Politics

Letter To The Editor: Two Democrats Stand For Stover

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By JOHN C. HOPKINS and DENNY ERICKSON
Los Alamos

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We are two Democrats enthusiastically campaigning to send Republican Sharon Stover to the New Mexico House of Representatives. We do so, John as a Stover-for-District-43 advisor and Denny as the campaign manager, because Sharon is the best person to represent District 43 in this time of trouble for our beloved New Mexico.

Together, we’ve been privileged to live, work, and participate in our Los Alamos community for years when added total more than a century. The two of us brought and raised families here, worked in the Read More

Letter To The Editor: Stover’s Negative Campaign Mailer

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By EDWARD BIRNBAUM
Los Alamos

I’m writing to ask Sharon Stover to stop playing politics with our local schools.

We recently received a piece of very negative campaign literature in the mail. This mailer came, not from a PAC over which the Stover campaign has no control, but rather from the Stover campaign itself (Deborah Reiss, Treasurer), which presumably means that Ms. Stover approves the message.

The mailer has one of those ugly black and white photos of a frowning Stephanie Garcia Richard, and the headline that Garcia Richard voted to take $47 million away from NM schools. The mailer Read More

Heinrich Presents Service Medals To Veterans

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Thursday at the All Veterans Memorial Plaza at Berg Park in Farmington. Courtesy photo

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Thursday at the All Veterans Memorial Plaza at Berg Park in Farmington. Courtesy photo

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Thursday at the All Veterans Memorial Plaza at Berg Park in Farmington. Courtesy photo

 

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich: 

FARMINGTON – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) held a ceremony Thursday to recognize two U.S. Marine Corps veterans at the All Veterans Memorial Plaza at Berg Park in Farmington. Read More

Letter To The Editor: Protecting Party Line Instead Of School Funding

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By DONNA MCDONALD
Los Alamos
 

I heard about the recent vote Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard made to take away $25 million from New Mexico public schools. This vote seemed inconsistent with her promise to protect education funding during the special session, so I decided to watch a video of the committee hearing and see what actually happened.

 I am very troubled by what I saw. It seems that Rep. Garcia Richard initially voted to table the bill in question, Senate Bill 10, but when she saw that all of her Democrat colleagues voted to support the bill, she changed her vote.

 This bill

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Socialist Presidential Candidate Gloria La Riva Visiting Albuquerque

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POLITICAL News:
  • Socialist Candidate on the ballot in New Mexico available for interview
ALBUQUERQUE – Gloria La Riva, the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s candidate for president of the United States will be campaigning in Albuquerque Wednesday, Oct. 26. 
 
Born and raised in Albuquerque, La Riva is a graduate of Manzano High School and has decades of experience as a community activist and labor organizer, and has been active in the anti-war movement since the 1970s. La Riva is running for president of the United States with Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement,
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Letter To The Editor: What Is The State Doing To Its Teachers?

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By MARIE CHIRAVALLE
Los Alamos
 
What is the State doing to its teachers?
 
The New Mexico State Secretary of Education, Hanna Skandera, has ideas in dealing with educators that go from bad to worst. Her latest announcement, “retroactive to July 1, any teacher taking more than a three day leave will be penalized a point a day,” is a poorly conceived approach for an attendance policy.
 
Instead of demoralizing the teachers with punishment for taking more than a three day leave, to which there are legitimate reasons for doing so, Ms. Skandera
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RCLC Receives Informative Updates On Consent Order Agreement And Steps To Move Forward With GRT Issue

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RCLC News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) held its monthly Board meeting Oct. 14, at the Taos Plaza Old County Courthouse in Taos.
 
From the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), NM Secretary of Environment, Bruce Tongate and Katie Roberts, Director of the Resource Protection Division reported on the updated Consent Order Agreement. This agreement between the NMED and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) guides and governs the cleanup of legacy waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
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Girrens: What’s So Fun

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By STEVEN GIRRENS
GOP Candidate For Re-election

During the past months I’ve been asked, why are you running again Girrens? Haven’t you had enough? What’s so fun about being a Councilor anyway?

Believe me there have been several times when I asked myself the “what’s so fun” question, particularly while driving home to White Rock after a Council meeting around 10 p.m. on a cold, snowy winter night. 

I played back the tapes of Council events over the past three years and 9 months asking myself what was fun.

Special highlights rose to the top:

  • the Teen Center dedication;
  • agreement on funding to
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Dispennette: Merging Of My Backgrounds Needed For Probate Judge

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By ABE DISPENNETTE
GOP Candidate
Probate Judge

I am asking for your vote to be Los Alamos’ next Probate Judge because I believe who I am and my professional experience make me uniquely qualified for this position.

As an Army Chaplain I spent years helping families through some of the most intense moments many of us could imagine. With two combat tours myself to Iraq and Afghanistan, I became an expert in family crisis management as well as helping my soldiers deal with PTSD. There is no question that I will be a light when needed most for families sorting out the legal needs as a result of losing a loved Read More