D7 City Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn delivered this week by direct mail her achievements and her platform going forward for a second term. I summarize below:
Where We’ve Been
– doing nice little things that any City Councilor of any party would do
– pushing ordinances and resolutions that align to her values, without consultation on both sides of the issues
Where We’re Going!
– more of the same check box items
– subversive manipulations of the Integrated Development Ordinance to undermine neighborhoods and property owners
– little initiatives that ignore the big issues on our streets and in our neighborhoods
Albuquerque cannot afford four more years of this. It is time for a City Council that demands, and drives if necessary, a focused and determined effort to shrink and ultimately end the crisis of street homelessness that has resulted from years of inadequate, lackadaisical policies and programs.
No city can prosper and grow while ignoring the fact that stability of “place” and shelter for all its residents is an imperative. The citizens and businesses of Albuquerque are being held hostage. This crisis must be ended to permit the renaissance Albuquerque deserves and can achieve.
We must recognize that the essential first step of a transition to recovery (be it from addiction, behavioral health, life skills, vocational deficiency) must start with the stability of sheltered place with access to basic amenities. That could have been realized already with less than the $300+ million already spent on the Gateway system Tammy supports.
The good news is that the knowledge, the people, the resources, and the plans that can achieve this ALREADY EXIST here. They just need to be brought to the table, heard, engaged, and deployed. Change could be dramatic and more rapid than anything seen to date. There needs to be a relentless advocate for this on the City Councilor side of the dias at City Hall.
As a Mark Twain Neighborhood and District 7 Coalition representative I have an interview with Master Plan Consultant, Stantec, on Sept. 17th. I would love to hear your opinions and suggestions before then.
The final section in Pete Dinelli’s article on September 1, 2205 is (sub)titled, “MISTAKE TO DISCOUNT WRITE IN CANDIDATE” and takes a look at the District 7 race. We agree.
It looks like we have the signatures we need to qualify as a write-in candidate. We will continue to collect to have an adequate buffer. THANK YOU to all who helped.
Thanks to Placidplace at pixabay for the animated GIF.
I have been studying my own neighborhood, the surrounding District 7 area, and the issue of so many people living on the streets just south of District 7. I have been fortunate to get some of what I’ve learned published locally. If you want to share my deep dive on this or just need a nap, here are lots of words to basically say, “Things are messed up.”
