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Lujan Grisham Calls On NM VA To Implement Inspector General’s Recommendations For Surgical Procedures

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
STATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) sent a letter to New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS) Director Andrew Welch in response to a VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation which found that the VA had to delay surgical procedures due to a lack of sterile instruments and equipment.  
 
Lujan Grisham urges Director Welch to immediately implement all of the OIG’s recommendations to fix the problem.
 
“These issues pose potentially serious health risks to patients that depend
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Equality New Mexico Endorses House Dist. 43 Candidate Christine Chandler … Names Her A Champion For Every New Mexican

Equality New Mexico News: 

Equality New Mexico, the largest and oldest LGBTQ+ political advocacy organization in the state, has endorsed 24 equality champions for the New Mexico House of Representatives – including Democrat Christine Chandler for House Seat 43.

“When Lisa Shin writes things like ‘I am the self-righteous one who views homosexuals with disgust,’ and tells fellow evangelicals to support Trump because he would support ‘biblical marriage’ and strike down marriage equality, it’s clear where her priorities lie,” EQNM Executive Director Adrian Carver said. “But, that’s Read More

Udall & Colleagues Urge FDA To Protect Kids From Tobacco Use And Addiction

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) joined a group of colleagues in calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take stronger action to reduce youth use of addictive electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) by immediately requiring manufacturers to remove kid-appealing flavored e-cigarettes from the market.
 
More than two million middle and high-schoolers are using e-cigarettes today, making them the most popular form of tobacco product among youth—with 81 percent of kids who have ever tried an e-cigarette starting
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Early Voting For 2018 General Election Ends Nov. 3

Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver
 
SECRETARY News:
 
SANTA FE Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver reminds all eligible New Mexico voters that Saturday, Nov. 3, is the final day to participate in early voting for the 2018 general election.
 
A list of early voting locations by county is available at NMvote.org.
 
“Better voter participation leads to better representation in government and I’m proud to see so many of my fellow New Mexicans making their voices heard by voting early in this election,” Secretary Toulouse Oliver said. “I encourage every eligible
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Head To Head: Hateful Words And Violent Acts

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

In light of the tragic murder of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and the bombs mailed to 14 people and a media outlet (CNN) who President Trump has called out as his enemies, I’m going to postpone the discussion of tribal politics and talk about the capacity of speech to inspire violence.

Hate crimes in the nation’s 10 largest cities increased by 12 percent last year, reaching the highest level in more than a decade, according to a report in May by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California Read More

Letter To The Editor: Re-Elect Alan S. Kirk For Los Alamos Municipal Judge

By Rita C. Sánchez 
Los Alamos Teacher

I would like to encourage you to vote to re-elect Judge Alan S. Kirk. Alan is running for his sixth term as Municipal Judge in Los Alamos County.

My association with Coach Kirk has mainly been where kids are concerned.

The Governor of New Mexico appointed Judge Kirk to the Juvenile Advisory Council for the Children, Youth and Families Department. During this time, he was instrumental in the establishment of our own JJAB; Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board. JJAB focuses on prevention and intervention.

Jude Kirk also was appointed to the National Read More

Letter To The Editor: Christine Chandler’s Experience And Commitment To Dist. 43 Earns My Vote

By KEN MILDER
Los Alamos County Assessor

Over the many years that I’ve known Christine Chandler, sometimes we’ve agreed on issues; sometimes we haven’t. Regardless of our viewpoint on any issue, she has always been willing to listen and actively seek other points of view.

Also, through her extensive public service, Christine has gained the skills and experience that are absolutely essential to serve in the legislature and be an excellent state representative for our district.

There are many attributes I look for in a leader. Among them are to first have an open mind, seek broad input and different

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Letter To The Editor: Proud Of Our Party & Candidates

By ROBYN SCHULTZ, Chair
Democratic Party of Los Alamos County

How sad it is that we live in a time when partisan politics means partisan news and partisan beliefs. Extreme partisans on the right and on the left tend to live in an echo chamber that only reflects their beliefs. That is why I felt I must respond to Mr. Kerr’s opinion letter of Oct. 31, 2018 (link).

I won’t bother making a point by point critique of his letter. Let’s just say that the “once proud” Democratic Party is still very proud. And I am extremely proud of our local Democratic candidates and elected officials. We seek out local/regional Read More

FBI: U.S. Attorney Designates District Election Officer

FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announced Wednesday that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Jeremy Peña will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the Nov. 6 General Election.
 
AUSA Peña has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the District of New Mexico and in that capacity is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
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Letter To The Editor: The Business Of Being Unfriendly

By BRADY BURKE
Republican Candidate
Los Alamos County Council

On Oct. 16, 2018, I attended the County Council working session in White Rock.

Doug Hintze, Manager of DOE’s Environmental Management Field Office (DOE EM-LA) and Frazer Lockhart of N3B gave an informative presentation about the clean-up of legacy wastes on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) land.

Last year, DOE EM-LA awarded the cleanup contract to N3B. While facing the challenges of successfully starting up a new company, N3B has also shown their commitment to Los Alamos County and the surrounding community.

One of Read More

Texas Super-PAC Attacking New Mexico Land Commissioner Candidate Stephanie Garcia Richard

Pat Lyons

Staff Report

For the past two months, New Mexicans watching television have been inundated with Super PAC funded political ads attacking or supporting various candidates. One Texas-based PAC calling themselves “New Mexico Strong” has focused exclusively on the usually quiet race for New Mexico Land Commissioner, spending millions of dollars in attack ads against the Democratic candidate, State Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard of Los Alamos.

