Moments ago, the Albuquerque City Council received Mayor Tim Keller’s veto for Bill O-23-88, which aimed to repeal and replace the Air Quality Control Board, and R-23-176, which imposed a specific moratorium on the Board, preventing it from passing a Health, Environment and Equity Impacts rule without scientific evidence because it is outside of their jurisdiction based on case law.
“By vetoing these bills, the Mayor has put the City of Albuquerque and State of New Mexico at risk of losing thousands of jobs” said City Councilor Dan Lewis. “It’s unfortunate that the Mayor has sided with environmental extremists such as Marla Painter who claims to solely represent the South Valley, and her domestic terrorist husband Mark Rudd of the notorious Weather Underground, and against crucial economic development and thousands of family owned businesses in our City who have expressed…
