.” Mark Rogers The liberal use of flame-throwers But the film’s plot – a young Doss and the stench of incinerated Japanese nearly kills his brother in fight, is was something one uncle never for- whipped for it by his drunken father his religious beliefs, beats the odds War II propaganda film – if it wasn’t got. The other never forgot the odor of (Hugo Weaving, who played Agent and becomes a medic without ever all or mostly true. blood or the three sleepless days of his Smith in “The Matrix” series), then handling a rifle, then commits heroic first combat, courtesy of the meth- vows never to kill, meets girl, wins deeds – is a series of clichés that might Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press amphetamines his commanders gave girl, suffers abuse in boot camp for have come from the writers of a World Weekly. Reach him at [email protected]

'Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown': The Henry Project

BY ASHLEY KURTZ

he Vortex Theatre is in its an uneasy air. T40th season, and The Henry The darker side of the play is Project could not be a better way contrasted by the drunk, fat old to introduce audiences to one of man, Sir ohn Falstaff. Played by Shakespeare’s historical plays. Charles Fisher, he is an excellent Set early in the fifteenth cen- source of comic relief and often tury, the play is a tense one that merrily pokes at the Prince while portrays the all-too-familiar story acting as a type of fatherly figure of a son, Henry, Prince of Wales; to him. and his father, King Henry IV. Intentionally staged in a ‘the- The Prince, portrayed by Quinn ater-in-the-round’ format – with Mander, and his father, played by the stage surrounded entirely Paul Ford, are both excellent in by the audience – the play pro- their display of a tense and often vides an intimate, almost voy- strained relationship. euristic look into the father-son Along with the outstanding dynamic while also giving performances of the two Henrys, the audience a very personal a bright star among them is the performance. The monologues role of Harry Percy, nicknamed are made more effective by the ‘Hotspur,’ played by Martin actors’ ability to pull the audience Hotspur, Hal and Henry - L to R, Martin Andrews. Percy provides a in so that they truly care about Andrews, Paul Ford, Quinn Mander Lynn Roylance flaming, angry opponent to the the events before them. rebellious and stubborn, yet The costumes are also brilliant Because of this intimacy, this was completely enjoyable. intelligent Prince. The two actors – simple, but effective, like the production of Henry IV is an The Henry Project, which hold a commanding presence staging. There is very little set, excellent one to bring first-timers on the stage, and, along with the includes Henry IV and Henry V, but this works for the show, giv- to. As a first-timer myself, this runs through Dec. 4. tortured King Henry IV, who is ing it the flexibility that it needs play seemed to be put on with plagued by his conscious murder to transform from a king’s cham- so much passion for the text and Ashley Kurtz is a freelance theater writer. of his predecessor, give the play bers to a pub in a split second. loyalty to The Bard himself that it Reach her at [email protected] MUSIC/LITERATURE ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 25 Ghosts, Gunshot Wounds Color the Handsome Family’s 'Unseen'

BY BRADLEY T. SCHUMAN

he Handsome Family stands rmly carry surreal nostalgia for days that Tatop the hill of modern Americana, weren’t and places you’ve never serene royalty in a genre that’s seen a been to. lot more media attention and airplay I’m pretty sure “Underneath the in the last few years. Falls” is about Great Cthulhu – or You’re bound to have heard of them at least his cousin – and the songs before; Albuquerque locals Brett and that follow get a little occult: There’s Rennie Sparks have put out 10 albums a siren beguiling lovers to a lethal in the last 21 years, and all of them embrace in the sea, a husband with are damned good. “Unseen” keeps up terrible secrets, and phantasms from the streak of excellence with ease and the world running at right angles to grace. ours. Andrew Bird, on whom I have an “King of Dust” has the solemn feel enormous music nerd crush, released of an anthem to the fallen, and the an album of nothing but Handsome album closes out with “Green Willow Family covers called “Things Are Re- Valley” a mournful tune that feels like ally Great Here, Sort Of …” in 2014. a pleading invitation to an empty af- I dove into that album after hearing terlife that is too much to bear alone. “Tin Foiled,” then proceeded to the “Unseen” is a trip through a faerie Handsome Family’s album “Milk and ring found on a dusty mesa a few feet Scissors” (“Drunk by Noon” is still in from the rusted-out carcass of an old my top 500 playlist), and after that Ford truck, watching a world just a listened to everything I could get my little stranger than ours drift by as we hands on that they’d done. the sort of thing that could play in the underlying feeling of being a little too hide in the shadows. Their musical style can be described background while planning to rob a tired to cry, tinged with rough-edged The Handsome Family will play at as folksy bluegrass murder ballads in bank in a movie, the players sitting resignation and desperate poetry. the Launchpad with Pawn Drive and a slightly tipsy haze. If you like The at a table full of guns, blueprints and “Gold” tells half a story of a robbery AJ Woods on Nov. 12, before heading Lonely Wild’s “Chasing White Light,” half-empty bottles of whiskey. gone wrong, and sets your expec- out to tour the west coast in Decem- Justin Sullivan of New Model Army’s There’s spaghetti western guitar tations for the album: There aren’t ber and Europe in early 2017. solo album “Navigating by the Stars” and twangy drunken strings, and the likely to be any happy endings; only or M. Ward’s album “More Rain,” this piano and organ will remind you of gut-shot regrets. Bradley T. Schuman is a pop culture geek and mu- will be your sort of thing. sic nerd with far too many records and opinions old, slow rock n’ roll and un ltered “Back in My Day” and “Tiny Tina” The album has a low-key vibe; it’s cigarettes. The vocals always have an

“The Other Sister” is Like Reading a Movie

BY LEX VOYTEK

ianne Dixon’s “The Other Sister” intimacy – exquisitely. beauty and accom- However, because Morgan’s trans- Dis cinematic and thrilling. I ini- She isn’t subtle, but plishments. It isn’t formation hinges a lot on her becom- tially picked the book up because, as a she uses drama in a until Ali nearly loses ing fit, tan and style-conscious, her fraternal twin myself, I was intrigued way that one usually everything good in her character is disappointing. Morgan’s that a major premise of this book is expects only to see in life that Morgan snaps major struggle after realizing her own about the bond of fraternal twins – but film. This isn’t a huge out of her jealous funk. physical beauty is then to forgive the this book soon had me reading for surprise, as Dixon is This is almost bearable, lack of physical beauty in a guy she much more. an award-winning until Morgan complete- decides to date. This whole revelation The twin connection is immediately screenwriter as well. ly comes into her own, seems a bit stale and shallow. overshadowed by the other relation- The missed opportu- which involves a major By the end of the book, I was flying ships in the story – in particular, the nity in this book is in focus on Morgan’s through the pages, trying to find out mystery and tension between Dixon’s development sudden beauty what happened next. Dixon seems to protagonist Ali and her husband Matt of the twins’ relation- transformation. knowingly plant bombs in the middle had me devouring this book in less ship. Dixon focuses a Dixon’s ability to of the most climactic moments, which than two days. It’s their relationship lot on the lovehate portray Ali’s transfor- took my breath away. While “The Oth- that is the most dynamic and touching aspect, and unneces- mation during a time of er Sister” certainly has flaws, they are by the end. sarily makes Morgan, Ali’s twin, the trauma and uncertainty is impressive. easily overlooked because of Dixon’s Dixon articulates many of the antagonist and a slave to her lust. Dixon shows a maturity and resilience movie-like writing style. complexities of married life – trust, Morgan is initially portrayed as in Ali’s character that’s as relatable as fidelity, worklife balance and pathetic and petty, yearning for Ali’s it is admirable. Lex Voytek is a freelance book reviewer 26 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY EVENT

