Letters to the Editor

03.30.16

Cover, March 23: Puff of Smoke”

No Accountability

I found this story so painful to read that I couldn't finish it in one sitting. Who does the police serve, if not the community? Thanks to the Santa Fe Reporter for your investigative reporting work. Accountability? Certainly a lost art, in these parts.

Robin Bergner
via Facebook

Death Penalty

I did not realize that having 0.08 mg of cocaine in one's system and/or failing to stop for the police in a timely manner carries a death sentence.

Cathlynn Groh
Santa Fe


News, March 23: “Shots To Be Fired”

Go West

I live in Cieneguilla and think the shooting range could be a good idea. The Camel Tracks as they stand are a nuisance, and a BLM shooting range might curb the negative aspects of shooting in the area.

The range would need to be managed in some capacity and not left vulnerable to vandalism, or it will just create a worse problem.

Another option (which I am not sure why it is not being considered) would be to construct a range further west on Caja del Rio that is further away from residences. With this option, the Camel Tracks and road access to them could be eliminated and the area totally converted to trails and off-road vehicle access.

Robin Franke
SFReporter.com

Horrible Chance

I think it is horrible that if I want to walk near the petroglyphs there is a chance I can get shot and killed. Plus having to listen to the noise of gunfire in a nature site. Horrible. There should be an indoor shooting range built for those who need to shoot.

Laura Hall
SFReporter.com

Editor's note: The Department of Game and Fish issued the following statement after presstime:

"We hope the application process including public scoping, which will be handled by the BLM, can completed in the next six months with construction soon to follow. Santa Fe County currently does not have a regulated shooting range for public use. The range would offer the public a safe, clean, family-friendly, environment for target shooting."

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