ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR REY GARDUNO NOW SAYS HE’LL INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION AT MONDAY’S COUNCIL MEETING TO DESIGNATE THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER … COLUMBUS DAY … ALSO AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. SEVERAL COUNCILORS SAID GARDUNO COULD HAVE DONE SO INSTEAD TO OPEN THE ISSUE UP TO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
GARDUNO SAYS A RESOLUTION WOULD MORE FORMALLY RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. MEANWHILE, COUNCILOR DAN LEWIS HAS SAID HE”LL MOVE TO CENSURE GARDUNO AT MONDAY’S MEETING. LEWIS SAYS GARDUNO CALLED COUNCILORS WHO DIDN’T SIGN THE PROCLAMATION ” COWARDS.