Courtesy Native Realities “Super Indian” comics, created by Arigon Starr and published by Starr’s company Wacky Productions Unlimited, is currently featured at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe in “Into The Future: Culture Power in Native American Art.” Inaugural Con Celebrates Indigenerds BY ERIKA EDDY

his isn't your grandma’s powwow. Francis said there are plenty of and combating stereotypes are among cities to hang out with like-minded TFor three days, “Indigenerds” from Native people involved in pop culture the goals of the con. Arigon Starr, a people. Maybee, from the Seneca and different tribes and nations will gather who desire positive representations special guest and panelist at the con, Northern Arapaho tribes, said creating in Albuquerque to celebrate all things of themselves. represents her culture with modern, elaborate outfits for cons fits in with pop culture through the lens of Native “This strikes the right chord – that, funny stories. Starr created the comic the history of traditional tribal dancing American creators and stories. ‘hey, I dont have to be just the Native book series “Super Indian” about a res- garments. He said he is especially The inaugural Indigenous Comic Con guy over here doing this and feel out ervation boy who ate tainted commodi- excited to participate in Indigenous will run from Friday, Nov. 18 to Sun- of place. I get to be a part of something ty cheese and gained super powers. Comic Con. day, Nov. 20 at the National Hispanic and see really cool stuff that looks “Native people, by nature, are story- “This con is really a chance to Cultural Center in Albuquerque. like me.’” tellers – our parents, siblings, aunties, showcase what’s happening within The event will showcase Indigenous Francis, whose family is from the uncles, cousins and friends get together our culture,” he said. “There’s a real people from the worlds of comic books, Laguna Pueblo, said the idea for and spin yarns like nobody’s business,” empowerment that comes from people video games, sci-fi, fantasy, film, T Indigenous Comic Con caught on like she said. “I know that other Native who speak not only in a language and graphic novels with 0 vendors, wildfire, and guests and attendees are folks out there want to read comics that we recognize, but in a way that artists and organizations. The 17 special expected from all over the U.S., Canada like this, and feel that they’re not just can educate and entertain and all those guests include “Supernatural” actor and Mexico. There has been a response stereotypes from a Hollywood movie. things for non-indigenous readers Kaniehtiio Horn, game designer enee from thousands of people, showing We are not all stoic on horseback – we and collectors.” Nejo, comedy group the 191s, author that the Native market is viable. all really like to laugh.” As pop culture evolves, it is import- Stephen Graham ones and other big “We want to see more comic cre- Starr said most people are aware ant that not only the representation of names in the Indigenous nerd world. ators working at Marvel; we want to of negative depictions of Native Amer- Indigenous people progresses, but their Organizer Lee Francis I said he see more sci-fi movies coming out of icans, but they don’t understand the access to these medium does as well. is excited about the interest he has Universal Pictures; we want to see chaos those create within a Elizabeth LaPense said she hopes received thus far. Sponsored by Francis’ more independent game designers Native psyche. Indigenous communities get equal publishing company Native ealities getting picked up by EA who are “We’re bombarded with images that access to technology and resources for Publishing and “indigenerdity” site A Native,” he said. “The more we can do tell us that we’re drunks, lazy or simply their voices to be heard. Tribe Called Geek, the event has been that, the more we can counteract those a dead culture and relegated to the LaPense, an Anishinaabe, Mtis in the works for about a year. stereotypes, the more we can get these past,” she said. “The comic is way for and Irish designer, writer and artist “I just wanted to get together with representations for our Native youth me to talk about contemporary Native for games, comics and animations everyone,” he said. “When we got all that shows them being superheroes in American life with a lot of humor.” will be coordinating the kickoff day of the guests in, I thought, ‘Ah, this is just the world.” Cosplayer Dallin Maybee travels with the Indigenous Comic Con dedicated the best’” Positive representation of Natives his family to various cons in different to games, as well as coordinating a “game jam.” This and other panels and EVENT ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 27

Characters from comic series “Super Indian”created by Arigon Starr and published by Starr’s company Wacky Productions Unlimited.

Page from graphic novel "Copper Heart," written by Elizabeth LaPensée, Red Wolf - Issue 1: Art by Jeffrey Veregge, Courtesy Native Realities art by Claude St. Aubin Red Wolf, Marvel Comics workshops encourage anyone who is success of video games like “Never Indigenous Comic Con is a space strategies about medias so that they can interested in making comics, games Alone” (an adventure game based for sharing and inspiring self-expres- bring their voice forward to a larger and other media to just jump in. on Iñupiak culture and stories) can sion that surely impacts current and audience and make a living out of it, “Games are also a brilliant way of promote language and culture revi- next generations.” which is a tough thing. They don't have sharing teachings, language and sto- talization and sustainability. Tribal Marty Two Bulls Sr., an Oglala to leave the reservation, they don't have ries,” she said. “We all have our voices, leadership and administrators will also Lakota and editorial cartoonist, will be to leave their families, and they can still and they are all meaningful and needed learn how video game development teaching how he has created a career make a living,” he said. in whatever form they take.” and other new media technology can by mixing words with images. He said help tribal economies in the digital age. Erika Eddy is a freelance reporter. On Thursday, Nov. 17, IAIA he wants to teach Native youths how Museum of Contemporary Native Arts “Self-determination for Indigenous to get their work published in a time

(MoCNA) in Santa Fe will host aday media is vital for communities,” when the market for gallery art is soft. The program and more of workshops, helping developing LaPensée said. “By bringing together “You see a lot of young artists, information about Indigenous professionals find success in the leading creatives, genuine allies, people they’re trying to find their voice,” he Comic Con can be found at gaming world. who appreciate their work said. “One of the things I’d like to see in media, and people who want to indigenouscomiccon.com The workshop will show how the is young people able to learn these make media themselves, the 28 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY FOOD Burger Battle in the Construction Zone

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The Rosa burger at B2B is a big patty of New Mexico ground beef and comes Pete's Frites' single burger combo is also made from locally sourced beef. I ordered it with topped with strips of green chile, chile con queso and seasoned tortilla chips. cheddar and green chile. The fries are triple-cooked and are much like authentic Belgian frites.

