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VOL II, Issue 20, October 7, 2015 New Mexico’s second-largest newspaper Berry’s Big Lie On Cop Artist Nani Chacon Talks Nativity and Retention Impermanence PAGE 5 PAGE 15 Fleeing ABQ PAGE 8 Time for Lobos’ Krebs to Go? PAGE 12 Monahan: Wake Up, Dems! ABQ Icons: PAGE 7 Cult NM Foodie Faves PAGE 19 Music: How Heartbreak Revived Heartless Bastards PAGE 25 2 • October 7, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS ABQ FREE PRESS • October 7, 2015 • 3 NEWS www.freeabq.com OPTIONS www.abqarts.com Editor: [email protected] [ POLITICS ] ABQ Free Press Local Briefs Associate Editor, News: [email protected] COMPILED BY ABQ FREE PRESS STAFF Over Columbus Day? You’re not alone. In March 2015, the Red Associate Editor, Arts: [email protected] Nation — an Albuquerque-based council of indigenous and allied Devilish next five years, according to an Consolidation Advertising: [email protected] activists, educators, students and organizers — called for the City economic summary published Mia, a female Tasmanian devil, is of Albuquerque to abolish Columbus Day in favor of a celebration by the New Mexico Legislative Just as it is across the rest of the On Twitter: @FreeABQ undergoing a three-week quar- Counsel Service. United States, New Mexico’s of indigenous resistance and existence. antine before joining the other banking industry is becoming Editor three Tasmanian devils that have highly concentrated, with the Dan Vukelich been at the zoo since December New training [ POLITICS ] 10 largest banks controlling 71 (505) 345-4080. Ext. 800 2013. The BioPark Zoo is one of On Monday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to The first class of Albuquerque percent of all deposits in the 4:30 p.m., make pre-contact granola for only two in North America to firefighters to receive mental-ill- state. The state’s largest bank by Associate Editor, News the screening of Emmy Award-winning receive four Tasmanian devils. ness crisis-intervention training deposit share was Wells Fargo, Dennis Domrzalski documentary “Surviving Columbus” and The other is the San Diego Zoo. will graduate in November, the which had nearly $8.3 billion in (505) 306-3260 a panel discussion at the Indian Pueblo One of the BioPark’s Tasmanian Albuquerque Fire Department deposits, or 27.43 of the market. Cultural Center (2401 12th St. NW). devils, Jasper, was killed last Associate Editor, Arts said. “The men and women of the Next in line was Bank of America year. Jasper’s death at first was Samantha Anne Carrillo [ POLITICS ] Albuquerque Fire Department with $3.8 billion in deposits for a believed to have been a deliberate (505) 345-4080 ext. 804 Also on Monday, Oct. 12, is a are on the front lines each day 12.47 percent share. Nationally, act, but zoo officials now believe march and rally to replace Columbus handling calls for service – many the animal died when a piece the banking industry has been Design Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day of which respond to crisis mental of asphalt within its enclosure consolidating since the 1990s Terry Kocon, C.S. Tiefa, Scott Roberts in celebration of the resistance and health situations,” Mayor Richard dislodged and fell on its head. and the repeal of Depression-era resilience of the Pueblo peoples. Berry said. All Albuquerque laws that limited what types Photography The march itself will begin at 5 p.m. firefighters are emergency of business banks could get Mark Bralley, Mark Holm, Juan Antonio Labreche, Liz Lopez, at First Street and Central Avenue Adria Malcolm New jobs medical technicians, an AFD into. Currently, the nation’s five Southwest, and the rally will start spokeswoman said. afterward at Civic Plaza. Rural Sourcing Inc. will create biggest banking firms control Contributors this issue 125 high-tech jobs in Al- 44 percent of the $15.3 trillion Lisa Barrow, Jeff Berg, Tony Davis, Hugh Elliott, Gary Glasgow, buquerque with an emphasis on Common Core in assets held by U.S. banks, Chase Hamilton, Bill Hume, Ariane Jarocki, Elijah Jensen-Lindsey, [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] computer programming over the according to Forbes. Those banks Duke Pesta, an English professor Dan Klein, Dan Mayfield, Joe Monahan, Sayrah Namasté, Elvis (lead guitar) and Max Austinite Ameripolitan next few years. The Atlanta-based are JPMorgan Chase, Bank of Scott M. Roberts, M. Brianna Stallings, Richard Stevens, at the University of Wisconsin (drums), two of the lads in LA troubador Dale Watson tours in sup- information technology sourcing Efrain Villa, Tom Tomorrow port of the latest “Call Me Insane.” Hear and academic director of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup skate-punk/surf-rock foursome FIDLAR company currently has three U.S. the live version of gruff, new