ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS WHO SAY THEY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A BID FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AS A RESOLUTION ARE EXPECTED TO GET THEIR WISH MONDAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT REY GARDUNO FIRST INTRODUCED THE DESIGNATION AS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER … ALSO KNOWN AS COLUMBUS DAY. NOW HE SAYS HE’LL PUT IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AGAIN MONDAY AS A RESOLUTION.
HE SAYS THAT WOULD MORE FORMALLY RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. COUNCILORS WHO CALLED FOR A RESOLUTION … LIKE TRUDY JONES AND DAN LEWIS … SAID IT WOULD ALLOW FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE … AS WELL AS A VOTE.
LEWIS, MEANWHILE, SAYS HE’LL STILL MOVE TO CENSURE GARDUNO AT MONDAY’S MEETING AFTER HE SAYS GARDUNO CALLED THOSE WHO DIDN’T SIGN THE PROCLAMATION “COWARDS.”
COUNCILORS COULD ALSO DECIDE ON A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD COMBINE CITY AND BERNALILLO COUNTY EFFORTS TO PROVIDE BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
