Letters

I would like to follow up on Alex Montoya’s letter to the editor (published Sept. 9) about the Help New Mexico office in Mora County.

As a prior elected official, I can truly say, that the Help office is one of the programs that has been of much help, and proved to be effective to those less fortunate, who are not lazy, but need a shove in the right direction. These people who go to the Help office are the same people who cast their votes on election day. So be very careful with labels. As the saying goes, “There (but for) the grace of God go I.”

In her Sept. 19 letter to the Optic, Annette Franklin claims that “Who among these people, know Obamacare will soon allow government confiscation of … financial accounts?” She claims she gets information from non-partisan sources, yet an Internet search of that charge turned up references to a pass-around, far right e-mail from several years ago, before the healthcare legislation had even been finalized and passed.

Driving to Las Vegas on a recent Friday evening to spend the weekend with friends, I was involved in a minor car accident.

When I arrived, I was feeling much muscle pain, stiffness and discomfort.

I drove to the emergency room of Alta Vista Regional Hospital. Upon my arrival there I felt reassured that everything was going to be well taken care of. Every person from the registration clerk, triage nurse, bedside nurse, radiology tech and, of course, my wonderful doctor, was extremely kind, caring and professional.

I read the letter to the editor written by Marino Rivera in the Sept. 2-4 edition of the Optic regarding oil drilling in Mora County.

I agree 100 percent with what is written. I’m glad several citizens have joined together to do something about it.

I honestly love each and every citizen in Mora County, but they need to wake up! We have a hidden paradise. Our valley is one of the more beautiful sites on the face of the earth.