Paul Robinson, SW Research & Information Center & Leslie Weinstock, Director of AVAT, Agua es Vida Action Team will be talking about the Rio Grande, the aquifer beneath the city re 9K +gallons of jet fuel, the so-called mixed waste landfill and more...All about WATER.
Join us in our studio at 519 Central NW (free pkg after 6 PM), on the web at quote--unquote.org or cable TV Channel 27 and call-in your comments/questions during the show at 505-292-3174.
Film, photos etc go to Mike Swick, show director at mswick47@gmail.com 505-850-2916,
Allen Cooper ac611@msn.com 505-304-3144 and Lori Lucero at loralucero@aol.com
Please join us regarding this most important local/national issue. Thank you...And thank you Paul and Leslie for all your good work.
Tar Sands Oil Extraction - The Dirty Truth
The Indymedia News Hour airs every Thursday from 7 to 8 PM. There are three ways to watch the show.
Cable Franchise & Hearing Board Vote to Extend Public Access Contract With Quote-Unquote.
January 5, 2012 10:45pm MT
ALBUQUERQUE, NM--By a vote of 3 to 0, the City of Albuquerque's Cable Franchise and Hearing Board tonight voted to recommend that Quote-Unquote Inc. be awarded the contract to operate Public Access Channel 27 and Encantada TV Channel 26.
Board chair Martin Etheridgehill expressed support for Quote « Unquote Inc. after a careful evaluation of both Quote-Unquote's response to the RFP to run the channels as well as the proposal of competitor GCMA dba uPublicTV. The two other board members, RoseMarie Sanchez and Victoria Warner, also expressed full support for Quote-Unquote keeping the contract, citing their more than 30 years experience running the access channels.
An ad hoc evaluation committee in October had recommended to Mayor Berry that uPublic get the contract. Quote-Unquote filed a formal protest on November 9, 2011 and as yet has not received a response from the City. Quote-Unquote's contract expired on December 31, 2011; the City gave Quote-Unquote a three monthextension that expires on March 31, 2012. (read on the Quote-Unquote site)
In response to concerns over the term “Occupy Albuquerque”, the protest movement has renamed itself “(Un)occupy Albuquerque.” The decision was made in a general assembly meeting of protesters at the University of New Mexico campus. (read the full article)
