Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Tuesday morning news update


ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS HAVE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS THE VOTE WAS 3 TO 2 IN FAVOR OF PROHIBITING THE CITY FROM ISSUING ANY MORE FINES UNTIL A STUDY ON THE CAMERAS IS COMPLETE BUT THE MOVE CAN STILL BE VETOED BY THE MAYOR OR REPEALED WHEN THE FULL COUNCIL IS PRESENT FOR ANOTHER MEETING THE FIVE COUNCILORS WHO DID ATTEND LAST NIGHT S MEETING UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED BRAD WINTER AS THEIR NEW PRESIDENT FOUR COUNCILORS BOYCOTTED THE MEETING TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH KEN SANCHEZ HE SAYS WINTER HAD PROMISED TO SUPPORT HIM AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT A PUBLIC OUTCRY COULD LEAD TO AN ALBUQUERQUE CONVENIENCE STORE LOSING ITS LIQUOR LICENSE PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE 7-11 AT KATHRYN AND SAN MATEO SAY THE STORE ATTRACTS HOMELESS ALCOHOLICS WHO END UP PASSING OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A MEETING IS SET FOR LATER THIS MONTH TO DECIDE WHETHER THE STORE CAN KEEP ITS LICENSE PLANS TO RENOVATE AN ALBUQUERQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE ON HOLD FOR A WHILE CREWS FOUND AN ANCIENT NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL SITE BENEATH THE SOCCER FIELD AT ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY GROUND RADAR IMAGES SHOW ARTIFACTS AND BONES DATING BACK MORE THAN 800 YEARS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE the entire school complex sits on a site of a prehistoric pueblo site we have no clue how many people are still buried there ARCHEOLOGISTS WILL HAVE TO DIG UP THE SKELETAL REMAINS AND ARTIFIACTS AND MOVE THEM TO A NEARBY LOCATION BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND NOW STEVE STUCKER JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT THE FORECAST STEVE KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON EYEWITNESS NEWS

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