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DukeCityTimes.com

Musician/actor/writer/designer/entrepreneur

As a local entrepreneur I have attempted many types of businesses in the Albuquerque metro area,most of my ventures were in the realm of online websites and blogs,over the years I have created a Vast empire of online websites and blogs,however many of them failed,as it was a learning process,and then coupled with my education in English literature from New Mexico State University I wanted to create a blog where I could just write,After making personal blogs and journals to no avail my journey suddenly blossomed into a site I just created on a whim called the DukeCityTimes.Com This site is my most prized online publication reflecting the beauty and culture found in Albuquerque New Mexico, The DUKE CITY!The growth of this online newspaper has exploded exponentially and is ever expanding into print! I don''t have enough man hours or time to handle the work alone and am always looking for people to help me write,edit,report,publish,its truly is the media publishing business at its best.So thats how it happened,I'm still an entrepreneur and I'm looking at starting other publications/ventures,but it all started with the DukeCityTimes.Com ! thank you and please stop by and visit us again! sincerely,
Stephen K . Judy
Owner/Founder
DukeCityTimes.Com

Governors open carry ban places Albuquerque citizens at further Risk.

I could understand making tougher penalties against criminal gun usage, but to ban open carry is a mistake.Many of the open carry gun owners are good people that deter criminals, to prevent their right to open carry places the public at further risk to criminals that don’t follow the law anyway.This ban takes away the citizens right to defend themselves and makes them citizens more susceptible to crime.

Hiring City Manager Bad Idea.

The Albuquerque city councils plan to shift the leadership format from a strong mayor system to a city manager system is a bad idea.If the city is having issues maybe get a new mayor?

Changing the leadership system could possibly open the city up to more corruption and bureaucracy within the council , seems like we are going from a more streamlined system that is decisive to a system that needs a vote for everything.

Even thinking about legislating this shows that the city council is out of touch with the needs of the city.

Murderers on the loose

Today 3 people were killed and 1 injured with the assailants unknown and on the loose.

In a separate incident a person killed another person in an apartment complex , then , ran off after shooting at police , that person is identified but still on the loose.

Incidents like these have become common place in the Albuquerque area as weak laws,absentee leaders and catch and release policies have left the city a crime field.

Albuquerque needs sanctioned homeless camps.

Leaving homeless on the streets without solutions is inhuman , the homeless don’t need a service center , they need a place to live.it has been suggested that we create sanctioned homeless camps in Albuquerque but nothing has been done; Portland Oregon and other cities are leading the way. Sanctioned homeless camps will give the unhoused a sense of autonomy while ending camping on city streets , the following link is from Oregon giving an idea of how it works.

https://www.portlandmercury.com/homelessness/2023/03/09/46393967/portlands-first-sanctioned-mass-homeless-camp-expected-to-open-this-summer-in-central-eastside

Albuquerque citizen begins Tim Keller Recall

A local Albuquerque citizen is fed up with the Keller administration and has began the campaign to recall Keller . Amidst high crime and homeless rates many citizens feel Keller is only about photo ops and neglected his duties leading to the closure of many parks. Only after much public pressure has he seemed to begin fighting crime although it might be late in the game. To support the recall of Tim Keller you can go to the go fund me link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/recallkeller?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1

Rent Cap legislation bad for New Mexico.

Much research has shown that passing rental limit legislation not only is unfair to property owners and against capitalistic principles but that it takes away incentives for property owners to maintain properties leading to a decay in values and widespread ghettos. The solution to high rental rates is not attempting to force owners to limit their rates against a free market but to create more housing and increase wages and job opportunities.

Cart before the horse project : ABQ Rail Trail

You can’t build a new “ rail trail “ pedestrian park around downtown if you can’t even keep small parks open because of the crime and homelessness problem .When you can operate basic city parks then think about building others , and the money you raised for this cart before the horse project should go to the needs of the people , like the warrant backlog , then when the crime and homelessness problem is fixed , then maybe do your pet project;this is what’s wrong with New Mexico , politicians asking for money for pet projects then asking for more money for projects that actually help the people ..

Imposter in Congress

There is a growing consensus that George Santos lied to the public about his background and is not qualified to sit in the U.S. Congress. By allowing Santos to remain in office the Republican leader Kevin McCarthy may be complicit in the fraud , what do you think ?

Turing Award winner, alumnus to meet with UNM students on Oct. 10

The University of New Mexico is planning a celebration on Monday, Oct. 10 in honor of alumnus Jack Dongarra, the recipient of the 2021 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of computing.”

Dongarra earned his doctorate in applied mathematics from UNM in 1980. His research was foundational to the field of computer science and in particular, high-performance computing.

Event Information:

Student Q&A and lunch with Jack Dongarra
Noon – 1 p.m.
SUB Ballroom C