ABQ Journal City Council Profiles And Questions and Answers; If You Don’t Vote, Don’t Complain

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The 2021 Albuquerque Municipal election is Tuesday, November 2, 2021. On the ballot this year will be the 5 odd numbered city council districts of the 9 city council seats. The council seats up for election are City Council seats 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.

In City Council District 3, which is the Southwest part of Albuquerque, incumbent City Councilor Klarissa Peña, having qualified for the ballot and for public financing, is running unopposed and is elected upon receiving one vote.

On October 5, 6, 7 and 8, the Albquerquerqu Journal published their customary candidate profiles articles written by staff reporters. The paper also published “Question and Answer” articles with the responses written by the candidates . Below are the profile articles with the dates and headlines followed by the “Question and Answer” articles with links to the articles.

OCTOBER 5: DISTICT 1 (ALBUQUERQUE’S CENTRAL WEST SIDE)

HEADLINE: “District 1 council candidates say crime is top issue”
BY RICK NATHANSON / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

https://www.abqjournal.com/2435302/district-1-candidates-say-crime-is-top-issue.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 1 LAN SENA
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433949/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-1-lan-sena.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 1 LOUIE SANDCHEZ
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433945/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-1-louie-sanchez.html

OCTOBER 6: DISTRICT 7 (ALBUQUERQUE’S MID-HEIGHTS INCLUDING UPTOWN AND PARTS OF THE NEAR NORTHEAST HEIGHTS)

HEADLINE: Six vying for open seat in District 7 City Council
BY OLIVIER UYTTEBROUCK / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

https://www.abqjournal.com/2435572/six-vying-for-open-seat-in-city-council-district-7.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 7 EMILIE DE ANGELIS
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433970/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-7-emilie-de-angelis.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 7 TAMMY FIEBELKORN
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433978/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-7-tammy-fiebelkorn.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 7 TRAVIS KELLERMAN
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433983/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-7-travis-kellerman.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 7 MAURI MONTOYA
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433996/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-7-mauro-montoya.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 7 LORI ROBERSTON
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433986/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-7-lori-robertson.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 7 ANDRES VALDEZ
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2435940/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-7.html

OCTOBER 7: DISTRICT 9 (FAR SOUTHEAST HEIGHTS AND FOOTHILLS)

HEADLINE: Newcomers vie for District 9 Council seat
BY RYAN BOETEL / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

https://www.abqjournal.com/2435908/newcomers-vie-for-district-9-council-seat.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 9 ROB GRILLY
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433988/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-9-rob-grilley.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 9 RENEE GROUT
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433991/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-9-renee-grout.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 9 BYRON POWDRELL
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433993/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-9-byron-powdrell.html

OCTOBER 8: DISTRICT 5 NORTHWEST PART OF ALBUQUERQUE

HEADLINE: Three vie for West Side seat on Albuquerque City Council
BY JESSICA DYER / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

https://www.abqjournal.com/2436193/three-vie-for-west-side-seat-on-albuquerque-city-council.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 5 CYNTHIA BORREGGO
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433940/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-5-cynthia-borrego.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 5 DAN LEWIS
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433936/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-5-dan-lewis.html

Q&A Albuquerque City Council District 5 PHILLIP RAMIREZ
BY THE CANDIDATE

https://www.abqjournal.com/2433958/qa-albuquerque-city-council-district-5-phillip-ramirez.html

COMMENTARY AND ANALYSIS

The voting public owes a debt of gratitude to the Albuquerque Journal for publishing the articles in that such articles on city council races are few and far between and virtually none existent by the local TV stations other than perhaps announcements by the candidates.

As the saying goes, if you don’t vote, don’t complain.

Please vote on November 2.

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Pete Dinelli was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is of Italian and Hispanic descent. He is a 1970 graduate of Del Norte High School, a 1974 graduate of Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a 1977 graduate of St. Mary's School of Law, San Antonio, Texas. Pete has a 40 year history of community involvement and service as an elected and appointed official and as a practicing attorney in Albuquerque. Pete and his wife Betty Case Dinelli have been married since 1984 and they have two adult sons, Mark, who is an attorney and George, who is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Pete has been a licensed New Mexico attorney since 1978. Pete has over 27 years of municipal and state government service. Pete’s service to Albuquerque has been extensive. He has been an elected Albuquerque City Councilor, serving as Vice President. He has served as a Worker’s Compensation Judge with Statewide jurisdiction. Pete has been a prosecutor for 15 years and has served as a Bernalillo County Chief Deputy District Attorney, as an Assistant Attorney General and Assistant District Attorney and as a Deputy City Attorney. For eight years, Pete was employed with the City of Albuquerque both as a Deputy City Attorney and Chief Public Safety Officer overseeing the city departments of police, fire, 911 emergency call center and the emergency operations center. While with the City of Albuquerque Legal Department, Pete served as Director of the Safe City Strike Force and Interim Director of the 911 Emergency Operations Center. Pete’s community involvement includes being a past President of the Albuquerque Kiwanis Club, past President of the Our Lady of Fatima School Board, and Board of Directors of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation.