Here's the latest as they round the corner headed for the final stretch this weekend:

--The automated phone calls sponsored by the pro-business Citizens for a Greater ABQ (CGA) are aimed at District Two contender Debbie O'Malley and District Six candidate Martin Heinrich. Sources there tell me O'Malley is again attacked in the robo call for allegedly supporting a $1000.00 tax on new home purchasers. She has flatly denied the charge.

-Heinrich is attacked in the calls as a tool of "special interests" (including Indian casinos) and a recent arrival to his district. Heinrich's campaign lashes back calling CGA the ultimate "special interest" and says he has been in the district six years.

--CGA backed District Two contender Mary Molina Mescall says she's getting a raw deal from the press which she says has focused too much on her CGA backing. "What about the special interests supporting Debbie?" Asks Mescall. Those special interests, she says, are various environmental groups.

--Incumbent Brad Winter tells me he considers himself the "underdog" in his race against fellow Republican and CGA backed contender Patrick Milligan. "He could win." Winter told me. Winter upset an incumbent four years ago--Sam Bregman--with the help of the Republcian Party. The GOP is hands-off this time around, but CGA continues to hammer Winter who they consider to be a tax and spender. Winter, clearly worried, has stepped up his campaign a notch in recent days

---Tonight on the early editions of "Eyewitness News" on KOB-TV I will appear with reporter Neil Simon to discuss the incredible amount of money being spent on the street bond debate (over 175K). So tune to channel 4 at 5 and 6 p.m. tonight.