Bistronomy B2B Pete’s Frites 3118 Central Ave. SE 3407 Central Ave. NE 262-2222 200-0661 bistronomyb2b.com petesfrites.com

BY STEVE “MO” FYE

There’s nothing more American to crisp the a fun Doritos. The burger was juicy and than burgers and fries, and Albuquer- surface. view for the chile had good flavor and serious que has its share of joints that serve The result is me, but heat. The only problem was that the this classic combo. As ART commenc- frites that are ! some pa- bun, while tasty and branded with es tearing up Central and scaring almost creamy trons do the restaurant’s logo, was too large many restaurant patrons from the inside, but not like the for the amount of meat. corridor, I thought I’d check out two crunchy outside. noise and The fries were different from Pete’s in the Nob Hill area. The spicy mayo distraction. The cooks skip the boiling and Pete’s Frites just recently made the and spicy ketchup were Regardless, if double fry the house-cut potatoes. transition from food-truck operation terrific accompaniments, and Pete and his crew The result is darker fries that are still to brick-and-mortar restaurant. I look forward to trying the aioli and continue to produce food crisp outside and fluffy inside. They It’s not usually the best idea to other sauces. at this high level and expand the are available seasoned with Cajun or review a restaurant in its first few I ordered the single burger combo menu, this place will have all the BBQ spices. months, as it takes some time to with cheddar and green chile, and time in the world to keep tweaking Curry ketchup and wasabi mayo shake off unforeseen menu or equip- was glad I did. The burger was huge the ambiance. are just two of the sauces offered, and ment issues and get the staff com- and juicy: Ground daily in-house Just across the street and a few both were very tasty. pletely trained. Despite being open from New Mexico beef, it had a very blocks to the west, Bistronomy B2B The object of each food fight col- for such a short time and running a nice balance of fat and lean. The has been serving locally sourced umn is to choose a winner, but stripped-down opening menu, Pete’s green chile was not as hot as I like, beef burgers and fries for almost this one is really a tough call. The Frites hits it out of the park in terms but it was flavorful. four years. As a perfect example of food at both restaurants was out- of service and food quality. Gooey and toasted beautifully on why not to review a place before it is standing and, while the obvious My only quibble was that the food a sandwich press, it was even better established, I went to B2B just a few choice for ambiance is B2B, Pete’s took a bit longer than expected, as with dollop of the spicy mayo. Meals weeks after opening and had terrible Frites still has time to decorate and we had to wait for a fresh batch of are served on quarter sheet pans, service. It would be an injustice to finish developing a broader menu. fries to be prepared. Since we came which I found clever and convenient. hold that against the place now, as Based purely on the quality of the in at an odd hour between lunch and this visit my first return since that burgers and fries, and despite having Pete’s Frites is in the process of time was nearly flawless. dinner, we were happy to wait – es- getting a beer and wine license, and a limited menu and selection of pecially since the owner himself came will eventually add more items to its B2B’s walls are covered with toppings, Pete’s Frites edges out the from the kitchen to assure us we menu. We’re hoping for the fish-and- graffiti-like writing, quotes, beef competition with its near-perfect would get the freshest possible frites. chips and the salt cod fritters that charts and beer references. The menu potatoes and flawless burgers. They were cooked perfectly. The used to be served from the Santa is deep, but still simple: burgers with myriad toppings, various meatless house-cut spuds are boiled until Fe-based food truck. The restaurant is Steve “Mo” Fye is an Instructional Tech patties and a selection of salads. almost cooked through. After being obviously a work in process; there are in the Culinary Arts program at Central drained and dried, they are fried at a too few tables, and there’s no art on I decided on the Rosa Burger: a New Mexico Community College and, as an low temperature to make the interior the walls yet. The kitchen is still open hefty patty with queso, big strips fluffy. Finally, they are fried in hot oil to the dining area, which made for of hot green chile and topped with Irish-American, loves his spuds. DRINK ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 29

Hot Toddies for Everyone

BY VERONICA RINALDI hot toddy is the number-one used bourbon for both because I Earl Grey A treatment for an adult with a had it on hand, and because I cold. In “How to Drink,” author like bourbon. Hot Toddy Victoria Moore describes the drink Bourbon is a distinctive product Serves: 2 as “the vitamin C for your health, of the United States, originating in Ingredients the honey to soothe, the alcohol to one of two places: Bourbon County, numb.” It helps that it’s also deli- Kentucky; or Bourbon Street, Earl Grey teabags cious. That being said, one too many New Orleans. 2 toddies may have you waking up Thanks to Congress, bourbon ounces bourbon (or spirit of feeling much worse than before. All 3choice) good things in moderation, if you must be distilled in the U.S. from know what I mean. at least 51 percent corn and aged in tablespoons fresh lemon juice new toasted oak barrels for at least 4 The traditional “Hot Toddy” (or two years. Tottie, or Totty) usually refers to a tablespoons honey drink of spirit base, hot water, sugar For our more traditional hot tod- 2 dy, rye whiskey, brandy or scotch and spices. Its simplest form con- boiling water sists of whiskey, honey, cinnamon, would do nicely. For both drinks, please remember hot water and lemon. rin cps water to a oil in ettle or sace Other versions use herbal teas, cof- to warm your mugs with hot water pan once water is oilin reoe ro the fee or cider, along with a variety of before you start building heat an allow tea as to steep coere or the cocktail intes ae tea as ot por in leon spices like nutmeg and cardamom. ice an stir in hone onces o Basically, what we get is a great base oron to each heate then top with tea recipe for our very own perfect eronica inali is a artener or ixtre arnish with a slice o leon an hot toddy. lere ress l an neer soe nte no shies awa ro a new coctail Though it is not certain from where the cocktail originated, the hot toddy dates to at least the 17th century. The toddy we enjoy today most likely came from Scotland, Bourbon where there are rumors that the drink got its name from being Hot Toddy made with water from Tod’s Well Serves: 1 in Edinburgh, and was used to Ingredients: treat colds. ounces bourbon (or spirit of Another theory states that, since 1.5choice) Great Britain was involved in trade with India at the time the hot toddy tablespoon honey OR 2 sugar cubes was invented, the cocktail may have 1 been named for an Indian drink tod- tablespoons fresh lemon juice dy or tr in Hindu made from the 2 fermented sap of the toddy palm. hot water No matter which is true, I don’t think palm sap is a widely used Cinnamon to top ingredient in modern versions. The hot toddy made its way to hone to heate an fill halwa with American colonists during the hot water stir ntil hone has issole or in revolutionary war, and legend says or oron an leon ice stir an fill to top with hot water arnish with leon an a ash or it was used as liquid courage two o cinnaon no for battle. I decided to make two versions of the hot toddy: One more traditional, and the other an Earl Grey version. I 30 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS Local Briefs BY ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY STAFF

