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Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber, left, in 2018 signed a proclamation resolving disputes over the now-defunct Entrada reenactment of the Spanish reoccupation of Santa Fe in 1682. In 2021, Webber is going after his critics as his reelection campaign gets underway. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
Santa Fe is slowly moving into election season. It looks like it may not be so nice this year.
Mayor Alan Webber reacted last week to two pieces of print media – an essay critical of the mayor published as an advertisement in the Santa Fe Reporter and a flyer circulated by the city employees’ union.
The essay was by Union Protectíva de Santa Fé, a traditional Hispanic fraternal organization that has been fighting with Webber for many months, mostly over removal of historic monuments. The ad headlined “Mayor Webber’s Dark Side” was explicitly a campaign attack, mentioning Webber’s announcement that he will seek reelection and saying he doesn’t deserve a second term because he “fails to understand the traditions and culture of this great City.”