ballads Freedom Project Education, will and U.S. Bancorp. share a dad who played keys for Long software development centers. Copy Editors Beach punks T.S.O.L. Elvis and Max’s such as “Crocodile Tears” and “Forever deliver a keynote speech on the Valentine” and “Hot Dawg’s” rockabilly, The announcement was made Wendy Fox Dial half-cousin Brandon Schwartzel (bass) Common Core Curriculum and “Everybody’s Somebody in Luckenbach, Sept. 28 by Gov. Susana Martinez Identity theft Jim Wagner and son-of-a-surfboard designer Zac the Partnership for Assessment Texas’” Western swing and “I’m Through and Mayor Richard Berry. Albuquerque’s Organized Crime Carper (rhythm guitar) round out the Hurtin’s” barroom countrypolitan. Wat- of Readiness for College and Sales Director (505) 345-4080 Unit broke up an alleged forged- lineup. Out now on Mom + Pop Music, son and His Lone Stars rock Low Spirits Careers at a meeting organized Pam Gutierrez x803 FIDLAR’s second studio album is titled check manufacturing operation (2823 Second St.NW) on Friday, Oct. 16. Slow growth by Citizens for Advancing Edu- “Too,” and their tour hits Launchpad on Sept. 30 at 7525 Aster Rd. S.W. This 21-plus show will run you $12, and While New Mexico’s economy is cation, a local group seeking to Sales Representatives (505) 345-4080 (618 Central SW) on Thursday, Oct. you’ll wanna be settled in by 9 p.m. showing some signs of recovery, understand the impact of Com- With the help of the U.S. Postal Abby Feldman x802 15. Fans age 13 and over invited. The as evidenced most recently in a mon Core on education. Pesta Service and the Safe City Strike Garrett Ferguson x809 show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $13. welcome forecast of $293 million will speak at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Force, the APD raid led to the Cory Calamari x810 in “new money” for the state’s Nov. 7, at the Embassy Suites arrest of six suspects. Another John Wehner x812 Hotel, 1000 Woodward Place N.E. two were being sought. The ring fiscal year that starts next July, Operations Manager Tickets are $50 for admission to victimized well over 100 people the economy continues to strug- Abby Feldman (505) 345-4080, Ext. 802 gle relative both to neighboring the day’s break-out seminars and and was responsible for more states and the national economy. lunch. For more information, than $60,000 in fraudulent and Published every other week by: New Mexico is expected to see email commoncoreabq@gmail. forged checks, said APD spokes- Great Noggins LLC modest revenue growth for the com or call (505) 319-6476. man Tanner Tixier. P.O. Box 6070 Albuquerque, NM 87197-6070 Beat Cops Could Get $5,000 to $7,000 in Back Pay Publishers BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI Will Ferguson and Dan Vukelich he Albuquerque City raises, but that wouldn’t filed against the city over When Berry imposed Corrections policy: TCouncil is looking at be enough to get officers the breaking of the 2008 the pay cuts on city It is the policy of ABQ Free Press to correct putting in an additional back to the pay rate they contract, Sanchez said. workers, Sanchez vowed errors in a timely fashion. Contact the editors $1.3 million toward were promised in 2008 The city is hoping to make them whole in at the email addresses on this page. raises for rank-and- under a contract with to settle the suit for $5 the future. “This isn’t a file members of the the city broken by Mayor million to $7 million, raise, but a restoration of Albuquerque Police Richard Berry’s admin- an amount that would the money they [police Department, a move that istration, Councilor Ken give $5,000 to $7,000 in officers] lost,” Sanchez Where to find would give APD officers Sanchez told ABQ Free back pay to each officer, said. our paper? Paradigm Talent Agency a total of $3 million in Press. Sanchez added. The Any additional money List of more than LA skate-punk/surf-rock foursome FIDLAR raises this year. The extra $1.3 million money to settle the suit for police raises would 550 locations The Council has is apparently contingent would come from the have to be appropriated at freeabq.com COVER ILLUSTRATION: already appropriated upon settlement of a city’s Risk Management by the City Council. Gary Glasgow $1.7 million for police lawsuit the police union fund. 4 • October 7, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS NEWS ABQ FREE PRESS • October 7, 2015 • 5 Who’s Killing the Silvery Minnow? Everybody, It Seems Our Survey Contradicts Berry’s Claim of Statewide Cop Shortage BY TONY DAVIS BY DAN KLEIN AND DAN VUKELICH his summer, the Rio Grande the federal San Juan-Chama Diversion ver the past few years, Albuquer- seven municipal police departments Tthrough Central New Mexico is Project – a key drinking water source Oque Mayor Richard Berry and are fully staffed.