Column: K-12 Education
Column by Rep. Jim HallDuring the last 20 years, I spent eight years on the Los Alamos School Board. I continue to listen to many school board members and to students, administrators at every level, parents, teachers (including my wife and brother), and union officials.
I spent many hours working with educators on implementing classroom technology. I spend many more hours reading articles and books.
I have tremendous respect and admiration for teachers who, day after day and year after year, are able to impart their love of learning Read More
Column: Managers Are Not Leaders – Conclusion … For Now
Column by Elena Yang
How do you spot a “true” leader? By observing and assessing the followers’ opinions and behaviors.
Robert Townsend put it poignantly, “…the true leader can be recognized because, somehow or other, his people consistently turn in superior performances.”
If people only talk about how wonderful their leader is, that’s suspect. Such a leader may be charismatic, but like a stellar supernova, its brilliance is limited.
We often confuse charisma with ability to accomplish, especially in an organization, and even more so when the organization is in turmoil. Read More
COLUMN: Vote NO on All 4 Charter Amendments
Coulmn By Richard “Skip” DunnOur community has seen a lot of press recently about the 4 charter amendment ballot questions.
Citizens should vote NO on all four for three reasons: they embody logrolling, further disenfranchisement of voters and more petition exclusions.
REASON 1: LOGROLLING. The county has bundled 21 ordinances into 4 ballot questions, arguing that 1) there wasn’t space on the ballot to list them separately, and 2) they were all related within each question, such that none could stand on its own without affecting all Read More
Money IQ: Protect Yourself From Phishing Scams
Money IQProtect Yourself From Phishing Scams
As technology becomes more advanced, so does the importance of protecting your personal information. With the downturn in the economy, identity theft and fraudulent activity has increased significantly.
There are many ways that scammers try to obtain the information necessary to either steal your identity or your account information.
One technique is by phishing, pronounced “fishing,” through emails. This column will help you learn ways to identify phishing scams and what to do if you are subjected to a scam.
Phishing Read More
Food on the Hill: Smoked Vegetables and Pasta
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comColumn: Managers Are Not Leaders
Coulumn by Elena Yang
I contend that by first denying managers can be leaders, we may actually begin to explore some links between these two roles.
There must be thousands of research articles on leadership alone, and only slightly fewer on comparing leaders and managers.
Leadership was one of my least favorite topics when I was taking courses for my PhD. It’s interesting to talk about, but mind-boggling to read through.
To me, leadership is one of those moving targets whose full nature you can never really pin down. As for equating managers with leaders? I think this is another one of those Read More
Letter to the Editor: Ashley Pond Park Really Should Go Forward
By Kristin Henderson
Candidate for Los Alamos County Council
Since I am running for a seat on the County Council, I would like to clarify my position about projects that have already gone through the community vetting process and been approved by Council, as my attendance at a recent Ashley Pond project meeting was noted in a recent front page article in the Monitor.
I am in favor of moving forward with projects that have already had public input and then are approved by Council. That includes this one.
The meeting I attended was about the Ashley Pond project, which includes improving ADA access, Read More