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ALIBI V.29 NO.36 • SEPT 3-9, 2020


THE FIGHT FOR NUMBERS

NEW MEXICO’S CENSUS EFFORTS ARE STILL FIGHTING HARD AMID SOME BIG BLOWS

By Jonathan Sims

It is estimated in the last census the undercount for tribal communities was
around 5 percent. That may not seem like a huge number, but when you start to
figure in statistics like an estimated 39 percent growth in population and
compound those numbers with data like every person counted currently accounts
for $5,000 in federal funding per year, it adds up.
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FEATURE


THE BIG CHANGEOVER

ALIBI SETTLES IN TO NEW OWNERSHIP

By Devin D. O’Leary
Over the course of its 28 years in business, the Weekly Alibi has seen an
incalculable number of changes, but definitely not this: we've been a locally
owned and operated newspaper since day one.
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FILM


PARTY ON, DUDES

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC ON SVOD

By Devin D. O’Leary
Unlike the title characters’ mythical tune, Bill & Ted Face the Music isn’t
going to change the world. In the end, though, this goofy exercise in fan
service manages to land on a sweet note sure to bring a smile to everyone’s
face.
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STREAM TIME

By Devin D. O'Leary
Shows come and go on the popular streaming services.
read more


WEEK IN SLOTH

By Devin D. O’Leary
Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.
read more


MUSIC


SONIC REDUCER

By Clarke Condé
We review albums by Highborne and Travesuras.
read more


FOOD


MEETING HUGO

SILVER LININGS FROM A LOUSY SUMMER

By Clarke Condé
Sad but true, this summer has been a dud. On the bright side, there's a light
European cocktail worth toasting away the last days of this summer here in the
U.S.A.: The Hugo.
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CANNABIS


BIDEN MIGHT USHER IN LEGAL WEED

DESPITE HIS BEST EFFORTS

By Joshua Lee
Sen. Ed Markey told reporters that if Joe Biden is elected president, cannabis
legalization will likely become one of the top issues on the legislative agenda;
a study found that states with legalized cannabis had fewer vaping-related lung
injuries during the outbreak last year; House is set to vote on federal
marijuana decriminalization next month.
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NEWS


OÑATE’S HENCHMEN IN MY BLOOD



BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER

By Carolyn Carlson
Guess you never know whose skeletons are lurking in your genealogy closet until
they start to do some rattling around.
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OPERATION LEGEND HAS LESS THAN LEGENDARY RESULTS



LOCALS UNDERWHELMED BY PROGRESS OF FEDERAL PROGRAM

By Dan Pennington
Was Operation Legend part of a much larger scale program from President Trump in
an attempt to undermine citizens’ freedom and safety, or were these federal law
enforcement officers genuinely here to help? BCSO releases numbers.
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COMMUNITY QUESTIONS NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE SITE

COMPANY MOVES COMMENT HEARINGS ONLINE, DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM CONGRESS

By Robin Babb
Holtec International and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are required to hold
in-person meetings to solicit public comment on the drafted Environmental Impact
Statement for the spent nuclear fuel site (SNF) in southeast New Mexico. Five of
those meetings were supposed to happen this year but the COVID-19 pandemic has
made them impossible.
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NEWSCITY


By Joshua Lee
Gov. Lujan Grisham relaxed the pandemic stay-at-home order; delegates who
traveled to the Republican Party National Convention last week were ordered to
self-quarantine; New Mexico voters can now request an absentee ballot for the
general election online.
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ODDS & ENDS


By Joshua Lee
Funny because waking up in a funeral home happens to someone else.
read more


LETTERS

CRABBY ABOUT CHANGES

The readers write about the Alibi, cultured meat and voting.
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ART


EMPATHY VS. HATE

NEW MEXICO HOLOCAUST MUSEUM REVISITED

By Clarke Condé
The New Mexico Holocaust Museum in Downtown Albuquerque is set to reopen this
week after the governor lifted a pandemic-related closure. Weekly Alibi took
that as an opportunity to sit down with the museum’s Executive Director Leon
Natker to talk about the history of hate, its many manifestations and how we can
be kinder to each other.
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Eric Cousineau


SEEING LABOR

ESSENTIAL WORKER BY ERIC COUSINEAU

By Clarke Condé
Eric Cousineau was approached by some of the folks at Center in Santa Fe to
start the Essential Worker project knowing that he was both a talented portrait
photographer and that he was an essential worker at a supermarket. The result is
a diverse and growing collection of black and white photographs that document
the essential workers here in New Mexico.
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ALIBI V.29 NO.35 • AUG 27-SEPT 2, 2020


COMMUNITY LOOKS FOR ANSWERS IN DEATH OF KEN REISS

A MURKY TIMELINE, STRANGE ACTIONS AND A VIDEO ADD UP TO CONFUSION WITH FRIENDS

By Dan Pennington and Carolyn Carlson

When a community faces the loss of someone who was well-loved, it’s palpable.
The moments and memories they shared with those around them become something
held by one less person, with more untold and lost forever. On the morning of
Tuesday, Aug. 11 citizens of Albuquerque woke up to the news of just that. Ken
Reiss, a local bartender at Carraro's & Joe's Place in the University area, was
shot and killed by officers from the Albuquerque Police Department.
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FEATURE


