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Governments created programs to help tenants during the pandemic—they are not working BY AUSTIN FISHER A N D P A T R I C K L O H M A N N , P. 1 2
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AT THIS RATE 8 Santa Fe prepares for its third go at ranked choice voting on Nov. 2 TWISTED WORDS 10 Misogynist allegation against Mayor Alan Webber makes little dent in his progressive support INDUSTRY IN FLUX 11 Local cannabis dispensaries expand, work through challenges to adjust to new landscape COVER STORY 12 EVICTED, REJECTED & LOCKED OUT Governments created programs to help tenants during the pandemic—they are not working
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OPPOSITION MOVEMENT I was fascinated to see how differently SFR is covering the Airport Road project compared to the Zia Station project. You’ve got comments from nearby residents, the opposition movement is treated respectfully, you have no comment from Homewise and there is some sense of respect for the open space that will be lost. It’s a stark contrast to your Zia reporting. I’m also surprised and disappointed that you haven’t reported on the citizen due process issue that is at the core of the Zia appeal. We are currently awaiting the judge’s ruling on whether Candlelight Neighborhood Association should be dismissed from the appeal. The developer and city are arguing we don’t exist, we’re “a phantom,” even though we followed all of the city’s rules on registering as a neighborhood association. If the judge goes along, no neighborhood association in the city will have standing to challenge a project. I do hope you will re-visit this issue and its implications for land use decisions at a time when Santa Fe is experiencing intense development pressure.
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GONE! FOREVER!! It was brought up by several residents (and me) that they purchased their properties based on representations that the land was parkland and would not be developed. It was also noted that the area is a “food desert.” The city should obtain the land and use it as passive parkland and a community garden. The area is in great need of open space and once developed the sprawl continues and the opportunity is lost! Gone! Forever!! In light of the recently reported government funding and the request for suggested uses for these funds, this is a perfect opportunity to secure open space “breathing room” in a currently overcrowded and traffic-intense area. Remember—when it’s developed, it’s too late to undo it and reclaim the open space.
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WORKING ON IT Low wages, and high housing, Santa Fe is working on it, but they have a way to go. Progress takes time
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Santa Fe prepares for its third go at ranked choice voting on Nov. 2
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everal voters SFR encountered leaving the polls in 2018 after casting their ballots in the municipal election said they had found the city’s first foray into ranked choice voting confusing. Some had given it a go and ranked all five mayoral candidates; others chose their first and second choices; others stuck to traditional voting and only marked their first— and only—choice. The following year, voters returned to the polls for City Council races, but only one contest—for District 4—drew enough candidates to qualify for RCV and, when Jamie CassuttSanchez garnered nearly 57% of votes in the first round to win the race, it ended the need for a so-called “instant runoff.” This year, on Nov. 2, just two races will provide the opportunity for voters to rank candidates: the three-way mayoral contest and the four-candidate District 1 City Council race. But both will build upon the growing body of data RCV is amassing. According to the national nonprofit FairVote, as of last month, 22 jurisdictions had used RCV in their most recent elections, 20 more will use it for the first time next month and at least 50 jurisdictions are expected to use ranked choice voting in either their next election or the one that follows. Proponents maintain RCV yields more civil discourse, opens a pathway to new candidates and provides voters with more options. Still, skepticism remains among some who question whether the system benefits voters sufficiently to justify some of the confusion it engenders and provides the advantages it suggests. People on both sides believe RCV will require more time and ongoing outreach to fully demonstrate its promise. “It remains a good government approach to electing our public servants into office,” Mario Jimenez, campaign director for Common Cause New Mexico, says. “With that said, it would behoove us as nonprofit organizations, as media outlets, as elected of8
ficials and election administrators to continue to educate the public about ranked choice voting. As long as we continue to amplify and educate around RCV, it will become more favorable and that’s something we need to focus on not just every four years.” First, a reminder of how RCV works. In contests with more than two candidates, voters can—but don’t have to— rank the candidates, marking their first, second, third and so-on choices. A candidate then requires at least 50% plus at least one vote to win. If no candidate reaches that threshold on the first tally, an instant runoff commences: The candidate with the fewest number of votes is eliminated, and that candidate’s second choice votes are distributed. This continues until a candidate passes the 50% threshold. In 2018, the mayoral competition lasted into the fourth round when Mayor Alan Webber bested former city Councilor Ron Trujillo with 66% of the vote. At the time, Trujillo told SFR he had worked hard to secure second-place votes in the contest. Since then, Trujillo has become an outspoken critic of Webber and a supporter of challenger city Councilor JoAnne Vigil Coppler. He remains unsold on ranked choice voting. “I can tell you this: The voters were uninformed on how ranked choice voting works, and that’s an unfortunate thing because people I talk to…they just wanted to vote for one person,” he says. “This time around I’m telling people, ‘if you feel you want to vote for one person, vote for one person. You don’t have to vote for all three people. And do not put Alan’s name anywhere.’” Indeed, the civility that purportedly marked the mayor’s race in 2018—another selling point for RCV—has a narrow focus this time around. Neither Webber nor Vigil Coppler would appear to be courting second-place votes from one another’s bases. But should Webber fail to secure more than 50% of the vote on the first round, second place votes from candidate Alexis Martinez Johnson could become key. Four years ago, Webber captured close to 72% of Kate Noble’s votes after she was eliminated in the third round, with just 89 votes separating her and Trujillo. “I guess I think on balance it’s probably a better way to vote,” Noble, president of the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education tells SFR, noting that her campaign four years ago encouraged voters to mark her second if she wasn’t their first choice. “We did somewhat,” she says. “We also knew how it would go and that I was pretty clear, just talking to voters, I was the second choice with many people who would put Alan Webber as their first, and I didn’t think he was going to be eliminated early.”
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This year, common sense would indicate Webber is less likely to pick up significant second-place votes from either of his competitors. But they are both taking RCV into account. Alexis Martinez Johnson has openly asked voters to consider her as their second choice if she doesn’t garner their first-place vote. She tells SFR both Webber and Vigil Coppler are “trying to get some of my voting bloc.” Vigil Coppler’s campaign says that’s true. “It definitely is a factor,” Vigil Coppler’s campaign manager Sisto Abeyta says, although he notes that with a larger field of candidates, “it would have been a much more calculated strategy. Right now, we feel like the only people we have to talk to about that ranked choice [are] Martinez Johnson voters.” Webber’s campaign manager, Sandra Wechsler, tells SFR via a written statement: “We’re just out educating voters about how it works and talking about issues that matter like COVID, affordable housing and sustainability—it’s up to the voters to decide who wins at the end of the day.” Civility in ranked choice contests remains an open question from an academic point of view. A recent study analyzing candidate tweets and newspaper articles in RCV races generally found a more positive political climate. That study’s author, Martha Kropf, a professor in the University of North Carolina, Charlotte’s Department of Political
Science and Public Administration, notes what her research doesn’t address “is the idea that sometimes candidates won’t do the heavy lifting when it comes to being nasty,” but outside groups still contribute to a negative campaign environment. “I think mine provides some evidence that ranked choice voting can definitely be more positive,” Kropf tells SFR. “I do think it’s pretty clear that this needs to be analyzed carefully now.” In the four-way District 1 race, incumbent Councilor Signe Lindell says ranked-choice voting isn’t playing a role in her campaign. “We’ve just run a regular race asking for people’s vote. I think people still remain somewhat confused on how it works and a lot of people think that there’s some way to game the system with it.” Two of her challengers, Joe Hoback and Brian Gutierrez, say they are definitely talking to voters about ranked choice voting. “I kind of feel like I have a lot of people who say, ‘I have an allegiance to another candidate,’ so I say, ‘please put me down as number two.’ I make sure to make that point,” Hoback says. He also has been explaining the system to many people, he says. “People kind of throw up their hands and say, ‘I’m going to vote like I always have in the past.’” Gutierrez says RCV “absolutely plays a part in the strategy of the race in District 1,” but
This ballot from the 2018 election shows how one voter ranked the candidates for mayor. Perched at the top is Oliva the Owl, one of the characters in the votedifferentsantafe.org education effort.
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that perhaps 80% of those he’s encountered “don’t like the idea [and] they are confused on top of the fact that they don’t like the idea.” That being said, Gutierrez says he thinks the opportunity to appeal to other candidates’ supporters has made the race more civil and has opened up opportunities to talk to people “who are endorsing someone else, because at that point you want to be everybody’s second [choice]. So, if I see a sign for an opponent, I don’t shy away from it. I go and introduce myself.” District 1 candidate Roger Carson did not return requests for comment. While anecdotal evidence indicates RCV remains confusing for voters, 2018 exit polling in Santa Fe indicated otherwise, with 67% of those surveyed saying they hadn’t found the ballot confusing and 71% saying ranked choice voting should be used for future mayoral and City Council races. Santa Fe County Clerk Katharine Clark tells SFR poll workers have received special training on ranked choice voting, and there are also materials at polling places explaining the system. Confusion aside, other survey results appear less conclusive. For instance, 51% of Santa Fe voters in 2018 said RCV had made them more likely to vote for their favorite candidate, while 46% said it had made no difference. As for the tone of the mayoral campaign, 34% thought it had been a more positive than prior ones, 33% thought it had been “somewhat more positive” and about 30% thought it had been the same. “I’ve never been fully on board with ranked choice voting,” University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus Lonna Atkeson, who helped oversee the survey, says. Now director of the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University, Atkeson concludes: “I’m not sure it provides the benefits it suggests that it does.” A small majority of locals surveyed four years ago—53%—also indicated they would like to see primary and general elections run with the RCV option. That won’t happen overnight, according to Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver. “My opinion has always been that it’s really important to give something like this a try locally and see how people like it,” Toulose Oliver says. “This is still a relatively new voting system. It is going to take time. Folks have been voting ‘pick one’ our whole lives and now we’re being asked to rank three or more.” Moreover, implementing RCV at the state level would require a constitutional amendment and legislative authorization. Toulouse Oliver also agrees on the importance for ongoing RCV education, given that some voters who didn’t vote in prior
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elections will be encountering it for the first time. “From my vantage point, sitting here as a Santa Fe voter, the city really went all out in the first election and did a lot of good voter education,” she says. “I still see them making efforts. I got my postcard in the mail, ‘Vote Different Santa Fe.’ It just takes time and it takes familiarity.” Maria Perez, who was director of FairVote New Mexico when RCV was implemented and is now founder and co-director of Democracy Rising, agrees year-round education is important, not just for voters, but to encourage more candidates who might not otherwise run for office. “We have this system in place in Santa Fe…anyone who has a vision for the community can throw their hat in the race and run for office. It is disappointing to me in this mayoral race we only have three candidates and it’s disappointing to me we only have one district race that has more than two candidates,” Perez says. That lower candidate participation, Toulouse Oliver notes, may also be due to the current political climate. “We’re in a very toxic political world right now in this country,” she says. The lack of candidates could be awareness, and it could also be a general, ‘if I put myself out there what does that mean for me and my life?” That toxic environment of which Toulouse Oliver speaks seems to have overshadowed another political factor that once influenced support for RCV: concerns about third-party spoilers, which led to strong Green Party support for RCV back in the day. Former city Councilor Cris Moore, who served two terms for District 2 starting in 1994, initially won his seven-candidate race with about 34% of the vote. Although city elections are nonpartisan, Moore’s then standing as a Green (he’s since changed party affiliation to the Democratic Party) was well known, and Greens were early and strong advocates for the RCV system. “In my race, there were other candidates I agreed with on a lot of things. If we had RCV at the time, I would have encouraged my supporters to give [other candidates] their second choice votes and I hope they would have done the same,” Moore, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute, says. Still: “If I were advising a voting rights activist about what to focus on right now, since I think voting is under attack at a very basic level, I would encourage people to fight back and protect voting on a very basic level. But back in the 1990s, it didn’t feel like that attack was going on. It felt like we had the luxury of thinking more carefully about how a democracy works.” Nonetheless, “I still think it’s a good reform,” he says. “I’m glad we did it.”
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The three mayoral candidates, right to left, Alexis Martinez Johnson, Alan Webber and JoAnne Vigil Coppler, answered questions from SFR Senior Correspondent Julia Goldberg at an Oct. 5 public forum.
Twisted Words Misogynist allegation against Mayor Alan Webber makes little dent in his progressive support BY WILLIAM MELHADO w i l l i a m @ s f r e p o r t e r. c o m
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he allegation landed with a sizzle, jolting the audience at the Lensic Performing Arts Center who, by then, had been listening to Santa Fe mayoral candidates debate the city’s housing troubles for two hours during a recent public forum. Gasps from the assembled could even be heard on the livestreamed video. City Councilor JoAnne Vigil Coppler, one of three hopefuls for the job, recounted what she described as a troubling interaction two years prior with incumbent Mayor Alan Webber in his office at City Hall. “Don’t get your panties in a twist,’’ Webber said to her in 2019, according to Vigil Coppler’s telling. The charge came less than a month before the election, drawing questions of its timing from the mayor and others watching the race. Writing to SFR, Webber says he “does not remember saying anything like that at all” but he did suggest she contact the city attorney “if she would like to make a complaint.” Vigil Coppler’s allegation arrived in the wake of the #MeToo movement, when even progressive leaders who tout their forward stance on issues of gender inequality have come under scrutiny for sexism and sexual misconduct.
