This is one of my favorite pictures. It shows me during my term as Mayor of Albuquerque with Luisa Casso, Brian Morris and Julie Hicks. These three smart people all served as communications director for me. Let's see.....on average they each lasted 1 year and four months. After dealing with TV News reporters and the Journal Editorial Board they were all lucky to have not ingested hemlock. Luisa is currently President and CEO of the Downtown Action Team, Brian is DAT's Vice President, and Julie is the Web Guru for the city of Albuquerque.

The Real News Show

If you didn't watch John Stewart last night on Comedy Central then catch him on the rerun tonight. He seems to be the only "broadcast journalist" that noticed in a BIG way that the last throes of the insurgency of Iraq could last twelve years. Hilarious!

Oh, and here is a picture of an old friend of mine, Nick Mace. He was a fellow reporter and cameraman at Channel Seven News.....back in the days when we actually covered news that wasn't primarily concerned with sexual perverts and cock fighting.

Nick currently works at the Middle Rio Grande Council of Governments. I think he might be the only Ukranian working there. I remember back in the great News Room days he would sit at his desk and eat a whole jar of pickled herring. Damn!