Voting Record; Feb. 1, 2010 City Council Meeting

EC-09-14 Recommendation of Award to Quote Unquote, Inc. for Public Access Television Operation Services
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

EC-09-17 Recommendation of Award to InteRel Consulting for "Hyperion Design and Implementation"
Motion: Approve
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-09-87 Approving The Formation of The Albuquerque Renewable Energy Financing District; Identifying The Method By Which Property Owners May Execute Agreements To Have Their Property Included In The District; Providing For Governance of The District; Establishing Parameters Relating To The Issuance of District Bonds; Providing That Bonds and Other Obligations of The District Will Not Be Obligations of The City (O'Malley, by request)
Motion: Withdrawn by Sponsor
Voted: For
Status: Passed

O-09-95 Annexing Forty Acres, More or Less, Located In Tract 5, Northerly Portion, Section 17 T11N, R2E, Paradise Hills (In The General Area of Rainbow NW, Between Paseo Del Norte NW and Faciel NW), and Amending The Zone Map To Establish SU-1 For Major Public Open Space (MPOS) Zoning (Benton, by request)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-09-7 F/S(2) Declaring The City of Albuquerque's Commitment To Developing A Strong
"Town-Gown" Relationship and Engaging In An Ongoing, Cooperative Partnership With The Largest Higher Education Institutions in Albuquerque - The University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College - and Bernalillo County For The Benefit of The Institutions and of The Citizens of The Albuquerque Metropolitan Area; Resolving To Participate In The Development of a Comprehensive Transportation Study; Designating Previously Appropriated Funds For The Purposes of This
Resolution (Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Substituted
Voted: For
Status: Passed

M-10-1 Supporting The Albuquerque Public Schools' Bond/Mill Levy Election On February 2, 2010 (Sanchez)
Motion: Do Pass
Voted: For
Status: Passed

R-10-30 Providing Partial Funding For The Construction Of Fire Stations 2 And 7 And Providing Funding For The Acquisition Of Marked Police Vehicles; Making Appropriations Within The Photo Enforcement Fund 288 And The Capital Acquisition Fund 305 (Sanchez, Benton)
Motion: Do Pass as Amended
Voted: For
Status: Passed

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Report: Less Than Half of NM Households Have Internet Access

from SWOPblogger, a great post and article about the lack internet access in our communities.

The Social Science Research Center (SSRC) recently published a report of their findings in New Mexico, which indicates that there is a serious digital divide in our state. Less than half of New Mexico households have access to the internet, a serious problem in the modern world.

This article by Gloria Williams investigates the impact of internet access in New Mexico in the wake of the SSRC report. In the article, Andrea Quijada of the New Mexico Media Literacy Project touches on the importance of the internet:

"As all information gets moved online, people's very real lives depend on the Internet, from public assistance, to immigration statues, to health, to education, to people's right to live with self-determination."

These issues are important today because the Federal Communication Commission is currently developing policies around Internet usage. Groups like NMMLP and SWOP are pushing for the FCC to adopt principles of net neutrality and universal broadband, to assure that the Internet is controlled by the people that use it and accessible to everyone.

Not surprisingly, telecom corporations are opposed to these ideas.