Despite the alleged comment’s shadow, many of Webber’s progressive supporters appear to have not abandoned him. SFR inquired about any other complaints of sexual misconduct or harassment against the mayor to the city attorney’s office, the human resources department and Webber’s campaign—all say there are none. State Rep. Linda Serrato, D-Santa Fe, tells SFR her support for Webber hasn’t wavered. “What I appreciated about what happened in that process was that he immediately took responsibility,” Serrato says. “Then he offered her a route to file her grievances and her concerns.” Another top endorser of the mayor, Rep. Andrea Romero, also a progressive Santa Fe Democrat, writes to SFR in an email, “I’ve known Alan for years and I have the utmost respect for him. He has always treated me, and those around me, with nothing but support, dignity and warmth.” As for the alleged harassment, she emphasizes her faith in the government to take all harassment claims seriously and thoroughly investigate. Romero also notes that Vigil Coppler supported her opponent, Carl Trujillo, a former representative who lost the House District 46 seat amid sexual harassment claims, citing a May 2018 social media post from the councilor. Romero derides Vigil Coppler’s “double standard.” Meanwhile, two of the mayor’s progressive allies and endorsers on the City Council—Carol Romero-Wirth and Jamie Cassutt—did not respond to requests for an interview about Webber’s alleged misogynist remark.
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Vigil Coppler tells SFR she approached the city attorney for direction on how to proceed—the human resources department doesn’t have authority over elected officials. Webber explains that he apologized to Vigil Coppler for something he said that she found “appalling,” several months after the incident, following her communications with the city attorney. But over almost a year of back and forth with the city’s legal office, Vigil Coppler says she received little guidance. In emails exchanged over an 11-month period between Vigil Coppler and City Attorney Erin McSherry, the councilor inquired about what legal coverage the city could afford in the case of a sexual harassment allegation.
The incumbent and the councilwoman, their rhetoric has created an increase in distrust in this community. -Alexis Martinez Johnson, mayoral candidate “I do know that the biggest thing that you need to do when something comes to your attention, post haste, is you need to investigate it,” she tells SFR. Citing her experience conducting sexual harassment trainings, Vigil Coppler says Title VII of the Civil Rights Act states that once a claim of sexual harassment comes to light, an investigation must take place. McSherry explains that as the City of Santa Fe’s attorney, she reviews complaints filed against the municipality, but does not provide legal guidance to anyone beyond her jurisdiction—including the councilor in this instance.
“That is why I was advising the councilor, if she has a complaint against someone in their city capacity, she needed to talk to private counsel,” McSherry tells SFR. McSherry emphasizes that Vigil Coppler never filed a complaint against the mayor and, therefore, there was no investigation. As elected officials, McSherry says, governing body members are subject to penalties imposed by the Ethics Campaign Review Board. “Anyone who wants to file a complaint against someone in their official capacity hires their own lawyer,” McSherry says, which would include elected officials filing a complaint against another governing body member. McSherry notes that while the city’s Ethics Code included direction for municipal employees making a complaint against elected officials, it doesn’t provide the same guidance for a governing body member to file a similar grievance against an elected peer. The mayoral race’s third candidate, Alexis Martinez Johnson, tells SFR that Vigil Coppler’s allegation and Webber’s public responses have done little more than further dismay voters. “The incumbent and the councilwoman, their rhetoric has created an increase in distrust in this community,” says Martinez Johnson. She says the timing of Vigil Coppler’s claims is suspicious, noting, “In politics, anything is game. For a lot of candidates they can make these kinds of assertions, but in my view if you’re going to make an allegation... you have to have some type of evidence for that.” Asked directly about the timing of the public allegation, Vigil Coppler did not offer an explanation: “This was something that happened to me.” Julie Ann Grimm contributed reporting.
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Industry in Flux
Although the legacy status gives businesses a head start, there are still plenty of hurdles, owners and managers tell SFR. Adding to 14 existing dispensaries shown on a map from the health department, a couple of new locations are popping up around town. New MexiCann Natural Medicine was one of the bigger players in the city, occupying two buildings in Santa Fe. But the health department revoked the company’s license in May in response to an explosion and fire last year at its headquarters on San Mateo Lane. R. Greenleaf moved into New MexiCann’s old West Cordova Road building last month and Keyway Marketplace, formerly Shift New Mexico, will soon be opening at San Mateo Lane. Keyway already has one location south of the city limits. Keyway general manager Bob Johnson says the location has been cleared by the city and is awaiting licensing from the state. He estimates the site will be open in the next two to four weeks.
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“We definitely want to reach more of the marketplace, and it’s kind of an iconic location in Santa Fe,” Johnson says. “It’s also very secluded, easy in and out because it’s a dead end, and it makes it very easy for people to get their medicine.” All the plans for growth aren’t without concerns and challenges. Duke Rodriguez, president and CEO of prominent cannabis company Ultra Health, has long warned of a supply shortage and says it’s now too late to avoid. “We’ve had a shortage in this [medical] program for over a decade. All that adult use is doing is exacerbating a long-term problem,” Rodriguez tells SFR. “I’ve told people before, if the plant is not in the ground today, it will not be available, come April. That reality cannot be avoided. Rodriguez says based on data from other states including Colorado, businesses will swiftly run out of product when recreational sales begin next April, and recovering from shortages could take 18 to 24 months. Part of
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the problem, he says, is the Regulation and Licensing Department has been slow to issue new producer licenses. The department—which began accepting producer applications on Aug. 25—has issued 33 legacy producer licenses but has not yet issued any new licenses, according to spokeswoman Heather Brewer, who adds that the state has 90 days to act after receiving a complete application. In anticipation of a shortage, Fruit of the Earth is considering how best to prioritize medical users. “We’re going to do everything in our power to make sure that our medical patients, number one, don’t run out of medicine,” administrative manager Micah Helman says. “Whether that be enforcing certain restrictions on how much people can buy, or even offering an exclusive two to three hours in the morning for medical patients to buy, we’re not exactly sure what that’s going to look like yet but we’re taking it into consideration.” At Keyway, Johnson says they’re producing more cannabis than they’re selling retail, so they also sell to wholesalers. When demand increases in April, Johnson says the company’s priority, like Fruit of the Earth’s, will be medical patients. “I’ll adjust wholesale but I’ll take care of the medical patients first and then what rec business comes to us,” Johnson says. The state statute requires producers to devote 25% of their product on a monthly basis for use in the medical program. Meanwhile, businesses are waiting for retail rules, which the state must finalize by Jan. 1. “It’s been challenging,” Johnson says. “It would be good to know sooner rather than later to be able to gear up.” Rodriguez agrees that the process should’ve been faster. “What the industry is asking for: Just simply publish the regulations,” he says. “We’ve had nearly a year to get it done.”
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ayela Bernal was already struggling to pay rent when she caught COVID-19 in May, which left her hospitalized for a week. Bernal is a hair stylist who immigrated from Mexico. With the loss of income, her younger child had to take out a loan to pay rent for their Santa Fe apartment. A friend who was working for Chainbreaker Collective, an economic and environmental justice organization in the city, told her she could get help from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. State officials created the application for rental assistance to distribute millions in federal emergency relief dollars to tenants at risk of eviction. The law that created the relief program was passed in December 2020. Bernal had difficulty collecting all the documents to complete the application, including the lease agreement from her landlord. She said it took her about a week to finish it. “It’s too confusing for some people who are not able to start the application and finish it in one day—or even for several weeks,” Bernal said through an interpreter. She knows this because she has also been canvassing apartment complexes across Santa Fe with other Chainbreaker members. Bernal’s experience is far too common. Interviews with other canvassers show that New Mexico’s application for emergency rent relief is overly complex, requires too many documents, scares undocumented people away from participating and is poorly-translated into Spanish. Other challenges continue to confront renters as the pandemic stretches on, a Source New Mexico analysis has found, including landlords refusing to accept rental assistance dollars as payment and illegally evicting people from apartments in defiance of state Supreme Court orders and local eviction moratoria. Meanwhile, a push to pass a state law protecting renters went nowhere during the last legislative session, though lawmakers, recognizing the state’s housing crisis, vow to try again. Language barriers The English version of the rental assistance form is a little unclear, said Cathy Garcia, an organizer with Chainbreaker. For example, the application requires that the person’s physical address match their mailing address, which can be confusing. It also asks how far behind the tenant is on rent but
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doesn’t specify whether that answer should be measured in months or dollars. There is a Spanish-language version of the application. But multiple canvassers who speak Spanish said the translation appears to be lifted from Google Translate. “What state are we living in?” Garcia asked. Some of the translations lengthen the questions and complicate them, canvasser Yetzali Reyna said. It’s obvious to Chainbreaker’s Isabel Jurado Herrera that the form was not created by a human, she says, because it’s “a bit too literal.” She pointed out that many Spanish speakers came here at a young age and did not have an opportunity to complete middle school. The form needs to be translated in a way that more people can understand, she said. Misgivings about bureaucracy in the politically hostile environment of the US are a factor, too. 2,000 offers rejected Say you got all the way through the process of applying for the pandemic rent money successfully, despite the language barriers and paperwork requirements. Some landlords still won’t take that money. Refusing to accept money from the $170 million Emergency Rental Assistance Program undermines the program’s stated goal and is, instead, forcing more people out of their apartments and onto the streets, said state Rep. Andrea Romero, D-Santa Fe. Landlords either refused emergency relief money or didn’t respond when contacted by the state offering to pay someone’s rent about 2,000 times during the pandemic, according to numbers the Department of Finance and Administration provided to Source New Mexico. The state is not tracking how many landlords refuse rent or why, said program Director Donnie Quintana. After three contact attempts over seven days, the money is paid instead to the tenant directly, according to DFA, which administers the rent assistance program. But even though a tenant might get rent money directly from the state program, it doesn’t mean they’ll be able to find housing easily, Romero said—especially if a landlord files for an eviction in court anyway. “An eviction on their record makes it really hard for them to find other housing,” she said. “So it just kind of snowballs into this very difficult situation.” Getting money directly also exposes some tenants to heightened scrutiny and, potentially, charges of fraud, according to DFA.
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Demonstrators calling for an end to evictions and rent debt listen to a speaker talk through the struggles of living without shelter in Albuquerque. The Party for Socialism and Liberation put together an overnight camp-in about housing rights outside the Metropolitan Court Downtown on Sept. 21.
Tenants who lost income due to the pandemic are regularly still evicted, even though they qualify for rental assistance. And it’s legal. Under the law, landlords can evict tenants for reasons other than failure to pay rent. For example, landlords can choose not to renew a lease once it’s expired or cite a way in which the tenant may have violated the lease, Griego said. But why would a landlord leave thousands of dollars from the state on the table? For one, it’s a profitable choice amid current market trends, Griego said. Rising housing prices make it tempting for a landlord to evict a tenant and
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DFA has referred about 35 applications from tenants to the state’s Human Services Department for potential fraud investigations, according to spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis-Porter. (About 60% of rent recipients are already receiving some kind of public assistance, according to the state.) The Human Services Department’s inspector general is “helping DFA understand the tools available with the goal of identifying documents that may be out of the ordinary,” McGinnis-Porter said. None of the investigations have been completed, she said, so she wouldn’t provide more details about why the applications came under scrutiny. Maria Griego, an attorney with the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, said the state should not be putting up more barriers for tenants who need stable housing. “Now, more than ever, families should have access to rental assistance without the unnecessary red tape, especially given that landlords are often refusing rental assistance in favor of eviction,” she said. She also pointed out that the federal government is asking states to relax restrictions on the rent assistance money. Henry Valdez, DFA spokesman, declined to comment on specific fraud referrals. He said every program like New Mexico’s “runs into fraudulent attempts,” which is why he said the investigations are necessary. As of Oct. 15, state officials said they’d spent spent $54 million of the emergency rental fund and earmarked another $71 million.
sell the property, she said, and rising demand for apartments entices landlords to evict a tenant and lease to a new one at a higher rent. Landlords are also required to fill out tax documents if they receive money from the state, which Griego said might discourage some sketchy property owners. “We’ve heard from landlords who don’t want to fill (it) out for tax reasons,” Griego said, “which kind of suggests that they’re not reporting all of their income.” Landlords are required to fill out a “letter of intent” that states they will not evict a tenant if they receive state rent money, though it wasn’t immediately clear how
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Cree Walker, right, and her family have a Section 8 voucher but have been unable since July to find a landlord who will take it. So they have to cram into this extended-stay hotel room and fear being kicked out any day. Pictured are Walker with mom Renae Simonson, along with Walker’s kids Gabriel, 12, Castiel, 7, Azariah, 6, and Renesmee, 5.
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binding that letter is or how long it lasts. Without responses, DFA doesn’t know if there are common reasons landlords refuse to accept rent money from the relief program. “We are focused on working with landlords and property management companies that want to participate,” Quintana said. Landlords reject Section 8 vouchers, too Cree Walker and her family have a roof over their heads for at least the next couple weeks. If things don’t work out at her extended-stay hotel, she said, it’s hard to see where they’ll find shelter next. She assumed it would be much easier to find a place. She moved to New Mexico in July from Idaho with her four kids, all under age 12. She carries a Section 8 voucher, which means the federal government will pay most of her rent every month to whichever landlord gives her a place to stay. Walker figured a landlord would welcome the stable income her voucher provides, especially amid a pandemic that has meant many landlords lost rent income and are unable to evict their tenants for failing to pay. But several landlords rejected her. “I don’t understand why they’re not willing to take it,” Walker said. “I mean, at least you wouldn’t have somebody that was fired, not able to pay rent and living there for free.” New Mexico is one of 19 states where it is still legal for landlords to reject a tenant based on how they’re paying rent, be it a Section 8 voucher, a Veterans Affairs benefit or some other subsidy, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council. There’s plenty of evidence of what discrimination can look like. Albuquerque and Santa Fe Craigslist pages, for example, feature several ads daily from would-be tenCONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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them,” Bernal said. “We feel powerless because we can’t do anything to help them, really. It’s sad that people are being evicted, and we want to change that.”
New Mexico is one of 19 states where it is still legal for landlords to reject a tenant based on how they’re paying rent. Ads like this one often appear alongside those seeking tenants but who won’t accept Section 8.
ants frustrated that they can’t find a place. They’re often alongside even more ads from landlords of properties where Section 8 is not accepted. “No one wants to rent to good, hard-workin folks & guaranteed rent?!” someone titled a post on Albuquerque’s site about a month ago. “Is there anyone out there willing to accept our Section 8 voucher? Our family has been searching tirelessly for over a month!” Until Walker can find a place, she, her disabled mother, her kids and their three dogs are crammed in a room at Siegel Select extended-stay complex in Albuquerque. They’re struggling to come up with the $300 a week it costs to live there. That is more than many market-rate apartments and way more than she’d pay with her voucher, which limits her obligation to 30% of her income. Refusing Section 8 is a practice that’s contributing to the state’s housing crisis, Romero said.
