Brian Sanderoff of Research and Polling reports in the Abq Journal that the proposed unification of ABQ with Bernalillo County is headed for the ash heap. Only 32% approved of the idea with 48% disapproving, 16% undecided and 4% not saying. Sample: 600 likely voters with a margin of error of 4%. Brian did not make a specific prediction in the paper, but for readers of this web site he
e mailed with the forecast that unification will go down by at least 15%.

Political observers are not surprised. Support for the measure has even been tepid among supporters. No one ever did tell taxpayers how it would save them money and that was really the death knell.

The mail-in vote ends Tuesday. Expect a lot of a political announcements for the County Commission now that this appears over. And look for State Rep. James Taylor of the South Valley to try to kill the provision in state law that says the unification must be voted on again in one year if Tuesday's vote does indeed fail.