Los Alamos Lincoln Day Dinner Draws Secretary of State, Community Members and Candidates
Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Audience members stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report:
Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran was the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s Lincoln Day Dinner at the Los Alamos Research Park on West Jemez Road Jemez Road.
In addition to being the chief elections officer of the state, Duran also overseas campaign finance reporting, lobbyist registration, and financial disclosures by certain public officials. She also oversees a number of other functions vital to Read More
Vincent P. Chiravalle Launches Official Campaign Website
Dist. 43 Candidate Vincent P. Chiravalle
POLITICAL News:
Vincent P. Chiravalle, a republican candidate for New Mexico’s House of Representatives District 43, has launched his official campaign website, www.chiravallefordistrict43.com.
The website describes Chiravalle’s political views and goals. Visitors can sign up to receive campaign news and event invitations, read his blog, volunteer and donate to the campaign. Read More
Community Invited to David Izraelevitz Campaign Kickoff Party @ Fuller Lodge Tuesday
POLITICAL News:
The community is invited to join County Councilor David Izraelevitz for his Campaign Kickoff Party and Benefit to Support Assets in Action’s “March on Hunger.”
The event is 5:30-7 p.m., April 1 at Fuller Lodge.
“I am inviting you to a gathering to celebrate the kickoff of my campaign for County Council,” Izraelevitz said. “Yeah, I know it’s April Fools Day and feel free to be prepared with jokes. We will have good free food and give attendees an opportunity to visit with me and other members of the community. I look forward Read More
Luján Calls for Vote on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánBreaking News: LAPS Superintendent Keeps Job!
Superintendent Gene Schmidt
Staff Report
All five members of the Los Alamos Board of Education just voted to retain Superintendent Gene Schmidt as interim superintendent for a year.
The Board will use that time period to conduct a nationwide search for a permanent superintendent to take over mid 2015.
Schmidt resigned earlier this month after it became evident that he did not have the full support of the board to renew his current contract, which runs out June 30.
School board members had a change of heart this evening and made the decision to retain Schmidt in the interim capacity. With just one Read More
Democratic Party of Los Alamos Members Gather With Politicos
The Democratic Party of Los Alamos met U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s new campaign manager Lorenzo Gutierrez at a meeting last week. A few of the attendees and Matthew Wilson and Yvonne Quintana, candidates for judge of the First District Court, took a moment for a photo op. Courtesy photo Read More
All Political Persuasions Invited to 2014 Republican Candidates Meet & Greet
GOP News:$20.7 Million Excise Tax Revenue Will Support New Mexico Wildlife and Conservation Programs
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, welcomed the U.S. Department of Interior’s announcement Tuesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute $20,698,851 in excise tax revenues paid by sportsmen, recreational shooters, and boaters to fund fish and wildlife conservation and recreation projects across New Mexico.
“Hunting and fishing are a way of life for thousands of New Mexicans and the taxes paid by sportsmen in our state help support Read More
Frustration Sparked School Board Secretary’s Saturday Night Email
School Board Secretary Matt WilliamsLos Alamos School Board Secretary Matt Williams explained that he had become very frustrated and that is why he sent his Saturday night email to President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie, copying the entire board and the Los Alamos Daily Post.
“It was a vent out of frustration,” Williams said during a telephone call with the Los Alamos Daily Post Tuesday. “It was just that I had an uneasy feeling that much had gone on – when I received the agenda for Thursday’s school board meeting – that I thought
EPA to Deploy Mobile Air Monitors to WIPP Within Two Weeks
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Tuesday that within the next two weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will deploy mobile environmental monitoring units to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad.
In a Feb. 27 letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, the senators had asked the EPA to send the additional air monitors to conduct independent tests and help respond to questions that have arisen from the community about safety following the Feb. 14 radiation leak at WIPP. For a copy of the senators’ letter, Read More
Is Los Alamos School Board Imploding?
School Board Secretary Matt Williams- Matt Williams said he was ready to speak out about superintendent situation … then went completely mum.
Los Alamos School Board Secretary Matt Williams seems to have vanished after he sent an email Saturday night to the School Board and copied the Los Alamos Daily Post.
