Letters to the Editor

04.06.16

News, March 23: “Shots to be Fired”

Don’t Overrun It

My husband and I are visiting from Arizona and are considering relocating here for retirement. Recently we visited the wonderful petroglyph site at Cieneguilla managed by the BLM.

The rock art there is on par of major petroglyphs sites in the US. We were really thrilled to see so many depictions of kokopelli, animals and other unusual forms. However, we could already see what extra traffic has done to some of the images, as they were defaced. We would hate for this area to become overrun by people who [do] not appreciate the ancient culture and art treasure that Santa Feans have at their doorstep.

We chanced upon this site because I happened to read an article in the Santa Fe Reporter about a firing range that [could] be built on the mesa. We are really appalled that decision makers chose this site to place a shooting range. ...

The place is quite amazing and beautiful, and we feel that it should be preserved as such as a testimony to the past history of Native Americans and as a testimony to their art.

Emilia Chini
Tucson, Ariz.

Morning Word, March 3 “Slow Tax Refunds”

We All Suffer

"Refunds are taking up to six weeks to process because the state is taking longer to protect against potential fraud." But it seems like the fraud is committed by our corrupt federal, state and local officials, so we the people suffer the consequences.

Thomas Caballero
Santa Fe

Cover, March 23: “Puff of Smoke”

Sterling Writing

I was glad to see this article in SFR. Jeff Proctor is a sterling investigative reporter. I followed his close coverage of the Albuquerque shootings starting in 2009 and nominated the Journal for an NM FOG award for its coverage, which they won.

Dianne Layden
Albuquerque

Correction

In "Drained Defenders" (News, March 30), we misspelled the name of the new acting chief public defender, Bennett Baur. SFR regrets the error.

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