Opinion

Letter To The Editor: Giving Credit Where It Is Due

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By BILL JOHNSON
Los Alamos

In the article “Los Alamos Boosts Light-Water Reactor Research With Advanced Modeling And Simulation Technology,” nominally highlighting some science and engineering advances made at the lab in support of a national reactor program, I note that exactly zero (0) day-to-day lab scientists and engineers are named, only someone calling herself a “software business development executive.” 

This seems odd. Are we to assume that Ms. Kathleen McDonald, the bearer of this lofty title, somehow managed to do all this work by herself? Or Read More

Letter To The Editor: On Banning Plastic Bags

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MARIO SCHILLACI
Los Alamos

In response to the letter from Jody Benson (Let’s Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags):

First of all, I take issue with the misleading heading of the letter. These bags are most definitely NOT single-use. Our household reuses ALL of the plastic grocery bags that we bring home, mostly to collect and contain trash and garbage that get tossed into our roll cart for weekly collection.

We also use these bags for containing our lunch, which is then placed in our rucksacks, for hikes or for work, and they are thus reused many times. I want to emphasize that we do not throw away ANY Read More

Letter to the Editor: Against Plastic Grocery Bag Ban

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By JOHN STEPHENSON
White Rock

I’m writing to voice my opposition to the idea of a plastic grocery bag ban that’s been going around lately. Bag bans have become the latest Eco-Fad for people that don’t have anything better to do than to punish everyone for the actions of a few. They are just a warm fuzzy feel good idea that’s completely ineffective. 

Most of the time I shop at Smiths I bring my own cloth bags since they are sturdy, carry more, and I get bonus rewards points for doing so.  However, I don’t keep any cloth bags in my truck for various reasons, so if I’m driving my truck I need the plastic Read More

Letter To The Editor: Support For A Trap Free New Mexico

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By DIANE GREEN
SANTA FE
I would like to respond to the letter in support of allowing trapping in New Mexico. 
 
I feel it is an issue of cruelty no matter how it is justified. Hunting is nearly zero cruelty (if the hunter knows what they’re doing). But to trap an animal and let it wait for its fate to be sucker shot is unacceptable in my eyes. I don’t necessarily want to run into a predator on a hike, but that doesn’t mean I want all predators world wide destroyed. Everything has their role in the grand scheme of things.

My concern here is that we take a moment and think about what

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Letter To The Editor: Snow On Sidewalks

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By KYLE ZIMMERMAN
Los Alamos

I see that the County’s Public Works Department has solved the issue of snow plows putting snow and ice on freshly plowed sidewalks. You just don’t plow the sidewalks. 

When the heaviest snow storm of the year piled on the snow, what happened to plowing the sidewalks along the major streets? Is Los Alamos no longer trying to be pedestrian friendly?

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Letter to the Editor: Disappointed In Right-To-Work Story

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By EDWARD BIRNBAUM
Los Alamos

I was very disappointed to see the story in the Los Alamos Daily Post on the passage in the House of Right-To-Work legislation (HB 75). 

Instead of presenting both sides of the issue, or just the fact of passage and the obstacles it will face in the Senate, the article consisted of nothing but Republican Party talking points.

How can passage of this bill be labeled as “bipartisan”, when only one Democrat voted for passage?

How can it be labeled as a “compromise”, just because the bill included 50 cent per hour raise in the minimum wage? Read More

Letter to the Editor: Domestic Cat Tracks–Please Take Better Care Of Your Pets

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JAN MACEK
Los Alamos
 
On the coldest days and the snowiest, I always see kitty cat tracks in the snow in our yard.
 
We have had over a foot of snow since Friday night and still, this poor cat is out in the cold and the snow. It is only 11 a.m. and the temps are only in the 20’s. It could be the black and white cat that has been hanging around, or the tabby I saw a few days ago or perhaps the Siamese – all shorthaired cats.
 
If you can not take care of your cat, please do the best and humane thing for it; please take it to the Los Alamos Animal Shelter. Perhaps it can find a better home than
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Letter to the Editor: Open Letter To Honorable Deborah Armstrong

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By MICHAEL L. ADAMS
Los Alamos
 
Open Letter to Honorable Deborah Armstrong.

I’m writing to express my support for your idea of ending personal belief exemptions for vaccinations against preventable diseases.

An examination of data on deaths resulting from preventable diseases in developing countries clearly indicates that outbreaks of preventable diseases are a serious public health concern and result in large quantities of human deaths.

I still remember my grandmother describing how frightening polio was, and how the vaccination was such a “Gift from above.” Read More

Letter to the Editor: Support Regulated Trapping On Public Lands

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By GEORGE CORNELL
Jemez Springs

I thought I would take a moment to respond to Monique Beyerle’s distorted reporting (letter) on trapping in New Mexico in the Feb. 24 edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post.

I would encourage everyone to get online and read the New Mexico Dept. of Game and Fish’s five pages of regulations pertaining to trapping of wildlife in NM that is included in the current years hunting rules and info. Trapping is highly regulated – much like hunting or fishing. I certainly support the notion that everyone is entitled to their opinion – but

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