Letter to the Editor: School Bond Timing Questioned
Peter HeimdahlThis letter is not intended as a pro or con for the School Bond Vote, but a disclosure of information that the pro bond contingent has neglected to make public.
According to the County Clerk’s Office, the cost of this special election to taxpayers is approximately $30,000.
The Los Alamos Public Schools administration could have saved taxpayers a large sum of money by holding this election on the same date as the general November 2012 election, but opted not to.
Why? It is a common strategy throughout the U.S. for special interests to hold elections (mostly to raise taxes)
Letter to the Editor: On Naming Los Alamos County Public Facilities
By Joel M. WilliamsLos Alamos County is unique in also being a municipality. “In the United States, a ‘municipality’is usually understood as a city, town, village.”
Money IQ: 2013 Estate Tax and Annual Gift Tax Exemption Limits
Money IQ 2013 Estate Tax and Annual Gift Tax Exemption Limits
Although Congress temporarily avoided the “fiscal cliff”, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“Act”), enacted Jan. 2, 2013, made some permanent changes with respect to the lifetime estate and gift tax exemptions that may affect your estate plan.
This column outlines two key changes and also discusses how the annual gift tax exemption may be used as an estate planning tool.
Lifetime Estate and Gift Tax Exemptions:
Legislators permanently approved the lifetime estate and gift tax exemption (also referred Read More
Letter to the Editor: Approving School Bond is Good Investment for Future
By Pete SheeheyI ask the citizens of Los Alamos to join me in voting “yes” in the 2013 Los Alamos Public Schools bond election.
These are challenging times for our local and national economy, but we can still afford to pay for the most important things for our community, such as good schools.
Passing the 2013 bond will not increase property tax rates; it will maintain them at the level set in 2009. The school board and administration have done a good job of planning and prioritizing how this money will be spent; see details at laschools.net/2013BondElection
How to Make Those New Years Resolutions STICK!
How to Make Those New Years Resolutions STICK!It’s my favorite time of year again, the beginning! Out with the old and in with the new!
I have a little ritual I do every January. I make a vision board of all the things I want to attract to myself in the upcoming year.
I gather pictures and affirmations from old magazines and paste them onto a piece of poster board. For example: I cut out a picture of a bicycle and a really fit looking woman and find the letters “I now have a fit, healthy body” or, “I happily exercise 5x a week”. I may add some great pictures of a vacation spot I Read More
Food on the Hill: Jager-Sahne Schitznel
This week’s recipe:
Jager-Sahne Schitznel
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comIngredients...
3/4 cup of cream
Column: Part II – Parallel Process of Intergroup Dynamics
Parallel Process of Intergroup Dynamics: How Men’s Covert Conflicts Got Expressed in Overt Conflicts Between Women – Part II, Intervention and Outcomes
By Elena Yang
The principle of parallel process can be applied to intervention. A small group of representatives chosen from the larger system can grapple with pertinent issues, unpack the layering of conflicts, understand their emotions and the sources, and imperatively, reflect back their lessons to the larger system.
In this case of “Fixing the Women,” Smith and his colleagues created a “microcosm group” to identify issues, Read More
