Mannywood
Valle de Atrisco is to be the name of the new town in the South Valley, says the Albuquerque Journal.
Other little details will be worked out later. Important stuff. Like who'll get to be El Alcalde - Miguel?
Burque Babble solicits and presents alternatives, of which Mannywood and Burque del Sur are my favorites.
Recognition of culture, history and context is critical to good government. Municipal incorporation is a poor tool for that purpose. It's like jumping from a big boat into a small boat in a storm. It only makes sense if the big boat is sinking. I guess an argument can be made there. But I prefer to think the big boat just has a broken moral compass - named Marty or Alan.
This is a desperate attempt to escape one government by creating another. It will backfire as the new government will be forced to negotiate with the old one for services on terms that will reflect the new one's status as a runaway child. In a row boat. Oars, no outboard.