Ken Sanchez, union candidate

Power hungry as usual, Albuquerque City Council President Ken Sanchez desperate to keep his name in the news has decided to ignore reality in labeling Mayor Berry’s negotiations with the many unions “representing” city employees a “failure”. The fantasy laden, reality ignorant plan presented for the budget presented by the city council is simply unsustainable and is irresponsible. Tax revenues are down and the city unions only exist to maintain the status quo and ever increase salaries regardless of merit or monies taken in. Pay cuts are lamentable but the fact that the Mayor was able to avoid layoffs and keep pay cuts to less than two percent is admirable.

As usual, Sanchez is preparing himself for a mayoral run and is ensuring the endorsement of all the bloated unions the city is straddled with. Fortunately that tactic did nothing for Martin Chavez in the last election and one can only hope that in this regard, history repeats itself.