Letter To The Editor: Budget Time, Los Alamos … Let’s Not Go Down A Rabbit Hole
By GEORGE CHANDLERBudget time, Los Alamos! Once more down the rabbit hole.
Our Sheriff is the wabbit, leading us on. Even though the voters last fall simply chose to keep the office as it was then (register sex offenders, wear the Hat), he now approaches the council announcing that the result was a mandate to expand the office so he can provide unspecified “services” to the tune of $348,118 (link).
Now we see the end game: TOYS! A $65,000 ¾ ton truck with a gooseneck hitch for transporting HORSES – to scenes! A $46,000 passenger vehicle for carrying the FLASHING LIGHTS and SIRENS. Read More
Letter To The Editor: Governor’s Glowing Picture Of Education At Odds With Data
By J. TAUBWhat a glowing picture of education in New Mexico as presented by Governor Martinez in her April 2 announcement of changes to the teacher evaluation system – what many teachers feel is a tiny step in the right direction to simply superficial.
Reading on through her missive, what should I believe – the Governor’s rosy picture of public education in New Mexico, or various education review evaluations that appear annually? For instance, the one reported on by Kim Burgess, Jan. 4, 2017, Albuquerque Journal Staff Writer, Study: NM ranks 49th in quality of education Read More
Fr. Glenn: Love And Self-Sacrifice
By Rev. Glenn JonesAs we come to Holy Week—the week which precedes Easter Sunday—there are many events upon which Christians focus: the Last Supper of Jesus with His apostles on Holy Thursday, His Passion (from the Latin “passio”, meaning “suffering”), His death from crucifixion, His entombment, and His resurrection early on Easter Sunday morning. Christians, of course, believe these events to be quite literal and quite historical, and Jesus’ resurrection is the very basis of our hope in life after physical death.
Of course, many don’t Read More
Letter To The Editor: Consider This Solution…
By PATRICK BRENNERThe proposed amendment to eliminate the Office of Sheriff failed. Rather than continue breeding contempt between the Council, the Sheriff and the Police Department, I invite you to consider an alternative solution.
Rather than amending the County Charter to remove the Sheriff or remove the Chief of Police, why not amend the wording involving duplication of duties? Redefine the duties as shared responsibilities. Everything that the Police do, the Sheriff is equally responsible for. Everything the Sheriff does, the Police are equally responsible for. The separation
Pastor Raul Granillo: Save Us, Our King!
By PASTOR RAUL GRANILLOA very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” (NIV Matthew 21:8-11)
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Triumphal Entry of Jesus is, Read More
Sen. Sanchez On Veto Of Bill To Raise Minimum Wage
Sen. Clemente SanchezIn the late hours of the night, Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed Sen. Clemente Sanchez’s Senate Bill 386, which would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $9 per hour. Throughout the legislative process, the bill received broad support from labor unions and business groups alike with representatives from AFSCME Council 18 and the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce standing in support.
“This session the business and labor communities came together to support a modest raise for families who too Read More
Letter To The Editor: Sheriff Seeks To Build Empire
By CORNELL WRIGHT 