City Councilor Joaquín Baca said Monday night it’s time to change the story of Albuquerque as an extremely dangerous city.
That narrative, he said, frequently describes downtown as the worst part of the city.
“Somewhere along the way, it became OK for the most visible part of our city, on the iconic Route 66 to just sit there falling apart,” he said, as he encouraged his colleagues to support a new ordinance that will create a registry of vacant properties and impose fees on building owners who fail to put them to good use…