Brand new Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks as a police hiring bonus, tearing out the Albuquerque Rapid Transit system and imposing a nightly curfew for youths — those are some of former firefighter and Albuquerque resident Eddie Varela’s proposed policies if elected mayor.

And, in one of the more bold proposals, Varela has said his administration would remedy rush-hour traffic crossing the river by digging a tunnel “straight to Rio Rancho.”

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