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Morning Fix - Assertive and On The Town

Follow-up to Gomie running for APS school board- CNN Video (at the bottom) and Hollywood Reporter.
I'm so glad they are prosecuting the irresponsible dog owners whose pack attacked a little girl. And since she's apparently not seriously hurt, here's the related Modest Mouse video that's going thru my head.
I find the "return of tribal lands" Native American claims to be among the most intriguing issues of modern land law. How 'bout you? The Jemez Pueblo wants Valles Caldera.
Math majors know that when 7,000 show up to interview for 200 job openings at Target, they have a 2.8% chance of success. I know because I believe everything I read.
Mayor Berry says it's "fun" to ride the bus. ABQ Ride had a very successful year.
Lobo Men's Basketball climbs in the rankings.
Intro to an insipid Disney-owned blog name drops the "Albuquerque" American Girl doll, and then turns out to short list a bunch of cool teen girl role models. So I guess I'm an asshole for doubting it in the first place.
Mail-in election to change the fate of city runoff elections, MARCH 11.
Some minor fancy rule skirting, and poof!, a new UNM Regent is named.
NY Times briefly picks up tragic weekend child porn story.
Weigh in on whether or not the Mayor or City Councilors deserve a pay raise.

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Comment by shotsie on January 15, 2013 at 12:16pm: The Jemez Pueblo would like to invite the general public to the opening of their new operation, "Hard Rock Valles Caldera Resort and Casino". The tent to the right contains the slot machines for non-smokers....

Gee, I hope to run into Mayor Berry on one of those "fun bus trips". Maybe he's really thinking of the merry bus "Further"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_%28bus%29

Comment by Lahjik on January 15, 2013 at 7:35pm: What happened to the Flickr group posts on the main page? I know I can log into Flickr and hit up the Albuquerque group to see all, but I loved the sometimes oddball selection of pics I always got to peruse right from the Fix.

Can I cast my one, lonely, away from Albuquerque vote for it to remain?