IT'S BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE FOR THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE AND ITS POLICE UNION. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HAS OVERWHELMINGLY SAID "NO" TO A PROPOSED CONTRACT. THE PLAN WOULD HAVE RESTORED A PAY CUT PUT IN PLACE BY MAYOR BERRY EARLY IN HIS FIRST TERM.
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT STEPHANIE LOPEZ SAYS MORE THAN 90-PERCENT OF OFFICERS WHO VOTED REJECTED THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.