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The development community is targeting two of its most vocal opponents on the city council in hopes of gaining a development-friendly board, two Albuquerque city councilors charged Wednesday.

“Absolutely they are trying to shift the council,” Councilor Debbie O’Malley said, referring to California-based SunCal, a major developer, and others, whom she believes are targeting City Council President Isaac Benton and Councilor Michael Cadigan in the lead-up to Tuesday’s election.

Benton and Cadigan are part of a faction of the Albuquerque City Council that has so far resisted creating a Tax Increment Development District (TIDD) for SunCal within city boundaries. The district would allow SunCal to use bonds based on future tax proceeds to pay for roads, water lines and other infrastructure for its massive mixed-use development on undeveloped land on the west side.