LOOK FOR ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILORS TO WEIGH IN MONDAY NIGHT ON A MEASURE THAT WOULD ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO GIVE MUNICIPALITIES THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE A TEEN CURFEW. COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ HAS BEEN PUSHING THE BILL, WHICH HE DRAFTED AFTER A RISE IN TEEN VIOLENCE AFTER DARK.
THE STATE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN AN EARLIER TEEN CURFEW IMPOSED BY FORMER MAYOR MARTIN CHAVEZ AFTER FINDING IT TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.