On this week's interview Paul sits down with Doug Peterson. Doug is the principal of Peterson Properties which owns a great deal of real estate in the Albuquerque area. Paul and Doug discuss rising property taxes and what he/we get in return for those taxes. Doug is outspoken on crime issues (follow him on Twitter here). What is going on with crime in the City and how is it impacting his business and tenants?

Good news/bad news on jobs for New Mexico.

The NIH director acknowledges that no science supported COVID distancing rules (but we did find an amusing old post from Sen Heinrich on social distancing and how to make a cloth mask).

A proposed move to shift vote threshold to 40% at city council is sensible and quite arguably "pro-democratic."

Paul recently spoke to KOAT about the City's $1.4 billion budget.

ABQ to build a 2nd BMX track.

50 year old Albuquerque cigar shop closing its doors.

On this week's Tipping Point interview Paul talks to Sammy Chioda. Sammy is a leader of the Gallup community. He owns a fantastic sports bar (Sammy C's Rock N' Sports Pub & Grille) with one of the largest memorabilia collections in America. Paul and Sammy discuss the challenges he has in finding workers, the hard-hit area's recovery from the COVID 19 pandemic, deteriorating road conditions on I-40 and more.