What is your strategy for reducing property crime? @Eddy4abq
“1. Create Property crime departments for Residential and Commercial.
2. Crime Impact detectives are 50% understaffed. Need 100% staffed.” (cont)
@Eddy4abq (cont) 3. Get citizens to call the 911. Calls are down. Crime is up.
4. Support APD Officers. Bolster with increased reporting staff.
5. Auto theft division improved because they got resourced.” facebook.com/69797647440452…
What is your strategy for reducing violent crime? @Eddy4abq
“1. Punish all crime, not just felonies.
2. Arrest Misdemeanors (shoplifting, trespassing, possession, loitering, prostitution)” (cont)
@Eddy4abq (cont)
“ 3. No rehabilitation of criminals. Focus on the public. Prosecute.
4. Arrest quality of life issues (camping, begging, sanitation)” (cont)
“APD continues operating under a U.S. Department of Justice settlement agreement…” @Eddy4abq
“1. The agreement can’t be modified or changed.
2. The reform is in federal court. (cont)
@Eddy4abq (cont) “3. The City is plaintiff and party to the consent decree.
4. Engage DOJ. Accelerate compliance. Fight them. Remove them.
5. Improve morale of the officers. Stop targeting Officers. Support them…”
About 31% of all the city’s general fund spending currently goes to the police department. @Eddy4abq
“1. Audit impact of current amount being spent on APD. Forensic accounting of what officers do.” (cont) #ABQ #eddyaragon4abqmayor
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@Eddy4abq (cont)
“2. Determine how to resource units within APD. 3. Spread Overtime pool across all officers. 4. We are “top heavy”. Make cuts. 5. What else are we supposed to spend money on right now?”facebook.com/69797647440452… #ABQSaveABQ.com
What would you do to retain Albuquerque Police Department officers? @Eddy4abq
“1. Stop blaming ‘national trend’. 2. 90+ APD officers have left. 3. Officers buying out to retire because they aren't supported.” (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
@Eddy4abq (cont)
“4. No settlement policy with legal claims from criminals. 5. Spread Overtime pool across all officers. $20k to each officers Day 1. We can’t grow if we can’t retain.” #ABQFightFor505.com
Under what circumstances, if any, would you support raising taxes? @Eddy4abq
“ 1. Under no circumstances.
2. Not for a Stadium.
3. Not for a Bus.
4. Not for a Spaceship.
5. Not for a Building.”
What specific industries should the city target with economic development incentives? @Eddy4abq
“1. Homebuilders - Acquire land, build neighborhoods, streamline approvals.” (cont) SaveABQ.com#ABQ
@Eddy4abq (cont)
“2. Industrial Commercial Real Estate Developers - We have 0% vacancy. We need Industrial space. 3. Doctors - We should provide property tax incentives for relocation of physicians” (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
@Eddy4abq (cont)
“4. Entrepreneurs - Students! 5. Closed Restaurants - Build them a ‘Cloud Kitchen’”.
A Helping Hand:
What should the city do for people living on the streets who do not want to stay in a shelter? @Eddy4abq
"1. Determine the best care on a case by case basis." (cont) SaveABQ.com#ABQ
@Eddy4abq (cont) 2. If Mental, give care and transport to facility immediately. 3. If Drug Related, give care and transport to jail immediately. 4. If Economic, give care and transport to shelter immediately. (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
@Eddy4abq (cont)
"5. If they refuse, transport out of City."
Do you support sanctioned encampments (sometimes called “safe outdoor spaces”) in the city? Why or why not? @Eddy4abq "1. Yes!" #ABQSaveABQ.com
@Eddy4abq (cont)
"2. As a temporary measure (less than 30 days) before we transport homeless to their forever homes or back to their hometown. 3. Need to be actively managed with case workers towards suitable solution for client." (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
@eddy4abq 4. Prevents organic camps from developing. 5. Easier to track our homeless.
We can tackle this as 1abq.com"
A 2020 analysis showed the city needs 15,500 more affordable housing units to meet demand for those with extremely low incomes. What is your plan to address that gap? @Eddy4abq "1. Grow jobs. Create opportunity. I came from a low income start...." #ABQSaveABQ.com
@Eddy4abq (cont) 2. Our Real Estate market suffers from a lack of supply. Current prices are making homes unattainable. 3. Attract homebuilders and apartment developers to ABQ 4. Absorb infill and undeveloped land." (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
What large infrastructure projects would you push for in the city’s next capital implementation program? @eddy4abq 1. Build another bridge across river. This is holding our city back. #ABQSaveABQ.com
@Eddy4abq (cont) 2. City wide beautification of our infrastructure and repair all city streets 3. Downtown improvement initiative to fill office space and retail fronts (cont) #ABQSaveAbq.com
@Eddy4abq (cont) 4. Incorporate North Albuquerque Acres into ABQ - Money. 5. Facilities for Kids. Pools and Playgrounds.
Under what circumstances, if any, would you support mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for first responders and other city employees who have direct contact with the public? @Eddy4abq
"1. No mandatory masking 2. No mandatory vaxxing" (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
(cont)
"3. Vaccinations, after full FDA approval, are a choice 4. We will provide any personal protective tools (hand sanitizing, masking, distancing) upon request everywhere. (cont) #ABQSaveABQ.com
What plans do you have to raise the quality of life for Albuquerque residents? @eddy4ABQ
"1. We will fight to keep businesses open especially small business" #ABQSaveABQ.com
(cont) @eddy4ABQ
" 2. Provide guidance for business and schools while maintaining healthcare choice for citizens
3. Mandates will be challenged on the science by our Epidemiologist
4. Churches will determine how they will operate" #ABQSaveABQ.com
MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
October 5, 2021
•Clerks begin mailing absentee ballots to voters who have requested them.
•Books close for online and paper voter registration.
•Absentee Voting Begins – Mail or hand-deliver your completed absentee ballot.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
October 5, 2021
•In-person absentee and Same Day Registration (SDR) at Clerk’s Annex begins (M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
ICYMI- Petition filed to remove mayoral candidate Eddy Aragon from the ballot kob.com/albuquerque-ne…
"Last week, KOB 4 Investigator Chris Ramirez revealed Eddy Aragon currently lives at his radio station in southeast Albuquerque, during an interview after Aragon announced his run for mayor." @KOBChrisRamirez
"Now, Aragon's living arrangements have sparked a petition to remove him from the ballot, alleging he doesn't meet the residency requirement."
APD officers considered [Mary Han] death suspicious, say they were thwarted by higher-ups abqjournal.com/937870/shockin…
"[AFD] and the [[APD] testified this week that they classified Han’s death as suspicious and a “possible crime scene,”"
"APD officers say they were thwarted in their efforts to conduct a proper investigation when dozens of the highest-ranking APD and city officials descended on the house"