Letter To The Editor: Concerns With County Financial Disclosure Forms And Public Access Procedures
By EDWARD BIRNBAUMThe Feb. 3 issue of the Los Alamos Daily Post had a story (link), which caught my eye regarding the violation of the Code of Ethics in Hobbs as reported by State Auditor Tim Keller. Apparently, Hobbs public officials were not filing the required financial disclosures and perhaps more importantly, were not recusing themselves from voting on official business issues when their personal financial interests were involved.
Members of the County Council and the Board of Public Utilities here in Los Alamos are responsible for making decisions involving many millions Read More
Letter To The Editor: Proposal For Workable Firearms Transfer Background Check Law
By KHALIL SPENCER
Los Alamos
A couple of us have thought of a background check proposal that might accomplish most or all of what we really want but with far less acrimony. So here is an idea if this is to be revisited again and assuming for the moment that the present bills are not resurrected. I’ve stolen some ideas from a colleague (with thanks) but modified them with my own additions, so any rotten fruit should be thrown at me alone. Here would be the basis of the law.
1. It is of material and social benefit to society to verify that a person unknown to you is not a prohibited person before selling or transferring Read More
Udall Celebrates Sunshine Week By Advocating Open Government, Defending Free Press
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, will today mark Sunshine Week — a national initiative to educate the public on the importance of an open and transparent government — by advocating for transparency in our government, defending the critical role of the free press, and calling for campaign finance reform to shine a light on dark money in politics.
Starting at 10 a.m. ET, Udall will join Senate Democrats and experts at a press conference to call for increased government transparency and accountability in an age of “alternative facts.” Udall will give remarks Read More
Letter To The Editor: Significant Soil Contamination At Los Alamos Horse Stables
By OLGA CHERTKOVI have read the letter to the Los Alamos Daily Post from JoAnn Johnson, “North Mesa Stable Area Objections Are Much Ado About Nothing!”, and I see that she does not care at all about opinion of other citizens of Los Alamos, her ignorance looks like this:
… You should be happy to live next to my horse … She was there first … you have no choice … waste of time and resources … There will be no changes… .
Her argument that in the 1960’s the horse stables were considered free from contaminations holds no merit today, 50 years later. During the last 50 years the horse stables have Read More
District Attorney’s Office Issues Scam Alert
SCAM ALERT:
There is a phone scam going around in which a person claiming to be a police officer or an investigator with the New Mexico District Attorney’s Office will call and tell people that there is an active warrant for their arrest and they need to pay to avoid being arrested.
The most recent number that the calls are coming from is 505.312.5386.
The District Attorney’s Office will never ask for money over the phone. Read More
