Letters to the Editor

By RICK NEBEL
Los Alamos

This is in response to the county’s recent wildlife article. 

I’m not a wildlife expert, but for the past 50 years my brother and I have managed one of our farms for the wildlife (primarily whitetail deer). Early on in our stewardship, I contacted the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (game and fish) to have them do a wildlife assessment of our farm and make suggestions as to how we could improve our wildlife management. When we got the report back from them, they had several suggestions for habitat improvement which we implemented. I was expecting that they would have Read More

By LISA PARLATO
Albuquerque

The Strategic Water Supply Act (SWS), HB 137, is a false solution that will exacerbate the projected water shortage in New Mexico. The SWS is asking New Mexico taxpayers to shell out $75M every year to buy the oil and gas industry’s toxic fracking fluid waste, aka produced water. 

Produced water is a by-product of oil and gas extraction that contains significant amounts of radioactive radium, toxic organic and inorganic heavy metals, and PFAS. While SWS calls for this fracking waste to be “treated”, Governor Lujan Grisham’s own New Mexico Environmental Read More

By MORGAN APPERSON
Los Alamos

Thank you for encouraging readers not to use glue traps or poisons, two of the most inhumane products on the market.

This is such an important topic and as a Los Alamos resident of nearly two decades, more articles on this subject should be included! Thank you for speaking up. Los Alamos is filled with nature and its inhabitants including geese from the pond, chipmunks, birds, endangered reptiles, family-oriented coyotes, and more. It would be great if the Daily Post could do a printed story highlighting the issues with glue traps and poisons along with humane alternatives Read More

By LISA SHIN
Owner
Los Alamos Family Eyecare

During a community forum on Dec. 16, 2024, there were several unanswered questions and serious concerns raised from citizens and small business owners. Indeed, “public reception toward the proposed Downtown Metropolitan Area (MRA) for East Downtown Los Alamos…could be summed up in one word:  skeptical.”

Why would the public be skeptical? Because there is a disconnect between what the public is being told and what appears to be actually happening.

The following examples were taken from public forums, County emails, and IPRA requests for County Read More

By ANNA DILLANE
Steering Committee
Los Alamos Local Business Coalition

I recently counted the number of brick and mortar businesses in Los Alamos that you could walk into and purchase an item. I counted 17. Seventeen! I excluded businesses that were subsidized by a non-profit, the county or part of a chain like Metzger’s because they have access to funds or support that the local guys don’t. For a town this size to only have 17 brick and mortar businesses is less than ideal .

The reasons for the lack are myriad. We’ve got lack of commercial space, high rents, overly restrictive County zoning, lack Read More

By Anna Dillane 
Los Alamos

Councilor Ryti, 

I attended the Assets in Action award ceremony at Fuller Lodge this past Saturday.

While I was sitting there listening to amazing stories about beautiful people in our community doing good things, I looked up and noticed that the upstairs railings have plexiglass barriers to keep small children from potentially falling through.

As you know, I had written to you informing you of this serious safety concern last year. I was literally moved to tears to see that you were able to get this issue taken care of. Thank you so much for looking out for our smallest Read More

By SANDY CHARLES
Los Alamos

In addition to recent complaints regarding aisles full of boxes and empty shelves, the bathroom by the pharmacy is always filthy and often unusable, the only paper products being those that are already on the floor.

There is usually only one cashier to check people out, and more than once there were none. Long lines for self-checkout are standard activity, always expected.

How did Smith’s manage to gain a stranglehold on the Los Alamos cash cow? What conditions were agreed on by the county government that allowed Smith’s to take over almost all the grocery Read More

By LYNN HANRAHAN
Los Alamos

Pallets of groceries symbolize the malaise of modern America. If you are an old lady and complain about this you are demonized. If you trip over something and break your hip who will care for you — say if you live alone and have limited resources? 

The pictures reminded me of a truly awful job in the spring of 1988 at Ames Department Store in Athens, Ohio when I was stacking hangers below a rack of men’s Hawaiian shirts and my very nasty boss started screaming at me for endangering customers who might catch afoot under the rack.

A disclaimer — someone I gave Read More

By TANYA HOLLAND
Los Alamos

The past year and a half has been incredibly challenging for our family. When my dad’s health began to decline, we made the difficult decision to move him to Los Alamos Assisted Living (Aspen Ridge) to ensure he received the care he needed. While the decision weighed heavily on our hearts, it ultimately proved to be a blessing in disguise.

Prior to his move to Los Alamos, my dad lived with us for 13 years. Transitioning to assisted living was a significant change, and I was deeply worried about his well-being and happiness. However, Los Alamos Assisted Living became more Read More

By SALLY FELLERS
Los Alamos

Once again I’m very grateful to Dr. Ken Werly for a well  written composition, with bullet points, regarding the animal population in town! I wanted to add a few thoughts of my own.

I believe what makes any community special is diversity! Diversity necessitates a balance between the heart and the mind! It has been proven that both are necessary for the well-being of human beings! When out of balance and the heart is disregarded we loose our compassion and become too self-centered for the good of the whole. I believe there’s a solution to the population of deer in  town for Read More