By ALLAN MARCUSWhile I appreciate that some people don’t feel comfortable actually talking to their neighbors, please stop publishing anonymous letters about dog barking.
I have about the same interest in listening to an anonymous person whining about something they are doing nothing to resolve as I do listening to a dog bark incessantly.
If you can’t stand up and advocate for yourself then stop complaining about the dog that is just doing that. Read More
By SHEILA BRANDTThanks to Karen Mehlin and Khalil Spencer for providing links to the NM Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC).
I found the data on the JPEC website (https:////www.nmjpec.org/en) to be of interest, particularly when I reviewed, in full, the perspectives of the various subgroups.
Attorneys were split in their recommendations to retain Judge Raphaelson. Resource Staff (e.g., law enforcement, probation and parole officers, etc.) were 78 percent in favor of her retention while JPEC judges did not recommend retention.
Jurors Read More
By PAT and ANN SORANLos Alamos is a unique, wonderful community with good schools, favorable climate and beautiful scenery. However, there are those in our community who need some aid in order to enjoy these gifts.
Fortunately, there are resources available to facilitate these needs, but they likewise need funding to accomplish their missions. Both of us have been regular contributors to the United Way for several decades. We have watched our donations used wisely to ‘give a hand’ to those who, for whatever reason, can use a boost. This year Read More
By R. Wayne Hardie
By Dog Owner With A Suggestion
I am also regularly awakened throughout the night and early morning hours by barking dogs.
I once contacted LAPD to report a neighbor dog’s nighttime incessant barking and was told to resolve the issue with the neighbor. I wasn’t comfortable doing that; and I concluded it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway because there are barky dogs throughout the neighborhood – not just next door on my street. The sound of barking dogs can be magnified by and reverberate off the structures and canyons nearby, making it nearly impossible to pinpoint which houses harbor the nuisance Read More
By COENE SCHMAUN
Los Alamos
On Monday, Oct. 6, I ended up ditching my motorcycle involuntarily, due to a flat tire. I wish to thank several motorists; in particular, two gentlemen, who stopped and stayed until the emergency personal had arrived.
Fortunately for me, my injuries could have been much worse; I never lost consciousness, and my cell phone even worked, despite being drug through the dirt. So, I was able to call for assistance; however, the two men stopped, got my bike up, and made sure I wasn’t more seriously hurt.
In the confusion of LAPD, LAFD arriving, even though I did ask their Read More
By KHALIL SPENCERIts unfortunate when citizens have to petition the government for a redress of grievances as simple as asking a neighbor to control their dog, but civilization in Los Alamos seems to have come to that.
In our case, we have few problems with incessant barking, but I have, on occasion, walked to the street to get the morning paper and barely avoided a “soft landing” on something left on the sidewalk by a neighbor walking his or her dog.
It should go without saying that good citizenship means cleaning up after your dog when it drops a reminder of its presence in a heavily used Read More
By GIL MIRANDAIn the 42 years that I have lived in Los Alamos County, the only department and body that have always been consistently above board, open and honest with the citizens of Los Alamos are the Utilities Department and the Utilities Board.
That’s a lot more than I can say for any of the County Councils or their spokesmen.
By ANTHONY A. AMSDENWith all the viewpoints pro and con regarding the utilities issue, it appears to me that John Arrowsmith, in his Oct. 9 letter to the Los Alamos Daily Post, zeroes in on the basic issue concerning the proposed change to Article 5 of the County charter: how much autonomy should the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) have. Right now it is a semi-independent entity. The proposed change to the charter could adversely affect its operation. Other former heads of the DPU concur.
Mr. Arrowsmith is one of the sharpest people Los Alamos County has ever been fortunate enough Read More
By New Los Alamos Resident
I am happy to see the barking dog issue come into the news.
I recently moved to Los Alamos and have a wonderful new home in a wonderful neighborhood, but I am surrounded by barking dogs, which are a constant frustration. The owners of these dogs are rude, thoughtless and unmannered. I have no objection to a dog barking a few times at what it perceives as a threat, but then the barking should be stopped by the owner. The message has been passed up the chain of command and the dog has done his duty. That doesn’t usually happen.
The dogs around me bark for no reason that’s Read More