ABQ may see money from economic stimulus

SERVICE RESUMES SATURDAY ALBUQUERQUE IS IN THE TOP TEN CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO ASKING FOR MONEY FROM BARACK OBAMA S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN TONIGHT WE RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHICH LOCAL PROJECTS MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING FEDERAL FUNDING STUART DYSON IS IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH THE STORY ALBUQUERQUE HAS ITS HAND OUT FOR MORE FEDERAL MONEY THAN SAN FRANCISCO - DALLAS - AND PHOENIX - AND IT S LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE THE GREENER PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GET MOST OF THE DOUGH - GOOD NEWS FOR MAYOR MARTY CHAVEZ AND HIS WISH LIST THE BIG WINNER MAY BE SOLAR ENERGY - THE MAYOR WANTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS FOR SOLAR POWER PLANTS AND SOLAR CONVERSION FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES I want home weatherization and I d love to see a solar panel on every rooftop in Albuquerque - we need to be the solar capital of the world TEAM OBAMA INSIDERS SAY GREEN-MINDED ADVISORS TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT HAVE MORE CLOUT THAN THOSE WHO FAVOR BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LIKE HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES TO JUMP- START THE ECONOMY THE MAYOR S CALL FOR A WIND-POWER FARM AT DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT SUDDENLY LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A CONTENDER - DITTO FOR A METHANE-TO- ENERGY CONVERSION PLANT It means we re on the right track - clearly what the President-elect wants are job-creating mechanisms that don t just create the project itself - but keep on creating wealth after that I m sure there s gonna have to be projects that require jobs for their communities because with just the construction and building of infrastructure - those jobs are temporary - but what happens after that THE GREEN EMPHASIS MAY MEAN THE REBUILDING OF PASEO-I-25 WON T MAKE IT OFF THE LAUNCH PAD - EVEN THOUGH IT S BEEN THE STATE S BIGGEST TRAFFIC HEADACHE FOR YEARS OF COURSE IT S STILL EARLY - WE WON T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT PROJECTS WILL MAKE THE CUT UNTIL THE PRESIDEN T PLAN IS INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS NEXT MONTH IN THE NEWSROOM STUART DYSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR