Opinion

Letter To The Letter: A Vote ‘FOR’ HB33

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By DEBBIE SMITH
Los Alamos
 
As a resident and homeowner, my property value is dependent on the quality of the schools. I support the HB33 Referendum AND open enrollment.

My vote “FOR” means that I make a major contribution to school quality for less than $1 per day. I ensure that my community has access to well-maintained school facilities for concerts, performances, meetings, and, activities.

I provide our children with updated technology, musical instruments, sports equipment, and activity buses. I make sure today’s students have the quality resources my own children had at LAPS.

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Letter To The Editor: Know The Facts Before Speaking

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By ED BIRNBAUM
Los Alamos

A recent letter writer referred to the Santayana quote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” … (this is a more accurate quote from Wikiquote.org), but you first have to get the history right before you can apply it correctly.

Neither Stalin, nor Mao Tse Tung, nor Hitler had to disarm their respective populations before murdering them, since the citizens of these countries prior to WWII never had a significant number of guns in the first place.

Only the relatively few members of the aristocracy and the wealthy had enough money to purchase Read More

Letter To The Editor: Vote Yes On Schools Bond

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By PETE SHEEHEY
Los Alamos County Councilor
By NAISHING KEY

Because we don’t have our own children, we were supporters and observers of our schools system as community members and property owners, until a young nephew came to live with us and attend Los Alamos High School. What he found was a system that had the resources not just to teach reading, writing, science, math and computer skills, but to offer music, sports, debate, and many other extracurricular programs. All of these things helped him learn and grow in many ways, and he was well prepared for college. 

The HB33 schools bond, Read More

Letter To The Editor: We Have A Place For You …

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By GEORGE CHANDLER
Los Alamos

In a recent letter, President Obama was denounced as a Muslim liar bent on disarming the citizenry, as allegedly did Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, and by the juxtaposition the reader was invited to conclude that the President’s agenda is to match their murderous standards. 

Some candidates for president are reconstructing the nativist movements of the 1920’s. Their poll numbers correlate strongly with the levels of extreme absurdity to which they say they would lead this country. 

Barack Obama has ended two wars he didn’t start, avoided involvement in Read More

Letter To The Editor: Response To GOP Approach To Real ID

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By ED BIRNBAUM
Los Alamos

The Republican approach to Real ID has now been laid out in the Los Alamos Daily Post by House Majority Leader Tripp (Letter) and State Representatives Paul Pacheco and Andy Nunez (Letter)in pre-filed legislation for the upcoming legislative session.

Although I think everyone from both parties is on board with creating two tiers of licenses, their proposal for a “driving privilege card” for undocumented immigrants has a set of requirements, which will make it very unlikely that any such person will go to the trouble to obtain one. 

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Letter To The Editor: Amazon Should Collect NM Taxes

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 By RHETA MOAZZAMI
Los Alamos
 
In the third quarter of 2015, Amazon sold $25 billion. I have no way of knowing how much of these goods went to New Mexico households. But, I do know that no New  Mexico taxes were paid on them.
 
I know that local businesses suffered a loss of revenue that could have been spent locally and passed on to New Mexico folks, and that New Mexico citizens suffered a loss of government services because of that loss of revenue. I know that the more local businesses disappear because of this unfair competition, the higher people will pay for the same services,
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Letter To The Editor: ‘Thank You Los Alamos!’

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By SrA DANIEL NEBEL, USAF Band of the Golden West
Los Alamos
 
It is always a pleasure to return to Los Alamos and visit my folks because it is such a unique and generous community. 
 
This year when I returned home for the holidays I performed a recital at Fuller Lodge on New Year’s Eve and was pleasantly surprised to have over 90 people come to the performance!  
 
I took up a free will offering for the Santa Fe Youth Symphony, one of the many ensembles in the area that was vital to my success as a professional musician, and I just sent them $250.  
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Letter To The Editor: Guns Are A Tool, Not The Cause

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By STEVAN PATILLO
Los Alamos
 
Once again Khalil J. Spencer (letter), has illumined the basic problem in our debate(?) about guns in our society.
 
Not only are the two widely separated sides talking past each other, they both ignore the roots of the situation we have found ourself in: Our self perpetuating culture of violence is at the base and where we find ourselves today.
 
Guns are a tool, not the cause. We have become a more angry society. Our answer to any situation is confrontation, not compromise.
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Letter To The Editor: Gun Violence? We Are Fighting The Wrong War

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By KHALIL J. SPENCER
Los Alamos

We are entering another legislative session and at least one gun control bill will be introduced. Such bills will treat the symptoms, gun violence, rather than the diseases. Gun violence is driven by deeper issues, namely our failed wars on drugs and poverty and our addiction to a culture of violence.

As many analysts have told us (e.g., a recent NPR piece) gun control laws are oversold. For example, a tiny fraction of guns traced to crime are purchased at gun shows. Most are trafficked through straw purchases, obtained from acquaintances, or stolen. Often, (e.g., Read More

Letter To The Editor: History…

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By GERALD M. ANTOS
 Los Alamos

Dear Mr. Reilly (letter): 

“Those that forget history are condemned to repeat it.”

  • After disarming the Soviet population, Joseph Stalin murdered 20+ million people;
  • After disarming the Chinese population, Mao Tse Tung murdered 40+ million people;
  • After disarming the German population, Adolf Hitler murdered 14+ million people most of them Jews and Christians; and
  • Barack Obama, a proven liar has an agenda to disarm the U.S. population. He is a Muslim.

And the list continues and is long showing what tyrannical leaders have done to the human race in order Read More