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Joe Cardillo (Disinfo Dad)
Joe Cardillo (Disinfo Dad)
@joecardillo@federate.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

My parents taught me to work hard & stand up when my neighbors need me...

Currently, #ABQ City Council leadership is acting for wealthy developers, real estate tycoons, etc. and that doesn't sit right with me

#SpeakingUp #ForYou #ForUs #Albuquerque #LocalGovernment #Community #NewMexico

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Video clip of public comment during the Albuquerque City Council meeting on February 2, 2026. Person wearing a grey baseball cap, plaid black and red shirt and brown jacket says the following: I don't think it's a secret to anybody in this room that costs are going up. The rent is going up, the costs for pretty much everything are going up. Our utility bills are going up. The cost of groceries keeps getting raised by corporations, and pretty much every day for a working person, the costs just keep going and we're getting squeezed and price gouged by big companies. I'd say most people I know in Albuquerque believe in values of community and of fairness and of looking out for our neighbors, but somehow this council seems to have missed that picture. Because last meeting, as this gentleman before me just had mentioned, y'all went ahead and just denied the most basic protections, the rental protections for folks who are working people, so that we couldn't even have some protection or some guard rail against someone double charging us for an application fee. By the way, that has happened to me before many times, just like the banks that charge us and gouging us with their junk fees and their service fees and their maintenance charges. Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves. You missed the memo. Working people have had it with our costs going up and our prices going up and our houses going up, and we're not going to be put out on the streets and deal with financial insecurity.
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Joe Cardillo (Disinfo Dad)
Joe Cardillo (Disinfo Dad)
@joecardillo@federate.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Really appreciate how our more progressive council members framed the failure to pass renter protections: https://www.cabq.gov/council/find-your-councilor/district-1/news/councilors-vow-to-fight-for-fair-rental-practices

It really is a betrayal of our families & workers... especially from Klarissa Peña, the new council president... she's been in the District 3 seat since 2013, which is majority working folks & families

#Albuquerque #ABQ #NewMexico

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