School Board President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie
His email was directed to School Board President Judy Bjarke-McKenzie in which he wrote:
Judy – I request that you provide to the Board a schedule of every private meeting you have Read More
Los Alamos County Officials Gather With Japanese Dignitaries For Meeting And Reception In Santa Fe
Councilor Geoff Rodgers, left, with Consul General of Japan Ikuhiko Ono, center, and Consul General of Mexico Mauricio Ibara Ponce de Leon at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Senior officials from JETRO (the Japan External Trade Organization) met in Santa Fe Friday with various business and community leaders to promote economic dialogue between Japan and New Mexico. The JETRO delegation featured Director Sachiko Yoshimura of JETRO offices in Los Angeles.
Topics of discussion
Governor Appoints Dr. Paul Daly of Los Alamos to State Board
Dr. Paul Daly
STATE News:
SANTA FE—Today, Gov. Susana Martinez announced that she has appointed Dr. Paul Daly of Los Alamos to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Advisory Board. Dr. Daly is a clinic and staff physician at Medical Associates of Northern New Mexico, and previously served as a clinic physician at Acadia Medical Group in Reno, Nev., and Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos.
Dr. Daly also has worked at the U.S. Naval Hospitals in Bremerton, Wash., and Naples, Italy, and is a veteran of both the U.S. Army and Naval Reserves. He holds an M.D. from the University Read More
New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran to Speak at Lincoln Day Dinner in Los Alamos
Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran. Courtesy/GOP
GOP News:
Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran will speak at the Lincoln Day Dinner 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 26 at the Los Alamos Research Park Conference Center, Room 203A, 4200 W. Jemez Road.
Duran became New Mexico’s 24th Secretary of State Jan. 1, 2011. She is the first Republican elected to that office since 1928. As Secretary, Duran is pursuing a wide range of initiatives designed to modernize the office, streamline operations, cut costs, focus on customer service and lay the groundwork for future operations. Her primary objective remains Read More
Udall: Removing Waste From Los Alamos Before Fire Season Critical to Community’s Safety
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall responded to the decision by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractor, NWP, to temporarily stage TRU waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) at WCS in Andrews, Texas, while recovery efforts continue at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad.
Udall has worked throughout his career for safe cleanup at LANL, and since joining the Senate Appropriations Committee has led the delegation in securing increased funds to ensure nuclear waste is removed from the lab by June 30, 2014. He issued the Read More
DOE, NWP Making Plans to Continue Moving LANL Transuranic Waste
WIPP News:
- Proposal Would Assist DOE in Meeting Commitment to New Mexico
CARLSBAD – Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), the management and operating contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is proposing to ship transuranic waste currently located at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for temporary storage at Waste Control Specialists (WCS), located in western Andrews County, Texas.
The Department has committed to the state of New Mexico to removing several thousand cubic meters of TRU waste from LANL by June 30. Read More
VA Pressed on Delay of Open Air Burn Pit Registry
U.S. Senate News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric K. Shinseki Wednesday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall, D-N.M., a member of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations subcommittee and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pressed the VA for answers regarding its failure to diligently and expeditiously implement the Open Air Burn Pit Registry as mandated under Section 201 of PL 112-260, which Udall and Corker coauthored and introduced in 2011.
“As you know from previous Read More
Los Alamos American Legion Riders Escort ‘The Wall That Heals’ to Santa Fe
Members of the Los Alamos Chapter of the American Legion Riders joined the New Mexico Patriot Guard in escorting ‘The Wall That Heals’ Tuesday from west of Albuquerque to Ft. Marcy Park in Santa Fe where it will be on display this week. Los Alamos American Legion Riders from left, Jim Hay, Fred Humphry, Ron Shuttles, Ken Nadeau, Dave Bullock and Chris Larribas. Photo by Los Alamos Rider Randi MooreSANTA FE—A half-size replica of the National Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., is now in Santa Fe for a six-day stop. The Wall That Heals arrived Tuesday
Heinrich Co-signs Letter to Protect LGBT Workers
Sen. Martin Heinrich
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. co-signed a letter Wednesday calling on President Barack Obama to issue an executive order banning contractors from receiving federal government contracts unless they have a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The letter was led by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and is signed by more than 175 members of Congress.
“[We] urge you to fulfill the promise in your State of the Union address to make this a ‘year of Read More
Rep. Garcia Richard Addresses Los Alamos Military Order of the World Wars
New Mexico Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard made her annual briefing Tuesday night to the Los Alamos Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars about the recent legislative session and current issues facing the state. Courtesy photo 
MOWW Los Alamos Chapter Commander Gregg Giesler presents Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard with a Certificate of Appreciation for her presentation and service. Tuesday evening was Garcia Richard’s third time presenting to the MOWW. Courtesy photo
