Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Will Los Alamos County Clerk Issue Marriage Licenses to Same Sex Couples?

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By JIM KALOGEROS-CHATTAN
Los Alamos

Ms. (Sharon) Stover, (Los Alamos County Clerk)

In light of the decisions, following legal review and judges orders, of the County Clerks of Doña Ana, Santa Fe, Bernalillo, San Miguel, Valencia and Taos counties to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, will you, as Los Alamos County Clerk, commit to do the same?

State District Judge Alan Malott has ruled that New Mexico’s constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, going on to say that same sex marriage is legal.

While the argument that it is up to the legislature, Read More

Letter to the Editor: Support a Community Treasure

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By ROBYN SCHULTZ, Chair
Democratic Party of Los Alamos County

The Democratic Party of Los Alamos County joins Chairman Gibson and other local Republicans in support of the UNM-LA Mil Levy.

When I graduated from high school in upstate New York, I chose to attend the local community college for my first two years. Classmates came back from their far flung institutions with exciting tales of huge lecture halls and the anonymity of being at a large school. More than a few returned prematurely from their college experiences, not yet ready for such dramatic changes.

In contrast, my experience was one Read More

Letter to the Editor: Look at UNM-LA Tax Proposal on Its Own Merits

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By ROBERT GIBSON, Chair,
Republican Party of Los Alamos

Los Alamos voters have a rare opportunity to consider a tax increase proposal that actually has sound justification, the UNM-LA mil levy increase.

No community owes more to education nor values it more highly than ours. UNM-LA is an important local educational resource. It does its job well. Its graduation and job placement rates far exceed state averages.

UNM-LA’s operating mil levy has not increased since its founding 30 years ago. Alone, that is not a valid argument for the proposed hike. Their revenue from the existing levy has increased Read More

Letter to the Editor: The Truth About the Mil Tax Increase

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The Truth About the Mil Tax Increase
By PETER HEIMDAHL
Los Alamos
 
Here we go again. Los Alamos voters just approved a large real estate tax assessment to benefit K-12 schools, and now all the town’s power elites are lined up (an ominous omen for ordinary folk) with a very well financed (a big red flag) campaign to push another special election to TRIPLE the tax assessment levied for the local community college.
 

Los Alamos is a fairly affluent town, but we have a substantial population of fixed income taxpayers who simply cannot afford an increased tax bite. Sewage rates and homeowners Read More

Letter to the Editor: Murdered Schoolchildren Killed in ‘Gun Free Zones’

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By THOMAS J. FARISH
Parent of three LAHS graduates, and one current student

I must respond to Ms. Nancy Schick’s letter complaining about the Los Alamos Schools leasing the old Pueblo gym to the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club for their Gun Show.

I find it appalling that Ms. Schick seems ignorant of the fact that that all of the murdered schoolchildren she alludes to were killed in “gun-free zones.” Perhaps we should re-name those areas “defenseless-victim zones” because that illustrates much more clearly their effect on the safety of our children.

I pray that in future we will have the Read More

Letter to the Editor: Response Regarding the Funding of the Art Work at UNMLA

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By LISA J. WISMER
Director, Business Operations
UNM Los Alamos

Initiated in 2005, UNM Los Alamos was able to secure capital improvement funding for some small projects from the 2006 GO Bond and also the 2008 Severance Tax allotments. Combining all the resources to meet the designated capital improvements resulted in the construction of Wallace Hall and the complete renovation of the Flo Science wing. 

As required for all capital improvement projects, 1 percent of funding was automatically earmarked for Art in Public Places. This amounted to $12,500 and not enough to make a big impact Read More

Letter to the Editor: Thank You to the Community

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BY COLEEN MEYER
Los Alamos

I want to extend my thanks to everyone in the Los Alamos community who helped me host a local Geocaching event this past Saturday. 

The event was held at the Coffee House Cafe. The staff did a wonderful job with our crowd. Everyone raved about the food, coffee and accommodations. The Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce put together welcome bags with useful local information.

This was the first time in Los Alamos for many of the geocachers; others said they have not been on the Hill in years. The information pack contained maps, lists of shops/dining, and information on the Read More

Letter to the Editor: Gun Show at Pueblo Complex: Irrelevant Battle of Style Rather than Substance

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By KHAL SPENCER
Los Alamos

Nancy Schick’s editorial in Sunday’s Los Alamos Daily Post boils down to one issue. She does not like guns, sees them only in the context of school shootings, and does not want the school district to be in any way associated with guns or a gun show. She is certainly entitled to her opinion, but her opinion should not be the basis of the Schools’ policy.

First of all, I take issue with the tone of her essay. The Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club (of which I am a member, but speaking for myself here) bears little resemblance to “…a white-supremacist Read More

Letter to the Editor: Vote FOR UNM-LA. It’s Important!

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By Chris Chandler
Los Alamos

I guess I jumped the gun…

Last week I started checking the mail  for my ballot. I quizzed my husband about it, thinking that he had accidently misplaced it. Voting to support the UNM-LA  mil levy is important, and I sure didn’t want to miss my chance. So I contacted the County Clerk. The ballots will be out this week, the week of Aug. 26. I’m glad that I called … better to be safe than sorry. 

UNM-LA is an important asset to the community. High school students, young adults and long time residents can, and do, enjoy the excellent course offerings. UNM-LA also Read More

Letter to the Editor: Pueblo Complex is Not a School

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By Gerald Antos
Los Alamos

In response to Nancy Schick’s Letter to the Editor published Sunday in the Los Alamos Daily Post …

In light of your many years of service and awards, I feel you have forgotten one thing. Pueblo complex is not a school and the school system that owns it can do what they darn well please.

They are being paid for the use and can CHOOSE to overlook liberal viewpoints like yours and rent to a community organization and hold a gun show. The people of the shooting club and MANY others in this community believe that the right to self protection by any means but especially firearms Read More