Opinion

Letter To The Editor: Stop The Madness – Send Employees Home

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By DUNCAN HAMMON
White Rock

The time has come for LANL to pause operations and send the employees home. 

It’s beginning to look like management is more interested in performance bonuses than in the wellbeing of the workforce – community – state – country. 

The rest of New Mexico is enduring the economic hardship that results from efforts to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. LANL can afford a break in operations better than any of the private businesses in the State. LANL will receive their funds if they work or not. 

With the Federal government looking at a trillion dollar economic boost there

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Letter To The Editor: LA Taxi Provides Needed Service

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By CAMILLE MORRISON
White Rock

I no longer drive so I take LA Taxi to the airport or to doctor’s appointments in Albuquerque. 

I take the Rail Runner to Albuquerque when I visit friends. The taxi takes me to the train station in the morning and back home from the train station when I return in the evening.

The bus doesn’t run on weekends so I take the taxi when I go someplace that is not within walking distance of my house. Cindy (LA Taxi owner Cindy Capelli) and I have become good friends. She provides a service that is needed in Los Alamos.

Take the taxi and leave the driving to Cindy or one of Read More

World Futures: Privacy Or Is It Secrecy? Part 1

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By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute

Privacy, what is it? The word quickly becomes complicated in its meaning depending on how it is used.

In examining the word, I find the bubble model is useful in building a mental model. Imagine the world is a really big bubble filled with smaller bubbles, each of which may be filled with yet smaller bubbles until you reach the smallest bubble, the human being.

Inside the world bubble and all the smaller bubbles is a fluid called information. It is extremely complicated because a single human bubble may join lots of larger bubbles and larger bubbles Read More

Letter To The Editor: The Cutting Of A Favorite Tree

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By CHICK KELLER
Los Alamos 

After the Cerro Grande Fire we went behind our burned house to water several trees also partially burned.

The tallest one was hard to water but we kept at it and saved it. Tall, majestic and home to many birds. We have enjoyed it ever since.

But now the county wants to cut it down because if it was blown over it might bring down a power line.

I tried to get them to reconsider. It’s been there for decades and no one worried about it. Why now?

I asked if I could pay for a restraining cable to be put in. They said no.

So a beautiful tree is to go. At least people should mourn it.

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Letter To The Editor: Alternative Foods = Better Environment

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By BRIGHAM CONLIN
Los Alamos High School
Student

Personally, I really love meat. I don’t care if it is beef, chicken, fish, really any kind I like it.

I will eat any meat without a second thought about where it came from or how it is for my health. Up until recently, I did not even consider the environmental effects of raising the animals that produce the meat.

Despite my enjoyment of meat, I was never informed of the large emissions of gases caused by the raising and maturing of animals. These gases include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane. They heat the world’s climate and are a large reason Read More

Letter To The Editor: Homes On Middle School Property

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By CAMILLE MORRISON
White Rock

We moved to Los Alamos in 1967. We were assigned a quad unit on Walnut Street. The Los Alamos Master Plan was to develop North Mesa after Barranca Mesa so the Junior High school was built on North Mesa.

Instead White Rock was built next. Land was set aside for a JHS but it was never built. The Pinon Trail subdivision was eventually built on the land.

We moved to White Rock in 1970 because Home Planning was building affordable houses. We had an unbelievable view of the mountains. In 1994 North Mesa was being developed so the fireworks were moved to White Rock. We had a front row Read More

Letter To The Editor: Will Gun Control Be Efficient?

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By CAMILLE ROMERO
Los Alamos Student

I am Camille Romero, a 15 year old at Los Alamos High School and have taken a hunter safety course as well as been in a situation where my family and I have had to use a gun to defend ourselves from a mountain lion.

This experience helped me realize how important guns can be when someone is in a position where they need to defend themselves from an animal or a person. Without a gun, my family and I would have had to face the consequences of getting attacked by that mountain lion.

Today in New Mexico gun control is an issue that is being discussed in the legislature as well as Read More

Letter To The Editor: Issues Surrounding UnQuarked

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By AARON WALKER
White Rock

It is extremely clear that the county has no intent of resolving the issue with UnQuarked in a reasonable, fair manner. The only intended outcome is the county protecting its own employees, whether there was any wrongdoing or not.

This has been made clear by the “hearing” that took place just the other day. The county manager, Harry Burgess was allowed to remain on the hearing board without even listening to the reasoning brought by the representatives from UnQuarked. Mr. Burgess oversees the CDD, where the red tag was initiated. He therefore has a clear and vested interest
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Letter To The Editor: Beware Of Socialism Coming To America

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By PAM PRICHARD
Los Alamos

Anyone considering voting for socialist Bernie Sanders should read the new book, The House of Yan, by Lan Yan.

She details how, during the socialist Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976) under Chairman Mao Zedong, her parents, grandfather, and several aunts and uncles were condemned as “anti-revolutionaries” because they were well educated, intellectual, and held important jobs as civil servants, teachers, translators, etc.

They were falsely accused, arrested, humiliated, imprisoned, beaten, starved and tortured. Some were killed, while others were

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Letter To The Editor: CB Fox Exemplifies What Makes A Community Vibrant And Desirable

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By BILL ENLOE
Los Alamos

 

I am saddened that CB Fox is closing after 40 years.

The owners, David, Anne and Andy have served the needs of our community in a way large businesses can’t.

They are a part of Los Alamos and care not just for the profit they can extract from sales, but how they can improve our lives. They have contributed thousands of dollars to good causes, not just for publicity, but because they are good citizens.

I have dealt with many retailers and the Foxes are among the best at evolving their business to reflect the changing and fickle desires of their customers.

Their business exemplifies Read More