Politics

Lunch With A Leader Sept. 19

by

LWV News:
 
The League of Women Voters presents their monthly community event, Lunch with a Leader at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 19 in Mesa Library.
 
Their guest speakers will be Jennifer Sublett and Lynn Bjorkland from the US Forest Service. They will be discussing the Forest Service – its history, management, goals. budget, etc. This information will help the League with their study regarding the transfer of federal public land to NM.
 
Jennifer is currently a District Volunteer Coordinator in the recreation and trails program with the SF National Forest. She
Read More

Letter To The Editor: Regarding The Nuisance Code

by

By BRADY BURKE
Los Alamos

Perhaps the problem isn’t the ordinance, but its enforcement.

There was a comment by a former CA highway patrol officer who said that he could easily find three violations on any new vehicle. That kind of enforcement would be considered abusive and non-productive, unless he was looking to generate revenue. The public would really prefer that he focus on issues that present a danger to the traveling public or the driver and their occupants.

The terms of the Nuisance Ordinance are not extreme, but using that ordinance to enforce petty aesthetic issues, is an abuse Read More

Pearce Urges Congress To Find Solution For DACA

by

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce
 
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce sent a letter Sept. 6 to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging Congress to work in a bipartisan manner to establish a permanent solution for people protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program.
 
“For decades, Congress sat idly by while the Executive Branch imposed temporary, patchwork immigration policies, sidestepping the Constitution. Congress, not the President, has the responsibility to enact the changes our nation needs, and can no longer afford to
Read More

CIR: Enforcing The Broken Border Sept. 18

by

Former NM Attorney General Gary King
 
CIR News:
 
Join the Santa Fe Council on International Relations at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18 at La Posada, 330 E. Palace Ave., in Santa Fe for an intimate conversation between two former Attorneys General, describing their work in enforcing the border against the Mexican drug cartels. 
 
Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard
 
Terry Goddard (AZ) will talk about his work in, among other things, stopping the flow of laundered drug money into the U.S.; Gary King (NM) will discuss his
Read More

Secretary Of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver Adopts Final Campaign Finance Rule

by

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver

STATE News:

 

SANTA FE – New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver today adopted the final version of a campaign finance rule intended to provide much needed guidance regarding New Mexico’s Campaign Reporting Act (CRA) and to bring the CRA into constitutional compliance following numerous court cases.

The rule will go into effect Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, which is the first day of a new campaign finance reporting period.

“For too long our campaign finance disclosure laws have been vague and confusing, and this rule will provide much needed

Read More

Democratic Party Of Los Alamos County Meets Tonight!

by

Bill Hargraves
 
DPLA News:
 
The Democratic Party of Los Alamos County will hold it’s monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. – TONIGHT – Monday, Sept. 11.
 
LAPS School Board Member Bill Hargraves will be the speaker.
 
County Party business and upcoming events also will be discussed.
 
The meeting is in Building 05 at UNM-Los Alamos, 4000 University Dr.
 
Read More

Sheriff Lucero Files Suit Against County Council

by

Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos County Sheriff Marco Lucero has filed a complaint for declaratory judgement in the First Judicial District Court against the Los Alamos County Council. The complaint, which has been assigned to Judge Francis Mathews, was filed Aug. 29 by Lucero’s attorney, A. Blair Dunn.

Sheriff Lucero said today that he is disappointed that things have gotten to this point. He said he has tried without success to reach agreement with the Council, that the voters spoke plainly in the November Read More

Pearce Calls For Investigation Of UNMHSC, SWWO

by

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce
 
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce has sent a letter to the United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions to request an investigation into the wrongdoings between the University of New Mexico Health Service Center (UNMHSC) and Southwestern Women’s Options (SWWO).
 
“I’ve worked tirelessly with New Mexico officials and Members in Congress to ensure the rights and liberties of women and the unborn are protected. In 2016, an investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Panel on Infant Lives raised serious
Read More

AG Files Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers And Distributors For Fueling Epidemic Crippling New Mexico

by

AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that he has brought a lawsuit on behalf of the State of New Mexico against the country’s largest manufacturers and wholesale distributors of opioids, a crucial first step toward holding these companies responsible for flooding New Mexico’s communities with prescription opioids and fueling the opioid epidemic by putting profits over people.
 
The State of New Mexico is filing suit against five of the largest manufacturers of prescription opioids and their related companies and against the country’s
Read More

Letter To The Editor: In The Great Gun Debate, Both Sides Need Practice Hitting The Target

by

By KHAL SPENCER
Los Alamos
 
It’s an unfortunate observation, nearly rising to the level of a physical law, that both sides in the Great Gun Debate will usually miss the target on any given issue.
 
After the recent Clovis Library mass shooting, someone wrote a long essay to the Santa Fe New Mexican calling for a ban on concealed carry in libraries. But concealed carry was irrelevant to the shooting as the shooter, at 16 years old, was not a legal concealed carrier nor eligible to become one at his age. Further, it should be noted that in spite of concealed carry being lawful in libraries,
Read More