Letter To The Editor: Patrick Brenner Rant Clearly NOT A Better Way For LA
By JOYCE ANDERSONLAPD Hosts Memorial Ceremony For Fallen Officers
Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone speaks at this morning’s Memorial Ceremony for fallen officers. Similar ceremonies took place today across the country as part of Peace Officers Memorial Day and National Police Week. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Cpl. Pete Garcia presents scrolls with the imprint of a name plate honoring the late Chief Gary Bequette to his daughters, Diana Bequette, left, and Laura Hughes. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Police Officers and Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero at this morning’s MemorialFormer County Council Candidate Berates Councilors
Former County Council Candidate Patrick Brenner
POLITICAL News:
Former Los Alamos County Council Candidate Patrick Brenner sent a strongly worded email today to all seven sitting councilors. The Los Alamos Daily Post received a copy of the email and spoke with Brenner by telephone in an effort to understand what spurred him to send such an email. Following a lengthy conversation in which it remains unclear why he sent the email, Brenner requested that he be quoted in regard to the email as saying, “I stand by every word I said.”
Brenner’s email to Councilors:
From: Patrick Brenner <patrick@edj.ink> Read More
LAPD Spouses Sponsor Blue Tape Event
Kateri Morris, left, wife of Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris and Lizzy Lyons, wife of Det. Matt Lyons place blue lines on community vehicles for two hours today at the police station in support of National Police Week. The event was sponsored by LAPD Law Enforcement Spouses. Photo by Maire O’Neill
Cindy Bingham, left, watches as Kateri Morris, Lizzy Lyons and Lisa Gonzales prepare her rear window for a blue line in support of National Police Week. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Amy Strain shows off the blue stripe on the back window of her car in support of law Letter To The Editor: Still Saying No To Rec Bond
By TOM HARRISLetter To The Editor: Still On Fence About Rec Bond
By ANNE MARIE PEETERS WEEMJoint Effort To Look At DPU Finances Gets Thumbs Up
Members of the Board of Public Utilities and Department of Public Utilities staff listen to County Council suggest forming a joint effort to review the utilities department’s finances. The idea received strong support. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
During the Tuesday night Los Alamos County Council special session, the Council pitched its idea to facilitate a joint effort between the Council, the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) and the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to do an independent review of DPU’s major Read More
County Reminds Residents To Support Property Clean Up Efforts To Combat High Weed Growth, Rubbish Piles
Illustration of a home surrounded by debris. Courtesy photoIt’s that time of year again and staff in Los Alamos County’s Building Safety Division and the Los Alamos Fire Department are reminding citizens to help address property-related issues such as weed overgrowth, excessive rubbish, and rodent issues being found on private and commercial properties around the County.
Property owners can help the County ensure a safe, continuous sidewalk path for pedestrians by trimming back Read More
Letter To The Editor: To Bond Or Not To Bond, That Is The Question
By KHAL SPENCERClean Up Los Alamos Day Is Today!
COUNTY News:2017 Special Election Update: Los Alamos County Recreation Bond
Senior Deputy Clerk Francella Montoya and Deputy Clerk Victoria Martinez bundling returned ballot envelopes in batches of 25 to ensure that each returned envelope is scanned into the ballot tracking system for voter credit. Courtesy photo
COUNTY News:
For the upcoming County Bond Election, 13,484 ballots were mailed May 2 to registered voters to the address on file with the County Clerk. To date, the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office has received 4,050 returned ballot envelopes, 423 undeliverable ballots and one unsigned ballot.
Of the 423 undeliverable ballots, there were 23, which provided Read More
Community Invited To Show Support For Police Week
LAPD Cpl. Jaime Gonzales places a strip of blue tape on a vehicle in support of law enforcement for Police Week, which is May 14-20. Photo by Kateri Morris
LAPD Chief Dino Sgambellone and Cpl. Jaime Gonzales. Photo by Kateri Morris
LAPD News:
The Los Alamos Police Department is inviting the community to drop by the Central Avenue side of the stateion 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday to get a blue stripe placed on the back window of their vehicles, in support of law enforcement for Police Week, which is May 14-20.
The event is sponsored by LAPD Law Enforcement spouses. Read More
Letter To The Editor: Why Future Generations Don’t Need Bond
By A StudentCouncil Approves Lease Agreement For LAFD
Los Alamos Fire Chief Troy Hughes discusses a lease agreement for Suite 200 at 999 Central Ave. during the Los Alamos County Council special session Tuesday night at the White Rock Fire Station. The space will be used for a training classroom as well as a storage facility for emergency medical supplies and personal protective equipment. The cost for the amended lease is $2,411.51 above the current monthly cost, which is $15,357.19. Council approved the lease agreement 6-0. Councilor Rick Reiss recused himself because he has a 25 percent ownership interest in the property. A waiver from Read More
County Invites Scouts, Other Organizations To Be Color Guard For Council Meetings
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Council invites Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, along with other local organizations, to serve as Color Guard at any Council Regular or Work Session.
Presentation of the flags by a Color Guard can occur at the beginning of any Council meeting at 6 p.m. on a Tuesday evening in either Council Chambers or White Rock Fire Station 3. The presentation is followed by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
The name of the troop or organization presenting Color Guard will be included on the agenda and announced at the meeting.
To reserve a date, the troop or leader Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 3-9, 2017
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
DUSTIN BINGHAM
May 3/Dustin Bingham, 36, of Los Alamos was arrested and charged with eight counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor.
ADRIAN OSCAR DUARTE FIERRO
May 7/Adrian Oscar Duarte Fierro, 23, of Los Alamos was arrested and charged with reckless driving and offenses related to driving under the influence.
ELSIE A. FERNANDEZ
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Environmental Sustainability Board Updates Council
Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule and Environmental Sustainability Board Chair John Bliss update the Los Alamos County Council about the Sustainability Board during the Council’s special session Tuesday night at the White Rock Fire Station. In the presentation, it is reported the Environmental Sustainability Board is recommending a rate increase. The Fiscal Year 2018 budget assumed a $3 household rate increase and a 3 percent commerical rate increase. It is also stated in the presentation that working capital is being Read More
Where’s The Beef?
Union President Sgt. Monica Salazar-Casias
- No Backup For Police Union Claims
When two officials from Los Alamos Police Association Local #14 met with three Los Alamos County Councilors March 1, they asked for a credible investigation into what they claim is a pattern of abuse, retaliation and inequitable treatment by certain LAPD command staff.
Union President Sgt. Monica Salazar-Casias and Vice President Cpl. Ben Irving met with Council Vice Chair Susan O’Leary and Councilors Chris Chandler and James Chrobocinski, and after the Union Read More
Pearce Meets With Local Leaders In Los Alamos
During a meeting in a Zia Realty Group conference room Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, left, shows Los Alamos County Councilor James Chrobocinski a video clip on his cell of his plane as it takes off from Grants Tuesday morning as he headed to Los Alamos to meet with local leaders. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comU.S. Rep. Steve Pearce visited Los Alamos Tuesday as part of a sweeping trip through Northern New Mexico this week. He met with members of the business community, County officials, and visited the Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More
Letter To The Editor: About Truth And The Rec Bond
By TONY FOX and DARREN MEADOWSWe are writing to respond to the recent negative letters about the Recreation Bond by Tom Tierney, Lisa Shin, John Horne, and Lisa Brenner, who has also written online posts as Lola Anderson.
We understand that some people oppose the Rec Bond because they don’t support a tax increase or they don’t want Los Alamos County to spend tax dollars to make these community improvements. While we don’t agree with that position, we recognize that this is a decision that everyone has to make for themselves.
Our problem with the Read More
