If you don’t have a reason or chance to visit UNM much these days, you might not have seen the recent changes to Campus Blvd., the road pretty much paralleling Lomas Blvd. south at the north edge of the Main Campus. About 99.9% of the University’s information regarding the project pertains to parking, car parking,… Read More UNM’s Campus Blvd.: You Say Parking, I Say Plastic Poles
Okay, I’ll freely admit that holidays dedicated to discounted consumerism creep me out almost as much as being the K-12 teacher chaperone at a “St. Valentine’s Day” school dance. In fact, even more so, and as a retired K-12 teacher that’s saying a lot. Because the only thing worse than a middle school “Valentine’s Day”… Read More BB’s Black Friday: John Margolies’ Photos Courtesy LOC
FYI, Scot has sprung the big bucks to WordPress and this site should be ad-free again. Happy Ad-Free Holidays! And to celebrate, here’s an editorial in the June 6, 1919 Albuquerque Tribune urging noise restrictions on automobiles, especially near hospitals (remember ABQ was all about its tuberculosis sanitarium virtues at the time; not to mention… Read More BB Goes Ad-Free
Attending the recent sparsely attended Bernalillo County public meeting on its update of the “Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Plan,” it occurred to me that entitling the session “Free Cheetos!!!” at the South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center would have better filled the approx. 80 chairs laid out by staff for the presentation. I counted seven citizens… Read More Public Meeting: BernCo Ped & Bike Safety Plan
We do some things well here in New Mexico, such as electing Democrats most of the time and roasting a damn good chile. Other things…we’re still working on. Folks all around us have created e-bike buying programs designed to make these generally pricey but potentialy life-changing transport options more readily available. Here’s the City of… Read More Why Doesn’t NM Have an E-Bike Voucher/Rebate Program?
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