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VOL IV, Issue 7, Februry 22-28, 2017 | News, Analysis, Arts and Entertainment Name-calling At the Co-op PAGE 5 Resistance Grows PAGE 8 Immigrants’ Deportation Fears Reach ‘Fever’ Pitch PAGE 13 2 • February 22-28, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY WWW.FREEABQ.COM • February 22-28, 2017 • 3 Social Media as Weaponry WEEKLY Editor: [email protected] his is a propaganda machine. It’s targeting people News: [email protected] “Tindividually to recruit them to an idea. It’s a level Arts: [email protected] of social engineering that I’ve never seen before. They’re FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 On Twitter: @FreeABQ capturing people and then keeping them on an emotional On Facebook: facebook.com/abqfreepress leash and never letting them go.” Science of Beer — Jonathan Albright, Elon University researcher Editor 6:30 pm, $10, Explora Science Center, Dan Vukelich That excerpt is from an article describing the use 1701 Mountain Rd. 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Visit trapfest.com 4 • February 22-28, 2017 • ABQ FREE PRESS WEEKLY CARtOOnS/LEttERS nEWS WWW.FREEABQ.COM • February 22-28, 2017 • 5 To the Editor: as how hard we resist. Reaching out to Bitter Fruit: Ill Will Lingers after La Montañita Leadership Change Better a serious and edgy biweekly Republicans hasn’t worked for the past than a watered-down weekly eight years. They are never going to BY DENNIS DOMRZALSKI | [email protected] imitation of the Alibi. change. The battle will be to bring back — Patricia Mathews Democrats who have lost hope. This he mood at La Montañita Co-op these days is Editor’s Note: Even some of our most means “all out war” on every level. Our Tanything but cooperative. Since late last year, when the “Take Back the loyal readers haven’t realized we went country is at stake. Co-op” movement gained a majority on the co-op’s weekly last October. — Carl Weik board through an election and board resignations, To the Editor: To the Editor: the anger that preceded the election seems to have Regarding “Welcome to Chaos,” Recently a small group ventured to intensified. [Feb 1-7 issue], while I appreciate the White House to present their case to One of the co-op’s old-guard members accused comments from Dan Vukelich that the fight global warming. Who were these the newbies of being “insane narcissists,” while name “Donald Trump” will appear daring radicals and what did they hope another charges that they’re behaving like the very without the title, I feel even that is corporatists they complained about. Worse, they to accomplish in a political climate giving too much attention to him. claim the new board wants to turn the co-op into a where the EPA is in the crosshairs for Might I suggest the more simple “#45”? club where only wealthy elitists can afford to shop. massive budget and staffing cuts? Were I feel it gives the reader information The new board president, Elise Wheeler, fires they a band of idealistic millennials? to know who you are writing about, back by saying that the previous administrators of Tree-hugging wannabe hippies? without calling attention to his title, nor the co-op spent too much money on unnecessary giving unwanted attention to his name Actually, this group was led by three executive positions, approved a cushy consulting (with all its negative connotations). A former Republican Treasury secretar- contract with an insider and gave raises to execu- similar circumstance happened with ies: Henry Paulson, James Baker, and tives even as the co-op was losing money. #43, and it was soon clear to the public George Shultz. As part of the Climate In early February, the new board basically fired who was being addressed. Leadership Council, these men rec- Executive Director Dennis Hanley and his top — Dave Bagley ognize that global warming must be assistant. Technically, they said, Hanley wasn’t addressed to ensure a healthy and fired because his position was “eliminated.” That To the Editor: prosperous future for the human race. led long-time co-op member Martha Whitman to This is a response to the column Their solution is a tax on carbon accuse the new board for acting like profiteering written by Bill Hume on the confir- sources, with the proceeds returned to corportatists it ran against. mation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. the American public as a quarterly div- What all these changes mean for the future of the Supreme Court. Mr. Hume seems to Wilmer Velasquez stocks the produce counter at La Montañita’s idend to offset price increases from the 40-year-old, 16,000-member co-op isn’t clear.