- By Joel M. Williams
- Los Alamos
- County Council members and administrators,
- The county has finally reached the drop-dead point with regard to the redo of N.M. 502 from Knecht to Tewa Loop.
- The hastily generated design created by PW (Public Works) in January was done without serious critiquing, endorsed by the Transportation Board under questionable circumstances, and approved quickly by the Council as it “needed to rush this through urgently to insure funding,” even as some of us indicated that it would not meet LOS.
- This design has now been soundly rejected by state
Opinion
El Ilumindo Shines Light on Past
Review by Kirsten Laskey
It is easy to leave the past in the textbooks and some musty corner of a public library. But what happens when a piece of history sneaks its way into the present?
Writer Ilan Stavans and Illustrator Steve Sheinkin explore this phenomenon in their graphic novel, “El Iluminado.”
The book begins with a suspenseful and spine-tingling scene. In the dead of night a man, Rolando Perez, is being chased to the edge of a cliff in some lonely spot of the New Mexico desert. Rolando’s pursuer, a villainous silhouette, is demanding something but Rolando insists he does not have it. As he Read More
Letter to the Editor: Boot Camp a Valuable Experience
New Councilors attend County Governance Boot Camp from left, Steven Girrens, Pete Sheehey, Kirsten Henderson and Rick Reiss. Courtesy photoBy Steven Girrens
Los Alamos Councilor-Elect
This past week our newest Councilor Rick Reiss and Councilors-Elect Kristin Henderson, Pete Sheehey and myself spent two-and-a-half days at a County Governance Boot Camp in Albuquerque.
Though no physical training, close order drills or snap inspections were involved, we were indoctrinated to several aspects of county commissioner service including roles and responsibilities, ethics and Read More
Letter to the Editor: Driving is Not a Right
Khalil J Spencer
League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructor 1173
The Sunday morning Monitor reminded us of just how close we came to killing some children at the Montessori School on Canyon Road.
Why? Because as County Engineer Kyle Zimmerman tells us, our safety is held hostage by a few “irrational” drivers.
Not only do we not control them, but it seems difficult to even know who the people are who are trying to kill us, including another driver who crashed the same week on Main Hill Road while, according to the Daily Post, driving aggressively and passing another vehicle.
Often, Read More
Letter to the Editor: Put Better Thought to Historic District
By Linda Goforth
Co-founder, Fuller Lodge/Historic District Advisory Board
I attended the meeting tonight (Nov. 14) of the 90 percent stage of drawn planning for the updated Ashley Pond.
The plans are approved by the County Council about 90 percent to 10 percent interest in the actual maintenance of the Historic District as it should be considered, with native plants of the Jemez Mountains only, cattails, moss, certain grasses, and only the kind of fish that would be found in a pond in the Jemez.
It seems that no one has asked the Game and Fish Department to stock it with the Rainbow and Brown Trout Read More
Letter to the Editor: Heart Council Thanks Many
Barbara Blair
Los Alamos Heart Council
The 27th annual Los Alamos Heart Council Health Fair was held at Griffith Gymnasium Saturday, Oct. 27.
What a tremendous success! We had close to 1,700 attendees. There were 67 exhibitors representing a wide range of health-related organizations.
More than 700 flu shots were given and 307 blood draws were done. Along with many other health screenings, 190 bike helmets were given out to Los Alamos and Northern New Mexico children.
The Health Fair is only possible with the support of many organizations, a large number of volunteers, and the Read More
Letter to the Editor: Thanks for Informative Column
By JJ Maier
Los Alamos
Dear Ralph, et al,
My perception is that the “media” needs a ‘close race’ in order to retain the purchase of commercial time by both “sides”,and thereby maintain their seriously large financial income streams from same.
Facts and benefits to the “People/community” have become unimportant and are no longer a consideration, even though that is the commitment they supposedly make to utilize “the airwaves, which belong to the People.”
Thanks for your informative column.
(Los Alamos Daily Post Nov. 9, 2012: “Thoughts from a – hopefully – Enlightened Skeptic” Read More
Letter to the Editor: Vaccines – Do the Rights of the Many Outweigh the Rights of the Few?
By Tina Schueler
Los Alamos
In response to recent concerns voiced about vaccine rights, this is a case of the rights of the many vs. the rights of the few.
Vaccines only work to preserve the general population if “herd immunity” is achieved, when vaccines are administered to a high percentage (85 percent.)
With fewer parents vaccinating their children whether due to personal choice, safety concerns or greater awareness of the health risks to a susceptible child, this high percentage is not being met in some areas and outbreaks have occurred.
Our medical community is rightly concerned Read More
Letter to the Editor: Once Upon a Time…
By TJ Taub
Once upon a time there was a tiny hamlet that basked in bounty and wanted for little if anything.
There were plentiful jobs, excellent schools, solid housing, varied retail, all situated in a location both strategic (not too close, not too far) and extremely beautiful.
Life was both good and predictably good for many, many years.
But the winds of change blew over the land and, finally, over the little hamlet. Security of life enjoyed for decades began to become less assured and the hamlet’s major benefactor began to change, leaving the hamlet and its wellbeing increasingly Read More
Letter to the Editor: Big Thanx to Mayor Cordova
JJ Maier
Los Alamos
Every cause needs a negative force to fight and overcome … so it is with saving “The Building” in Eagle Nest, N.M.
The Mayor has obliged by being the villain setting onerous hurdles for the Village to overcome.
Had he, instead, joined forces with his constituents to save the last remnant of Eagle Nest’s earliest history, the citizen effort to preserve it probably would not be so successful – everyone should send a big “Thanx!” to Mayor Richard Cordova!
Plan to attend the Eadle Nest Council Meeting Nov. 20, followed by a week of celebration at the soon-to-be-restored historic Read More