WALKING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC

150 MILES ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE IN THE TIME OF CORONA

By Xanthe Miller
The high mesa stretch of Arizona Trail from the Utah border south to the rim of
the Grand Canyon, an in-and-out hike of about 150 miles—that was the trip my
partner and I had planned to celebrate our 25th anniversary, giving us weeks
alone together backpacking in a beautiful place. As we prepared for the trip,
however, the issuance of COVID-19 orders began: Stay at home, restrict all
travel. Then came the closure of the AZT and Grand Canyon National Park.
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FILM


FALLING APART

A BRIEF GLIMPSE AT THE NEW FALL 2020 TV SEASON

By Devin D. O’Leary
Given the current state of Hollywood is more or less identical to the current
state of America (quarantined, wearing masks and trying its damnedest not to
catch the ’Rona), it’s no surprise to see that the soon-to-debut fall TV season
is looking a bit … curtailed. So what sort of new network entertainment awaits
us in the last quarter of 2020? Let’s explore.
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STREAM TIME

By Devin D. O'Leary
Shows come and go on the popular streaming services.
read more


WEEK IN SLOTH

By Devin D. O’Leary
Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.
read more


ART


VOTING STORIES

YOSHIMURA‘S “DO NOT DISAPPOINT YOUR MOTHER”

By Clarke Condé
It was 1920 and thirty-five of the then-48 states had ratified the 19th
Amendment. The question was now before an evenly split Tennessee state
legislature, with members of the chamber showing their support for ratification
by wearing yellow roses and those in opposition wearing red. Legislator Harry
Burn, sporting a red rose, was inclined to vote against the measure, but his
mother had written him earlier and urged his support.
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FOOD


DRINKS NAMED AFTER ANIMALS

CONSIDERING THE MAN O’ WAR

By Clarke Condé
We all know what war is good for, but Bourbon is an entirely different subject.
With the addition of Cointreau and sweet vermouth, this cocktail is a sunrise
during a pandemic while a forest fire rages in a neighboring state.
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NEWS

Kat Wilcox / Pexels License


OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS ARE NOTHING NEW

INTERVIEW WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY RACHEL HIGGINS

By Carolyn Carlson
Dozens of officer involved shootings took place from 2000 to 2014, and the
subsequent public outcry brought the DoJ into the city’s police department to
oversee reform measures. Ken Reiss’ death on Aug. 11 was the sixth APD
officer-involved shooting this year. Weekly Alibi sat down for a conversation
with Rachel Higgins, attorney for the Reiss family.
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IT IS WHAT IT IS

TEACHERS JUST SAY NO TO UNSAFE SCHOOL OPENINGS

By Gwynne Ann Unruh
Unions that represent over three million teachers in every state in the nation
are calling for safety strikes as a last resort if school reopening plans don't
meet the demands for keeping educators healthy and safe during the coronavirus
pandemic. Teachers just say no to unsafe school openings
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13 ELECTION MYTHS



SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER DEBUNKS THEM ALL

By Clarke Condé
At the Weekly Alibi, we’ve heard our fair share of fake news about voting in the
election, so we went to the source for accurate information about what is
actually happening here, New Mexico’s Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver
read more


NEWSCITY


By Joshua Lee
A newly appointed civil rights commission held its first meeting to discuss
reforming provisions that protect New Mexico police officers from lawsuits
against misconduct; Gov. Lujan Grisham said she might be willing to open up more
of the state’s economy soon; PED Secretary says the department is having trouble
meeting the needs of some students during the pandemic.
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ON BRINK OF CLOSURE, ALBUQUERQUE’S WEEKLY ALIBI GETS NEW OWNER

ICONIC LOCAL NEWSPAPER GETS NEW LIFE TO CONTINUE NEARLY 30-YEAR LEGACY

Albuquerque’s weekly alternative newspaper is getting a fresh new face. After
operating under NuCity Publications for 28 years, Weekly Alibi will now be
published under new ownership, Good Trouble LLLP, a partnership of Pat Davis and
Abby Lewis.
read more


ODDS & ENDS


By Joshua Lee
It's funny because chocolate snow happens to someone else.
read more


CANNABIS


CANNABIS TIED TO AUTISM

STUDY AUTHORS WARN CAUTION

By Joshua Lee
A study found a correlation between cannabis use during pregnancy and the
likelihood of giving birth to an autistic child; DEA finally released its
proposed rules for hemp and CBD; Marijuana stock index fell.
read more


NEWS ON THE GREEN

By Joshua Lee
Two African elephants housed at the Warsaw Zoo in Poland will be receiving CBD
to treat stress; a recent study found that lifetime cannabis use among teenagers
has declined in states where the drug is legal in some capacity.
read more


