Posted on 06/26/2017 11:56:51 AM PDT by CedarDave
One of Albuquerque’s shining high-tech startups has put the city on notice that it may leave Downtown and potentially the state if something isn’t done about the “marked deterioration in the safety and security of the downtown Albuquerque area.”
Lavu, which launched in 2010, sent a letter to Gov. Susana Martinez and Mayor Richard Berry earlier this week decrying the crime and “consistent and ongoing verbal harassment by homeless and recently released inmates” that his employees have been having to endure.
“I cannot stress enough to the both of you how serious the lack of safety in downtown Albuquerque has become for Lavu,” company President Ohad Jehassi wrote. “So much that there are now serious discussions at the Board of Director level at Lavu as to the need of Lavu to move … so that Lavu can assure employees that they need not risk their life, health or property when coming to or leaving from work.”
Jehassi met with members of the Berry administration, including Police Chief Gorden Eden, on Wednesday to discuss his concerns. Gilbert Montaño, Mayor Berry’s chief of staff, called it a positive and productive meeting.
While he declined to go into specifics, Montaño said overtime has been approved to increase the presence of officers trained in crisis intervention, including dealing with individuals with mental illness and substance abuse problems.
Ironically, a KOB vehicle was stolen in Downtown Albuquerque on Friday while the station’s crew was working on the Lavu story.
Crime has become the main issue in the mayor’s race, with many candidates arguing that the situation has reached crisis level. The National Insurance Crime Bureau recently reported that the Albuquerque area had the highest per-capita rate of auto thefts in the country.
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Oops, 36th End of Trail.
Born in Albuquerque. Undergrad and MBA from UNM. Was in Business there for years. Loved Albuquerque.
Moved out in 1988 for business reasons, but still loved going back....
But for the last 10 -12 years I can’t stand even driving through there. It went from a vibrant city with a bright future to a dirty, crime and corruption ridden second world city, now, seemingly rapidly turning into a third-world hellhole.
Rio Rancho, just outside of Albuquerque, has very low crime. Good schools as well.
When violent crime in Rio Rancho is committed, they are often gang bangers from Albuquerque.
The auto theft in ABQ has gotten totally out of hand.
Just WOW
I stayed in Old Town four years ago when I was moving cross country. ABQ has always been a bit dicey but not that bad.
Lavu needs to hire Gus Fring for community outreach. He is very good at dealing with unruly people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGnBO8u7Q7o
Lavu needs to hire Gus Fring for community outreach. He is very good at dealing with unruly people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGnBO8u7Q7o
ABQ crime is complicated by the Indians. They are like ghetto thugs in Oakland or Detroit. And, they claim that NM courts do not have jurisdiction in “Indian Lands.”
I recall driving east on I-40 from AZ one night and seeing a glow on the horizon for an hour before I crested a ridge to see Albuquerque sprawled out below.
Quite the sight.
Coming over the top of Nine Mile Hill.
I'm wondering how long that will last what with Dem control of the NM House and Senate. Get a Dem gov. and what we enjoy here will end. The trend in NM is going blue. It's not even purple anymore.
And it seems Lynn and her husband took your advice...
Good thing.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/01/us/new-mexico-motel-shooting/index.html
Went to UNM from 68 to 70, then joined the Navy. Didn’t know what to major in and was turned off by the freaking radicals, who burned down the ROTC building shortly after I left. Never went back to NM. Certainly won’t visit after reading this.
One could say that about almost every large American city.
It went from a vibrant city with a bright future to a dirty, crime and corruption ridden second world city, now, seemingly rapidly turning into a third-world hellhole.
Albuquerque is different. To the south there is the Air Force Base and Sandia Labs. To the North the Sandia Pueblo, and to the East Mountains. The only direction it sprawls is towards the west. To the east it’s like it’s cut off with a knife right at the entrance to the canyon.
Ok, then move.
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