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I have become embarrassingly susceptible to Instagram ads, and the other day, I got sucked into yet another one, this time for makeup. After filling out a questionnaire about my skin type and tone and care routine, I landed at the deal: a “try before you buy” offer for “woke up like this” foundation, shade No. 35.
The company said it would send me the nearly $50 product for free, except for $5 for shipping and handling. If I didn’t like it, I could return it within 14 days to avoid being charged. At checkout, it also offered an “auto-replenish” option for me to have a new bottle shipped every few months. The language made it seem like it would be easy enough to return the makeup or cancel the subscription when the time came.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The city of Albuquerque utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city s primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city s chief executive.
Mayor
The mayor serves as the city s chief executive and is responsible for proposing a budget, signing legislation into law, appointing departmental directors and overseeing the city s day-to-day operations. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national and international levels. Tim Keller is the current mayor of Albuquerque.
City council
The Albuquerque City Council is the city s primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies and ordinances.
governor and that has just mapped. the state s governor is suzanna martinez. she picked an albuquerque city councillor named brad winter. and they swore mr. winter into office immediately as soon as the governor designated him as her choice. now, i propose to you that at first blush, this mid career mr. winter may not seem like a radical choice for this statewide job, the secretary of state gig. he s a long-time public servant. he s a teacher, he s a high school sports coach. there s nothing controversial about him, nothing particularly ground breaking about him as a choice, but for this particular job there s something interesting. consider the previous secretaries of state in retroactive order starting with the recently disgraced diane duran. before her, mary herrera, before her, rebeck ka villa, before that villa-heron again.
civic groups around the state. so the last secretary of state gig did not end well. the job of replacing the secretary of state who s going to jail falls to the state s governor and that has just mapped. the state s governor is suzanna martinez. she picked an albuquerque city councillor named brad winter. and they swore mr. winter into office immediately as soon as the governor designated him as her choice. now, i propose to you that at first blush, this mid career mr. winter may not seem like a radical choice for this statewide job, the secretary of state gig. he s a long-time public servant. he s a teacher, he s a high school sports coach. there s nothing controversial about him, nothing particularly ground breaking about him as a choice, but for this particular job there s something interesting. consider the previous secretaries of state in retroactive order starting with