THEY WANT MORE LIGHTING TO HELP REDUCE CRIME, SO 17 ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ASKING THE LEGISLATURE FOR 1-AND-A-HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR IT. THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN THE DISTRICT 6 COALITION, WHICH SAYS IT HAS 95-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR L-E-D LIGHTING. BUT THAT BUYS ABOUT 7 LIGHTS AT AT A COST OF 12-THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.
GINA NAOMI DENNIS, PRESIDENT OF THE COALITION, TELLS CHANNEL 7 THAT THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITIES BY CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WERE CRIME IS REDUCED. IF THE REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE CITY WOULD GET THE FUNDING, THEN PASS IT ON TO THE COALITION, WHICH SAYS IT’LL HAVE ITS REQUEST READY FOR LAWMAKERS IN A FEW WEEKS.