Stephanie Garcia Richard

This large influx of out of state spending in this historically obscure office has drawn the attention of Read More

Chandler: Let’s Work Together

By CHRIS CHANDLER
Democratic Candidate
House Dist. 43

It’s amazing what you learn about your neighbors after knocking on thousands of doors throughout Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Rio Arriba. You find that most families are more affected by local leaders’ decisions than what is happening nationally and are looking for solutions right here in New Mexico to end the vicious cycle of living paycheck to paycheck.  

Our state has continued to have among the highest unemployment rates and has participated little in the national recovery from the 2008 recession. Year after year, we provide Read More

Luchini: Sheriff Office A Position Of Trust

By CHRIS LUCHINI
Libertarian Candidate For Sheriff

The Sheriff’s office in Los Alamos is an Administrative office. It is a position of trust on behalf of important administrative functions that require timely and competent processing.

One mandate of the office is to maintain the Sex Offender Registry, interacting with these offenders in a professional manner.  Another requires interacting with people who are being served paperwork related to lawsuits, divorce and child custody conflicts. Tuesday is the chance for voters to say who we are confident is worthy of this trust.

The Sheriff Read More

New Mexico Communities Hand-Deliver Protest Comments On Expanded Fracking In Greater Chaco

Scene from citizens protesting expanded fracking Wednesday in Greater Chaco at the Bureau of Land Management state office. Courtesy photo
 
Scene from citizens protesting expanded fracking Wednesday in Greater Chaco at the Bureau of Land Management state office. Courtesy photo
 
Sierra Club News:
 
SANTA FE Community groups and advocates hand-delivered more than 10,000 citizen protest comments to the Bureau of Land Management’s New Mexico state office in snowy Santa Fe Wednesday in opposition to an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for December that would auction off close
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LAHS Students 2018 Essay Contest Winners Recognized By Democratic Party Of Los Alamos County

Neal Martin and Katrina Schmidt award Sonyia Williams, right, first place in the 2018 Essay Contest hosted by the Democratic Party of Los Alamos County. Brooklyn Scott and Shena Han were runners-up. Courtesy photo
 
LAHS News:
 
Three Los Alamos High School students were recognized recently by the Democratic Party of Los Alamos County in its 2018 essay contest. 
 
The essay contest asked participants to identify and advocate for new ways in which the local government and political parties could better incorporate the views of young people.
 
LAHS student Sonyia
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Christine Chandler Receives Top Three Newspaper Endorsements For House District 43 Seat

The Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican and Santa Fe Reporter join more than 20 other organizations endorsing Christine Chandler of Los Alamos for House Dist. 43. Courtesy/Christine4nmhouse

From the Christine4nmhouse Campaign:

  • Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican And Santa Fe Reporter endorse Christine Chandler for New Mexico House Dist. 43

Democrat Christine Chandler from Los Alamos has been endorsed by all three papers participating in legislative endorsements this election cycle for House District 43.

Along with more than 20 other organizations, the Albuquerque Journal, Read More

Letter To The Editor: How Could This Be … Once Proud Democrat Party Turns Things Upside Down

By VERNON KERR
Los Alamos

How could this be? The once proud Democrat Party has turned things upside down. Once upon a time virtue was prized and the party believed in and prized individual thought, individual success, and individual rights.

Now the rules are different, one is guilty until proven innocent as shown in the hearing for Justice Kavanaugh and it is a crime to be a successful businessman when one makes a profit as Steve Pearce has done. Steve has been accused of holding hearings with oil and gas interests and at the same time having some business interests. What possible link is there that Read More

State Democrats Announce New Mexico For All Tour

NMDP News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico Democrats are embarking on a four-day, statewide tour to reach every corner of the Land of Enchantment.
 
Led by Martin Heinrich and Michelle Lujan Grisham, the candidates will hold rallies, meet & greets, canvass kickoffs, and other events to reach New Mexico voters and meet with New Mexico for All volunteers across the state.
 
This year, New Mexico Democratic campaigns up and down the ballot joined together into New Mexico for All and consolidated organizing capacity into a single team, with 30 organizers working out of 17 offices
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Gubernatorial Candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham Releases Plan To Manage & Conserve Water

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
From the Michelle Lujan Grisham for Governor Campaign:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham has released her plan to manage and conserve our water for future generations of New Mexicans.
 
The plan calls for a strategic 50-year water plan built on consensus and based in reality.
 
“Like many Western states, New Mexico is experiencing a drought with no end in sight as water from the mountains continue to decline,” Lujan Grisham said. “New Mexico’s future depends on a reliable supply of water and for too long, we have taken a disjointed
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Letter To The Editor: Please Vote … And Please Vote For Judge Alan Kirk!

By Linda and Paul Daly
Los Alamos

We hope our community will join us in re-electing Judge Alan Kirk as our Municipal Court Judge for a sixth term. He’s served our community extremely well over the past 60 years, first as Police Chief and then, for 20 plus years, as our judge.

Kirk was one of the founders of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and has served as its chair for over 16 years. Our JJAB is a benchmark and a model program for other communities. The Los Alamos JJAB has a particular emphasis on prevention programs for youth, as well as intervention.

Kirk is known for saying, “Take the programs to Read More

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