Opinion

Some claim that roundabouts are much safer than current highway designs and push that we need them and bike lanes on Trinity Drive.
I analyzed the traffic-load impact on the entire town, not just Trinity Drive, with regard to traffic redistribution and safety, if Trinity is changed from four to two lanes, using information I requested of and obtained from the Los Alamos County  traffic engineer and police department or drew from the CDM study.
My analysis can be found at: www.swcp.com/~jmw-mcw/LATrafficSafety.htm.

Many business owners remain unsure how to market their companies online, even though they know that today’s consumers use the Internet to research products and decide what and where to buy. 

Under reservoir

Word on the street says that the Army Corps of Engineers has discovered a wetland in the bottom of the Los Alamos Reservoir. 

Now the wetland must be created elsewhere. 

Cats survive standoff   
The seven cats found inside Richard Morse’s Bathtub Row home following his recent 19-hour standoff with police are in shelter care.
Several of the cats were ill and have undergone treatment by a local veterinarian.
The county is repairing the chain link fence surrounding the home that was damaged in the standoff.
Morse was transported to a hospital in Las Vegas, N.M. for a psychological evaluation.

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In any introductory philosophy or psychology class, one of the first lessons that’s taught is the importance of perception.
Essentially, the lesson is this: what actually happened is not nearly as important as what people believe happened.
It is in this lesson that Los Alamos Public Schools and Los Alamos County did not put their best foot forward during the recent natural gas shortage.

Entrepreneurs with an idea for a product or startup company are often concerned about revealing information until they are far enough along that others can’t copy them. The concern is reasonable; the economy is globally competitive and entrepreneurs are looking to protect any edge they have.

Judge renders sentence
A Bernalillo County judge sentenced Los Alamos firefighter Brandon Gore to six months of probation. Following successful completion, the indecent exposure charge will be removed from his record.
      
Charles Lujan retires
Ofc. Charles Lujan retired today from the LAPD after more than 20 years of service, most recently as chief of animal control. He chose to retire quietly without any fanfare.
   
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Bob’s Bodacious is sold
Owners Liz and Bob  Carlson have sold Bob’s Bodacious BBQ in the Hilltop Shopping Center on Arkansas Street to Pam and Frank Good of Florida.  
           
LA to get more cultural
Members from the Cultural Planning Group are concluding three days of meetings with local art organizations and anticipate creating a local cultural plan by late February.
          
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The federal budget  practice of “earmarking” – or “pork spending” as it is known colloquially – has exploded during the last 15 years. Earmarks are line items in spending bills inserted by legislators for specific projects in their home states.
Some infamous earmarks funded a $50 million indoor rain forest in Iowa and a $223 million “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska. Earmarks can provide recipients with federal grant money, contracts, loans, or other types of benefits.