Summer jobs location will be the company’s The U.S. Forest Service is hiring. second here. Through Nov. 14, the agency will accept applications for more than Baggage fees 1,000 temporary spring and summer Despite pressure to generate more jobs in New Mexico and Arizona. revenue, the chief executive of Positions are available in multiple Southwest Airlines has rejected the fields, including fire control, rec- idea of charging customers to check reation, natural resources, timber, luggage, even though similar fees engineering, visitor services and have generated billions of dollars archaeology. Applications must for other airlines. The Los Angeles be submitted via the web on US- Times reported that the nation’s AJOBS.gov. Interested applicants top 13 airlines collected $3.8 billion are encouraged to create a profile in baggage fees during 2015, plus on USAJOBS in advance to save another $3 billion in charges paid time once the hiring process begins. by passengers who change or cancel Forest Service representatives will reservations, according to the U.S. notify selected applicants by email Department of Transportation. or phone. Applicants not selected Southwest, which is responsible will be notified by email. for about half the passenger traffic through the Albuquerque Interna- Loving Santa Fe tional Sunport, is the only major Condé Nast Traveler magazine’s U.S. carrier that doesn’t charge pas- readers have voted Santa Fe as the sengers to check their first two bags third “Best Small City in The U.S.” or to change flight reservations. and fifth best among cities world- wide. The magazine’s readers also You and APD voted the City Different as the fifth The Albuquerque Police best place in the U.S. to retire. Department is seeking public input on its new policies on use Merger of force, body cameras and use of Two large federal credit unions in Tasers. APD’s newly created Office Albuquerque are merging to create of Policy Analysis receives the the single largest financial institu- public comments. The comments tion in New Mexico. are then forwarded to a board that Sandia Laboratory Federal includes members of the indepen- Credit Union and Kirtland dent Police Oversight Board and Federal Credit Union have stated its investigative body, the Civilian that they will merge. The institu- Police Oversight Agency, along with tions will continue operating under representatives of the APD police their respective names while they union and other officers. To learn work on integrating their organiza- how to submit comments, visit: tions; cabq.gov/police/our-department/ no layoffs at the combined 1 standard-operating-procedures. locations are planned or anticipated. With 130,000 No sweat combined members and $3 billion Michael Riordan, Albuquerque’s in assets, the combined entity will chief operating officer, says the surpass Los Alamos National Bank Federal Transit Administration will as New Mexico’s largest financial deliver its promised $69 million institution. for the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project, despite the possibility Con- New store gress might cut its budget request Home décor retailer HomeGoods for transit grants nationally. Rior- is opening a new store in Albuquer- dan’s statement came in response que on Nov. 13. The 21,699-square- to Albuquerque city councilors who foot store is in Cottonwood Corners questioned whether City Hall has at Ellison Drive and Coors Bypass a Plan B if the FTA money doesn’t Northwest. The new Albuquerque come through. ANALYSIS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 31 Is DNA Analysis Jeopardizing Constitutional Rights?

BY LAUREN KIRCHNER PROPUBLICA

ate on a hot August night in degree in chemistry, Ph.D.s in math L2014, Syracuse, N.Y., police tried and computer science, and a med- to pull over a car driving without ical degree. In the early 2000s, his headlights. The driver and passen- company helped clear the backlog ger fled into a darkened park; as of DNA samples waiting to be inter- the officers chased them on foot, preted for the government databank they said they heard a gunshot. The in the United Kingdom, and later cops never caught the suspects, but used TrueAllele to help identify recovered a loaded handgun. victims’ remains at the World Trade The police connected the aban- Center site after September 11. doned car to its owner, and arrested TrueAllele was used for the first him, but could not tie him to the time in a criminal case in 2009, and handgun without a DNA match. is now comprised of some 170,000 The mixture of DNA on the hand- lines of computer code. gun was too complicated for scien- In recent years, these powerful tists to analyze with conventional tools have enabled prosecutors methods, a representative from the to make cases with evidence that Onondaga County crime lab later would otherwise have been difficult testified. The DNA of at least four or impossible to interpret. TrueAl- people was present, and possibly lele solved a string of armed rob- five or six. beries from “touch” DNA swabbed So the DA’s office outsourced from a store counter. Another the analysis to Cybergenetics, a software program solved another company that makes TrueAllele, a robbery by analyzing the sweat “probabilistic genotyping” software inside a sneaker. program. Where traditional DNA The software isn’t only a tool for analysis involves manually and prosecutors: The Indiana Innocence visually interpreting DNA markers, Project used TrueAllele to help free TrueAllele runs DNA data through a man who had been in prison since complex algorithms to calculate the 1991 for a violent rape that DNA likelihood that a particular person’s proved he did not commit. DNA is present, compared to a Still, probabilistic genotyping re- random person’s DNA. The TrueAllele analysis was the other techniques, from bite-mark mains on the outer edge of scientific only physical evidence presented at analyses to fire patterns, have come acceptance. The White House re- Lack of bias trial connecting Thomas to the gun. under question, DNA analysis has leased a report in September by the President’s Council of Advisors on Developers of tools like Mark Perlin, TrueAllele’s developer, remained the most unassailable and Science and Technology that called TrueAllele say that they remove testified that a match between the objective form of proof that some- probabilistic genotyping an im- human bias from the equation, de- DNA on the gun and Thomas’ DNA one did, or did not, commit a crime. provement over traditional methods livering accurate, consistent results was “1.78 trillion times more proba- The emergence of algorithmic of analyzing complex mixtures of with the exactitude and cold remove ble than a coincidental match to an analysis programs, however, is DNA, but concluded the tools “still of a calculator. unrelated African American person” creating a new frontier of DNA and “892 billion times more proba- require scientific scrutiny.” But critics worry that they under- science. The tools are so new and ex- ble than a coincidental match to an Dr. Dan Krane, a professor of mine an important aspect of due pensive that only a handful of crime unrelated Hispanic person.” Thom- biology at Wright State University in process. The accused, defense at- labs use them regularly. But as law as, who is black and Hispanic, had Dayton, Ohio, and a frequent expert torneys, judges and jurors typically enforcement looks to DNA more his attorney press Perlin to share witness, said he figured defendants’ don’t have access to the tools’ often and more frequently to solve even the tool’s source code so the results right to confront their accusers proprietary inner workings and, minor crimes, that seems almost could be independently verified. would outweigh companies’ right to thus, the ability to question their certain to change. Perlin argued this was unnecessary make money. conclusions. As one attorney wrote and irrelevant. Perlin said that, while he resists in a brief, “The Petitioner cannot turning over code, he takes pains to “I suppose these are both Consti- cross-examine a computer.” Last March, Thomas was found demonstrate how TrueAllele works tutional principles, but I thought guilty of criminal possession of a one would trump the other,” Krane In the Syracuse case, TrueAllele when it’s used in a criminal trial, weapon, reckless endangerment said. “And that’s not what’s hap- indicated that the DNA on the giving attorneys and judges access and menacing a police officer. He pening here.” gun was a likely match to Frank to test the software themselves. was sent to prison for 15 and a half Thomas, the 19-year-old who owned “‘Here’s the car, here’s the keys – years. He’s appealing his conviction. the car. Prosecutors had previously drive it,’” he said he tells them. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning offered Thomas a deal if he pleaded Perlin started building TrueAl- nonprofit online news aenc that guilty to a gun possession charge, Increasing use lele for case work in 1999, a few specializes in investigative journalism. but Thomas had maintained DNA evidence is the gold stan- years after working on the Human Its web site is propublica.org his innocence. dard of forensic science. Even as Genome Project. He has a bachelor’s 32 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS/COLUMNS South Valley Organizes Berry’s Plan to Hire Retired Against Environmental Racism Cops Shot Down by City Council

