Politics

LAPS Board: Why I am Running For Re-election

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By JIM HALL
School Board President

This is NOT the Bond Election – It is an In-Person Election: PLEASE VOTE

I am running for re-election to the Los Alamos Public Schools Board of Education because I believe I am the best qualified candidate. This is the first of three columns: the past, the present, and the future of our schools.

First, a few basic facts about LAPS and the Board. LAPS is a large, complex organization with approximately 700 employees, a total 2017 operational budget of more than $35 million, reserves of approximately $17 million (both capital and operational), and more than Read More

New Mexico Senate Passes FY17 Solvency Package

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Newly elected Senate Majority Leader Peter Worth shakes hands in the State House of Representatives Tuesday before the opening joint session begins. Photo by Roger snodgrass/ladailypost.com

LEGISLATIVE SESSION News:

SANTA FE – Tuesday, on the second day of the New Mexico Legislative Session, the New Mexico State Senate passed a package of four bipartisan solvency measures that put forth responsible solutions to balancing our state’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget.

The measures, which would provide a combined $262 million savings to the current year’s budget passed nearly unanimously. Read More

LAFRW Tour Los Alamos History Museum

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LAFRW members gather Jan. 12 with Los Alamos History Museum Executive Director Heather McClenahan, back row center, for a tour of the newly renovated facility. Courtesy photo
 
LAFRW News:
 
The Los Alamos Federation of Republican Women held their first get together of the year Thursday, Jan. 12. They were fortunate to have a guided tour of the newly renovated Los Alamos History Museum by its Executive Director Heather McClenahan. 
 
It was an amazing tour and all members in attendance were thrilled with the renovated facilities and grateful for the opportunity to see
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Gov. Martinez Sizes Up State Of New Mexico

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Gov. Susana Martinez delivers her State of the State Address at the opening of today’s 2017 60-Day Legislative Session. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Starting the seventh year of her eight year term, New Mexico’s Republican Gov. Susana Martinez called for much the same medicine she has prescribed all along: lower taxes, fewer regulations, more schooling choices and accountability and better tools for the courts and law enforcement to fight drunk driving and crime.

“Let’s take another look at our tax system,” she said. “Close Read More

Speaker Egolf Announces New Committee Chairs

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STATE POLITICAL News:

SANTA FE – Today, on the first day of the 53rd Legislature, House Speaker Egolf announced committee chair appointments. Committee Chairs reside over committee hearings and assist the Speaker in moving bills through the legislative process. 

The Committee Chair positions are as follows:

House Education Committee

  • Chair Stephanie Garcia Richard (D-Los Alamos)
  • Vice Chair Andres Romero (D-Albuquerque)

House Appropriations & Finance Committee

  • Chair Patricia Lundstrom (D-Gallup)
  • Vice Chair George Dodge (D-Santa Rosa)

House Agriculture & Water Committee Read More

Rep. Brian Egolf Elected Speaker Of The House Of Representatives By Acclamation

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Rep. Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) being sworn in today after elected by acclamation as Speaker of the New Mexico House. Courtesy/New Mexico House Democratic Caucus

Lisa Ortiz-McCutcheon takes oath of office after elected as Chief Clerk of the House. Courtesy/New Mexico House Democratic Caucus

Wilfred Quintana takes oath of office today after being elected as House Sergeant-at-Arms. Courtesy/New Mexico House Democratic Caucus

STATE POLITICAL News:

  • Speaker Egolf’s Top Priorities are Jobs and the Economy

SANTA FE – The New Mexico House of Representatives today elected, by acclamation, Read More

Governor Addresses 2017 New Mexico Legislature

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Gov. Susana Martinez addresses today’s opening of the 2017 60-Day Legislative Session underway at the State Capitol in Santa Fe. First Husband Chuck Franco is seated at the right of the Governor. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, left, and Speaker of the House Brian Egolf. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe is recognized on the House Floor today prior to Gov. Susana Martinez’ State of the State Address during the opening of the 2017 Legislative Session. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Gov. Susana Read More

2017 Legislative Session Gets Underway

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Scene from the floor of the New Mexico House of Representatives today as the 2017 60-Day Session of the Legislature gets underway at the State Capitol in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

As the 2017 Legislative Session gets underway today at the State Capitol, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver swears in Dist. 47 Rep. Brian Egolf who was elected by acclamation as Speaker of the House by acclamation. The Democrat previously served as the Minority Leader in the House. Photo by Read More

Letter To The Editor: Education Mil Levies Merit Support

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By ROBERT GIBSON
Los Alamos

Tax proposals deserve very critical scrutiny. A tax should be for a legitimate valuable public purpose and should truly be for that purpose. There should be reasonable expectation the funds will be used well. And there should be no other reasonable alternative to further burdening citizens. Few tax proposals meet all those criteria.

The present proposals for a continued mil levy (property tax) to support LA Public Schools reconstruction bonds and an increase for operations at UNM-LA are rare instances that do satisfy those standards.

This community is based on Read More

Letter To The Editor: UNM-LA Mil Levy – An Investment Now And For The Future

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By Dr. Sheila Schiferl
Los Alamos

We moved here in 1977, and I took FORTRAN at the UNM branch. Later, our college poetry class included the town library director, a dean of instruction, several lab scientists and tech writers, and some retired community members. It also included a few “traditional” teenage college students, each with a spark that the rest of us tried to help grow.

What an amazing idea. Here is a school that has been integrating itself into the community, and vice versa, for decades. In the late 1990’s, X-Division encouraged its scientists Read More