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“Where can these folks go if they receive a subsidy, but so many landlords refuse to house them because of their status financially?” she asked. Thrown out anyway Getting relief money into tenants’ pockets has become even more urgent after the US Supreme Court on Aug. 26 blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the latest federal moratorium on evictions, imposed as a response to the pandemic. While the federal moratorium is gone, New Mexico still has a statewide moratorium, put in place by the state’s high court. The City of Santa Fe has an even stronger local moratorium that is tied to the statewide rule. It prohibits landlords from even threatening tenants with eviction for nonpayment of rent. But to enforce it, a tenant must contact local police, who then have to make a report and give it to the city attorney who, in turn, must file a complaint against the landlord.
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In the year-plus the local moratorium has been in place, only two tenants with whom Chainbreaker has worked have ever chosen to go that route, Cathy Garcia said. Police do not have any knowledge of tenant law, she said. None of the eviction bans stops landlords from kicking people out for other reasons, she added. The moratorium never stopped landlords from simply handing tenants a 30-day notice to get out and saying it has nothing to do with paying rent, she said. Despite the bans on evictions, landlords in New Mexico have filed more than 11,000 eviction notices since the start of the pandemic, according to a Searchlight New Mexico investigation. Bernal said ongoing evictions in Santa Fe—which has higher rents than 90% of the state—make her motivated to work for reform. “We have been seeing a lot of cases where there are people that are being evicted from their homes, and they have little kids with
Shadow evictions Cristobal Sanchez knows what rent day sounds like at Siegel Select. First, bangs echo down the hall from the manager rapping his knuckles against his neighbors’ apartment doors. Then Sanchez hears him shouting about rent, even if it’s only a few hours late. Then, if the manager is in a bad enough mood, come the threats to call police, to lock someone out or to remove his or her possessions, Sanchez said. When manager Ali Siddiqui worked his way up the hall to Sanchez’s room last week, his fiancee was in the apartment alone, he said, sleeping and under-dressed. The manager knocked loudly. She scrambled to get her clothes on before Saddiqui used his master key to enter, Sanchez said, to demand rent that was a day late. “They’re making it very difficult for us to live here,” Sanchez said. This type of intimidation has occurred at the Siegel extended-stay properties in Albuquerque throughout the pandemic, according to housing attorneys and the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office. It’s also illegal, attorneys say. And it’s increasing in the city and across the state during the pandemic, advocates agree. As the public health crisis drags on, rental assistance is slow out the door and affordable housing grows more scarce. Threatening a renter with a lockout or lying about an impending eviction to spur a tenant to leave are what New Mexico state law describes as a “self-help eviction.” It’s an illegal way to coerce someone into giving up an apartment without a court order. Other examples are turning off electricity, changing locks, removing possessions or barring entry.
These are shadow evictions, occurring without judges, courts or notices. The worst-of-the-worst landlords illegally evict people who have the least support. Housing attorneys say the evictions that occur with a judge’s order are just the tip of the iceberg in New Mexico since the pandemic began. “In-court evictions are probably the exception rather than the rule,” said Jean Philips, a Gallup-based attorney with New Mexico Legal Aid. In a brief telephone conversation, Siddiqui referred Source New Mexico’s questions to Siegel Select’s legal department, which did not respond to telephone calls seeking comment for this story.
A fix, missed Romero and Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Las Cruces, sponsored House Bill 111 during this year’s legislative session, a measure that would have made “source-of-income discrimination” illegal. The bill defined “source of income” as Section 8 “or any other form of housing assistance payment or credit, whether or not such income or credit is paid or attributed directly to a landlord and even if such income includes additional federal, state or local requirements.” It would have prevented landlords from refusing both Section 8 vouchers and rental assistance funds. It also would have prohibited landlords from refusing to renew a lease during a declared public health emergency. The bill failed in the Senate, which Romero attributed to a packed schedule. “We’ll keep pushing,” she said. “But we’re hopeful that we’ll see something in the special session to help with this crisis.” The bill would have also required additional information about a tenant’s rights and next steps on so-called three-day letters, she explained, which inform people of an impending eviction for lack of payment. Receiving those letters doesn’t mean a tenant is immediately evicted. Only a court order can do that. The bill also would have prohibited landlords from choosing not to renew someone’s lease during a declared national or public health emergency. That was an effort to prevent landlords from skirting moratoria by evicting people for reasons
Top reasons the illegal lockout law is ignored
Lawyers and organizers who fight evictions list the most common reasons the law isn’t being used: • Tenants don’t know their rights • They don’t call police or the free legal aid service • They have no lease agreement • They’re living in an illegal shelter • They are undocumented • The sudden eviction is such a shock that they’re solely focused on finding a roof over their heads instead of finding an attorney
other than lack of payment, Griego said. The AG’s Office intervenes as it can, said Matt Baca, the chief lawyer there. Their office saw a “sharp rise” in landlord-tenant complaints during the pandemic, he said. Lawyers there fielded more than 260 of these complaints during the pandemic. Source New Mexico reviewed about 160 of the complaints made up until February of this year. (The rest were not immediately available from the AG’s office.) Tenants across the state alleged widespread abuse by landlords, including price-gouging, throwing out property, shutting off electricity, harassment, eviction threats, illegal lockouts and more. The AG’s office sent a letter to Siegel Select in April 2020 warning the owners to comply with the law. The letter said tenants alleged that managers locked them out, ha-
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State law rarely invoked A state law on the books since 2014 permits tenants who were subject to these illegal lockouts to sue their landlords and get damages or a court order permitting them to re-enter their apartments. But the law is rarely used, attorneys and advocates say. “I’ve never seen it. I’ve never even heard of it. As far as I’m concerned, it’s like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster,” said Garcia from the Chainbreaker Collective. State statute allows tenants who’ve been illegally kicked out of their apartments to seek several remedies in court, including regaining access to the apartment, collecting damages or erasing all rent incurred during a time someone was denied access to the apartment. The law defines these illegal evictions as when an owner or manager knowingly threatens, attempts or succeeds in removing a resident from a unit by changing a lock, blocking an entrance, interfering with utilities, removing possessions or making the property uninhabitable. Using “fraud” is another way to illegally evict someone, according to the law, which often means lying to renters about what the law says to get people to leave an apartment by themselves under false pretenses. That’s what Siegel Select’s conduct amounted to, Griego said. “Once somebody’s out like that, if they’re locked out, if it’s that sudden, then it just throws people’s lives into chaos,” said Philips, the New Mexico Legal Aid attorney. “And it’s hard just to even keep track of them because of the chaos that results from a lockout. “So a lot of the time, it’s because people have so much on their plates in that situation, especially if they’ve got kids,” she continued. “Like, I’ll be talking to a client, they’ll be in a McDonald’s parking lot, while their kids are sitting nearby on laptops using the Wi-Fi signal to go to class. Just dealing with the work of being unhoused, they don’t have the bandwidth to file a lawsuit.”
She said the most effective way to solve the problem of illegal lockouts is “a huge investment in community education and empowerment” that would help renters know their rights and stay in their homes even if a landlord tries to bully them out.
Chainbreaker Collective canvassers Yetzali Reyna, Cipriana Jurado Herrera, Patricia Aguilar and Mari Aguilar set up a space to help tenants at Evergreen Apartments in Santa Fe apply for emergency rental assistance on Sept. 7.
rassed residents and refused to provide replacement keys. The office sent a second letter to the company in late June 2020, this time regarding an illegal lockout complaint at a second Siegel property in Albuquerque called Siegel Suites. There, a manager turned off electricity to apartment 155, according to a follow-up letter from the AG’s Office to the company. A tenant who lived there used an electric wheelchair and was “rendered immobile by the manager’s actions,” the office wrote on June 26. In most of the complaints reviewed by Source New Mexico, the AG’s solution was to send tenants a digital copy of the state renter’s handbook. Officials also called landlords a handful of times and referred tenants to New Mexico Legal Aid in a few other instances. The attorney general doesn’t represent individual interests, Baca said, so they try to resolve disputes informally by contacting the business. When they get a lot of complaints at once from the same landlord or business, the office issues a cease-and-desist letter and evaluates “for any other available civil enforcement action.” “We will always provide an impacted person with referrals to legal resources, in cases like these to the Legal Aid landlord-tenant reference materials, and with information on how to contact private counsel,” he said. But he stopped short of recommending a specific legislative fix to help people impacted by these lockouts. “With respect to policy reform,” he said, “the Legislature should absolutely look at any reform that will strengthen tenant protections, ensure their rights are protected, and make sure that people can keep access to safe and secure housing.” The worsening housing crisis has made it clear why House Bill 111 Romero said, so she intends to resurrect it. It will be up to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham whether the issue will be addressed in the legislative session or a special session. A spokeswoman for the governor said the issue is on her radar. “We’re hoping to put forward an initiative for housing support for the 2022 legislative session, including potentially financing affordable housing efforts—the details of the proposal are still very much in development,” said spokeswoman Nora Meyers Sackett. “As the plan is finalized, we’ll have more information.” Source New Mexico is an online news outlet launched in late August that offers fresh content daily about how the decisions of elected officials impact people in the state.
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All social progress, including climate mitigation, requires hal It is common to speak of an “energy transi�on” as if it involved voluntary, narrow choices. It does not. A “Capital-T” Transi�on is already underway, involving far more than how energy is produced and used. Our economic and social lives are changing in ways that involve declining prosperity (as conven�onally measured) and greater precarity. And, unless we vigorously exercise it, even less democracy. For ecological, resource-quality, and geopoli�cal Successful climate and reasons, real economic growth is over. Economic and energy policies will all environmental decline are “baked in” and underway. begin by thinking in Meanwhile, maintaining a livable climate requires fullterms of people, not on emergency efforts. The crisis is comprehensive, pro�its or kilowatt-hours. total. How “we” – governments at all levels, businesses, Climate is among other churches, organiza�ons, and families – use and shape things a class issue. the “Long Emergency” ahead is up to us. Our poli�cal, media, and nonprofit leaders seldom seem to understand or acknowledge the full depth and breadth of the crisis. We sympathize up to a point, but candor is required. A�empts to achieve infla�on-corrected, real economic growth at the expense of climate protec�on, social jus�ce, and democra�c par�cipa�on are not just immoral but will fail, from here on out. It ought to be obvious: to protect the climate, there is no alterna�ve to rapidly curtailing fossil fuel produc�on. New Mexico currently leads the na�on in oil produc�on growth, and poli�cians love it. That is the dead opposite of climate leadership.
Will NM’s future be waylaid by a democracy de�icit? Will the State use our converging energy, economic, & climate crises to foster resilience, genuine democracy, and a social contract that protects the poor? Not under current plans. This administra�on’s well-inten�oned “energy transi�on” is composed of far too much business-as-usual (BAU) fossil fuel extrac�on, technologies that won’t deliver the needed benefits – either at all (“blue hydrogen”) or enough (electric cars, large-scale ba�ery storage, “green hydrogen,” more). What will be delivered is ever-rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Meaningless promises of distant-future “net zero” emissions are made, along with ardent courtship of even-less-accountable energy monopolies and colonial-style renewable energy harves�ng, for the purpose of greenwashing brown economic growth in other states. Few or no net new jobs will be created. It’s very much BAU with green paint.
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Successful climate and energy policies will begin by thinking in terms of people and livelihoods, not profits or kilowa�-hours. The ques�on is not how to deliver electricity cheaply and reliably but prior to that, what are the social and governance implica�ons? How many livelihoods will be created, of what kinds? Who will own the installa�on and distribu�on system? What educa�onal, moral, and ins�tu�onal effects will result? How will livelihoods and the vulnerable be protected, and children educated? To succeed, we must address our social and the environmental crises together. As our crises have converged, so must our responses. The synergies available in the energy transi�on provide an opportunity – if we fail, the last opportunity – to do that.
100% renewable energy is not possible at anything like present consumption levels
There are no technological “solu�ons” even remotely capable of supplying U.S. society as we know it with 100% renewable or nuclear energy – not now and not decades hence, for fundamental scien�fic and engineering reasons too extensive to list here. The myth that renewable energy will or can displace all the fossil fuels we now use is just that, a fantasy. It’s dangerous, as • A huge nuclear weapons build-up it supposes manufacturing and construc�on on a massive scale, with huge climate and • Instead of this, we need dramatic priorities that build resilient com other environmental and social impacts fuel extraction. and opportunity costs around the world. Pursued fully, this fantasy would destroy • Noon - 1 pm: Speakers from coop the climate by trying to save it. Technically, of�icials. it would fail, and in the process consume the precious opportuni�es we now have to • 1 - 5 pm: In-depth workshops on & the “energy transition," assiste realis�cally address the climate crisis. Those opportuni�es involve using much less energy to produce much more sa�sfac�on. There are also too few key resources on this planet to successfully pursue dreams of, say, universal electrifica�on. There aren’t enough high-quality ores of cri�cal materials needed, and it would use far too much brown energy to build. To live, let alone prosper, we will need to leave our consumer iden�ty and embrace life-fostering voca�ons as best we can. We need many more livelihoods that serve, educate, protect, heal, and renew. To pay for them we need steeply progressive, higher taxes. Quality of life costs money and NM has been willing to pay it. Life expectancies currently vary by two or more decades between census blocks in our state. NM will never thrive without addressing our grotesque inequality and poverty, which is not being done. Oil and gas revenues hurt the development of a true soci contract. They’re an addic�on we cannot afford. Sooner rather than later if we are wise, we will re-learn how to build, produce, and share, not just how to earn and spend selfishly. We will need to talk to each other at all levels of government, across present poli�cal divides. We will learn to prac�ce “simple living and high thinking.” Climate and energy issues, which will increasingly influence our economics and poli�cs, are class issues. We will not succeed if we do not incorporate what the Catholic Church calls “the preferen�al op�on for the poor.” Most families are now economically vulnerable and it will only get worse. We have to begin with the vulnerable, not include them as an a�erthought as we so o�en see. The purposes of public policy, including for energy and climate, revolve around people, not profits.
