Albuquerque Mayor Martin J. "Marty" Chávez, shown here with his trusted advisor El Perro Negro de Alcalde Marty, was one of the co-authors of a non-binding resolution passed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors urging the mayors to cease providing bottled water at official municipal functions.
Listen to Mayor Marty discussing the resolution in an interview with NPR's Scott Simon.
I'm glad to see that Mayor Marty has returned from the dark side.
Say what?
Normally, I wouldn't care much about what Mayor Marty does these days since I left the Duke City in 2006. But his sponsorship of the resolution reminded me of a time six or so years ago, when I was watching the Mayor hold forth on his show on the local access cable channel. He was at his desk, drinking bottled water. Since the show was a taped rerun, I couldn't call, but emailed him, mildly scolding him for setting a poor example by drinking bottled water when Albuquerque had such good tap water.
To my surprise, he responded a few days later. After a few sentences of blather, he concluded: "For what it's worth, there was tap water in the bottle."
Perhaps I was being unfair, or perhaps because I knew Mayor Marty, I did not believe him.
But all is forgiven, Your Honor, for you have seen the light.
"Albuquerque: Next 17 Exits" -- slogan suggested during Mayor Marty's first term
"Good for you, Albuquerque!" -- slogan selected by Mayor Marty
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