Opinion

Letter To The Editor: Truth Matters

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By MIRANDA VISCOLI, Co-president
New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence

Mr. Visel’s latest offensive and dangerous diatribe (link) attacking the important work of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (NMPGV) is a troubling reminder that we live in a time when a complete disregard for the facts and intentional distortion of the truth is the new law of the land.

He states, rather emphatically, that NMPGV is financially backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. There is not an ounce of truth to this statement. New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence has never received a dime of funding from Mr. Read More

Letter To The Editor: Kroger Eyesore In Heart Of Town

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By KHAL SPENCER
Los Alamos
 
I find it rather humorous that several present County Councilors are grumbling about the half-empty, dilapidated Mari Mac Plaza (https://ladailypost.comcontent/no-bites-former-smith%E2%80%99s-building), whose crown jewel of festering dilapitude is the abandoned former Smith’s grocery building. Indeed, it was a past council that contributed to this situation by letting Krogers lease the Marketplace parcel south of Trinity at a very attractive rate while allowing the company to control the use of the old parcel by what the Los Alamos Daily
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Letter To The Editor: PVMS Cheer Team

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By CASSANDRA MARTINEZ
PVMS Cheer Coach
 
On behalf of the Pojoaque Valley Middle School Cheerleaders, this letter is a request for support from you and/or your business.
 
In the upcoming school year, our cheerleading squad plans on supporting and cheering at all of our Middle School teams atheltic events which includes football, volleyball, and both girls and boys basketball. We are incredibly excited to represent PVMS to the best of our ability.
 
However, the cost for us to attend and support our Middle School athletes at all of these activities has placed us in need of support
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Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero Endorses Jeff Apodaca For Governor Of New Mexico

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By Sheriff Marco V. Lucero
Los Alamos County
 

As the Sheriff of Los Alamos County, I would like to express my strong support of Jeff Apodaca in his bid to be the next Governor of New Mexico.  

 
I grew up with Jeff and have known him, his values, and his character since we were 12 years old. Together we attended junior high through our college days at the University of New Mexico. Jeff was presented with some very difficult circumstances while he was young, and his unwavering faith and strength helped him overcome cancer. This is a true testament to his character.
 
Mr. Apodaca’s
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Letter To The Editor: Response To Miranda Viscoli

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By ROBERT VISEL
Los Alamos
 
Miranda Viscoli, Co-president of New Mexicans To Prevent Gun Violence, claims her organization is NOT a gun control group.
 
Everything she stated in her recent letter was right out of the Gun Controller’s Playbook. This organization, as well as all the other gun control groups, are financially backed by none other than former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and are using his money to pay for these so called “Buybacks”.
 
First of all, It should not be called a “Gun Buyback” since you never sold them in the first place.
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Letter To The Editor: LAJGA Thanks Sponsors

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By TIM HAMMOCK
Los Alamos

The Los Alamos Junior Golf Association would like to thank all the wonderful sponsors and golfers who helped make the LAJGA golf tournament such a fun and
successful event.

Your support is greatly appreciated!

Hole Sponsors:

  • Dave’s Sports Cuts
  • Aspen Copies
  • Papa Murphy’s Los Alamos
  • Shannon Corporation
  • Karen Wray Fine Art
  • Linda H. Hull
  • Neptune & Co.
  • Allen Technical Solutions LLC
  • Viola’s Place
  • Bill Williams
  • Mike & Patsy Sylvester
  • Blue Sky Traditions
  • Monica’s Hair Salon and Boutique
  • Kelly & Magali Cook
  • Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation
  • CB Fox
  • Precision
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Letter To The Editor: Death Toll Of 9/11

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By Dr. T. DOUGLAS REILLY
Los Alamos
 
On Monday the USA remembered the 16th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and the failed attempt to attack another DC building that resulted in the plane crash near Shanksville, Penn.
 
The combined death toll from these four events was 2995. Please consider the further death toll from these attacks:
 
The Afghanistan and Iraq Wars were, and still are being, fought as a response to the events of 9/11. The combined toll at present of military people from the USA, Iraq and Afghanistan, and coalition
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Letter To The Editor: Regarding The Nuisance Code

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By BRADY BURKE
Los Alamos

Perhaps the problem isn’t the ordinance, but its enforcement.

There was a comment by a former CA highway patrol officer who said that he could easily find three violations on any new vehicle. That kind of enforcement would be considered abusive and non-productive, unless he was looking to generate revenue. The public would really prefer that he focus on issues that present a danger to the traveling public or the driver and their occupants.

The terms of the Nuisance Ordinance are not extreme, but using that ordinance to enforce petty aesthetic issues, is an abuse Read More

Letter To The Editor: Yes, Gun Buybacks Do Work And They ‘Feel Good’ Too

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By MIRANDA VISCOLI, Co-president  
New Mexicans To Prevent Gun Violence

Robert Visel could not have said it better in his editorial, “Gun Buyback Farce.”

In his letter to the editor he calls New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence gun buybacks a “Feel good maneuver”. Yes, it does “feel good” to see a widow bring in her departed husband’s arsenal of guns that have been left in their bedroom closet. It feels great to see the relief on grandparents’ faces when they know that their guns will not get into their grandchildren’s hands. Or, the proud young father with his newborn bringing in a semi-automatic Read More

Letter To The Editor: In The Great Gun Debate, Both Sides Need Practice Hitting The Target

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By KHAL SPENCER
Los Alamos
 
It’s an unfortunate observation, nearly rising to the level of a physical law, that both sides in the Great Gun Debate will usually miss the target on any given issue.
 
After the recent Clovis Library mass shooting, someone wrote a long essay to the Santa Fe New Mexican calling for a ban on concealed carry in libraries. But concealed carry was irrelevant to the shooting as the shooter, at 16 years old, was not a legal concealed carrier nor eligible to become one at his age. Further, it should be noted that in spite of concealed carry being lawful in libraries,
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