BY SARA MACNEIL BY DAN KLEIN untos, an environmental activist direct result of opposition from t nally happened: Berry said his retired cops would have Jprogram of Conservation Voters New activist groups. IThe Albuquerque had academy training in taking crime scene photos, dusting for ngerprints Mexico, recently held a forum for His- Also discussed was an update on the City Council nally told and securing evidence. That would have panic families at South Valley Academy cleanup of groundwater contamination Mayor Richard Berry to required additional training and certi ca- High School to discuss the environmental from the enormous Kirtland Air Force go to hell. tion, so who would have paid? issues affecting their neighborhoods. Base aviation fuel spill. Kirtland is in the Berry’s plan to “Your environment determines how process of cleaning millions of gallons farm out some police Those private cops would not have been long you live,” said Jaen Ugalde, a Juntos of gasoline in the aquifer that originate services to a private rm is dead thanks to sworn police of cers or city employees, yet leadership coordinator. Asthma, cancer from an underground pipeline leak in the councilors Patrick Davis and Brad Winter, Berry wanted them collecting and tagging and diabetes affect the Latino communi- 1950s and went undetected until 1999. who came to their senses early this week evidence. Under APD rules, non-police and yanked legislation that would have employees aren’t allowed to process and ty disproportionately, he said. Other issues discussed at the forum allowed the administration to hire up tag evidence, and it’s likely that criminal The forum was the latest development included an excess of litter; lack of parks, to 25 retired cops via a politically cases handled by those people would have for residents of the highly industrialized sidewalks and healthy grocery stores; connected company. been dismissed. area in the near South Valley, which has poor road quality; water contamination; The councilors countered with a proposal Instead of cooking up kooky deals like pushed back at City of Albuquerque and poor air quality leading to respirato- to hire up to 30 certi ed, sworn assistants Berry’s no-bid retired-cops deal, a better of cials’ apparent willingness to approve ry problems. The forum focused on West- to process property crime scenes. Those as- way to solve the problem of too few cops new pollution-emitting businesses in gate, the South Valley and the Interna- sistants would be hired by the city – not a might be to reinstate an of cer retention close proximity to their homes. tional District because of the percentages private company – and they would answer program that worked exceptionally well in of Hispanic, immigrant and low-income Eric Jantz, an attorney at the New to APD of cials. preventing the drain from APD between Mexico Environmental Law Center, said families that live in these areas. 2008 and 2011. Say what you will about Councilor Ken Sanchez is giving Berry the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen- Solutions discussed at the forum includ- Marty Chavez, but he started a workable bird as well. He introduced a resolution and inexpensive retention plan in 2007 to cy's Of ce of Civil Rights is investigating ed education on recycling and respecting that would fund an additional 15 police keep veteran cops from retiring. Albuquerque's Environmental Health the environment, as well as spreading service aide positions, on the reasoning Department as well as the Albuquer- awareness of environmental issues. that those jobs are the most direct route to The plan provided yearly $12,000 reten- que-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Neighborhood organizers plan to assess becoming a cop, and the best way for APD tion bonuses for every APD of cer who Board over allegations the center made areas and de ne de ciencies, host house to rebuild its depleted ranks. kept working past his or her 18th year. The in a 2014 lawsuit. meetings in different neighborhoods and bonus was placed into an independent The new-found courage by the council- reach out to available resources, such as retirement plan set up for the of cer. The New Mexico Environmental Law ors has come none too soon: Berry was on Parks and Recreation. Because it was what’s known as a 457 plan, Center’s suit alleges that the city’s Envi- the verge of getting the Council’s OK to the extra cash didn’t affect the of cer’s ronmental Health Department violated Attendees of the forum also signed continue seven years of poor management, PERA fund – which meant there was no the 1964 Civil Rights Act by failing to con- a petition for implementation of a na- bad personnel decisions, violated contracts need to involve the Legislature. sider the cumulative effect of pollution tional policy to reduce carbon pollution and double standards which have reduced when granting permits, rather than the from coal- red power plants. The EPA the Albuquerque Police Department to the Another positive was that the of cers pollution emitted solely from the proposed what it calls the Clean Power shambles it’s in today. were assigned by APD, meaning APD’s commanders could utilize them where permit applicant. Plan in June 2014, but the U.S. Supreme APD’s decline and Albuquerque’s soaring they thought best. These were APD of cers “The city government needs to take Court halted enforcement of the plan crime rate will not reverse with the type with many years of police experience in last February. Many states have opted to of poorly considered, knee-jerk plans that into account the cumulative effects patrol, as detectives, performing rst-line meet requirements of the Clean Power Berry favors – plans that would cause when considering permits,” Jantz said. supervision and crime scene investigation. Plan nonetheless. nothing but more headaches. It took seven “There is a clear pattern of discriminatory We need to keep these of cers from retir- years to get here; it will take years to turn permitting.” Juntos will give the Clean Power Plan ing. That’s the answer to APD’s manpower this mess around. Jantz said more than 90 percent of the petition to the administration of Gov. problem. Susana Martinez at the end of November Sanchez’s bill has the support of Shawn Metro area’s polluting industrial sources A city audit showed that 129 veteran after gathering as many signatures as Willoughby, president of the Albuquerque are located around the railroad corridor APD of cers in the ranks of sergeant and possible. “Our communities are targeted Police Of cers Association, who said it’s of the South Valley, extending into the below were participating in the program by pollution. Latinos aren’t considered in the far superior plan. APD needs to rebuild North Valley. when Berry, apparently wanting nothing government decisions,” Juntos organizer long-term, and Sanchez’s idea could help At the Juntos forum held on Nov. 5, to do with actual success, ended it. The Keily Castro said. “We want Susana to get it get there, he said. a variety of environmental topics were program was in existence for four years; listen to us.” Here’s the story with PSAs: APD started the entire cost was $2.4 million dollars. discussed, including the effect on the hiring them in 2014. They’re generally Valley of the proposed Santolina project, Many forum attendees said when they In late 2014, Berry’s command staff young men and women who work and leave their neighborhoods to work in weaseled their way into $12,000-a-year a residential and mixed-use development go to college at the same time, and in the other parts of the Metro area, they no- retention bonuses that city councilors said plan on the far West Side. Juntos and process they get a real feel for police work. tice de ciencies in their neighborhoods were meant for rank-and- le of cers. other organizations oppose Santolina Since the program began, 27 PSAs have in comparison to others. “I grew up in So here’s the message for Berry and all because it threatens to divert water from become city cops, and two are currently the South Valley. I didn’t notice the poor city councilors: If $12,000 a year is good South Valley farmers. attending APD’s training academy. That’s environment until I got older,” said Abril enough for the command staff, it’s good The Bernalillo County Planning Com- called investing in APD’s long-term future. Gurrola, a youth organizer for Juntos. enough for the cops on the beat. mission recently delayed the Santolina But let’s not forget Berry and his plan to project’s consideration for 60 days. “It’s privatize police work and