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There will be no climate mi�ga�on without coopera�on between China (the largest contributor to greenhouse gases, GHG), the U.S. (by far the most influen�al country, the largest economy, first in oil and gas produc�on, second in GHG emissions), and Russia (second largest oil and gas producer, cri�cal fuel supplier to the rest of Europe and China). But how can coopera�on occur in the midst of a new Cold War, with China and Russia our “enemies”? It can’t. By defini�on. There will be no effec�ve climate response – and for that ma�er, no social jus�ce, no fiscal responsibility, and no democra�c relief from the “double government” which has largely replaced cons�tu�onal government in na�onal security affairs – without ending U.S. imperial ambi�ons, the militarism that supports them, and the nuclear arms race enabling it all. The U.S. military costs more than the militaries of all the other countries in the world combined, save three. Our local Los Alamos Na�onal Laboratory (LANL) is in dollar terms the biggest center for the p is underway at LANL. design and produc�on for weapons of mass destruc�on anywhere in the world. cally different national & state As discussed in a 9/22/21 ad in this mmunities while curtailing fossil newspaper and extensively at lasg.org, a huge expansion of LANL’s nuclear weapons mission is now underway, perating organizations & elected primarily focused on building a factory for producing plutonium warhead cores n LANL’s impacts, the climate crisis, (“pits”). This was the mission of the ed by cooperating organizations. ill-fated Rocky Flats Plant, shu�ered for grave environmental and safety viola�ons.
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To foster climate cooperation, stop pit production. It may be easier than you think. While the U.S. could maintain its nuclear arsenal indefinitely without LANL’s new pits, the nuclear arms race would be almost impossible without them. New LANL pits are needed for a new warhead (“W87-1”) and a missile system (“Ground Based Strategic Deterrent”), to begin deployment in 2030. Only LANL can produce pits in the 2020s and early 2030s for these unnecessary monstrosi�es. Clip & mail to the address at the bo�om.
LANL has failed every �me it has a�empted to expand its pit mission – four �mes over the past 32 years. In this latest a�empt, the cost of star�ng up LANL’s pit factory has increased more than fourfold over the past four years to more than $12 billion. In the business world this program would have failed already. Instead it enjoys a kind of “nuclear weapons socialism” that never applies to small business, or the working poor. Our poli�cal priori�es and values are inverted, to our own great cost.
A solar system for every family in NM and tens of thousands of new jobs, or a new Rocky Flats Plants near Santa Fe? LANL’s “night of the living dead” pit program is a twisted, three-decade tale of misguided ambi�on, mul�ple failures, fiscal waste, and lately, unprecedented secrecy. Across the en�re tableau of gold-plated U.S. nuclear weapons programs, LANL’s pit program really takes the cake as “the worst of the worst”. How wrong is it? Star�ng up LANL’s worse-than-useless pit program is expected to cost roughly twice the total retail cost of all the components needed for a 4 kilowa� solar system for every household in NM, enough energy for a frugal family. As incen�ve or subsidy it would go farther and encompass other energy upgrades also. The rest of the $12+ billion would fully support 12,000 solar jobs for a decade, or train several tens of thousands of people. Each pit produced would cost $50 million. Think about it. No society which incorporates the level of waste and folly embodied in LANL’s pit program can expect to survive.
Environmental impacts? More than we know. The environmental impacts of the pit mission would be great even in the best case, which seldom applies: another WIPP site may be needed for the waste this program will produce; more nuclear facili�es are planned, to expand plutonium missions and replace decrepit facili�es; new roads through the Caja del Rio and a new bridge across the Rio Grande have been discussed; a new power line is planned. LANL seeks construc�on camps at the Pueblos, and a permanent fleet of dedicated commuter buses to carry 2,000 – 3,000 people to and from the lab daily. Some 255,000 sq. �. of new office, training, and biological lab space is already leased or adver�sed, mostly in Santa Fe so far as pit produc�on takes over more of LANL proper.
Now is the time to take appropriate action. When (not if) serious accidents occur, it will be too late for second thoughts. Sunk costs are likely to weigh heavily on official minds. Now is the �me to take appropriate ac�on, which we will discuss together on Nov. 5 at the Capitol.
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DOGKE SCHÖN, DARLING Even though it can be a nightmare to find a rental with a pet in Santa Fe, our venues and restaurants are fairly animal friendly, which means there are ways to support shelter animals while eating, drinking and playing trivia. This week, the Santa Fe Animal Shelter hosts the Dogtoberfest Trivia Night at Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery. Teams of four (or more) will compete for three top prizes, which include a tour and tasting at Tumbleroot’s distillery itself, passes to Violet Crown Cinema, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and four rounds of golf at the Santa Fe Country Club. Everyone is automatically entered into a raffle, too, so more prizes await, and all the proceeds go to supporting long-term pet care. Cue hearts melting. (Liane Pippin) Dogtoberfest Trivia Night: 6 pm Thursday, Oct. 21. $5. Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery, 2797 Agua Fria St., (505) 393-5135
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Santa Fe Comic Con returns to Buffalo Thunder When the dust of the pandemic cleared (at least a little) and the movie theaters reopened, there was a brief and shining moment wherein the people of the world gathered once more to see...Black Widow. Yup. That was the first movie we saw when we could go out to movies again, and while we’re not about to tell you it was great (are the Marvel movies ever great? No, seriously, think about that before you answer), but going to see a stupid comic book movie for our first foray back into the field was important. Why? Because for over 100 years, comics have comforted us, taught us, made us laugh and cry and have just plain been there. It’s not always about good or bad, sometimes it’s about what we love. Enter Santa Fe Comic Con, the annual event at Buffalo Thunder that might not match SDCC for size, but certainly has ‘em beat on heart. Given the whole pandemic shape of the world last year, we’re not even sure what entry this is for the venerable event, but we do know founder and promoter Jim Burleson has been in the con game for 10 years as of 2021. Maybe that’s how this year’s event has guests like Ernie 18 #
Reyes Jr. (Surf Ninjas), Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills) and Jamie Marchi (Borderlands 2 and 3). That’s not even getting into the comics creators themselves, the cosplayers and the local nerds who’ll dress up and go wild with their peers from the wonderful world of comics. Say what you will about the nerd community—we’re a passionate people who want little more than to don our outfits, meet our heroes briefly and explore the fantastical worlds wrought by some of the most creative minds of our time. Plus, seriously, have you seen Surf Ninjas? It’s great (No, seriously, think about that). Being Santa Fe, it’s pretty affordable, too, and you’ll at least leave with a handful of memories and some pretty cool art and movie and comic book stuff. (Alex De Vore)
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SANTA FE COMIC CON 4-8 pm Friday, Oct. 22 10 am-6 pm Saturday, Oct. 23 11 am-5 pm Sunday, Oct. 24 $20-$250 Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 30 Buffalo Thunder Trail (505) 455-5555
TALK MON/25-TUE/26 OH HEY, CLIMATE New Mexico Speaker of the House Brian Egolf hosts his first-ever climate summit this week, and given the shape of literally everything, it’s about damn time. Over two days, more than 150 guests from local and state chapters will discuss the future of the climate crisis in New Mexico across subjects including federal policy, energy solutions, equity, state and federal funding. The event roster features names like Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Elena Krieger, too, so if you’ve ever wanted to Greta Thunberg out on the people who work for you, now’s the time. (LP) New Mexico 2021 Climate Summit: 8:30 am-4:30 pm Monday, Oct. 25 and Tuesday, Oct. 26. Free. New Mexico State Capitol 490 Old Santa Fe Trail. Register at eventbrite.com
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The Santa Fe Art Institute sits within the mostly empty Midtown Campus, and no one seems to know what to do with it. But hosting a party sounds good! At the Midtown Block Party, SFAI presides over discussions about the future of the publicly-owned space, and all attendees are welcome to chime in. Yes—all. Attendees will also find a scavenger hunt, bike giveaway, housing clinic, food and music, and with partnering orgs like Chainbreaker Collective, Earth Care, Littleglobe, the UNM Design and Planning Assistance Center and YouthWorks, you’re bound to hear good stuff from good people. Check out sfai.org for an ongoing list of events and ways to contribute. (LP) Midtown Block Party: 10 am-5 pm Saturday, Oct. 23. Free Santa Fe Art Institute, 1600 St. Michael’s Drive., sfai.org
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ONGOING ART EX-VOTO SUSPECTO: FROM THE VOW MADE Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 614 Agua Fría St. (928) 308-0319 Artist Lindsay Payton’s annual Halloween art show. This year, expect plays on traditional and contemporary styles. All day, free NEW CARTOGRAPHIES OF SMELL MIGRATION SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta (505) 989-1199 A multi-sensory sculptural installation by Colombian artist Oswaldo Maciá, celebrating movement and migration through sound, smell and sight. All day, free A PLACE LIKE NO OTHER: PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE NEW MEXICO BADLANDS Edition One Gallery 728 Canyon Road (505) 570-5385 Examination of the Bisti Badlands, a part of the Navajo Nation in the northwest portion of the state. All day, free AMANDA BANKER | SATURDAY MORNING STILL LIFE Kouri + Corrao Gallery 3213 Calle Marie A combination of traditional Venetian oil painting techniques with surreal portrayals of animated female characters. All day, free
Part of the show Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology by multiple Indigenous artists. Co-curator Erin Vink (Ngiyampaa) and MoNCA host a virtual talk on Oct 21.
CHAMOY Smoke the Moon 101 Marcy St., Ste. 23 Paintings glimpsing between the natural and supernatural world. All day, free CHRIS MAYNARD: NEW WORKS Gerald Peters Gallery 1011 Paseo de Peralta (505) 954-5700 Intricate designs via feathers and shadowboxes. All day, free
EXPOSURE: NATIVE ART AND POLITICAL ECOLOGY IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place (505) 983-8900 A number of artists including Hilda Moodoo (Pitjantjatjara) and Kunmanara Quema (Pitjantjatjara), show how nuclear weapons, both making and testing, affect Native populations. 10 am-4 pm, free
GIVING VOICE TO IMAGE ViVO Contemporary 725 Canyon Road (505) 982-1320 This creative alliance of artists draws its inspiration from the ancient Roman poet Horace’s adage, “A picture is a poem without words.” All too often, artistic disciplines remain separate. This is a unique and exciting celebration of the beauty of words and images. All day, free
GOLDEN LIGHT, LONG SHADOWS AND ROADSIDE FLOWERS Hecho a Mano 830 Canyon Road (505) 916-1341 Daniel McCoy Jr. (Muscogee Creek/Citizen Band Potawatomi) paints and draws psychedelic and comic visions with references to pop culture. Included are newer landscape paintings on paper and oil. All day, free
GO WEST SAID A SMALL VOICE New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072 In 1918, artist Gustave Baumann relocated to New Mexico. He was moved by the landscapes and people he met and saw here. This exhibit explores his resulting landscape works and marionettes, which probably aren’t creepy unless you’re seeing them at night. 10 am-5 pm, $0-$12
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No doubt you’ve heard rumblings about the IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) film union’s recent displeasure within the industry, and of a potential strike from below-the-line workers. But you might not know it’s historic. In the union’s more than 100 years, it has never come this close to such steps, but with a general call for more pay, better insurance and improved working conditions, IATSE members are echoing concerns across much of America’s employment sectors. For Craft Services Department Head Hailey Josselyn, it’s about time for change. In her seven years working in film, Josselyn has seen the toll that long hours, few breaks and poor pay have caused. With a tenuous agreement between IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on the horizon, we checked in with Josselyn to get a human take on the goings-on. (Alex De Vore) Can you give us an idea of the reasoning behind the recent IATSE news? First off, I only speak for myself and not the whole union, but we’re not asking for anything out of the ordinary. We’ve all been, as workers, afraid to say ‘Hey, I’m really miserable,’ or ‘This isn’t cool that I never get to see my family, and my friends die in car wrecks on the way home.’ The time with the pandemic has given people this realization—and all we’re asking for is lunches, water, breaks. Sometimes it’s not getting a chance to go to the bathroom because there’s no chance to stop what you’re doing. It costs thousands per minute to shoot a movie. You don’t want delays, and for a lot of people I work with, my department included, you don’t always get those moments. COVID made everything harder to get done. Just getting a chance to sit down and get off your feet, have a meal—we’re all human beings, and part of my job is making sure people have food and are hydrated, but you can’t always take your mask off, so a big stress has been people getting dehydrated because they’re not getting a chance to take their masks off and drink water. I also don’t think anybody thought [the pandemic] would last as
long as it has. I think we thought once the vaccines came out, there would be a little more normalcy, but it hasn’t gotten better, so [working in film] is something that’s already a hard thing, and it’s making it harder—and I know it’s not just in my industry. A lot of people are willing to go through a lot because they think they’re getting a chance to do their dream job. Well, this isn’t my dream job. Serving coffee on a set isn’t something I dreamed of doing when I was growing up. But it’s amazing what people will go through in the hopes it gets them to a better place, but there’s enough money to go around. We see how they come up with money for some things and not workers; there are no jobs that are easy on set, they’re just different kinds of hard. A strike has been averted for now, but the scuttlebutt says union members are still not quite pleased with the terms. Can we assume this isn’t over? Oh, it isn’t over. There’s still a vote [to ratify the terms of the agreement], and this is unprecedented. It hasn’t happened in over 100 and something years. There’s enough money for things, but it’s this manufactured scarcity where they tell us there isn’t enough. There is. This industry makes trillions of dollars and they can’t pay people more than $12 an hour? They’re paying some people $12 an hour, and they’re working them the hardest They’re selling hope that maybe— maybe—you might get where you want to be, so people will put up with a lot. How can film and television fans support the workers? I think right now, just awareness. Someone said something to me like, ‘You guys chose the job—it’s Hollywood,’ but empathy costs nothing. Furthermore, if we’re saying other people have it worse...other struggling people are not the problem. The chances of us being billionaires are so far off—we have a better chance of becoming homeless—and in film, we are talking unfathomable amounts of money, and all we’re struggling for is living day-today. There are people who are getting rich and famous off the backs of people below-the-line, and if workers didn’t do this, these [films and shows] wouldn’t be made, and those people wouldn’t be famous. Honestly, if I wanted to just sell myself out and live comfortably, I could probably do that, but it isn’t just that. I’ve had people tell me, ‘You’re so loud, but you’ve got to play along to make a change.’ I don’t know. I’m glad for the experiences that have brought me to who and where I am, because it’s given me good perspective— and I’m hopeful things can get better—but I don’t think this is the end. I hope our union leaders we elected do right by us. We’re depending on that.
