Recreation Bond Craters at the Polls

According to the Daily Post, the Rec Bond crashed and burned. But its not like we don't have options up here. Just walk out the door and find them. Its hard to live in a house in Los Alamos that doesn't let you trip and fall over a trail as soon as you walk out the door. Plus, there are ball fields, tennis courts, multiple swimming pools, mountains to hike, a wonderful equestrian facility, and other stuff.

That doesn't mean we can't still develop more recreational resources and those are good things as long as we have the means to take care of what we have. It just means we need to do so in a normal budgetary manner based on normal revenue streams, rather than borrowing twenty million bucks for non-essential projects.  Stay tuned.

Back when Richard Hannemann had an active political blog, he often said that some in Los Alamos always want us to be something we are not rather than something we are. I think he was right. We are so goddamn spoiled up here.  We gotta keep up with (or more likely, we have to out-do in honor of our Uncle Sam generated wealth) the Joneses and every other Tom, Dick, and Harry community as far as recreational facilities even though most or all of those communities can't hold a candle to our natural recreational resources.

As far as one of those trails one can trip over, here, below, is one of my favorites: The trail out to the end of Kwage Mesa, which I can get to by riding out the front door and enduring a couple minutes of Mr. Pavement as I struggle mightily to get to singletrack.

So, go ride your bike.

End of Kwage Mesa Trail. Pic taken recently, once I got my arm (and ass) out of their respective slings. Life is pretty darn good up here on The Hill.

County Bike To Work Day - POSTPONED

Bike to Snow Day....

Hi,

Due to the weather the event is cancelled for today and Postponed for a future date TBD.  We’ll get together in the next week to discuss.  Thanks for everyone’s help today.

Dianne

Dianne M. Marquez, CPRE, CIRM
Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation & Open Space Division
Recreation Programs Manager / Ice Rink Manager

Elderly Los Alamos Woman Beaten And Robbed

Where is Detective Mick Belker when you need him?
Credit: Getty Images/NBC

 In an incredibly pissed off state, I'm taking the liberty to post this off of Carol's newsblog in its entirety to give it more exposure. If anyone has information on the two fucktard thugs in question, please contact LAPD. And if you are on your bicycle (or not), keep an eye on the well being of our older folks.

And, watch out for each other out there.

By MAIRE O'NEILL

Los Alamos

A Los Alamos woman in her 80s was followed home from Smith’s Marketplace Saturday afternoon, May 13, by two women and beaten and robbed outside her garage. She has asked to remain anonymous.

In an interview with the Los Alamos Daily Post, the victim said that while she was getting ready to put her purchases into the trunk of her car in the Smith’s parking lot, a young woman asked if she could help her. The victim said she declined the help but the young woman insisted.

After the young woman left, the victim said got into her car, stowed her cane and placed her purse on the passenger’s seat. Soon after, she said the young woman tapped on the passenger side window and asked if she could have 50 cents. The victim opened her purse in full view of the young woman, took out her billfold and gave the young woman 50 cents from the coin pocket.

The victim drove home and parked in her driveway. As she began to unload her purchases, a different woman appeared beside her and asked for help in finding Taos Street. The victim said she tried to explain how to get to Taos Street and the woman left. Shortly thereafter the victim said she saw a reflection in her glasses of a woman lunging toward her. When she turned around, she said the woman slammed her head against the lid of the trunk. The victim said she screamed and kicked her attacker repeatedly in the crotch area.
“Then she hauled off and slugged me in the face with her fist,” the victim said. “This weakened me and allowed her to get my large heavy purse off my arm. Then she ran off down my driveway.”

The victim said she slid to the ground and was unable to get up, so she screamed for about 20 minutes until a teenage girl who was walking a dog in the area heard her and ran to render assistance. The teen helped the victim up and took her inside her home. The teen had found the victim’s billfold on the sidewalk near the victim’s home. None of her bank cards were missing, but some $300 in cash was missing along with her social security card. Police and medical personnel arrived at her home, attended to her and began an investigation.

The next morning, a woman walking on Venado Street found the victim’s purse and some items from the purse and returned them to her. The victim said she has extensive bruising on her face and that the inside of her mouth is cut.

“There are lots of nice people in this town,” she said. “Two people who didn’t know me helped me. The police officer who investigated the situation came back to check on me later with his wife and family and they had baked cookies for me.”

Los Alamos Police Det. Sgt. James Rodriguez said today that the case is still under investigation. He said he believes there were two suspects who followed the victim to her home, because the woman who struck her, got into the passenger side of the vehicle on the street and that she called out to someone, “I got it, I got it,” as she moved away from the victim. Rodriguez said he is working with the Smith’s loss prevention department and viewing video of people of interest.

Rodriguez recommends that senior make friends with neighbors who can watch out for them as they come and go. He said seniors allow Smith’s employees to accompany them to their vehicles and assist them with loading their purchases. He said everyone should look around before exiting their vehicle and be aware of their surroundings. 
Anyone with any information on this incident should call the Los Alamos Police Department at 505.662.8222.

Bike To Work Day Is On In Los Alamos County

 As noted on the flyer the County plans on having Coffee and other refreshments at the Municipal Building for the commute to work. LANL is also on board and will have an event at the Oppenheimer Study Center. See the flyer below for details.

Over lunch the County staff supporting this are gathering at Ashley Pond for a community bike ride and will  have tables set-up for the local bike shop to hand out information, one regarding the proposed flow trail and Urban Bike paths, as well as bike safety literature.  County will be serving lunch after the ride.

If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to contact Parks and Open Space Division 662-8170

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Here you go if you want a flyer to print out. Click to enlarge.