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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The word of the day (or night) at the Albuquerque City Council’s Aug. 2 meeting?
Deferral.
In the council’s first session back after a monthlong summer hiatus, many of the votes were postponement-driven.
The council voted to delay action on a bill that would have reserved 2% of the city’s general obligation bond proceeds for infrastructure improvements in underserved areas, as well as on a trio of bus-fare bills, including legislation requiring the city to start a free bus service pilot project by Oct. 1.
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This comes after the City Council in May passed a budget that included $3 million to support going to a no-fare bus model.
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Fast forward to today.
Over the past three months, Albuquerque police have responded to two homicides and the discovery of a body found off Tramway and Interstate 40, the gateway to the old Route 66 and Four Hills neighborhood.
Two blocks west of Tramway, a far East Central trailer park was the scene of a recent FBI search of a purported gang leader’s “stash house” where agents seized seven firearms, including two shotguns and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
From Tramway to Eubank, the two-mile stretch of far East Central Avenue is peppered with closed businesses, sometimes aggressive transients, open displays of illegal drug use, mental illness, vandalism and trash, area residents say.
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