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IN SEARCH OF DOMÍNGUEZ AND ESCALANTE New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5100 The American West has changed since Franciscan friars traveled through in 1776. This photography show contrasts what the friars saw and what exists in New Mexico now. 10 am-5 pm, $7-$12 KILLING YOURSELF TO LIVE: LURE AND LOSS AT RANCHO LA BREA El Zaguán 545 Canyon Road (505) 982-0016 Art inspired by Pleistocene Epoch creatures who stumbled into oil pits and died. Artist Paul Baxendale reflects on our relationship with the chemical substance that has a habit of wanting to kill us. Don’t worry, you’ll be safe here unless climate change gets us first. All day, free PARALLEL TRAJECTORIES Currents 826 826 Canyon Road (505) 772-0953 Organic patterns that evoke landscape, architecture and speculative weaving. All day, free MONO CIEZA AND MAYA FUJI Keep Contemporary 142 Lincoln Ave. (505) 557-9574 Argentine sculptor Cieza's Archeology of Future is in various materials and combinations such as resin, ceramic and bronze. Fuji's painting series Humid Nostalgia offers a blend of Japanese mythology and her experience as a first generation American. All day, free MUSEUM OF ENCAUSTIC ART EXHIBITION Museum of Encaustic Art 18 County Road 55A, Cerrillos (505) 424-6487 A showcase of over 100 of the magazine’s featured artist’s work from the past decade of Encaustic’s publications. Artists span America, Canada and parts of Europe. All day, $10
POETIC JUSTICE New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. (505) 476-5072 Exhibition that showcases the formal and thematic intersection of artists Judith F. Baca (b. 1946), Mildred Howard (b. 1945), and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940; Citizen of Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation, MT), all of whom had a passion for social and cultural equality. All day, free STILLNESS AND COLOR Strata Gallery 418 Cerrillos Road, Ste. 1C (505) 780-5403 Lin Medlin’s first show in Santa Fe, featuring the colorful landscapes we all know and love in the region. 10 am-5 pm, free THERE'S NO OTHER LIKE YOUR MOTHER Foto Forum Santa Fe 1714 Paseo de Peralta (505) 470-2582 From artist Brandy Triguero, who examines the complexities of womanhood alongside the societal and familial constructs defined by a seemingly traditional reproductive role. All day, free WATERMARK 5. Gallery 2351 Fox Road, Ste. 700 New photography from Desire Manville on various prints. All day, free
WED/20 BOOKS/LECTURES HISTORY AND CULTURE TALKS 35˚ North Coffee 60 E San Francisco St. (505) 983-6138 Hundreds of years ago, a bunch of unbathed Englishmen gathered in coffee houses and discussed revolution. Now you can do the same thing, with a little more soap and quality. Join local historian Christian Saiia for some coffee and some factoids. Noon-2 pm, free
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SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW READING Online bit.ly/3C0Xbpq Contributors to the 2021 Santa Fe Literary Review will read their works selected for the new issue. Pre-registration is required. 5 pm, free AN HOUR WITH THE CURATOR: SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL AND HISTORY CENTER San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974 Geek out about old buildings and talk to some very smart people. 3-4 pm, $10 ROCK TIME AT THE LIBRARY Vista Grande Public Library 14 Avenida Torreon, Eldorado (505) 466-7323 Calling all rock hounds—alas, this is not any kind of AC/DC show, but rather the delightful rocks in the ground. Geologists will be on hand at Vista Grande Public Library to answer your burning questions. 12:30 pm, free
HALF BROKE HORSES Tiny's Restaurant & Lounge 1005 S St. Francis Drive (505) 983-9817 Honky-tonk and Americana, good for those needing a good two-stepping night. 7-10 pm, free (no cover)
MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Master pianist is back at the keys—per usual. Sip on a glass of wine, treat yourself more than a little bit and let Rogers soothe your soul with delightful piano medleys. 6:30 pm, free (no cover) ELIZABETH AND A PIANO The Hollar 2849 NM Hwy 14, Madrid (505) 471-2841 Elizabeth brings the country blues, sprinkled with R&B, outlaw country, Americana and folk. Want some Otis, Etta, Nina or Ray? You got ‘em. 5 pm, free (no cover) KIDS SING ALONG Railyard Park Cerrillos Road and Guadalupe St. (505) 982-3373 A kids singing and dancing extravaganza, where they will hopefully be mezmorized by the happy little tunes. 10 am, free
THU/21 ART CURATOR'S CIRCLE: EXPOSURE CO-CURATOR ERIN VINK Online bit.ly/2XnAOv1 The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts hosts an online event with co-curator Erin Vink (Ngiyampaa) about the exhibition Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology. 4-5 pm, free
EVENTS DOGTOBERFEST TRIVIA NIGHT Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery 2791 Agua Fría St. (505) 303-3808 Trivia—for a cause. Join a team of four or bring your own. Prizes for the top three and door and raffle prizes for the rest. Proceeds go to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter (see SFR picks, page 18). 6 pm, $5 SANTA FE COMIC CON LAUNCH PARTY Beastly Books 418 Montezuma Ave. (505) 395-2628 Trade in your purchased Santa Fe Comic Con tickets for a lanyard or a badge! These special entry items allow you to bypass the line at Comic Con (see SFR picks, page 18). Noon-5 pm, free
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THEATER 26 MILES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 A play by Quiara Alegria Hides about an estranged Latina mother and her White Jewish teenage daughter who find themselves on a spontaneous road trip to discover one another—and see the buffalo in Yellowstone. 7:30 pm, $15-$25
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SEE THE STARS FROM A NATIONAL MONUMENT Fort Union National Monument 3115 NM-161, Watrous (505) 425-8025 Telescopes? Free. Reservations? None needed. Seeing the stars in a super dark sky at a national monument? Priceless. Gates open at 7:30 pm for picnicking or photography, but you can't have both. Just kidding, go for broke and do both. 9-11 pm, free VAMANOS! SANTA FE WALKS Bicentennial Alto Park 1121 Alto St. Walk the walk, talk the talk. These free community walks get those exercise endorphins buzzing. Plus meet your neighbors! Hopefully not *that* weird guy next door, though. 10-11 am, free SANTA FE INDEPENDENT FILM GOLF CLUB TOURAMENT Santa Fe Independent Film Club 4360 Country Club Road sfindiefilmclub.com Help raise money for indie films in New Mexico via the magic of golf. Form a team, be a sponsor or just come hang out for some music and food. 1 pm, $70-$500
BOOKS/LECTURES AN HOUR WITH THE CURATOR: SAN MIGUEL CHAPEL AND HISTORY CENTER San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail (505) 983-3974 Experience the 310-year old chapel and its new History Center with the historiancurator. History nerds need to know that these are in depth tours after regular hours—no tourists to try and squeeze past. You’re safe here. 3-4 pm, $10
EVENTS SANTA FE COMIC CON Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail (505) 455-5555 Actors, entertainers, comic book artists and many more. Special guests include Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club, Weird Science) Emily Swallow (The Mandalorian) and more. Expect a big rush of nostalgia. 4-8 pm, $25-$250
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DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 More good piano tunes from a local piano master. Bring on the wine, bring on the showtimes and the 1940s piano standards. 6:30 pm, free (no cover) STRANGERS FROM AFAR Mine Shaft Cantina 2846 Highway 14, Madrid (505) 473-0743 Join Strangers From Afar for some news song, old covers and maybe some good vibes thrown in there. Oh, and good food. 4-7 pm, free (no cover) PERFORMANCE SANTA FE: YEFIM BRONFMAN Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 Recognized around the globe as one of the greatest pianists of our time, Israeli-American Yefim Bronfman brings a compelling program of works by Beethoven and Chopin. 7:30 pm, $35-$115 TGIF CONCERTS First Presbyterian Church 208 Grant Ave. (505) 982-8544 Wind down your weekday here. This performance, dubbed Love Stories, is a fluid journey through different states of love. The show features mezzo soprano Kehar Koslowsky and Deborah Waggonner on piano. Free, but donations are welcome. 5:30-6 pm, free DARK SKIES VOL 4 Que Sabe 1911 St. Michael’s Drive, Unit G quesabe.org For the musically-inclined night dwellers: an awesome DJ set, including Mac Chedda and Domskee. 21+ only. 10 pm-close, $10
MODERN BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS: REMAINING CONFIDENT IN THE FACE OF CRITICISM Santa Fe Community Yoga Center 826 Camino de Monte Rey (505) 820-9363 For everyone! All levels of experience and background are welcome. Meet like-minded people and enjoy these teachings. Yes we can use difficult, painful and frustrating situations to be become more compassionate and more confident. And so we discover solutions that we’d otherwise overlook. Grow spiritually with Buddha’s wisdom and meditation techniques. 10-11:30 am, $10
OPERA MADAME BUTTERFLY St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. operawest.org Professional and high quality opera—but open for everyone? Whoa, yeah, tear down the upper class gatekeepers. Madame Butterfly follows a newlywed Japanese woman who marries a member of the US Navy who is, unbeknownst to her, is planning to abandon her. 6 pm, $20-$200
THEATER 26 MILES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 Feeling exhausted by the lack of honest mother-daughter relationships on the silver screen? Maybe try out some melodrama on the stage instead. All produced by local writers, actor and creators. 7:30 pm, $15-$25
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SAT/23 DANCE THE HALLOWEEN PRACTICE PARTY Railyard Performance Center 1611 Paseo de Peralta (505) 982-8309 Embody Dance presents! Why settle for just one Halloween party this year? Don’t you want to be your best for this grand holiday? Get some dance practice in so only the cosutme looks ridiculous. 7 pm, free (but donate)
EVENTS MIDTOWN BLOCK PARTY Santa Fe Art Institute 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, Bldg. #31 sfai.org/midtown-block-party Join SFAI for community workshops, a site wide scavenger hunt, music, food, games for adults and children, plus film screenings. Give a few thoughts about future of the Midtown property as you’ve probably got an opinion (see SFR picks, page 18). 10 am-5 pm, free SANTA FE ARTISTS MARKET The West Casitas 1612 Alcaldesa St. (505) 310-8766 Abundant pottery selections, various jewelry choices, paintings in booth after booth, plus photographs, sculptures and more. North of the water tower, this is one of the easier ways to support our artists and get some quality mugs. 8 am-2 pm, free SANTA FE COMIC CON Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail (505) 455-5555 More cool stuff for the cool geeks. Panels, photos, chatter, coolness, etc. (see SFR picks, page 18). 10 am-6 pm, $25-$250 SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726 Get some fresh food, eat some fresh food, rinse and repeat. 7 am-1 pm, free
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VAMANOS! SANTA FE WALKS Pecos National Historical Park Hwy. 63, Pecos info@sfct.org Whoa, Vamanos is going for the big time now. Get a nice free hike in at Pecos National Historical Park. Four miles round trip. RSVP to the email address above to get onto the bus list. 10 am-noon, free
MUSIC AL ROGERS Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 Expect your night to go: “Hey, that’s a nice bar. Hey, this is good wine. Hey, Al Rogers is an awesome piano player.” 6:30 pm, free
OPERA MADAME BUTTERFLY St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. operawest.org We love that nice drive out to see opera, but seeing it a little closer is a nice change, isn’t it? Affordable opera, right in the heart of downtown. 2 pm and 6 pm, $20-$200
THEATER 26 MILES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 The pandemic caused a lot of us to re-evaluate our relationships, for better or for worse. Put a feuding mother and daughter in a call, mix in some national park wildlife and you’ve got a heck of a show. Plus good quality, but that’s expected here. 7:30 pm, $15-$25
SUN/24 DANCE TRADITIONAL HOOP DANCES Santa Fe Plaza 100 Old Santa Fe Trail lightningboyfoundation.com Traditional Indigenous hoop dancing from the Lightning Boy Foundation. Free to watch, but donate and tip to support. 3:30-5 pm, free
EVENTS ALL HALLOW LABYRINTH WALK Railyard Park 740 Cerrillos Road (505) 316-3596 The Labyrinth Resource Group of Santa invites you to a labyrinth walk to honor your ancestors. Bring a small momento that reminds you of those passed and hold on to it as you walk. Afterwards, join a drum circle to drum in the spirits. No drums? Bring a small percussion instrument to make your beat. Contact Barbara at (314) 808-4571 for more info. 1-2 pm, free