steer $3.9 million a win for the community,” Ugalde said. Sara MacNeil is an editorial intern at ABQ of your money to a company that has ties Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque police Members of Juntos saw the delay as a Free Press Weekly. to Winter’s former campaign treasurer. sergeant. Reach him through Facebook. COLUMNS ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 33 Iraqi Refugees Free Film; No Signs That Dakota Access LGBTQ Youth Law Day Protest Will End Soon BY ROBERT SALAS BY SAYRAH NAMASTÉ NEW MEXICO IN DEPTH he rst time I was arrested, it was s tribe members dig in their heels according to published reports. T to prevent construction of an oil for protesting the A The size of the protest and the passion pipeline they say threatens their water war in Iraq. it has generated among protesters has supply and damages sites sacred to led some to ask, why now? Like so many, I them, police action in North Dakota late had marched, held last month landed many of the protest- Tiffany Lee, a professor and associate director of Native American Studies at candles at vigils, ers in jail. the University of New Mexico, offered organized teach-ins Since the summer, thousands of an answer: and caravanned to protest at the White Native Americans, including many New House – but none of it seemed to make a Mexicans, converged on North Dakota, Environmental degradation and difference. The war became more personal heeding the call of the Standing Rock pollution are issues that tribes across the country have in common, includ- for me after I befriended Naba Saleem Sioux to protest the construction of the ing those in the Southwest U.S. As an Hamid, a community organizer who was Dakota Access Pipeline. example, she cited a uranium mill spill forced to ee Baghdad. Getting to know Liz McKenzie of the Navajo Nation that took place in Church Rock 115 miles her challenged me to do more than hold felt a sense of unity with the Standing northwest of Albuquerque in 1979. up a sign on yet another anniversary of Rock Sioux tribe when she visited North A dam on Navajo land broke at an the war. Dakota in September, she said. evaporation pond, releasing “94 million One cold March morning, I joined a The 2015 Gold King Mine spill that gallons of radioactive wastewaster to group in direct action, shutting down a contaminated the San Juan and Animas the Puerco River, which owed through Rivers and affected agricultural commu- military recruitment center as we read the nearby communities,” according to a nities in northwest New Mexico and on names of every Iraqi killed in our war (or May 2014 report from the U.S. the Navajo Nation made water contam- every name we could nd). High school Government Accountability Of ce. Rana Saad, a UNM research assistant ination concerns raised by the Standing boys were startled by us, unable to make The spill from United Nuclear Corp.’s who has worked with Iraqi refugees who Rock Sioux more than a political call their appointments with a military industry disposal pond happened just three have resettled in Albuquerque, will speak to action. that wanted to sell them on a glamorous and a half months after the Three Mile after the lm. Suha Amer, a graduate of “It’s not even like we are standing in war. It took hours for the police and re Island accident, in which a nuclear the University of Baghdad, will share her ‘solidarity’,” McKenzie said. “We are all department to remove us from the doors reactor in Pennsylvania partially melted experiences. The goal of the series is “to in the same ght as a people.” and roof of the building, infuriating down and produced “small radioactive deepen our awareness of immigrant and the recruiters. The Texas company building the releases” that “had no detectable health refugee issues while generating meaning- pipeline, Energy Access Partners, has effects on plant workers or the public,” ful dialogue.” More information at repeatedly touted the thousands of jobs according to the U.S. Nuclear Regula- the 1,134-mile pipeline would produce tory Commission. Yet Three Mile Island artful-life.org/migration- lm-series. If you don’t know any once completed. generated far more news coverage than Also this week, Equality New Mexico, Iraqi refugees, you will However, Travis Miller, the political the spill in New Mexico did. the Transgender Resource Center of New feel that you do after campaign coordinator for the Native “These sites, these open mines, obvi- Mexico and the UNM School of Law Clini- American Voters Alliance, questioned ously they toxify (the environment). It’s watching the film ‘The cal Program are hosting an LGBTQ Youth the morality of emphasizing economic decades before they can be resolved,” Wind of Al Amal’ Law Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, pro ts over “human wellbeing.” Lee said. “They are still dealing with the Nov. 12 at 149 Jackson St. NE. The free Like McKenzie, Miller traveled to effects on the communities there [in event will showcase an array of services for North Dakota in September. Church Rock].” Sitting in the back of the police car with LGBTQ youths of ages 14-22. “We only have X amount of water, With the protesters and company and the handcuffs digging into my back, I Law students will provide free, brief and if you destroy that water, then what law enforcement of cials continuing to hoped I had done some small thing to try legal assistance to LGBTQ youths regard- are future generations going to have?” face off over the pipeline, it’s unclear to stop the violence. As an American, I was ing name changes, identity documents, Miller said. “Every living organism in the how long the situation in North Dakota complicit in Naba’s trauma and that of the emancipation and guardianship. They will world needs water to survive; we don’t will last. But it appears that protesters millions of Iraqis who became refugees also address issues about age of consent to need oil to survive.” aren’t leaving anytime soon. as a result of our immoral invasion and medical care, including STD/HIV testing and Miller also felt strongly about the And local solidarity efforts like an occupation and subsequent chaos in treatment, birth control and pregnancy. disturbance of sites held sacred by the Albuquerque fundraising event in that country. September called Hip-Hop for Water will The New Mexico Immigrant Law Center Standing Rock Sioux. The tribe’s chair- likely continue. That event raised almost If you don’t know any Iraqi refugees, you will provide immigration assistance and man, David Archambault II, lamented in a press release that “The ancient cairns $1,300 at Low Spirits, a bar and music will feel that you do after watching the information. Young people will be able to and stone prayer rings there cannot be venue on Second Street Northwest. lm “The Wind of Al Amal.” This moving enroll in health insurance with assistance replaced. In one day, our sacred land has Local artists showcased and auctioned documentary about the travails of refu- from Equality New Mexico and the Truman been turned into hollow ground.” their work, said Christopher Mike-Bid- gees resettled in the United States and the Health Center. There will be food. It’s really tah, the event coordinator. obstacles they faced eeing their country good to see this level of collaboration Miller added, “They would never go through and knock down a cathedral “They can use the money for whatever will be shown as part of The Migration among the various organizations to serve because it was in the way of a road or they need, such as winter supplies or Experience from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednes- our youth. More information at eqnm.org. a pipeline.” food or anything,” Bidtah said. day, Nov. 16 at the African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr. The widespread support for the “No Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the DAPL” movement among Native Amer- Robert Salas is the New Mexico In Depth NE. The Migration Experience is a free lm American Friends Service Committee in 2016 fellow for student journalists of color ican tribes has led tribal of cials to call and discussion series focusing on the lived Albuquerque. She writes about events of in- at the University of New Mexico. New the protests the largest gathering of Na- Mexico In Depth is a nonprofit online news experiences of immigrants and refugees. terest to Albuquerque’s activist community. agency that can be found on the web at tive Americans in more than a century, nmindepth.com 34 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY NEWS More Pulp News

