Letter To The Editor: Videos Of Oct. 6-13 League Candidate Forums Available For Viewing
By REBECCA SHANKLANDLetter To The Editor: Sheriff Responds To Gibson
By MARCO V. LUCEROReference: Robert Gibson’s Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to clarify some misleading statements authored by Mr. Robert Gibson. Mr. Gibson mentions the same arguments he made during the recent public forum, which then as well as now are inaccurate and misleading.
Mr. Gibson mentions that the only role I currently have is to register and monitor the criminally convicted sex offenders. First of all I take offense that he minimizes the importance of doing all I can to keep our community from having children victimized by a child predator. Read More
Candidates Present Views At League’s Second Forum
Democratic candidates for Los Alamos County Council from left, incumbent Pete Sheehey, Chris Chandler and Antonio Maggiore. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Republican candidates for Los Alamos County Council from left, Jaret McDonald, incumbent Steven Girrens and Patrick Brenner. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The Community Lab owner Prisca Tiassé Yoder, PhD, right, and her intern Kaylen Pocaterra speak with U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján at Thursday’s League of Women Voter’s Forum at UNM-LA. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
SBA Taps John M. Garcia For State District Director
SBA News:Legislative Committee To Discuss Future Of Broadband In New Mexico
Senate Majority Whip Michael Padilla
STATE News:
SANTA FE – Senate Majority Whip Michael Padilla (D-14-Bernalillo) will chair the Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee Oct. 20-21 in room 317 at the State Capitol in Santa Fe. The meeting will focus on expanding broadband in New Mexico and increasing the speed of broadband systems already in New Mexico.
“New Mexico’s broadband access and expansion strategies have a direct impact on our job creation and economic future” Padilla said. “Improving our broadband infrastructure will improve education and New Mexico’s Read More
Joint DOD-DOE Environmental Meeting Tonight
DOE/DOD News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The Department of Energy/Department of Defense Semi-Annual Public Meeting on environmental programs takes place 5:30-7:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 18 at the Cesar Chavez Community Center (7505 Kathryn SE–off of Louisiana Blvd. and Zuni in Albuquerque.
This is a joint meeting between Sandia National Laboratories’ Environmental Programs and the Kirtland Air Force Base Environmental Restoration Program to provide information about environmental restoration and ongoing outreach efforts.
For more information, contact Dave Rast at the DOE Read More
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Releases Slate of Endorsements Of Local, State, National Candidates
SIERRA CLUB News:
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter released today its slate of endorsements in “one of the most critical elections for the environment New Mexicans have ever faced.”
“This year’s election is critical for putting New Mexico back on a path toward clean water, clean energy and thriving wildlife and public lands,” said Rio Grande Chapter Chair David Coss. “Our members are working hard for these candidates, and I urge New Mexicans to vote for them in the Nov. 8 election.”
The chapter sends questionnaires to new candidates, studies records of incumbents, interviews Read More
DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign
Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this week kicks off its annual Red Ribbon Campaign, the nation’s largest drug prevention effort.
The National Red Ribbon Campaign began after drug traffickers in Mexico tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in March 1985. Officially, Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated nationally Oct. 23-31; however, communities and school districts nationwide hold events throughout the month.
The Red Ribbon Campaign is dedicated to helping to preserve Read More
Letter To The Editor: Endorsing Sharon Stover
By MORRIS PONGRATZLetter To The Editor: Garcia Richard Serves Us Well
KITTY RANDALL- Sponsored the legislation that revived the Technology Research Collaborative to bring our State Universities and national research labs together to create opportunities to grow our high tech economy;
- Traveled to
Letter To The Editor: Confused About Sheriff?
By ROBERT GIBSONHere are the basics on the sheriff issue, Question 1 on the ballot.
Unique in New Mexico, Los Alamos is a combined city-county under a charter (analogous to a constitution) approved by voters.
In accord with our charter, we have a police department responsible for law enforcement. For historical reasons, we also have a sheriff who’s ONLY, repeat, ONLY current duty is to register sex offenders. Like all other traditional sheriff’s duties, that could also be transferred to the police department. Read More
How The U.S. Failed In Excess Weapons Plutonium Disposition … A Nuclear Sputnik Moment?
