Letter To The Editor: Sharon Stover Is A Community All-Star!
Letter To The Editor: You Can’t Drown New Mexico’s Bureaucracy In A Bathtub
Letter To The Editor: Stover Lowered Taxes And Advanced Clean Energy
An intense political advertising campaign totally misrepresents elements of Sharon Stover’s public service record. I’d like to set the record straight on two issues that occurred while I was on the County Council with Sharon.
First, Sharon voted for the biggest tax DECREASE in County history, exactly the opposite of what the ads claim. The “biggest increase” referencedwas proposed by the School Board and approved by voters in 2009 to start the long-delayed renovation and remodeling of our public schools. Council played no role in deciding Read More
How The Hen House Turns: Walking Sadie Sue On The San Andreas Fault
By CARY NEEPER
Formerly of Los Alamos
My friend Sadie Sue lives in our retirement center, built (apparently with blind faith) between two forks of the infamous San Andreas Fault in California. In the nearby Open Space Reserve, a hiking trail parallels the fault, which is a lovely ravine filled with huge, unsuspecting liveoak trees, a large duck pond, and colorful poison oak.
Sadie Sue is a Cuban Havanese dog. Her white wavy hair lies neatly all over a trim ten-pound body. She gets lots of exercise while running a quick pace to keep up with Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘The Accountant’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
Los Alamos
“The Accountant” stars Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff, an autistic guy who happens to be a math savant. He works as a very private accountant for some of the world’s most notorious characters, un-cooking their books.
Now he’s laying low, has his own CPA firm and is helping people, like one farm couple trying to figure out their tax liability. And, oh, by the way, he is a sharpshooter and can whip any bad dude in seconds with his bare hands.
Christian takes on a supersize accounting mess with a corporation run by a brother and sister team (John Lithgow and Jean Smart). Read More
Smart Design With Suzette: What’s Trending In Baths
Previously, shower floors were fairly predictable – a round drain, centered, underfoot and highly visible. That’s changed over the past few years as sleek linear drains have quickly caught the attention of designers and homeowners thanks to their modern, streamlined appearance and installation flexibility. Read More
Obama Endorses Local Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard
President Barack Obama
POLITICAL News:
Last week New Mexico House Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard (D-Los Alamos) learned she had received an extremely rare endorsement. Breaking normal precedent, President Barack Obama decided to lend his support to targeted swing State House races and selected Garcia Richard, an up-and-coming leader in the New Mexico Legislature.