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Association of Alternative Newsmedia [2] WEEKLY ALIBI JANUARY 5-11, 2017 JANUARY 5-11, 2017 WEEKLY ALIBI [3] NEWS CITY BY JOSHUA LEE NEWS | YEAR IN REVIEW County Officials Vote on Prisoner Resource Center Our Own Devils Last Thursday, the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Government Commission voted in favor of the development and funding of the MDC The news from around here Transition Planning and Re-entry Resource Center. Officials say the new center will help the tune of $458 million to keep the state inmates re-enter society after their release BY CAROLYN CARLSON from jail. If fully approved, the center will be running for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Then in the middle of the night, without adequate located on the bottom floor of the Public s the national political whirlwind of 2016 Safety Center on Roma. Proponents of the public notice, House Republicans called for swirled around us here in the Land of plan point out that recidivism is a serious approval to reinstate the death penalty in Enchantment, we contended with a few problem with inmates, noting that a lack of A certain cases. All the reds voted in favor and dust devils of our own. It was an unsettled, continuity in state-provided care could be a all the blues opposed the measure. Just after windblown year for New Mexico, news-wise. factor in their return to incarceration. dawn, Catholic Archbishop John Wester rolled Albuquerque resident Richard Diab also made a Here’s a summary of the not-so-carefree breezes into the Roundhouse to blast the trigger-happy proposal to the Commission on Thursday about that blew through the state. a program he says will help inmates find Republicans not only for their votes, but their employment after their release, a hurdle that sneakiness too. When the Democrat-controlled many of them have trouble getting past. He Senate returned, they approved the amended asked that the Commission hear his $250,000 New Mexico Shame House budget bills but ignored the divisive proposal before voting on the resource center, Our state did not fare well in 2016. New death penalty bill. We can expect these bills but was turned down. The Commission did hear Mexico ranked 5th in the nation for most to be back on the table during the upcoming his proposal after the vote, though, and said violent city. For the second consecutive year 60-day session. they would consider it. The MDC center still in a row our state ranked 49th overall for needs to receive approval from the Bernalillo County Commission before the project can child well-being. For the second year in a row move forward. it was named the worst run state in the nation by 24/7 Wall St., a financial and commentary A Hung Jury Two Albuquerque police officers, Keith website that ranks a variety of issues. Forbes Sandy and Dominique Perez, were tried for magazine ranked New Mexico at the bottom of murder over the 2014 killing of homeless WIPP Reopening the list for labor supply, economic climate, camper James Boyd. The jury could not reach a Officials with the US Department of Energy growth prospects and quality of life. Other sad unanimous verdict. Special Prosecutor Randi announced in December that the Waste stats include the second highest unemployment McGinn dropped the case against Perez and Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad will rate in the nation at 6.7 percent, contributing left the decision to retry Sandy up to Raúl be resuming some operations this month. The to the struggles of the more than 20 percent plant—a deep geologic repository for Torrez, the new district attorney, who said he living in poverty. We also topped the nation for permanent disposal of specific nuclear waste will turn the case over to a team of outside the most unprocessed sexual assault kits per left over from the US nuclear defense prosecutors to determine whether they will be capita and the number continues to rise. program—was shut down nearly three years retried or not. ago, after a ruptured waste drum leaked radiation into the underground portions of the facility as well as escaping through an exhaust shaft and into the surrounding environment. Wishy Washy Politics Rapid Transition to Rapid Bringing the plant back online has been When Governor Susana Martinez was too troublesome, as concerns over residual busy to attend Donald Trump’s Albuquerque Transit contamination and ventilation efficiency have rally, he said she was doing a terrible job as The controversial Albuquerque Rapid had to be addressed. Last year, the DOE and governor; a few days later Trump said he Transit project is one of the city’s most divisive WIPP signed settlement agreements with the respected her and wanted her endorsement. stories of the year. During this year of court N.M. Environment Department totaling $74 Martinez said she would not support him the beginning of the 60-day legislative session cases, ballot questions and protests, the million to pay for dozens of violations related to because of his comments regarding the that begins Jan. 17. Tripp said in a recent bulldozers kept rolling along nine miles of the accident. Last month, state inspectors said interview it was too awkward to go from being Central, from Coors to Louisiana. The more the DOE had properly dealt with all the safety grabbing women’s genitals as his prerogative. speaker to just a regular member of the house. than $119 million project is being built with issues, and the plant could resume some But her concerns about Trump’s misogyny only not-yet-acquired federal funding. Businesses functions. lasted until after Trump won, when Martinez Tripp’s wife, Rosie, is a member of the flip-flopped and said he was the superior Republican National Committee. Gov. along the route are being hit hard and some candidate for the job. Rumor has it that at least Martinez will choose his successor. House don’t think they will be able to survive the one of her Republican minions, New Mexico Democrats have put up Santa Fe’s Rep. Brian next year of construction. More than 76 WisePies Pays Second Half of Pit Bill Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera, Egolf to be the next House leader.