ALIBI V.29 NO.34 • AUG 20-26, 2020


A CLASSIC REVISITED

THE OLD FASHIONED

By Clarke Condé

This week’s cocktail lacks creativity in naming, but makes up for it by being
really tasty. Its name is more of a description like “Old Town,” indicating
that’s where the town once was, not that it was once called “Town.”
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FEATURE


WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

CRIMEMAPPING.COM MAKES KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBOR EASIER THAN EVER

By Dan Pennington
The places we call home can go through growth spurts, seeing new developments
bring an increase of homeowners to the area and changing or shifting the
demographic of the neighborhood completely. Do you know your neighborhood as
well as you think you do?
read more


BEST OF BURQUE 2020 VOTING HAS BEGUN

What's good? You tell us! It's time for the 28th annual Best of Burque awards,
rebooted 2020 edition. This year we are combining our regular Best of Burque
awards with our Best of Burque Restaurants awards to cram all the best of
Albuquerque's art, entertainment, food, politics and local culture into one
giant, award-filled issue! Got a favorite? The voting has started so let’s hear
about it Albuquerque. Hey, we’re still here. Where are you? Vote now!
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NEWS


EYES ON OUR GUNS

COUNTY WANTS CITIZEN EYES ON SHERIFF, BETTER GUN SAFETY

By Carolyn Carlson
Free money, gun safety and eyes on the sheriff met Bernalillo County
Commissioners when they faced down a dense agenda upon their return Aug. 11 to
the Zoom government table.
read more


THE INVISIBLE MONSTER

NAVAJO NATIONS’ WARRIORS WON’T SURRENDER TO COVID-19

By Gwynne Ann Unruh
The Navajo Nation’s fight against COVID-19 embodies all the red "flag of
defiance” represents. They will not surrender to the monstrous pandemic enemy.
The Navajo Nation’s success in flattening the curve has been primarily due to an
aggressive testing regimen, widespread adherence to mask-wearing and social
distancing, as well as one of the strictest stay-at-home curfews in the country.
read more


NEWSCITY


By Joshua Lee
The constitutionality of Albuquerque’s ban on weapons at city parks is being
questioned; a Bernalillo County district judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against
the state over indoor dining the pandemic; the federal government’s underground
nuclear waste repository continues to operate despite an increase in COVID-19
cases.
read more


SHADES OF BLUE

SUPPORT FOR POLICE; KEEP THE MILITARY BLING

By Carolyn Carlson
Rhetoric swirled through a long agenda at the more-than-six-hour Aug. 17
Albuquerque City Council meeting. Support for police and its military-style
equipment, controversial development and adding more diversity on city boards
and commissions brought out political posturing and lip service.
read more


ODDS & ENDS


By Joshua Lee
Funny because the neighborhood shoe thief strikes someone else.
read more


FILM

Courtesy of HBO


MONSTER MASH-UP

“LOVECRAFT COUNTRY” ON HBO

By Devin D. O’Leary
With the mass of talent in front of and behind the camera, “Lovecraft Country”
makes for smartly crafted, occasionally heart-pounding thrills—a monstrously
entertaining genre reimagination underscored by horrors both real and imagined.
read more


STREAM TIME

By Devin D. O'Leary
Shows come and go on the popular streaming services.
read more


WEEK IN SLOTH

Highlights from around the dial. Except no one has dials anymore.
read more


ART


JONI MURPHY’S TALKING ANIMALS

AN ORWELLIAN SATIRE ABOUT THE REVOLUTION THAT’S ALREADY HERE

By Robin Babb
Joni Murphy’s novel Talking Animals is a modern-day political satire that cuts
almost too close to the bone, with echoes of Orwell’s Animal Farm that
reverberate throughout the subways and endless numbered streets of her
not-so-fictional New York City.
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LIVING ON THE EDGE (BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY)



LAURA PASKUS’ AT THE PRECIPICE: NEW MEXICO’S CHANGING CLIMATE

For two decades Laura Paskus has been sounding the alarm about the devastating
effects that our massive input of carbon into the atmosphere will have on the
Land of Enchantment. Weekly Alibi sat down with Paskus to talk about the
changing climate, the changing public perception of climate change and her new
book that deals with both.
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BIG TIMES



BIG FEELINGS BY GIGI BELLA

By Clarke Condé
Gigi Bella’s new collection Big Feelings is not a narrative work, but its poems
flow like a drive through the streets, stopping at lights to check your phone
for a text message and maybe pulling into the Golden Pride drive-thru for a
number nine breakfast burrito.
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CANNABIS


CHECKING IN

GOVERNOR ASKS FOR COMMENTS ON CANNABIS

By Joshua Lee
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appears to be revving up for legalization in New
Mexico; Biden's VP pick bodes poorly for federal cannabis law reform; USDA is
denying coronavirus relief to hemp farmers.
read more


NEWS ON THE GREEN

By Joshua Lee
Using cannabis while not working doesn’t appear to negatively impact job
performance; $30 million raised to study treating PTSD with MDMA.
read more
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