Opinion

Letter To The Editor: Response To ‘No To Wendys’

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By DENNIS LITTLE
Los Alamos
 
Mr. Visel, Los Alamos County Council and Los Alamos P&Z,
 
I’m an extremely regular fast food eater (almost every work day), and completely agree with Mr. Visel — we absolutely do not need another hamburger place.
 
It would be easier to count places that DON’T serve hamburgers than it would be to count the ones that do.
 
PLEASE get us some variety of fast food. In addition to those mentioned by Mr. Visel, I’d also like to propose a Popeye’s Chicken, Wienerschnitzel, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Arby’s,
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Letter To The Editor: No To Wendys

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By ROBERT VISEL
Los Alamos
 
This town (Los Alamos) doesn’t need is another burger joint! So, before the County gives its OK for a Wendy’s let’s see if we can get something better like a Kentucky Fried Chicken (or Church’s), or a Taco Bell to take over the old McDonalds building.
 
Los Alamos is seriously lacking in its variety of choices for fast food places and another Burger Joint is certainly NOT the answer!
 
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World Futures: Profit, Non-Profit, Not-for-Profit – Part 1

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By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
 
Inferring from the title, one might anticipate this series is about businesses. It is and it is not.
 
It is in that as humanity developed, trade became essential. It is not because humanity has a need to survive and that requires working together in an “organized” manner. Perhaps this is better visualized with the bubble model I am fond of.
Checking today, there are 7.7 billion living people on the world. These are individual bubbles bouncing around with dependence on other bubbles and the “fluid” they are in. When people get together
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Letter To The Editor: Smith’s Marketplace Has Lost Yet Another Customer

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By CINDY LITTLE
Los Alamos

Smith’s Marketplace couldn’t possibly make their disdain for their customers any more clear.

As if the Visa credit card fiasco wasn’t bad enough, they have now removed both express checkout lanes, apparently under the assumption that anyone who has 15 items or less would be just as happy going through the self-checkout as an express lane.

I wonder if they ever noticed that there were always people using the express lane? I wonder if they ever watched how people struggle trying to figure out how to use the self-checkout?

If I wanted to work in a grocery store, I would apply
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Letter To The Editor: Study Shows Kroger Prices 14.4 Percent Higher Than Walmart

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By PETER HEIMDAHL
Los Alamos
 
Kroger claims its Smith’s supermarkets no longer accepts Visa credit cards because of excessive fees and to “keep” prices low.
 
This doesn’t ring true, because a recent report reveals that Kroger’s prices aren’t low to begin with.
 
Kroger’s average best price was 14.4 percent higher than Walmart’s (which accepts Visa) on a basket of goods in eight big markets around the nation, according to an examination produced by Chris Mandeville, an analyst at New York investment firm Jefferies. This is a multiyear high, Mandeville
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Letter To The Editor: About Regional Coalition…

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By CAMILLE MORRISON
Los Alamos
 
Last year I told someone who was on the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities that it was our Congressional Delegation’s job to get money for the State and if they aren’t doing their job then we should vote them out. His reply was that they reached out to Udall’s staff and they were unresponsive.
 
Both Senator Heinrich and Representative Lujan were reelected. If Representative Lujan is elected Senator he will continue the good job Senator Udall is doing.
 
Now that Stephanie Garcia Richard is NM Commissioner of Public Lands
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Letter To The Editor: Support Pride Los Alamos

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By ANNA DILLANE
Los Alamos
 
Every community has its defining moments. Los Alamos has had a few. One recent defining moment occurred in June of 2018.
 
I had the honor of being part of a small group of dedicated people who put together the first-ever Los Alamos celebration of Pride. For the first time in Los Alamos history, this community was given an opportunity to stand up and tell our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer + (LGBTQ+) family members, friends, coworkers and neighbors; “We see you! WE SUPPORT YOU! You are one of us!”
 
Hundreds of people, from babies
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Letter To The Editor: Climate & Energy Transition

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By CAMILLA FEIBELMAN
Rio Grande Chapter Director
Sierra Club

 

You probably heard that PNM announced Monday that they will reach 100 percent carbon-free by 2040, five years earlier than ETA requires. This is very exciting news and moves us even faster toward protecting our planet.
 
PNM wasn’t specific about how they’ll get to 100 percdent and what technologies they’ll use to reach the goal. But they did say that they will be building 140MW of wind and that battery prices are falling fast. They also said they’d offer different scenarios and that “we”
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Letter To The Editor: In Response To Mr. Brown

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By GREG WHITE
Los Alamos

I am writing in response to Mr. Brown (link).

Unfortunately, both sides are entrenched like a WWI battlefield when it comes to abortion. Which unfortunately is not the problem only a symptom. The problem is since 1959 this country has done many things to kick GOD out of the country and deny he even exists. Mostly manifesting itself in ever growing hatred toward Christians.

While many people will disagree with my next statement, I ask them to investigate their faiths teachings as opposed to how they personally believe what their faith teaches. Orthodox Jews, Hindus, Muslims Read More

Letter To The Editor: To The Pro-Life New Mexican

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By JAKE BROWN
Los Alamos

To the Pro-Life New Mexican – it’s time to take action. It’s time to stop thinking that by just voting Republican we will stop the murder of innocent New Mexican babies.

Before you tune out because I called it “murder” tell me: what is the word for the unlawful premeditated killing of an innocent human life?

We have technology today which makes it impossible to deny that a fetus is a human. “Fetus” just means “offspring” anyway, and for a human woman that would be a child, and we all speak English, so let’s just call it what it is: murdering a human child.

“Ending a pregnancy” as Planned Read More