By CHARLES D. BOWMANPutin’s withdrawal from the U.S./Russia agreement for each nation to destroy 34 tons of excess weapons plutonium, (W-Pu) enough for 17,000 nuclear weapons, is more the consequence of U.S. technical failure than the deterioration of an international relationship. Both nations agreed that the plutonium be either destroyed by fission or converted to a plutonium isotopic form that was not useful for weapons. Russia chose to build a fast-spectrum nuclear reactor in hopes of launching a new breeder technology. The U. S. chose to combine the plutonium with uranium
Tourism Secretary Shares Good News With Los Alamos
N.M. Tourism Department Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Latham shares good news about the growth of tourism in Los Alamos and around the state Thursday during a gathering at Fuller Lodge. Tourism in the County grew 10.6 percent in 2015, one of the highest growth rates in the state. Tourists spent $34.2 million in Los Alamos County last year, Latham said. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Members of the Los Alamos County Council, from left, Kristin Henderson, Steven Girrens, James Chrobocinski and Council Vice Chair Susan O’Leary (Council Chair Rick Reiss not picturedLetter To The Editor: Doing One’s Job And Voting Should Never Be Considered A Conflict Of Interest
By JOHN PUCKETT Sharon and Naomi are doing their jobs.
I must take exception to the last paragraph in Reid Priedhorsky’s letter of Oct. 13 (here) wherein he accused the county clerk and deputy county clerk of being unethical and in conflict of interest for doing the job they were elected to do and hired to do.
Sharon Stover is the county clerk and along with her deputy, Naomi Maestas, they are responsible for the entire election process in Los Alamos County.
Yes, they are candidates for other offices in this election but they still have to do their current job. Let me note that Read More
Letter To The Editor: Keep Justice Judy
By VERNON N. KERRDist. 43 Candidate Sharon Stover Meets With Small Business Owners
Dist. 43 candidate Sharon Stover, center, meets with small business owners at a recent listening session, including from left, local businesswoman Emily McGay, and local businessman Roger Waterman. Courtesy photo
POLITICAL News:
Sharon Stover, Republican candidate for House Dist. 43, recently met with representatives and owners from several Los Alamos small businesses. Roger Waterman and Emily McGay hosted the discussion in which topics included taxation, banking and business liability.
Stover has been visiting with residents throughout District 43 to gain their insight on the Read More
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto Takes New Mexico To National Conversation Surrounding Public Safety
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto at the White House Thursday to discuss 21st Century Policing. Courtesy photo
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto discusing 21st Century Policing Thursday at the White House. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto was at the White House Thursday, Oct. 13 to discuss 21st Century Policing, including community policing strategies, body camera standards and civilian oversight models.
Ivey-Soto was one of six people invited to the policy discussion at the White House, and was the only person from the southwest region of the United States.
“This is an incredible
Letter To The Editor: Chris Chandler’s Experience, Expertise, Excellent Track Record Deserves Our Vote
By KYLE WHEELER and JOHN HOPKINSWe are writing in support of Chris Chandler for County Council. The two of us have known and worked with Chris for many years, and we admire her dedication to the community and her willingness to work hard to improve its future. She has devoted countless hours to past service on the County Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the two Charter Review Committees, one in the 1990s and the other in the past 10 years. She served as our Probate Judge, only recently stepping down from that position to run for County Council.
Chris worked at the Laboratory Read More
Letter To The Editor: Don’t Let Trump Near Oval Office
By SHERRY LEWISObviously there is much anger and pain dividing the country, with many citizens not experiencing the benefits of the last eight years when unemployment was reduced from 10 percent to 5 percent, the monthly hemorrhaging of lost jobs was halted and millions of new jobs created. But to blindly go for “change” should not mean throwing away every moral and ethical standard that America has always prided itself on exemplifying.
Donald Trump is a congenital liar, a bully, a sexual predator, a deliberately uninformed policy maker and a man who has spent the last 18 months stirring
Letter To The Editor: Sheriff’s Office Is Now Vestigial
By A Concerned CitizenOh boy, now we learn from George Chandler’s informative and thoughtful letter (here) that Sheriff Marco Lucero seeks to sue Los Alamos County to preserve the Office of the Sheriff.
It seems that the role of the sheriff is like that of the human appendix: formerly more useful than today. A current theory of the role of the appendix is to act as a reservoir for desirable intestinal
flora, to help prevent e.g. Clostridium difficile infections following a bout of cholera or dysentery.
Having clean food and water and a highly effective police force, the existence Read More