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of entering résumé details and job history, Psssttt! similar to how other job board sites Wanna buy an iPhone cheap? Apple’s already use Facebook Connect, according online store has an open secret that allows to the website engadget.com people to buy like-new Apple products at a signi cant discount. Now, Apple is selling refurbished iPhones for the rst time. For Facebook II sale are a variety of refurbished iPhone 6S ProPublica reports that the U.S. Depart- and iPhone 6S Plus models costing about ment of Housing and Urban Development $100 less than full-price – or about 15 is percent off. Business Insider reports Apple taking a close look at a sales practice is selling a 16-gigabyte iPhone 6S for $449 that allows advertisers on the social – $200 less than its original price in 2015, network to include or exclude people who and $100 less than a new one costs today. have an “af nity” with speci c ethnic You have some choice of colors, but some groups. The agency, which enforces the color and storage combinations aren’t nation’s fair housing laws, said it is “in available. discussions” with Facebook to address what it calls “serious concerns” about the Facebook I social network’s advertising practices, the nonpro t online investigative news agency After seeing businesses and employers reported. post ad hoc job openings on their Face- book pages, the massive social network is ProPublica disclosed that Facebook’s nally experimenting with job recruitment software allows advertisers to exclude tools. As reported by techcrunch.com, certain people from seeing their ads if Facebook is testing out a new “Jobs” tab their online habits suggest an af nity with for business pages alongside an “Apply ethnic groups such as African-Americans, Now” button for applicants that can start Hispanics and Asian-Americans. Facebook lling out a job application with informa- responded to the ProPublica story by tion from the user’s Facebook pro le. saying it bars advertisers from using the targeting options for discrimination, The Jobs tab acts as a landing page harassment, disparagement or predatory where businesses can send potential new advertising practices. Last week, a group of hires and interested folks, rather than Facebook users led a class-action lawsuit directing them to jobs pages on their own against the social media giant asserting websites. Users looking to get a foot in that its ad-targeting technology violates the door at a speci c company can also the Fair Housing Act and the Civil Rights subscribe to that company’s Facebook CALLING ALL PETS Act of 1964. “There is no mechanism to page to be noti ed about future openings. prevent ad buyers from purchasing ads Businesses will also be able to pay to post related to employment/housing and then openings in the Facebook News Feed for excluding based on these illegal character- additional reach or a more focused effort istics,” the plaintiffs wrote in a complaint in targeting people with the right creden- led in the U.S. District Court for the tials. From the applicant’s side, the “Apply Northern District of California. Now” button will save users the trouble

