Opinion

Lawmakers Question Carbon Capture And Sequestration Tech Proposed In Plan To Keep San Juan Plant Running

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Coal miners from San Juan County stand during a hearing Saturday on Senate Bill 489 before the state Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee. They pleaded with lawmakers to adopt an amendment to the bill that would allow the San Juan Generating Station to continue operating. Jane Phillips/For The New Mexican
 
Senate Bill 489, the sweeping Energy Transition Act, whips up tensions at a hearing Saturday before the state Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee. Jane Phillips/For The New Mexican
 
Senate Bill 489, the sweeping Energy Transition Act, whips up tensions
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Letter To The Editor: End Of Life Options Act Shows True Compassion

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By CARL A. NEWTON
Los Alamos

The now dying Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh admonished us for decades to be mindful and compassionate and I struggle to practice that. While listening to the just presented CON remarks, I’m aware that the compassion that I avow is different from their sense of compassion.

My daughter is the minister of a Massachusetts Federated Church, the First Parish Church of Berlin, and the parishioners are United Church of Christ and Unitarian Universalist worshipping together. Although I’m comfortable with naming her in my health care proxy, I will name and rename a local Read More

Tenth Annual ‘Abandoned Senior’ Project A Success

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Scene from last year’s abandoned senior project. Courtesy photo
 
Scene from last year’s abandoned senior project. Courtesy photo
 
By Angela Sanchez-Pope
Los Alamos
 
To WCSS group of United Church of Los Alamos, Fr. Glenn Jones and the Youth Group at Immaculate Heart of Mary and Rev. Laurie Triplett of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church:
 
This letter is to thank you personally for all your help during the 10-year tenure of the abandoned senior project. This project is very difficult and very worthy as it supports several seniors who would not otherwise
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Letter To The Editor: Thank You For Amazing Gifts

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Jeremy Gonzales
Long Term Care Activity Therapy Supervisor
 
To the Youth Group, United Church WCSS, Rev. Laurie Triplett of Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church and Father Glenn Jones of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church:
 
On behalf of the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute Long Term Care residents, I would like to thank you for your donation of Christmas gifts. Your time and thoughtfulness in these amazing gifts is greatly appreciated by our residents. Many of our residents do not have family or friends, which can make the holidays a difficult time for them. Your contribution
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Letter To The Editor: What Don’t Democrats Understand About The Word ‘Permanent’?

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By VERNON KERR
Los Alamos
 
What don’t Democrats understand about the word “Permanent”?
 
There is this $23 billion pot of money in New Mexico’s assets called the Land Grant Permanent Fund that was established in 1912 as a condition of statehood.
 
The fund is perpetuated from parcels that were set aside out of each section of land in the state with these parcels to earn revenue (leases and royalties) for the continuing maintenance of state government. This was to fund state government in perpetuity. The Permanent Fund is responsible for approximately 15 percent of the state operating
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Letter To The Editor: Don’t Be Risk Adverse

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By DON LEPSCH
Los Alamos
 
When you go out of your house you take a risk. If you stay in your house you take a risk. Life is a risk. Let us not be risk averse. The individual should decide. We are citizens and adults. Encourage risk … it is how we advance.
 
When I helped one son (15 years old) with his science project in 1986, he had to ride on top of my 1973 dodge van at 10, 15, 20 and 25 MPH to calibrate his anemometer (an elongated version of a piper cubs) … risky but worth it. He learned something and was proud.
 
When I helped my other son (16 years old) in 1986 …
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Letter To The Editor: Measles … Highly Infectious; Potentially Very Dangerous

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
White Rock
 
I thank the Post for running an article reminding people to get vaccinated against influenza (link).
 
It is also important to remind people to vaccinate their young on schedule against measles, especially since many people do not know how infectious and dangerous measles is.
 
In fact, measles is among the most infectious of all diseases. About 90 percent of unvaccinated people who are exposed to the virus will become infected. By contrast, the recommended two doses of measles vaccine are 97 percent effective in preventing infection.
 
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Letter To The Editor: What Is The Legislature Thinking

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By GREG WHITE
Los Alamos
 
Our Legislature is failing to look at the whole picture on a number of bills that will not only hurt but actually kill New Mexicans.
 
SB 226 seeks to put us on Daylight Savings Time year round. In 1973, Public Law 93-182 enacted year round DST for the whole U.S. beginning Jan. 6, 1974. In October of 1974, it was repealed re-establishing Standard time for the entire U.S. on Oct. 27, 1974. The reason: a significant measurable spike in serious and fatal car accidents involving children going to school in the dark during the months of January and February 1974. The DOE
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Letter To The Editor: Thank You Dr. Bradley Rowberry!

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By KAREN WARTHEN
Los Alamos

I would like to acknowledge Dr. Bradley Rowberry who has served this community for over 25 years!

Dr. Rowberry continues to practice his gastroenterologist specialty at the Endoscopy Center in Los Alamos. He is a highly accomplished doctor and yet remains a humble and kind human being. He has a wonderful, friendly, and skilled staff and leads his team with kind-heartedness.

I hope Dr. Rowberry continues to enjoy the appreciation of his patients and the respect of his colleagues for many more years.

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Letter To The Editor: Consider Renovating Old Smith’s Into Much Needed Community Performing Arts Center

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By MARION PACK
Los Alamos

It has been over two years now since Smiths opened their big Marketplace store. The big space in the MeriMac Shopping Center is still vacant.

I was delighted to see that one of the County Council’s priorities and concerns is to work on the many empty buildings in downtown Los Alamos.

I would like to make a suggestion to them for their consideration.

There is a GREAT NEED for a performing arts center in our town, which is readily available to the community groups. We have been very blessed by the generosity of the churches in town, but one by one they have withdrawn their availability Read More