HARVEST FESTIVAL AND ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE Camino de Paz School & Farm 03A Camino de Paz (505) 747-9717 Visit the new classroom spaces, meet the many goats, take a student-led tour, buy your holiday pumpkins, make corn husk dolls, taste the fresh-pressed cider and try all the fall foods. 1-4 pm, free SANTA FE COMIC CON Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino 20 Buffalo Thunder Trail (505) 455-5555 People with talent—There’s gonna be a ton of animators and comic book artists here, so you can meet a bunch of other people with talent. Good luck. 11 am-5 pm, $25-$250 YOGA IN THE PARK Bicentennial Park 1121 Alto St. SantaFe All levels vinyasa flow class. Bring your own mat and get ready to pop those joints and feel the streeeeeetch. 10 am, $10
MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 More good piano tunes from a local pianist master. His tunes will sweeten the wine and savorize (is that a word?) the already delightful dishes. Through the power of music and all that. 6:30 pm, free ROBOT SOMBRERO VOL 4 Que Sabe 1911 St. Michael’s Drive, Unit G quesabe.org Set includes January 3rd, FILTHY, Meganoke and SaggaLiffik. Tickets must be purchased in advance—no door sales. 9 pm-2 am, $25
OPERA MADAME BUTTERFLY St. Francis Auditorium at the New Mexico Museum of Art 107 W Palace Ave. operawest.org Professional and high quality opera—but open for everyone? Whoa, yeah, tear down the upper class gatekeepers. Madame Butterfly follows a newlywed Japanese woman who marries a member of the US Navy who is, unbeknownst to her, is planning to abandon her. Yes, sad opera is sad. 4 pm, $20-$200
THEATER 26 MILES Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 Written and performed by locals. Yes, that makes it cool. Some talk about buffalos and relationships too. 2 pm, $15-$25
MON/25 DANCE SANTA FE SWING Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerrillos Road Classic swing dancing in Santa Fe is a perfect way to start off the week. Lindy-hop, shag and more! Classes start at 7 pm, open dance at 8 pm. Vaccinated folks only, please. Bring your CDC card as proof on your first visit. 7 pm, $3-$8
EVENTS NEW MEXICO 2021 CLIMATE SUMMIT New Mexico State Capitol 490 Old Santa Fe Trail bit.ly/2Z3aabu From House Speaker Brian Egolf—help develop and deliver bold new climate policies across the state. Policy workshops, speeches, lectures and more. Get out there and raise some hell before we all burn alive (see SFR picks, page 18). All day, free
MUSIC DOUG MONTGOMERY Fenix at Vanessie 427 W Water St. (505) 982-9966 More good piano tunes from a local pianist master. His tunes will sweeten the wine and savorize (is that a word?) the already delightful dishes. Through the power of music and all that. 6:30 pm, free
THEATER PARTED WATERS Teatro Paraguas 3205 Calle Marie (505) 424-1601 A reading of playwright Robert F. Benjamin's play, which focuses on three generations of Hispanic men in a family. Their diverging cultural values and lifestyles open hidden revelations, all while they try to keep hold of the family’s land. Maybe some complaints about TikTok and Twitter thrown in too. 7:30 pm, $5-$10
TUE/26 DANCE INCUBATE MOVEMENT The Medicine Shop 1836 Cerrillos Road (505) 660-8802 Inaugural session. Here, movement is ritual, dream, myth and collaboration. Come into the cave where Isadora Duncan, Carl Jung, ancestral magic and pure life come together. No prior experience needed. With Laura Melling of the School of Myth & Movement. 6-7:30 pm, $10
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EVENTS YOGA IN THE PARK Bicentennial Park 1121 Alto St. Community yoga class for all levels. Breathe in the fresh air and enjoy the outdoors from a certified yoga instructor leading an energizing Vinyasa Flow class. Noon, $10 NEW MEXICO 2021 CLIMATE SUMMIT New Mexico State Capitol 490 Old Santa Fe Trail bit.ly/2Z3aabu If you couldn’t make it on Monday, come raise hell on Tuesday. Policy wonks, we know you’ve been waiting in the wings. Your moment has come to save the world (see SFR picks, page 18). All day, free
FOOD SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET Farmers Market Pavilion 1607 Paseo de Peralta (505) 983-7726 Ever walk into your friend’s home and see the most incredible pears, apples, peas and carrots? Ever rifle through their fridge and give a jealous twtich because their lettuce is so leafy? Get equal here. 7 am-1 pm, free
THEATER POTTED POTTER: THE UNAUTHORIZED HARRY EXPERIENCE The Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St. (505) 988-1234 The ultimate challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books into 70 hilarious minutes. A real-life game of Quidditch included. Even if you don’t know the difference between a horcrux and a Hufflepuff, Potted Potter will make you roar with laughter. Your millennial friends are probably already lining up. Also, support trans rights. 7:30 pm, $35-$59
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and school is more accessible. We’ve come really far but we have a lot farther to go. Inaccessible fashion is just another thing that doesn’t allow people to express themselves. It’s so important. These people are consumers. They have credit cards. And they’ve never been talked to, never been listened to. They’ve never been considered in fashion ever, until recently.
Alexandra Herold and her Adaptive Fashion Marketplace
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new member of the Santa Fe community, Alexandra Herold, deserves a warm welcome and a round of applause for starting an online clothing company, Patti + Ricky (pattiandricky.com), featuring adaptive fashion. When her mother Patti developed a brain tumor, Herold became her caregiver at 19 years old, and was only able to shop at medical supply stores. Her cousin, Ricky, was born unable to speak or walk and framed how Herold sees her own disabilities—as a human experience. Herold is dyslexic, ADHD and has a physical disability called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). She continues curating a collection that now includes partnerships with Zappos and JC Penney, who features unisex clothing and accessories for kids.
SFR: Let’s start with how you started the company, what was your inspiration? Alexandra Herold: So, four years ago, I was actually trying to start a nonprofit in Denver, and I came across magnetic shirts on Pinterest. and I thought, ‘Oh my god these are so cool. We all need to be magneting. Why are we buttoning?’ I thought
to myself, ‘This is brilliant!’ So, I called the company and they were my first company that I brought on. I started Patti + Ricky with 12 adaptive fashion brands and now four years later I have over 100 brands that we carry. My mom Patti, was in the New York City fashion industry—a super cool, beautiful, independent, strong woman—was very fashionable, and when she got diagnosed with brain cancer, there was nothing fashionable or functional for her out there. This was 13 years ago. So, I went to a medical supply store. I ended up specially ordering a cane for her, which was pink with roses. Once she had this beautiful cane, people began approaching her. It became this conversation piece and showed me that her cane was not only her vehicle to get where she needed to go, which, number one, was the most important thing, but number two was a fashion accessory and made her feel good. It was really powerful to see the power of fashion. I think about adaptive fashion similar to how there didn’t used to be plus size clothing and there didn’t used to be maternity clothing and now the plus size, size inclusivity, maternity, clothing and fashion, is a gigantic industry. I believe that the adaptive fashion industry is the next industry.
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Do you need any medical input when you’re sourcing items, does any of the clothing need a doctor’s approval? Most of our designers have disabilities themselves. They either have a loved one with a disability or they’re a medical professional. We do have some designers that are occupational therapists, physical therapists, oncologists. At Patti + Ricky we believe that the experts are people with disabilities. They are an expert in their own life and that includes their fashion. So, we follow their lead. They need to be involved in the design process or it won’t sell. They know if it’s needed. When I first brought on products, I thought about my mom and Ricky and what products they would want, and I still continue to think of them as we add new products. We have a suggestion section at the bottom of our website and I have our customers telling us what they’re looking for and we’re following their lead. If it exists, I’ll find it. I don’t have a physical disability, I have anxiety as well, but is it OK for someone like me to buy them? We have products that are universally designed, which are the magnetic and velcro clothing, or zippered shoes. All of our jewelry is universally designed. A lot of our accessories work on wheelchairs, but also bicycles, scooters. I really wanted to bring disability together as a whole. So, if you have a physical disability, an invisible disability, something like anxiety, which I have, or learning disability to bring disability together as a whole, so we can come together. But then also for this to be a store for everyone to one day see that it’s just better designed.
The fact that I can talk about fashion today is because of the incredible disability rights activists that have gotten us to this point. -Alexandra Herold
When you’re not able to use conventional ways of expressing yourself, it’s almost that more important to have that outlet. Now, I have to be honest with you, the fact that I can talk about fashion today is because of the incredible disability rights activists that have gotten us to this point. Buildings, transportation, employment
Each year you donate 10% of your profits to other nonprofit organizations. Can you tell me a little about that? I want to give back to the community that we’re in. We do a tremendous amount of research on nonprofits that we give to, to know that they are truly inclusive and empowering people on this planet. Giving back is really important. A lot of our individual designers have a give-back system, so even if you buy something on our site they’re also giving back.
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to grow your own food. It opened all kinds of revelations about health and inequalities in how we eat, who eats, where our food comes from and global systems and environmental problems.” Through ecological nonprofit work, she began drafting policy relating to land stewardship. After moving to New Mexico in 2018, she helped draft HB204, the Healthy Soil Act, signed into law by Michelle Lujan Grisham in April 2019. It established the Healthy Soil Program within the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, a measure that helps bring resources to farmers looking to improve their practices. “[HB204] provides grants to implement projects that will see an improvement in land stewardship, helping farmers rent equipment and get specialists out to the land so they can know the next steps,” says Katie
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ake a walk into the Santa Fe National Forest and pick up a handful of soil. Expect it to be dark, dense, crumbly and wet—paradoxical from the dusty thin soil that makes up New Mexico’s familiar dry landscape. It’s here where change is taking shape. Isabelle Jenniches is a co-founder of the New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group, a cadre of conservationists and organizers working to improve soil health within the state: a chain of practices that starts with the ground we walk on and ends at our pantries and pizza joints, our New Mexican spots and food trucks. “I was already deeply convinced that the solution to so many of our problems lies in the soil,” Jenniches tells SFR. “I’ve lived it. It’s a big problem, but it’s not very well known.” It’d be an understatement to say that Jenniches has been thinking about food production for a long time. Since her childhood days on her grandparents’ farm in Germany’s Eifel region, she dreamed of working the land the way her grandparents did, something she was discouraged from doing at a young age. “So instead I studied art, got into theater and photography and ended up in California,” she remembers. “There I started growing my own food in a community garden. For me, it was revolutionary. I learned it’s a radical act
Goetz, policy analyst and one of the co-leads of the Healthy Soil Program. “This includes tribal communities, acequias, land grants, soil and water conservation programs. We’re open to farmers and ranchers who have an interest in it, so it can improve their farm or their ranch and their yield, plus their bottom line too.” Putting these practices into place isn’t easy for farmers who don’t have the extra capital. The grant program can provide much-needed relief to farmers when it comes to renting equipment; the USDA notes half the farmers in the country are considered “very small,” or being dependent on produce sales that bring in $10,000 or below—that’s far below the poverty threshold for an individual at $12,880, let alone a working family. “Conventional tillage is how we’ve been producing food for the last century,” Dean
Farmer Ron Boyd rotates cattle through his pastures at La Villita in Alcade, a critical step in the five principals of maintaining soil health.
