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Letters

  • Letters to the Editor - July 17, 2015

    Trump’s comments outrageous
    I may be technically an “Anglo” or “gringo” in New Mexico, but my people, the Jews,  were murdered by the millions during World War II — and before — for being “outsiders.” Whatever our religion and ethnicity, almost all of our ancestors have been demonized and murdered at various times in history, when it suited the demagogues in power to do so.

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  • Letters to the Editor - July 10, 2015

    Contradicting nature
    Change your sex, just because you say so, no problemo.

    Same-sex parents are just as good at raising kids as a female Mom and a male Dad. Right On!

    Kill your own offspring; it’s your right after all.

    This is liberal “progressivism” in our Democratic Party. Absurd? Yes, but these behaviors are celebrated in our media-driven culture. They are applauded today, but they will not last.

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  • Letters to the Editor - July 3, 2015

    Campos has done much for county

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  • Letter to the Editor - June 26, 2015

    Alta Vista needs to keep good doctors

    This letter is in reference to the article in the Optic about Alta Vista Hospital’s staffing shortage.

    I recently had a follow-up with my Ob/Gyn doctor, and I was very disheartened to learn from my doctor that he would no longer be in Las Vegas, working with Alta Vista Hospital due to the fact that the hospital had refused to renew his contract.

    My question to you, Mrs. Leyba of Alta Vista Hospital, is why do you refuse to renew contracts to the doctors that care for their patients?

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  • Letter to the Editor - June 19, 2015

    D-Day should be commemorated
    With the passing of time, it seems we forget all too swiftly one of the  greatest events in history. This event  just passed without even so much as a whimper.  To correct that  flaw for next year, I am suggesting that the Chamber of Commerce, the EDC, Las Vegas First, and any other civic-minded organization in this community, including the veterans, the VFW, the American Legion, come together to celebrate D-Day and its profound impact on the world.

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  • Letter to the Editor - June 12, 2015

    New Mora schools chief a good man
    A relative of a school board member in Mora County has been named as the new superintendent, and some people are unhappy, (calling it) “nepotism” ... .
    As far back as I can remember only the relatives and friends of elected officials are appointed good paying jobs.
    I was a two-term county commissioner. My last term in office I hired the aunt of one other commissioner as county manager. The night of the meeting, the people at the county commission meeting went wild.

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  • Letter to the Editor - June 5, 2015

    The enemy within
    Tell me it isn’t so! Powerful Catholics in the New Mexico Senate are not pro-life as their church teaches. Maybe, just maybe, late-term abortion is legal in New Mexico because of Catholics!
    Yes, that’s right; our representatives like Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino (D-Bernalillo) proudly defeated House Bill 390 regarding a ban on late-term abortion.

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  • Letter to the Editor - May 29, 2015

    Mineral Hill area roads a disaster

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  • Letter to the Editor - May 22, 2015

    Natives are left holding the bag
    Notice how easy it is to back out of parking spots at Spic and Span. You can now cross Grand Avenue without much strain. These are some of the “benefits” gleaned from our city and county father’s hiring practices — there aren’t too many people remaining in our fair city.

    Our city and county representatives hire recycled employees or out-of-towners, who are here for their vested interests, and the area’s economy can go to hell.

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  • Letters to the Editor - May 15, 2015

    Teacher evaluations
    I read with interest Joe McCaffrey’s column on teacher evaluations in the April 10 Optic, and Ed Littleton’s Letter to the Editor on May 1.

    Having done many employee evaluations in a much-prescribed federal system, I’d like to add my two cents, but first an analogy.

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