IT'LL COST US. BUT ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT KEN SANCHEZ WANTS THE CITY TO AT LEAST CONSIDER HOLDING A MAIL-IN ELECTION TO PUT THREE QUESTIONS TO VOTERS THAT WERE IGNORED BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION WHEN IT APPROVED THE MARIJUANA AND TAX HIKE ADVISORY QUESTIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR RICHARD BERRY HAD EARLIER APPROVED THE THREE QUESTIONS.
THE MAIL-IN ELECTION COULD COST ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS … BUT SANCHEZ SAYS THE BALLOT QUESTIONS WOULD HAVE VOTERS DECIDED IN NOVEMBER IF THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER THE MAYOR'S HIRING AND FIRING OF THE POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS. IT WOULD ALSO LET VOTERS DECIDE ON WHETHER THE RULES FOR PETITION DRIVEN PROPOSALS SHOULD BE CHANGED, AND THE FATE OF 6-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