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Bruce, a soil and water specialist with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, explains. “Typically, you plow your field to keep the weeds down and plant the seed bed, but we want to minimize soil disturbance because that helps you maintain soil structure. When you plow, you lose moisture. We don’t want to lose moisture in the Southwest.” The Healthy Soil Program pushes for farmers to adopt cover crops in their off-seasons, a methodology whereby plants are cultivated to manage erosion and quality rather than for harvest. When these crops degrade and break down, carbon is released into the soil. This practice, Jenniches says, can be a game changer for farmers and ranchers wanting to see a major long term-improvement to their overall yield, or for backyard gardeners looking to build up a greater harvest. There are five major principles to maintaining soil health. In addition to cover crops, farmers can maximize biodiversity, minimize physical disturbances to the soil and maintain a living root in the earth for as long as they can. Integrating animals is key, even if those animals are only insects. “Healthy soil is kind of like a sponge,” Jenniches continues. “It invites earthworms and other little critters that are creating pathways for air, water and fungi, who glue the earth’s particles into clumps rather than sandy soil that falls apart. This sponge is able to absorb enormous amounts of water, rather than having it run off. And when there’s a cover on top, it doesn’t evaporate. It makes a huge difference.” These practices go right to the consumer. Big Ag’s monopolization of large-scale farming means pesticides and herbicides are commonplace, along with the expected heavy machinery that further compounds the dirt. Such practices aren’t sustainable, both Jenniches and Bruce argue—they reduce our dependence on the local food supply and further drives consumers into shaky supply chains. Healthier soil means larger yields, better local foods with successful local farmers, fewer harmful chemicals in our bodies and longer sustainability for agricultural output in New Mexico. “In order to have healthy soil, you’ve got to have that relationship between plants and soil organisms,” Jenniches concludes. “Good structure in your soil? That’s telling you it’s alive. COVID-19 has shown that our food chains are too long, too breakable and not resilient. At the heart of this new system we’re envisioning health below the ground, too.” You can learn more about soil health at nmhealthysoil.org
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‘Tis the season for horror, I guess, but when it comes to the newest installment of the long-running Halloween series—this time dubbed Halloween Kills—it really feels more like a cash-in from a respected property rather than a good film worth making. When last we left Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her daughter (Judy Greer) and her daughter’s daughter (Andi Matichak), series beast Michael Meyers (aka The Shape, this time played by both James Jude Courtney and Airon Armstrong) had been trapped in the basement of a burning house. Surprise, though—the Shatnermask-wearing killer gets loose and starts right back up killing again, much to the dismay of the folks of Haddonfield, Illinois, who are probably so sick of this shit by now. Cue slow-moving rampage and flashbacks to the film’s 1978 origins and little cutesy things for people who’ve followed the series. Cue Jamie Lee vacillating between melodramatic screams and philosophical deep-thoughts on horror and who the real monsters are. Cue Michael Anthony Hall’s Tommy Doyle forming a bloodthirsty mob with current and
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Like the Breaking Bad movie El Camino before it, HBO’s The Many Saints of Newark doles out fan service crumbs for an already-over television show with the promise of fleshing out beloved characters’ stories. This could have meant meaningful writing and some patched-up holes, but, like the Breaking Bad movie, it mostly tarnishes a legacy for Sopranos alums and newcomers alike. Can we or should we revisit the periphery of things once held in the highest esteem, or is there no good way of coming back to something that already felt pretty perfect the first time around? Turns out it’s the second one, and whereas the marketing for David Chase’s new film promised insight into how Tony Soprano (one of the greatest characters of all time) came to be the powerful New Jersey mobster with whom we all fell in love/hate more than 20 years ago, what we really get is the backstory to questions either never asked or long forgotten by all but the most dedicated Sopranos fans. Do we see a young Tony Soprano’s place within a burgeoning organized crime empire? Sure. Does it feel like it matters? Hardly. Instead, The Many Saints of Newark focuses more on his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), a heretofore unseen force and father of Michael Imperioli’s Christopher from the original series, who narrates this film, but only sometimes, weirdly. Anyway, what we already knew about Dickie was minimal: Tony loved him, Christopher didn’t know him and somehow, his 26
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aged Halloween characters, which then devolves into a roaming band of maniacs who travel the local hospital’s corridors in search of Michael Meyers in a bizarre ballet of pointlessness more akin to Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! than the makings of a creepy slasher flick. In the end, it all feels so very unnecessary. Because so much of Michael Meyers’ killin’ prowess seems to come from people who repeatedly insist on approaching him. He never runs to or from anyone; he rarely attacks anyone who isn’t trying to get him first. He doesn’t speak or plan or plot—he’s just always trying to get home, presumably because it’s late and Halloween can be dangerous if you’re out alone—and he only gets to stabbing people with broken halogen tube bulbs when they get in his way. Could it be the monster’s weakness might be people simply jogging briskly in another direction? Maybe so (and there are probably essays
actions in the ’60s and ’70s still had ramifications when the show kicked off in 1999. Here, we learn he was a bit of a bastard as shaped by things like his dad, Hollywood Dick Moltisanti (Ray Liotta, who also plays his own twin for some reason), and a torrid affair with his one-time stepmother Giuseppina (Michela De Rossi). Make your Oedipus jokes now, folks. Teenage Tony (Michael Gandolfini—son of James, and someone with more than a passing resemblance to his father) is there, yeah, but mostly as a sounding board to the violence, crime and sexual mores of the family. Present also are any number of younger versions of Sopranos faves like Paulie Walnuts, Big Pussy and Silvio, though their impacts are often limited to hokey reminders of later antics (Silvio sure is weird about his hair, for example); Tony’s dad Johnny Soprano (Jon Bernthal) exists here, but not for any compelling reasons, but Vera Farmiga as Livia Soprano...now that’s something special and, as rarely happens, she nails the earlier version of Nancy Marchalnd’s easily maligned character. Corey Stoll as young Uncle Junior feels pointless. Tony, meanwhile, sees it all and even does some minor mobby things like running numbers at his Catholic school; “Hey, Carmella—do you got a quarter?” at a later payphone scene sure reminds us that he’ll marry her one day (love you, Edie Falco!!!!!). Once we get beyond scenes that amount to “No one will ever drive your auto-mo-car, Henry Ford,” what’s left is a fairly tame movie about a messed up family and maybe something about how pride is weird and guns don’t solve a whole lot of problems. Even Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) can’t elevate the
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about what Halloween is trying to say, but that just feels tedious). And so it goes for not quite two incredibly unscary hours that don’t even feel particularly fun. A sad affair when a character literally opines on the fun of Halloween scares in the first 10 minutes. Last time, it felt like an old friend had returned, albeit one with some serious-ass problems. This time, it’s not nearly as exciting. It’s not exciting at all, in fact, so when you have the choice to either go see this thing in the theater or simply fire up NBC’s Peacock app, do the latter and be ready to zone out. If John Carpenter hadn’t gotten rich off this series, he’d probably be pretty bummed this time. HALLOWEEN KILLS Directed by David Gordon Greene With Curtis, Greer, Matichak, Hall and The Shape Violet Crown, Regal Santa Fe Place, Peacock, R, 105 min.
goings on as one-time Moltisanti ally Harold— and one particularly violent scene almost makes Marathon Man’s dental stuff seem pleasant. Longtime fans will watch out of curiosity, and everyone else will keep meaning to pop it on, but never actually get there. (Alex De Vore) Violet Crown, HBO Max, R, 120 min.
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When a young San Francisco journalist named Annabelle Angel (Scout Taylor-Compton) shows up in the Arizona town of Apache Junction circa 1881, she’s got everything to prove and a rigorous and hard US Army captain (Trace Adkins) who seemingly wants to stop her from doing so. Annabelle works for Hearst, y’all, and she volunteered to hit the Wild West to document the lives of bounty hunters, the nearby Army folks, the Natives in the area and so forth, but when she unwittingly gets swept up in the world of one Jericho Ford (Stuart Townsend) and his trusty best pal Wasco (Ricky Lee Regan, whom SFR interviewed recently; 3 Questions, Sept. 1), telling the story becomes something else entirely. Bounty hunters, soldiers and bandit gangs come together to take our heroine down—as does a nefarious gunslinger by the name of Oslo Pike (Ed Morrone)—but with Ford and Wasco keeping that chivalry dream alive, you can bet your 10-gallon hat there’s gonna be shootouts and standoffs and stuff. Director/writer Justin Lee (Final Kill) comes out
swinging with his ode to the classic Western. Apache Junction looks and feels contemporary in its cinematography and pacing, but story-wise, character-wise, sense-of-place-wise, Lee clearly did his homework on the Golden Age of Hollywood. To wit: Townsend’s loner-with-a-gun thing hits all the right beats, particularly in his sense of right and wrong (find any essays on the hero’s journey and/or light-versus-dark), but with a sort of effortless charm that recalls the genre’s greats; Thomas Jane is pitch-perfect as the saloon owner. By comparison, Regan’s Native sidekick role comes correct with a dose of compassion and humanity; perhaps even representing the last good bit of Ford’s soul if we wanna get philosophical here. Sadly, though, like most Native characters in film, Regan doesn’t get enough to do and certainly not enough dialogue—a pity given his pedigree with Oklahoma’s American Indian Theater Company. Still, he strikes a satisfying balance between compassion and badassery. Same goes for Mary (Danielle Gross), an enigmatic citizen of Apache Junction who sees the looming tide of proper civilization as a sad inevitability. Gross’ take on heartache over something she hasn’t quite lost yet is one of the more compelling pieces of the puzzle, though it does overshadow Taylor-Compton’s wide-eyed newcomer. Still, when the dynamite’s tossed and the explosions punctuate the flying bullets, Apache Junction works. Seems like every few years we get a decent Western making the rounds, and this is that, even if a little more character development would have worked wonders. (ADV) Apple TV+, R, 94 min.
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SantaFe won’t stand for retaliation; we stand strong for GILBERT BACA, like GILBERT BACA stood strong for the members of AFSCME Local 3999!” EVERYONE is invited to march with us for all City of Santa Fe injustice’s such as; the lack of respect for women, culture, history, and the lack of basic maintenance, safety practices and the mismanagement of Santa Fe’s finances.
Bring your own hand made signs and you’ll have a chance to win $100.00 for the best creative non-political sign. Come dressed as your best character and you’ll have a chance to win $100.00 for the best costume. Come join us stand strong against retaliation for Gilbert Baca get a ticket when you arrive and you’ll have a chance to win $100.00 for marching with us.
Saturday October 23, 2021 1:00 p.m. Meet at Fort Marcy Park next to the kids playground 2:00 p.m. March to the Santa Fe Plaza 3:30 p.m. Contest Drawing
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Even the wisest among us are susceptible to being fascinated by our emotional pain. Even those of us who do a lot of inner work may be captivated and entranced by frustrations and vexations and irritants. Our knotty problems make us interesting, even attractive! They shape our self-image. No wonder we are sometimes “intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering,” in the words of author Fyodor Dostoevsky. That’s the bad news. The good news, Aries, is that in the coming weeks, you will have extra power to divest yourself of sadness and distress and anxiety that you no longer need. I recommend you choose a few outmoded sources of unhappiness and enact a ritual to purge them. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Norway, you don’t call your romantic partner “boyfriend” or “girlfriend.” You say kjaereste, which is gender neutral and is translated as “dearest.” In Sweden, you refer to your lover as älskling, meaning “my beloved one.” How about Finland? One term the Finns use for the person they love is kulta, which means gold. I hope you’ll be inspired by these words to experiment with new nicknames and titles for the allies you care for. It’s a favorable time to reinvent the images you project onto each other. I hope you will refine your assumptions about each other and upgrade your hopes for each other. Be playful and have fun as you enhance your empathy.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Self-help author James Clear describes a scenario I urge you to keep in mind. He speaks of “a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow, it will split in two.” Clear adds that “it was not that last blow that did it—but all that had gone before.” You’ll thrive by cultivating that same patience and determination in the coming weeks, Libra. Proceed with dogged certainty that your sustained small efforts will eventually yield potent results. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Nobel Prize-winning poet Odysseus Elytis was speaking like a consummate Scorpio when he said, “What I love is always being born. What I love is beginning always.” Like most Scorpios, he knew an essential secret about how to ensure he could enjoy that intense rhythm: He had to be skilled in the art of metaphorical death. How else could he be born again and again? Every time he rose up anew into the world like a beginner, it was because he had shed old ideas, past obsessions, and worn-out tricks. I trust you’ve been attending to this transformative work in the past few weeks, Scorpio. Ready to be born again? Ready to begin anew? To achieve maximum renaissance, get rid of a few more things.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I haven’t had enough sleep for years,” author Franz Kafka (1883–1924) once GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The band Creedence confessed to a friend. It showed in his work, which was Clearwater Revival, led by Gemini musician John brilliant but gaunt and haunted. He wrote stories that Fogerty, achieved tremendous success with their rollick- would be written by a person who was not only ing sound and socially conscious lyrics. They sold 33 sleep-deprived but dream-deprived. The anxiety he million records worldwide. In 1970, they were the might have purged from his system through sleep best-selling band on the planet, exceeding even the instead spilled out into the writing he did in waking life. Beatles. And yet, the band endured for just over four Anyway, I’m hoping you will make Kafka your anti-role years. I foresee the possibility of a comparable phenom- model as you catch up on the sleep you’ve missed out enon in your life during the coming months. Something on. The coming weeks will be a fantastic time to fall in that may not last forever will ultimately generate potent, love with the odd, unpredictable, regenerative stories long-term benefits. What might it be? Meditate on the that well up from your subconscious depths while you’re possibility. Be alert for its coming. Create the conditions in bed at night. They will refresh your imagination in all the right ways. necessary for it to thrive. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian philosopher JeanJacques Rousseau wrote, “I am unlike anyone I have ever met. I will even venture to say that I am like no one in the whole world. I may be no better, but at least I am different.” I urge you to make that your own affirmation in the coming weeks. It’s high time to boldly claim how utterly unique you are—to be full of reasonable pride about the fact that you have special qualities that no one in history has ever had. Bonus: The cosmos is also granting you permission to brag more than usual about your humility and sensitivity, as well as about your other fine qualities.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day,” writes author Anne Lamott. I will add that on rare occasions, virtually everyone in your tribe is functioning at high levels of competency and confidence. According to my analysis, now is one of those times. That’s why I encourage you to take extraordinary measures to marshal your tribe’s creative, constructive efforts. I believe that together you can collaborate to generate wonders and marvels that aren’t normally achievable. Group synergy is potentially at a peak—and will be fully activated if you help lead the way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyuo writes, “I will always want myself. Always. Darling, I wrote myself a love poem two nights ago. I am a woman who grows flowers between her teeth. I dance myself out of pain. This wanting of myself gets stronger with age. I host myself to myself. I am whole.” I recommend you adopt Umebinyuo’s attitude as you upgrade your relationship with yourself during the coming weeks. It’s time for you to pledge to give yourself everything you wish a lover would offer you. You’re ready to claim more of your birthright as an ingenious, diligent self-nurturer.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I believe your plan for the rest of 2021 should borrow from the mini-manifesto that Aquarian author Virginia Woolf formulated at age 51: “I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one’s self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.” Does that sound like fun, Aquarius? It should be—although it may require you to overcome temptations to retreat into excess comfort and inertia.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As author David Brooks reminds us, “Exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness. If you spend a lot of time with genius, your mind will end up bigger and broader than if you spend your time only with run-of-the-mill stuff.” I hope this strategy will be at the top of your priority list during the next four weeks. You will have abundant opportunities to put a lot of “excellent stuff into your brain,” as Brooks suggests. Uncoincidentally, you are also likely to be a rich source of inspiration and illumination yourself. I suspect people will recognize—even more than they usually do—that being around you will make them smarter. I suggest you help them realize that fact.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough,” writes author and philosopher Alain de Botton. That’s too extreme a statement for my taste. But I agree with the gist of his comment. If we are not constantly outgrowing who we are, we are not sufficiently alert and alive. Luckily for you, Pisces, you are now in a phase of rapid ripening. At least you should be. The cosmos is conspiring to help you learn how to become a more vibrant and authentic version of yourself. Please cooperate! Seek all available updates. Homework: Tell me why you’re such a gorgeous creature. https://Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com
