"Save the Elena Gallegos" has been assigned our first hearing with a judge in Bernalillo County's 2nd Judicial District Court, for this Thursday, May 4, 2023. The judge will hear the City's motion that citizens do not have standing to enforce the deed to the Elena Gallegos.

Assuming the City does not prevail in this first hearing, we've also been assigned a second hearing for Tuesday, June 6, at which the judge will hear OUR motion that citizens DO have standing to enforce the deed.

The City's announcement last Wednesday was a huge victory for us! But it has no bearing on our legal case. Our Parks & Rec Department invested $330k in taxpayer dollars in plans for a Visitor Center and had every intention of building it. Even though they've set aside their plans for now, their press release is not legally binding, and we can't know what they'll decide to do next year, or what the next administration will want to build. We will continue to fight for a permanent injunction that will protect the land forever!

Send us all the good vibes! Our community confronted Parks & Rec with copies of the Elena Gallegos Purchase Agreement and Deed on May 3 and May 9 of last year, respectively, and it feels fitting that, almost exactly one year later, we will finally get those documents in front of a judge!

(Check out our Instagram or Facebook to watch some amazing videos, recorded by John Mierzwa, of COUGARS in the Elena!)