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The Temporary Tattoos THROUGH 7:30 pm, Free, Yanni’s, 3109 Central NOVEMBER 17 Ave NE, 268-9250, yannisandlemoni. Letting Go of the Past com Thursdays, 7 pm, Kadampa Meditation Center, 142 Monroe St Western Music Association 2016 NE, 292-5293, Awards Show meditationinnewmexico.org 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com THROUGH NOVEMBER 20 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 You Can’t Take It With You Antonio Reyna – Mis Primeros 20 The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th St NW, Años 898-9222, adobetheater.org 2 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, Lady Chatterley's Lover nhccnm.org The Cell Theatre, 700 1st St NW, 766-9412, fusionnm.org Darlingside 7:30 pm, The Cooperage, 7220 The Seasons of La Llorona Lomas Blvd NE, ampconcerts.org National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm. Soft Rock Flute and Percussion org 9:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org THROUGH NOVEMBER 25 9x9 Art Show SCREENS Reception, Friday, November 4, 5-8 pm NOVEMBER 10-11 African American Performing Arts Center for Contemporary Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr NE, Cinematheque 222-0778, aapacnm.org 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, (505) SHOWS November 16, For Today, Norma 7 pm, Hotel Andaluz, 125 2nd St NW, 982-1338, THROUGH Jean 242-9090, hotelandaluz.com ccasantafe.org NOVEMBER 26 NOVEMBER 10-16 November 10, A Man Called Ove New Mexico Chroma: Katherine Irish THURSDAY, John Anderson with Ben and Noel November 10, La Notte Blue Lily Atelier, 3209 Silver Ave SE, Sister Bar NOVEMBER 10 407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, Haggard & The Strangers November 10, Being 17 263-6675, bluelilyatelier.com sisterthebar.com Autopilot Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Starts November 11, The November 10, LowLife Vids’n’Vinyl 7 pm, Tortuga, 901 Edith Blvd SE, Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Handmaiden THROUGH 506-0820, tortugagallery.org Mescalero, NOVEMBER 28 November 12, Flaural/Nuzzzle NOVEMBER 10-17 November 16, Future Scars EP (800) 545-9011, innofthemountain- nuence f te at Mala lln Release w/ The Coma Recovery Live & Local gods.com Guild Cinema Loma Colorado Main Library, 755 6 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848, Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, Launchpad NW, 768-3544, cabq.gov Peter Richard Conte guildcinema.com 891-5013x3033, riorancholibraries. 618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887, 7 pm, First Presbyterian Church, 215 November 10, Silver Ochre: Who are org launchpadrocks.com Joshua Breakstone Cello Quartet cut t NE, fitea US 2016 observations from the 21st November 10, Hot Glue, Chicharra 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance century American road THROUGH DECEMBER 4 November 11, Walls Within CD Space, 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, The Porter Draw November 11-12, Henry: Portrait of a The Henry Project: Henry IV & Henry Release outpostspace.org Low Spirits, 2823 2nd St NW, Serial Killer V 344-9555, lowspiritslive.com November 11-14, Danny Says The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle November 12, The Handsome Family NOVEMBER 10-12 Album November 11-14, Gimme Danger – NE, 247-8600, vortexabq.org November 13, Trapt, Chrysalis Desert Dixie Rick Gutierrez Iggy Pop & The Stooges November 14, Termanology Dirty Bourbon, 9800 Montgomery Santa Ana Star Casino, 54 Jemez November 12-13, French Cancan THROUGH JANUARY 31 November 15, Tombs, Wolvhammer Blvd NE, 296-2726, thedirtybourbon. Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, Nvee 151, andfill anc DADA Centennial: Day of the Dead November 16, Har Mar Superstar com 867-0000, santaanastar.com A Symphony of the Human Spirit Reception, Friday, November 4, 5-7 November 15-17, SEED: The Untold pm FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Sunshine Theater Russ Liquid Live Story International Museum of Collage, Anna Lunoe 7 pm, Duel Brewing ABQ, 606 Central Assemblage and Construction 120 Central Ave SW, 764-0249, NOVEMBER 11-12 sunshinetheaterlive.com 9 pm, Santa Ana Star Casino, 54 Ave SW, facebook.com/multifaceted- Archives, 1925 Rosina St Ste C, November 10, Attila, Chelsea Grin Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Santa Ana movement Magician: George Tovar Santa Fe, (505) 303-3034, collage- November 11, Hopsin w/Joyner Lucas Pueblo, 867-0000, santaanastar.com Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 museum.com & Token $uicideboys Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, (505) November 15, A$AP FERG The Gershom Brothers El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave SW, 466-5528, jeancocteaucinema.com THURSDAY, CALENDAR CALENDAR ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 37 NOVEMBER 10 Stop-Think-Connect: Michael Sare The Cascading Consequences of 2 pm, Placitas Community Library, Wrongful Conviction Fall Speaker Series: Part II: Anthony Ray Hinton 453 Hwy 165, 867-3355, placitasli- 6 pm, UNM School of Law, 1117 brary.com Stanford NE, lawschool.unm.edu/ijp/ events/hinton.php Return of the Sandhill Crane Celebration Clean Energy Activities in honor of 9 am, Free, Open Space Visitor International Science Center & Center, 6500 Coors Blvd NW, Science Museum Day 897-8831, cabq.gov/openspace 1 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, 224-8300, explora.us Westernair: A Business not for Sissies, the Adventures of Richard The Growth of Long Wavelength Duran and ABQ’s 1939 Hanger: Astronomy: Dr. Lee Rickard Dianne Schaller 9:30 am, New Mexico Natural History 10:30 am, Free, Special Collections Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Library, 423 Central NE, 848-1376 nmnaturalhistory.org abqlibrary.org FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 12-13 The Catholic Church in the Late Contemporary Hispanic Winter Colonial Period: Dr Rick Hendricks Market 7:30 pm, Free, Room 105, Maxwell 10 am, Free, Expo New Mexico, 300 Museum of Anthropology, 500 San Pedro Dr NE, 222-9700, Redondo Dr SE, 277-4405, unm. contemporaryhispanicmarketinc.com edu/~maxwell SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Veterans Day Special at Explora Balloon Museum Holiday Arts, Crafts 10 am, Veterans Free, Explora, 1701 & Book Fair Mountain Rd NW, 224-8300, 9 am, Free, Anderson Abruzzo explora.us Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE, 768-6020, balloon- NOVEMBER 11-20 museum.com Hedda Gabler UNM Experimental Theatre, UNM A Conversation with Pussy Riot Main Campus, 203 Cornell Drive, 8 pm, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San theatre.unm.edu Francisco, Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org NOVEMBER 11-DECEMBER 31 D. H. Lawrence and "The Three Native Realities: Superheroes of Fates": Elizabeth Cunningham Past, Present, and Future 1 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art & Form & Concept, 435 S Guadalupe History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, St, Santa Fe, 982-8111, formandcon- 242-4600, albuquerquemuseum.org cept.center Early Pioneer Teachers of Northern SATURDAY, Sandoval County: Martin Valdez and NOVEMBER 12 Esther Cordova Americas Challenge Balloon and the 2 pm, Free, Sandoval County Gordon Bennett Aloft: Peter Cuneo Historical Society Museum: DeLavy and Barb Fricke House, 151 Edmond Rd, Bernalillo 2:30 pm, Free, Anderson Abruzzo Balloon Museum, 9201 Balloon Stripped Bare: Shannon Baker Museum Dr NE, 768-6020, balloon- 3 pm, Free, Page One Books, 5850 museum.com Eubank Blvd NE Ste B-41, 294-2026, page1book.com The 1837 Revolt, US Expansion and Truckin’ Tuesdays fracturing of Mexican New Mexico: 11 am, Civic Plaza, 1 Civic Plaza NW, Ballad of Placita Romero: The Heart Answers. Puzzles on page 23 Matthew Saionz of an Apache Raid, Captured Woman MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 1 pm, Free, New Mexico History 3rd St NW and Marquette Ave NW, and a Song: Bob Roland Jicarilla Apache Micaceous Pottery: Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, albuquerquecc.com 2 pm, Free, Cibola County Historical Shelden Nuñez-Valarde (505) 476-5200, nmhistorymuseum. Society, 1001 West Santa Fe Ave. Part of Friends of the Wheelwright org 1ST WEDNESDAYS Grants, NM Museum 2:30 pm, Wheelwright Museum of the Poetry and Beer Fossil Discoveries in the New 7 pm, Tractor Brewing Wells Park, Composting and Soil Fertility American Indian, 704 Camino Lejo, Panama Canal 1800 4th St NW, 243-6752, Workshop Santa Fe, (505) 982-4636, wheel- 7 pm, New Mexico Natural History getplowed.com 8:30 am, Bernalillo County Extension wright.org Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Office, 1510 Menaul Blvd NW Ext, nmnaturalhistory.org WEDNESDAYS 275-8731, nmcomposters.org TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AARP Smart Driver Course Crazy Wisdom Poetry New Mexico's Dinosaur: Spencer 4 pm, Free, OffCenter Arts, 808 Park Getting Started in Beekeeping 1 pm, Loma Colorado Main Library, Lucas Ave SW, 247-1172, offcenterarts.org 2 pm, Free, Juan Tabo Library, 3407 755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Rio 6 pm, Free, Loma Colorado Main Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 291-6260, Rancho, RSVP: 891-5013x3033, Library, 755 Loma Colorado Blvd NE, Talin Market Food Truck Round Up abqlibrary.org riorancholibraries.org Rio Rancho, 891-5013x3033, 11 am, 88 Louisiana Blvd SE NOVEMBER 15-20 riorancholibraries.org Hope Christian School Artist and THURSDAYS Craft Show 29th Annual Festival of the Cranes Raise the Floor, Build the Ladder Thirsty Thursdays 8 am, Free, Hope Christian School, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Forum 6 pm, Balloon Fiesta Park, 5500 8005 Louisiana Blvd NM, 822-8868, Refuge, 1001 New Mexico 1, San 11:30 am, CNM Workforce Training Balloon Fiesta Parkway, 768-6050, hopechristianschool.org Antonio, NM, festivalofthecranes.com Center, 5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE, yogazoabq.com 867-6046, nmdcc.org Making Change – Westernair: Diane Pocahontas FRIDAYS Schaller KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, Coffee Education and Tasting 10:30 am, Free, Special Collections 768-3544, nmyoungactors.org ONGOING 6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters, 3228 Los Library, 423 Central NE, 848-1376 Arboles Ave NE Ste 100, 379-5136, abqlibrary.org WEDNESDAY, TUESDAYS NOVEMBER 16 prosumroasters.com 38 • November 9-15, 2016 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY PUZZLES/CARTOONSUDOKU by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY • November 9-15, 2016 • 39 Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9X9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3X3Sudoku squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column and boxCrossword must contain each by Myles Mellor and Sally York of the numbersby Myles 1 to Mellor 9. Puzzles and Susan come Flanagan in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Across 47. Bother 21. Involved with Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into 1. Fab Four drummer 48. Peruvian coin 22. Ghana money Level: Medium 6. Hip-hop 50. ___ and desist 23. Suppose (old nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column 9. Old time Dad's 55. "Forget it!" way) and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. 12. No-no 56. 5th for one 25. Decision to move 13. Capitalize 57. Operatic solos forward 14. Coffee holder 58. If at rst you 26. Grandiose 3 857 15. S. American don't succeed, ____ 28. Pack carrier cassava plant again 29. Norway seaport 7 452 16. Gas guzzle rate 59. Protective cov- 31. Alliance acronym 17. Can be open or ering 32. Relative of "Oh, choppy 60. Get a new no!" 71 6 18. Swindle tenant for 33. Character 20. Fellow 37. Player, in tag 4 675 21. Behave affect- Down 38. Gallery display edly 1. Messy place 40. Lubed 24. Beeper 2. Greek letter 42. "Out of the 7927. Dry red wine 3. 1970 Jackson 5 question" 30. First act song 43. Skunk's defense 651 8 34. Some reality 4. Bird of myth 44. Decayed show winners 5. Jungle sound 46. Lasting effect 35. Butter y 6. Cuban dance 48. Fall guy 3 87 36. Hindu festival 7. Egyptian snake 49. Fertility clinic 38. Perfume base 8. Hit the nail on the stock 153 6 39. "Get your ___ head 51. "Maid of Athens, running....." Step- 9. Word on a door ___ we part": Byron 769 8 penwolf 10. Kind of rug 52. Have a bug 41. Keats creation 11. Zest 53. Returnable 42. Finale 19. Select envelope, for short 45. "___ show time!" 20. Thick liqueur 54. Approx.

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