Letters to the Editor

By The Rev. Christopher Adams
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

Painful words from the Vatican were recently offered to all the world: priests cannot bless same-sex marriage because ‘God can’t bless sin’.

Which is, on the surface, a hilariously flawed argument, given that the history of Christianity and large elements of the Hebrew Scriptures evince belief in a God who seemed to bless a great many things we would rightly call sin today: genocide, slavery, and incest just to name a few. I had thought here to provide Scriptural references to the above-mentioned ills, but really, that’s not the Read More

By DAVID TUBBS
Los Alamos

On the 8th of March, thousands of us received a message from NMDOH, which began: “New Mexico is the most efficient state in the country for vaccine distribution …”

What self-congratulatory twaddle, I thought at the time; and nothing since has changed my mind. I certainly did not accept the assertion as truth.

The chorus of public letters from angry, frustrated New Mexicans spoke truth. So did the voices of frustrated local friends, still waiting to be vaccinated, who told me of their friends who drove to Texas or Colorado for vaccine. So, too, did weekly media reports of Read More

By DAVE FOX
Los Alamos

Richard Skolnik, in his logical March 7 letter to the Los Alamos Daily Post (link), asked on what basis I expressed approval of the County Council’s proposal to purchase the CB Fox and Reel Deal buildings with the stated purpose of being able to provide, by legal means, for redevelopment by a developer willing and able to (1) contract with the County to alter the structure or the site, in order to make the most of the opportunity to fill unmet community needs.

Mr. Skolnik wondered, in effect, whether I had data “the rest of us haven’t seen”; and why I was “so approving” of the County Read More

By JIM HALL
Los Alamos

To County Council:

I suggest extending the due diligence period.

CB Fox

I was surprised and disappointed by a recent study estimating the cost of replacing the CB Fox building.   Building costs seem high, but I have no experience with a multistory commercial building. However, resulting costs for someone to own a part of it seem REALLY high. 

Maybe think about a different approach? Perhaps LAC could remodel the building into business condos: primarily shopfronts and offices. Since the building is more than 10 years old, it may not run afoul of current difficulties with Read More

By LYNN HANRAHAN
Los Alamos

I got him out of the garage this past weekend because the weather screamed springtime – a giant plastic plug-in rabbit with a vicious little smile. I carried him home to Gold Street years ago from the TG&Y going out of business sale. Sometimes the garage feels like a museum of a lost Los Alamos.

We have ancient canteens from the Sports Bag. Shelves of books from R-Books and Otowi Station. Everything reminds me of something. The Hunger Games series brings back a particular summer day when Ms. Durbin convinced us we really needed a book about a bunch of teenagers killing Read More

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

As Mr. Dave Fox stated in his March 6 letter to the editor (link), I also very much appreciate the work of the County Council and the many exceptional assets of Los Alamos. However, unless Mr. Fox has data the rest of us have not seen, I don’t know on what basis he is so approving of the County proposal to purchase the CB Fox and Reel Deal buildings.

Before making an individual purchase, we would generally consider:

• What benefits will I get from the purchase, over what period of time?
• How much will it cost me, over what period of time?
• How do the benefits compare to the costs?
• How

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By DAVE FOX
Los Alamos

Councilors,

It may seem presumptuous for a single citizen … but I’m doing it anyway … to offer high compliments to County leadership for the decision to purchase the CB Fox and Reel Deal buildings for the purpose of using lawful tools that assure development of a renewed central core that can be counted on to be built in a manner that serves the folks who live here, and who want to be able to buy locally, as well as to serve those who visit this wonderful place for business, be it LANL-oriented or for private business purposes, or recreation and exploration.

When I arrived in Read More

By JAMES RICKMAN
Los Alamos

The recent Op-Ed by County Councilors David Izraelevitz and Sara Scott on possible purchase of the Reel Deal and CB Fox properties did present one factual piece of information: The County Council’s role is, indeed, to provide for the needs of the community in a responsible manner.

But it doesn’t take a scientist—rocket or otherwise—to understand that ignoring the opinion of the County Attorney and entering into an agreement that potentially violates the New Mexico Constitution is, at the very least, irresponsible.

For those who have been unsuccessful in wading Read More

By GEORGE KYRALA
Los Alamos

In the article published this morning in the Los Alamos Daily Post (link) about the installation of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure, DPU mentioned “Rather than sending data in monthly increments required under IPRA, DPU may be required to send data in 15- and 60-minute increments to the IPRA request”.

This is a ridiculous method to invade an owner’s privacy and should have been discussed and disclosed before implementation or approval.

A foul player can then easily investigate if an owner is home or not, and can plan to invade the home, steal or cause mayhem by just Read More