Saenz: Fiber Optics And Transparency – A Need For Los Alamos (Part 2)
By ALLAN SAENZ
Owner
SALA Event Center and LANet
In Part 1 of my letter, I addressed the sudden proposal for the County to spend nearly $10 million on properties on Diamond Drive without adequate public input or transparency. Today, in Part 2, I focus on another significant item on the County Council’s agenda: the Community Broadband Project.
Unlike the unexpected property purchase, the Community Broadband Project has been in development for over 20 years, with substantial public support. As someone deeply invested in the future of connectivity in Los Alamos, I have actively supported Read More
Robinson: Days Of Mama Lucy Gang & Cowboy Coalition
By SHERRY ROBINSON
All She Wrote
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
In 1984 New Mexico voters took a turn to the right, sending more moderates and conservatives of both parties to the Legislature. Back then the parties entertained a greater range of ideas.
After voters had spoken, conservatives had a new opportunity to take back the House. Rep. Jerry Sandel, a conservative Democrat from Farmington, became the swing vote that unseated House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, D-Albuquerque, and replaced him with Rep. Gene Samberson, D-Lovington.
Last month, Sandel died at 82 in Farmington, where his family Read More
Dannemann: The Illogic Of Asylum Seeker Detention
By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
About once a month, several volunteers from Albuquerque and Santa Fe travel to one of New Mexico’s immigrant detention prisons.
They are from VIDA, Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque (abqvida.org). They go to provide comfort and solace for incarcerated asylum seekers who are mostly abandoned in a prison where conditions are miserable. They are not lawyers and don’t provide legal services.
The VIDA members are part of a coalition seeking to end immigrant detention in New Mexico. There will probably be Read More
Catch Of The Week: Apple Store Text Scams
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Nothing gets your attention more than a text or email letting you know an unauthorized purchase has been made on your account, am I right?
Well, scammers know that too and they are actively taking advantage of it in a recent text scam I observed on my own phone.
Check it out, what do you think? Gets your attention, right?
Image of scam text message
So at first glance, you might freak out a little, the text is saying there’s an unauthorized charge, and at first glance you can see it’s directing you to go to a legitimate apple domain, Read More
Lamborn: NM Should Use Science Of Reading Instruction
By PETER LAMBORN
© 2024 New Mexico News Services
My life changed dramatically at a school meeting during my son’s 4th grade year. This particular meeting was reviewing test results to see how he had progressed over the last three years of special education. In my mind, this child was doing OK but not great at school. However, the test results painted a bleak picture. His scores, relative to his peers, had significantly dropped, with the worst scores related to his reading. I was blindsided.
Sadly, this experience is all too common. I later learned that many New Mexico students are poor readers. Read More
Posts From The Road: San Juan Mountains Scenery
Ranch Land: Cattle ranching is prevalent in the San Juan Mountains north of Pagosa, Colo. Shown is a herd of cattle grazing in the high meadow grasslands surrounded by high mountain peaks in all directions. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Calm Waters: Calm waters create a mirror reflection of nearby trees at Williams Reservoir in the San Juan Mountains about 25 miles north of Pagosa, Colo. This was a small, calm inlet spotted on the south end of the reservoir but the beautiful reflections made it easy to spot. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Read More
Fr. Glenn: As Gold In Fire
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Now that we’re in the latter part of November, our minds will soon be drifting to thoughts of Thanksgiving holidays and, for we Catholics and other Christians, we know that Advent and Christmas are just around the corner. Before the Church liturgical year begins anew at Advent, which usually coincides with the first weekend of December, we first end the year with its grand finale: a celebration in anticipation of the second coming of Jesus.
We Christians believe that, when Jesus does come again, or when we go to God at our deaths, judgment awaits. “Judgment” has a negative connotation Read More
