Letters

(An open letter to Abelino Montoya): It is with great pleasure that I write this letter in full support of your re-election to the Luna Community College Board of Trustees. I know that you have a deep passion for education because of your involvement in the community and service on the LCC Board of Trustees for the past 12 years.

Speaking of “tenants,” (a misspelling of “tenets” in Tom McDonald’s Editor’s Note, Feb. 18), I want to give a big and personal shout-out to my tenants: the students of Highlands University and Luna Community College, who bring all sorts of resources to our community, from gracing us with their personal intelligence and energy, to paying the high city utility deposits, and bringing additional revenues to our humble little town.

Mr. President, much of your State of the Union speech was wonderful and I compliment you on it.

I am proud of you for being outspoken about the reality of climate change and your commitment to actually act to mitigate its disastrous impacts.

You mentioned that climate change is an ethical issue. As a Rabbinic Pastor, I agree with you and thank you for saying this publicly.

I am the owner/operator of Infinity Farm in Ribera, a small local farm that has brought thousands of pounds of food to our county over the past six years. We choose to grow natural food using no chemical pesticides, fertilizers, or artificial growth stimulation, to deliver the highest possible quality of local food.  

We hold our farm, the Pecos River, and all that is natural, to be sacred. Anything that puts these elements in jeopardy is dangerous, undesirable and not sustainable.