THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC IN ALBUQUERQUE, FOR MOST PEOPLE, IS CRIME. AND CRIME WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF MAYOR R-J BERRY’S LAST STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS MONDAY. HE TOLD HIS AUDIENCE THAT THE CRIME SITUATION WAS WORSENED WHEN INMATES WERE RELEASED OR NOT JAILED IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE JAIL POPULATION TO EASE OVERCROWDING. HE SAYS THE INMATE REDUCTION HAS GONE TOO FAR, TOO FAST.
BERRY ALSO TOUTED SEVERAL MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN WHILE HE HAS BEEN IN OFFICE, INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PASEO DEL NORTE-INTERSTATE 25 INTERCHANGE.
