ALBUQUERQUE JOINS A GROWING LIST OF CITIES THAT NOW RECOGNIZE COLUMBUS DAY … THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER … ALSO AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY. THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT TO RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY. THE COUNCIL VOTE FOLLOWED PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND EMOTIONAL DEBATE ON COUNCIL PRESIDENT REY GARDUNO’S RESOLUTION FOR THE DESIGNATION … WHICH INITIALLY WAS INTRODUCED AS A PROCLAMATION.
THREE COUNCILLORS … TRUDY JONES, DAN LEWIS AND DON HARRIS … DIDN’T SIGN THE PROCLAMATION, SAYING THEY WANTED TO FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE. GARDUNO INITIALLY CALLED THEM COWARDS FOR NOT SIGNING IT. BUT HE BROUGHT THE ISSUE BACK AS A RESOLUTION AFTER APOLOGIZING TO THE THREE.
