Opinion

Review: Los Alamos Little Theatre Gets Fashionable And Fantastic In ‘Love, Loss And What I Wore’

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The cast of LALT’s ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’, which continues through Nov. 16, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and a matinee performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10. Photo by Thomas Graves

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailyposttest.ortizaudio.net

Watching Los Alamos Little Theatre’s most recent production felt as intimate and cozy as having a girls’ night out.

In a way, it was a girls’ night out. The entire cast is women, sitting on stools and swapping stories about their families, triumphs, tragedies, relationships and clothes. That is the entire synopsis Read More

Op-Ed: Education And Enforcement, Not Bag Ban Will Address Litter Problem

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By Española City Councilor Sam LeDoux
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Rio Grande Foundation President Paul Gessing

The City of Española, at the behest of Mayor John Ramon Vigil, will soon consider adopting a ban on plastic bags like those used at grocery stores. While proponents of such bans typically support them on environmental grounds (cut down on plastic waste etc.) the Mayor seems to believe that banning plastic grocery bags will have a positive impact on the City’s litter problems.

According to the website Plastics Paradox, “A compilation of all of the statistically-based, scientific studies of litter in the U.S. Read More

Chief Justice Thomson: Make An Informed Decision About Judges On The Ballot

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By DAVID K. THOMSON
Chief Justice
New Mexico Supreme Court

Assessing how state court judges perform on the job is difficult, particularly for New Mexico voters in today’s divisive political environment. But information from the state’s Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) can assist New Mexicans in deciding whether to vote “yes” or “no” to retain judges and justices on the general election ballot.

JPEC was established to specifically help voters carry out their role in ensuring competent, professional judges in New Mexico. The commission’s evaluations also provide feedback Read More

‘Peace & Prayer Pilgrimage’ To Protest LANL Transmission Line Through Caja Del Rio Friday In Downtown Santa Fe

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Caja del Rio News:

SANTA FE — Friday, Oct. 25, the Caja del Rio coalition is inviting members of the public to join its “Peace and Prayer Pilgrimage” through downtown Santa Fe to protest the controversial Los Alamos National  Laboratory (LANL) transmission line project set to be built through the Caja del Rio plateau and call on federal officials to intervene.

The pilgrimage will begin at the Santa Fe County Administrative Complex (240 Grant Ave.) and culminate at the National Nuclear Security Administration building (N. Guadalupe Street) where participants will hand deliver the coalition’s Read More

Day: Los Alamos Needs A County With A ‘Can-Do’ Philosophy To Help Small Business Thrive 

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By ROBERT DAY
Los Alamos

I appreciated the editorial by Allen Saenz published in the Sept. 24 Los Alamos Daily Post (link). It confirms many of the concerns that I have regarding Los Alamos County’s lack of support for our business community. I have had my permanent address in Los Alamos for over 70 years and have seen our town proceed from having a thriving business community with a wide variety of stores to a few stores of very limited commodities.

This erosion seemed to begin in the 1980s and proceeded on a downhill path ever since. It appears to have been advanced by LANL being able to rent space at Read More

Sam LeDoux: Response To Española Mayor Vigil

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By Sam LeDoux
Española City Councilor
Educator

When I heard the Mayor (Española Mayor John Ramon Vigil) wrote an article in response to my criticisms of his proposed plastic bag ban in the Los Alamos Daily Post, I was hoping to find a well-reasoned and researched disagreement where we could have a substantive conversation about something that would impact our entire community. Unfortunately, as usual, the mayor took criticism of a policy proposal personally and wrote an angry screed filled with personal attacks. anecdotal evidence, and emotional appeals. I usually don’t answer the Mayor’s Read More

Los Alamos County Releases Findings Of 2024 National Community Survey

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County has released the results of the 2024 National Community Survey, which was conducted in August. Administered by Polco, the survey gathered residents’ insights into ten key facets of livability in Los Alamos County and compared these findings with 2020 and 2022 results and to national benchmarks from over 500 communities.

The findings highlight both high-performing areas and opportunities for improvement.

County officials thank the community for taking the time to provide this valuable feedback. Polco will present the findings to the Los Alamos County Council Read More

Dannemann: Early Voting Has Started In New Mexico

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By MERILEE DANNEMANN
Triple Spaced Again
© 2024 New Mexico News Services

Early voting has started in New Mexico.

Before you head to the voting booth or fill out your mail-in ballot, your first stop should be nmvote.org, on the Secretary of State website. From that page you can obtain a sample ballot, which will show you everything that’s up for a vote in your district.

In this general election we are not only voting for president but also one United States senator, all our members of Congress, the entire state Legislature, both House and Senate, and about half of our elected local officials including Read More

Lentini: City Managers Are Not Elected Officials

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By CYNTHIA P. LENTINI
Española Resident/Community Activist

The Unsheltered Committee of the City of Española met Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. It’s sad when City representatives spend more time in denials and retaliation than on the business at hand: What to do for the unsheltered in the community.

The highlights of the meeting were not presentations of data, facts, reasonable arguments, and planning. Instead, the meeting spent an inordinate amount of time complaining about the alleged BS of social media and the City Manager’s verbal attacks against City Councilor Samuel LeDoux. Sitting back Read More