Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is coming to Albuquerque tonight as part of her three-city town hall tour to address crime. The special legislative session she called earlier this month ended with a whimper after lawmakers in her own party refused to consider any of her proposals. In the aftermath, she called on New Mexicans to contact their representatives and senators to reconsider their decisions to brush her ideas aside.
Ahead of the governor’s stop in The Duke City, reporter Elizabeth McCall asked Lujan Grisham these questions:
- How does crime in New Mexico play into national politics?
- What does the governor hope to accomplish with these town halls?
- What can Albuquerque leaders do better to combat crime?
Gov. Lujan Grisham about ABQ street corners: ‘God help you if you’re out there at night’
Governor says she hopes to engage residents at her Albuquerque public safety town hall
By Elizabeth McCall
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will be in Albuquerque Monday night for the second of three public safety town hall meetings. Following an anticlimactic special legislative session earlier this month aimed at combating crime in the state, Lujan Grisham announced a string of town halls across the state focused on public safety. The first town hall was in Las Cruces last week, where the governor discussed issues related to mental health and crime. Monday’s town hall will be at Central New Mexico’s Smith Brasher Hall on University Boulevard at 5:30 p.m. The third meeting will be in Española on Tuesday. “Public […]
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