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New Mexico
Columnist Says ''Intelligent Conservationist'' Is Best Choice in Albuquerque Mayoral Contest
Anticipating a crowded race in the Albuquerque mayoral election on October 4 and a subsequent battle among ''bad-tempered'' Democratic Mayor Martin Chavez, ''anti-environment'' Republican City Council President Brad Winter and ''brash'' Democratic Councilor Eric Griego, Albuquerque Tribune columnist V.B. Price already declares himself ''with gusto'' for the councilor, because this ''intelligent conservationist'' knows that ''(a)s times get tough from energy crunches and globalized competition, sustainable smart-growth cities will become economic hot spots.''
Confident that Councilor Griego ''will make the runoff with the help of progressives, environmentalists, small businesses, high-tech workers, civil rights and economic justice advocates, valley residents and New Urbanists,'' the columnist calls him the best candidate, for his ''intelligence, independence, and social and environmental conscience needed to give Albuquerque an economic future based on something more than land speculation.''
Although he disagrees with the councilor on some issues, the columnist concludes: ''This is an election about the future, not the past. Griego's thinking goes beyond the dead end of the '50s. And just in time.'' -- Albuquerque Tribune
6/18/2005
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