Letters

San Miguel County’s moratorium that bans the state from issuing permits for fracking and drilling will expire Feb. 12, 2013. A decision on whether to ban drilling permanently or allow fracking in the county will be in front of the commissioners within the next eight months. They will be faced with the choice that offers them one of two options — either protect the citizens’ water, air and ecosystems or bring economic growth to the county in exchange for the natural resources, water and natural gas.

I felt I had to write this letter because of the number of parents who expressed disappointment in the educational system.

It appears that several students were retained, and this really concerns me.

At UNM, I took classes in Supervision of Instruction.

One of the things the instructor taught us is that retention of students has never been proved to work for the better.

The filming of the 1984 movie “Red Dawn” in Las Vegas area should go down as an important event with regards to productions shot and overall town history. The film, which shot on a low budget, can be considered a pop icon for the very plot in the movie about high schoolers taking up arms to protect themselves plus the freedom they love against a foreign invader.

In a recent letter to the Optic a writer defined “groupthink” as “conformity to group values and ethics.” A broad spectrum of values and ethics could be found in many different “groups.” I am proud to be working with a group of concerned citizens from Mora and San Miguel counties whose common interest is the protection and preservation of our water, air and quality of life.