Opinion

Letter To The Editor: Issues With CYFD …

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By ALBERT FRIESEN
Los Alamos
 
Why can’t the CHild Youth and Families Department (CYFD) allow a respondent to take the matter to trial so the parent can deny the charges levied by an enemy?
 
I know the cases are sealed and or sequestered in the children’s court of law and that the CYFD makes fraudulent claims that they had the neglect/abuse petitions served upon the parent, that the CYFD claims the mediation process is one way verbally then after the parent signs the document read to them by the CYFD’s attorney the mediation process becomes torture and forced disappearance
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Letter To The Editor: Glad For Yard Trimming Success … But Hate Cutback On Recycling Cart

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By DIANN MILLS
Los Alamos

I’m glad to hear the yard trimming carts have been successful. But your decision to collect recycling every other week is not working for anyone I know.

I was not aware that residents can have up to three recycle carts. But even that won’t solve the problem in my neighborhood. We have limited curb space because most residences here have little off-street parking. If everyone had three recycle carts there would be no place to put them. And having three recycle carts, one yard trimming cart and one trash cart also is problematic for an area that has few garages.

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Letter To The Editor: Thanks County, Community, Staff!

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By Lyle and Gayle Cunningham
Owners of Bob’s Bodacious BBQ

We would like to thank the community for the very warm Grand Re-Opening we had on July 2 at Bob’s Bodacious BBQ!

Acquiring the business was a long process, with the best reward at the end – the ability to continue to serve the communities of Los Alamos and White Rock.

Our family loves this area, and we are pleased to add this fabulous local business to our own family.

To that end, we would like to especially acknowledge the help and support of our County officials in making this a smooth transition.

The County officials we have worked with to acquire Read More

World Futures: Statistics (And Probability) – Part Four

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By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World
Futures Institute

In the previous column (Part Three) we ended with a question about statistics and its uses – investing, making money, providing governance, managing the budget, making choices, or something else.

As an example, consider baseball, professional baseball. For the vast majority of us, baseball is a form of entertainment as well as a sometimes highly emotional activity (are you a Yankees or a Red Sox fan?) without any real consequence other than bragging rights, unless, of course, you are betting on the outcome.

But what about the teams themselves Read More

Letter To The Editor: Janus Decision Highly Amusing, Refreshing

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By RICHARD NEBEL
Los Alamos
 
This is a response to two recent articles in the Los Alamos Daily Post, one by the Rio Grande Foundation and another by the American Federation of Labor, concerning the Janus decision. I hate to say this, but I think the whole thing is highly amusing. I know the plaintiff, Mark Janus. He’s the same age I am and I grew up with him (church, Boy Scouts, school). I haven’t seen him since high school, but this whole episode is entirely in character.
 
Mark Janus isn’t some right wing political activist. I remember him as being a bit of an obnoxious loudmouth. He
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Letter To The Editor: Why I Switched From DTS To Democrat So I Could Vote For James Robinson

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By CAMILLE MORRISON
Los Alamos
 
First let me tell you why I switched from DTS to Democrat so I could vote for James Robinson. It’s because he switched from a leadership roll in the Republican party and became a Democrat. I switched from DTS to Democrat so I could vote for Bernie Sanders. It was to late for him but I wanted to encourage the young people who supported him to run for office some day. I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
 
 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a 28-year-old liberal activist daughter of working class immigrants who was a Bernie Sanders campaign
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Letter To The Editor: LAPS Is Requesting Assistance

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Dr. KURT STEINHAUS
LAPS Superintendent

Come join the LAPS Team and make a difference for our children!

This letter is to request your assistance in finding applicants for vacant LAPS positions. Please help spread the word. The areas of greatest need are special education, early childhood, custodians, instructional assistants, bus drivers, and teachers at Los Alamos Middle School and Los Alamos High School.

A full list of vacancies can be found here: https:////laschools.net/careers/

With your help, I am confident we will find the people needed to build upon our tradition of excellence. Read More

Letter To The Editor: The Fight Will Continue…

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By ROBERT VISEL

Los Alamos
 
Khalil Spencer makes a lot of good points in his/her letter. Unfortunately, until the Left, Liberal, Anti-Gun crowd is willing to listen and quit generating lies and deceit to advance their agenda nothing will ever get accomplished when it comes to guns and how they relate to the violence in this country.
 
They won’t accept concrete facts and make forceful and bitter verbal attacks against those that don’t agree with them and many resort to MOB violence! These are the type of individuals that expect us to cave into their demands and that’s not going
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Letter To The Editor: Accountability Is Not A Bad Word

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By HOPE MORALES
Santa Fe
 
The culture of our state is deeply rooted in building relationships and maintaining respect; as a young Hispanic girl, I was taught to acknowledge every adult in the room with a hug or handshake. I was taught to respect those who were older than me, those who were in “charge,” and those with whom I worked. “Compadres” of my grandparents are well known to my entire family and our family has only grown in the relationships we have developed. This is true for many New Mexico families. But are our relationships and fear of “hurting others’ feelings” holding us back as a state?
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World Futures: Statistics (And Probability) – Part One

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By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World
Futures Institute
 

In exploring the future of humanity and the world we must rely on the collection and analysis of statistical data and apply the inferences drawn to decision making, selecting what road we will take both collectively and individually.

In the previous series of columns about risks, rewards and responsibilities, we started with probability and concluded that often we cannot truly assess the probabilities in making personal decisions. Will he or she say yes or no when we ask her or him for a date? Yet in many fields of endeavor we are completely Read More