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87501, or filed with the First Judicial District Court Clerk, PO Box 2268, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2268. Dated: 9-24-21 STATE OF NEW MEXICO Teya Andersen IN THE PROBATE COURT Teya Andersen, Personal SANTA FE COUNTY Representative IN THE MATTER OF THE Submitted by, ESTATE OF ELIZABETH B. LAW OFFICE OF BARRY HENRY, DECEASED. GREEN No. 2021-0170 Barry Green NOTICE TO CREDITORS Attorneys for Applicant/Estate NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Suite 7 that the undersigned has been 200 West DeVargas Street appointed personal representative of the estate of the decedent. Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 All persons having claims against 505/989-1834 (Phone) 505/982-8141 (Fax) the estate of the decedent are LawOfficeOfBarryGreen@msn. required to present their claims com (E-Mail) within four (4) months after the date of the first publications of any published notice to creditors FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT or sixty (60) days after the date COURT COUNTY OF SANTA of mailing or other delivery of FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. IN THE MATTER OF THE Claims must be presented either ESTATE OF JAMES to the undersigned personal rep- CHANCELLOR, Deceased. No. D-101-PB-2021-00206 resentative at the address listed NOTICE TO THE HEIRS OF below, or filed with the Probate JAMES CHANCELLOR, TO Court of Santa Fe County, New WIT: DOLORES (BIRDIE) Mexico, located at the following TRUJILLO; JO ANN TRUJILLO; address: JAN RARICK; CARMEN JO P.O. Box 1985 ALEXANDER; WILL SANDERS 100 Catron Street, FULBRIGHT; MICHAEL TRUJILSanta Fe, NM, 87501 LO; MARIA TRUJILLO; KEVIN Dated: 8-9-2021 COBB TRUJILLO; DARLENE /s/ Christopher TRUJILLO; EDDIE TRUJILLO; V. Maxtone-Graham Christopher V. Maxtone-Graham KENNETH COVER; KEVIN COVER; JOE S TRUJILLO; 4241 Allencrest Lane MICHAEL (TONTO) ALEXDallas, TX 75244 ANDER; CEDRICK TRUJILLO; 917-846-6700 RAYMOND TRUJILLO; NANCY maxvail@aol.com HEFRIN; DAVID JOHNSTON; LORENZO (LUCAS) TRUJILLO; REBECCA (BECKY) KEHOLM; FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ADAM TRUJILLO; JUANITA COURT HUERTA; ANNA MARIA TRUJILCOUNTY OF SANTA FE LO; DIANA TRUJILLO CHENEY; STATE OF NEW MEXICO DEBRA TRUJILLO GABLER; IN THE MATTER OF THE AARON DUANE TRUJILLO; ESTATE OF JAMES DOLORES TRUJILLO TURNAGE; CHANCELLOR, Deceased. ROBIN DENISE COBB No. D-101-PB-2021-00206 TRUJILLO; AND ALL NOTICE TO CREDITORS UNKNOWN HEIRS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN COMES NOW the Applicant that the undersigned has and Personal Representative of been appointed Personal the Estate of James Chancellor, Representative of this Estate. Teya Andersen, by and through All persons having claims her attorneys, the Law Office of against this Estate are Barry Green, by Barry Green, Esq.; required to present their and pursuant to NMSA 1978, claims within four (4) months §45-3-705 (2017), notifies you as after the date of the first follows: publication of this Notice, or 1. You are hereby notified that the claims will be forever you have an interest in the Estate barred. Claims must be of James Chancellor, deceased, presented either to the because it appears that you are undersigned Personal an heir pursuant to New Mexico’s Representative, Teya laws of Intestate succession. Andersen, c/o Barry Green, 2. You are further notified that Law Office of Barry Green, Teya Andersen has been Suite 7, 200 West DeVargas appointed Personal RepresentaStreet, Santa Fe, New Mexico
tive of the Estate of James Chancellor in the First Judicial District Court, County of Santa Fe, State of New Mexico, in the above-listed cause number, on the 20th day of September, 2021. 3. You are further notified that the Personal Representative, Teya Andersen, can be contacted c/o Barry Green, Law Office of Barry Green, Suite 7, 200 West DeVargas Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, 505/989-1834. 4. You are further notified that the Personal Representative, Teya Andersen, is serving in that capacity without posting a bond. 5. You are further notified that the Estate of James Chancellor is being administered pursuant to the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court but that you are entitled to information regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the Estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. 6. The names and addresses of the persons so notified are: Teya Andersen PO Box 1006 Espanola, New Mexico 87532 Darlene Trujillo HCR 73 box 517 San Jose, New Mexico 875659712 Eddie Trujillo 1501 North Washington Avenue Roswell, New Mexico 88201 Kenneth Cover 1502 Honeysuckle Road Livermore, California 94551 Kevin Cover 6052 Ocotillo Avenue 29 Palms, California 92277 Joe S Trujillo 1736 North Ohio Avenue Roswell, New Mexico 88201 Michael (Tonto) Alexander 4715 Norfolk Circle Portage, Michigan 49024 Cedrick Trujillo 1650 Fox Ridge Circle Auburn, California 95603 Raymond Trujillo 3012 Via Contessa Henderson, Nevada 89044 Nancy Hefrin 251 Hoffman Avenue Auburn, California 95603 David Johnston 521 Altivo Avenue La Selva Beach, California 95076 Lorenzo (Lucas) Trujillo 308 East Conner Street Roswell, New Mexico 88203 Rebecca (Becky) Keholm 308 East Conner Street Roswell, New Mexico 88203 Adam Trujillo c/o Juanita Huerta, 1362 West Wasatch Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 Juanita Huerta 1362 West Wasatch Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 Anna Maria Trujillo 5 Briar Wood Place, # 1611 Roswell, New Mexico 88201 Diana Trujillo Cheney 4081
SFR CLASSIFIEDS LEGALS THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANDOVAL STATE OF NEW MEXICO No. D-1329-PB-2021-00153 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DANA EVANS A/K/A DANA CAROL EVANS, deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice if this Notice is given by publication as provided in Subsection A of Section 45-3-801 NMSA 1978, or within sixty (60) days after the mailing or delivery of this Notice for creditors who are given actual notice as provided by Subsection B of Section 45-3-801 NMSA 1978, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at 320 Osuna Rd NE, Ste. G4, Albuquerque, NM 87107, or filed with the Sandoval County District Court. DATED: September 10, 2021. Daniel Paul Evans, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dana Evans, deceased. 3117 Thoreau Meadows Dr. NE Rio Rancho NM 87144 STATE OF NEW MEXICO (303) 746-8362 COUNTY OF SANTA FE KENNETH C LEACH & ASSOCIFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATES, P.C. COURT By Sara M. Bonnell IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION Attorney for Daniel Paul Evans, FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF Personal Representative of the MARCELLUS CHARLES SAWYER Estate of Dana Evans, deceased Case No.: D-101-CV-2021-2061 320 Osuna Rd NE, Ste. G4 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME Albuquerque, NM 87107 TAKE NOTICE that in accordance (505) 883-2702 with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Marcellus STATE OF NEW MEXICO Charles Sawyer will apply to the COUNTY OF SANTA FE Honorable Matthew J. Wilson, IN THE SANTA FE COUNTY District Judge of the First Judicial PROBATE COURT District at the Santa Fe Judicial IN THE MATTER OF THE Complex, 225 Montezuma ESTATE OF PHILLIP VIGIL, DeAve., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ceased. No. SF 2021-0216 at 9:15 a.m. on the 25th day of NOTICE TO CREDITORS October, 2021 for an ORDER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FOR CHANGE OF NAME from that the undersigned, ROSINA Marcellus Charles Sawyer to COUCHMAN, has been appointMaverick Charles Sawyer. ed Personal Representative of KATHLEEN VIGIL, the Estate of PHILLIP VIGIL, DeDistrict Court Clerk ceased. All persons having claims By: Edith Suarez-Munoz against this estate are required to Deputy Court Clerk present their claims within four Submitted by: (4) months after the date of the Marcellus Sawyer first publication of this Notice or Petitioner, Pro Se the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to ROSINA COUCHMAN, Personal Representative c/o Daniel Sanchez, Esq., 2304 Middle Sandia Vista Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 Debra Trujillo Gabler 187 North Blythe Drive Pueblo West, Colorado 81007 Aaron Duane Trujillo 3515 Austen Court Rosharen, Texas 77583 Dolores Trujillo Turnage 311 Cricket Ridge Road Mt Olive, North Carolina 28365 Robin Denise Cobb Trujillo PO Box 471 Lewis Center, OH 43035 Michael Trujillo, 1106 Cleveland Street, Greenville, Texas, 75401 7. Applicant has attempted to determine the address of the following heirs but has been unsuccessful and shall notify those heirs by publication: Dolores (Birdie) Trujillo Jo Ann Trujillo Jan Rarick Carmen Jo Alexander Will Sanders Fulbright Kevin Cobb Trujillo Respectfully Submitted, LAW OFFICE OF BARRY GREEN Barry Green Attorneys for the Applicant/ Personal Representative Suite 7 200 West DeVargas Street Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 505/989-1834 (Phone) 505/982-8141 (Fax) LawOfficeOfBarryGreen@msn.com (E-Mail)
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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO In the Matter of the Estate of Hella Anderson, Deceased. No. D-101-PB-2021-00219 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of this Estate. All persons having claims against this Estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publications of this Notice, or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented either to the undersigned Personal Representative, Vibeke Hamberg, c/o Barry Green, Law Office of Barry Green, Suite 7, 200 West DeVargas Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, or filed with the First Judicial District Court Clerk, PO Box 2268, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87504-2268. DATED: Sept. 29, 2021 /s/ Vibeke Hamberg, Personal Representative Submitted by, LAW OFFICE OF BARRY GREEN Barry Green Attorneys for Estate Suite 7 200 West DeVargas Street Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 505/989-1834 (Phone) 505/982-8141 (Fax) LawOfficeOfBarryGreen@msn. com (E-Mail)
TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Thomas Eugene McRight will apply to the Honorable Maria Sanchez-Gagne, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave., in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 9:20 a.m. on the 30th day of November, 2021 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Thomas Eugene McRight to Thomas Etienne Rothschild. KATHLEEN VIGIL, District Court Clerk By: Maureen Naranjo Deputy Court Clerk Submitted by: Thomas A. Cady Petitioner, Pro Se
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DAVID L. BARSKY, Plaintiff, v. MARCUS A. HERRERA, et. al., Defendants. Cause No.: D-101-CV-2019-03049 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Final Judgment entered on March 23, 2021, the undersigned Special Master will sell at public auction, for cash or certified funds, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. on November 1, 2021 at the main entrance of the Judge Steve Herrera Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the real property situated in Santa Fe County, New Mexico described as follows: A certain tract of land being situate within the Bishop John Lamy Grant and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point from whence the closing corner of Sections 12 and 13, Township 15 North, Range 10 East, N.M.P.M. bears N 40° 32’ 13” E, 18603,03 feet; thence from said point and place of beginning along the following bearings and distances: S 30° 27’ 54” W, 116.74 feet; S 59° 32’ 06” E, 100.00 feet; S 30° 27’ 54” W, 146.38 feet; N 59° 30’ 42” W, 866.88 feet; N 26° 37’ 00” E, 261.35 feet; STATE OF NEW MEXICO S 59° 40’ 55” E, 784.42 feet; COUNTY OF SANTA FE to the point and place of beginFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ning. All as shown on plat of for COURT Virginia Gray, surveyed by Robert IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION L. Benavides, dated May 1980, FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF as Project No. A-235, recorded THOMAS EUGENE MCRIGHT in the office of the County Clerk, D-101-CV-2021-02166 Santa Fe County, New Mexico AMENDED NOTICE OF CHANGE on December 30, 1980 in Plat OF NAME Book 93, Page 16, as Document
No. 471075. (the “property”) commonly known as 109 Los Homos Road, Lamy, New Mexico, 87540. If there is any discrepancy between the property address or location and the legal description, the legal description shall control. The property will be sold subject to the right of redemption (if any); easements, reservations and restrictions of record; taxes and governmental assessments including unpaid utility bills; any liens or encumbrances not foreclosed in this proceeding (including, but not limited to, the Mortgage against the property recorded on August 30, 2007, as Instrument Number 1497804, in the Office of the Clerk of Santa Fe County, New Mexico); the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property; affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land; deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property; environmental contamination, if any; any homeowners’ association or condominium dues, assessments, declarations, rules, requirements and restrictions; any requirements imposed by city or county ordinance or by state law affecting the property; and zoning violations concerning the property, if any. No representation is made as to the validity of the rights of ingress and egress. Transfer of title to the highest bidder shall be without warranty or representation of any kind. ALL PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS AT THE SALE ARE ADVISED TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT COURT FILE, TO MAKE THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF TITLE AND TO CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEY BEFORE BIDDING. This action is a suit to foreclose a lien for unpaid association dues secured by the real property described above. The total amount awarded by the Judgment to the David L. Barsky (“Plaintiff”), with interest to the date of sale, is $52,526.10; plus his costs and attorney fees from March 23, 2021 through the date of sale of the property and any amounts advanced by the Plaintiff to protect its interest in the property before sale, including insurance, maintenance, taxes, assessments or other expenses relating to the property. The proceeds from the judicial sale will be applied first to the payment of the costs and expenses of the sale; and then to the payment of the Judgement in favor of the Plaintiff, including additional fees, costs and expenses as stated in the foregoing paragraph. Any excess funds shall be SFREPORTER.COM
deposited with the Clerk of Court for distribution by further order of the Court. The Plaintiff may credit bid all or a portion of its judgment towards the purchase price at the foreclosure sale. Otherwise, terms of sale shall be immediately payable in cash or certified funds. ELECTRONICALLY FILED Donald A. Walcott, Special Master 150 Washington Avenue, Suite #207 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Phone: 505-982-9559 Fax: 505-982-1199 Emails: don@walcottlaw.com
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT No. D-101-SA-2020-00032 In the Matter of the Adoption Petition of Samuel A. Contreras Gomez NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ena Sanchez has filed with the Court a Petition for Adoption of Samuel A. Contreras Gomez, who was born August 18,2018 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, the Son of Jennifer Arleth Gomez. Anyone having any interest in, or objection to, the said adoption, is required to respond to the Petition within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this notice. Failure to so respond may result in the entry of a Judgment of Adoption. Any response must be presented to First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma Ave, Santa Fe, NM and a copy provided to Petitioner’s Attorneys whose address is below. Natalie Campbell Jay Goodman and Associates Law Firm, PC 2019 Galisteo, Suite C3 Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 989-8117
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