The “conventional wisdom” presents the following combination of narrative plot elements in its creation of a typical pedestrian injury/death: It’s dark outside and the victim is wearing dark clothes Victim stumbles drunkenly into the street This stumbling occurs far from a legitimate crosswalk And there are plenty of cases where this combination of narrative elements… Read More Deconstructing the Pedestrian Injury/Death Narrative
I heard a very rare story the other day. Someone told me they got a speeding ticket. Perhaps it’s because people don’t tend to open up much, but I can’t recall another such anecdote in recent years. “Word on the street,” always told in a jokey fashion that makes it seem both farcical and pathetic,… Read More Getting Beyond Anecdotes on Speeding Tickets in Burque
A gruesomely consistent 20% of pedestrian deaths are caused by hit-and-run drivers, and the corner of Virginia and Chico was the scene last Friday of Burque’s latest such injury leading to death. What led a couple in a black SUV to deliberately run Richard Sisneros over and drag him 200 feet is presently unclear. APD… Read More Pedestrians and Hit-and-Run: Grim Statistics and “Ghosts”
Wouldn’t you like to write about how stupid the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority Board is? Maybe the Board’s decision to continue not adding fluoride to our water could be compared, by you, to succumbing to the “anti-vaxx” movement in a devastating essay that would surely result in the immediate resignation of Board members who… Read More A Fluoridated Call for BetterBurque Submissions
Better Burque isn’t planning a full-blown “Best of Burque” where readers can submit their choice for things like, “Best Rug Cleaner in Burque,” but when we get a chance to experience ABQ at its best, we need to point it out. Last night, a Hawk and a Hacksaw, Burque band made real, real good, performed an interpretative… Read More And The First, Kinda-Sorta, “Best of Burque Award” Goes to: a Hawk and a Hacksaw/Guild Cinema
Only a few words today, as KOB has the story of Richard Barela, who was killed walking along unlit, sidewalk-free Dennis Chavez Blvd. west of Coors Blvd. last Thursday night. While KOB reporter Colton Stone’s piece is almost unique in that it actually touches both upon the life of the victim and the lack of road… Read More Pedestrian Injuries/Deaths: A Faint Glimmer of Human Interest
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