Tuesday was a runoff election in Albuquerque for mayor and a couple city council seats.  Incumbent Tim Keller becomes the first 3-term mayor in city history.  Although these city elections are non-partisan, everyone knows who's in which party.  With a Keller victory, Albuquerque will remain a sanctuary city and maintain its blue reputation.

In the city council, one Democrat has won and the other race is too close to call.  Time will tell.  At any rate, I expect sometime in the next year for Albuquerque to face the ire of TCF and his ICE.  He won't be able to do much with the National Guard, since our governor already mobilized them in a strictly controlled fashion.  ICE will risk racially profiling everyone in the city, since we're 49% Hispanic.  For the moment we're locally about as well off as possible under the current national regime.  

What that means is that the BioPark is safe from political machinations.  Our bosque and local parks are in relatively good shape, although they are suffering under the weight of our homeless.  But then, where are the homeless to go?  We'll see if Keller and the council can come up with a solution.  

Photo of our side yard with holiday decorations for the photo tax...