James Cleveland Watley
Music, March 9: “Rest in Power, Chris Abeyta”
Always
His absence will be intensely felt because he was always intensely present.
Daniel Weber VIA facebook
Smile and a Story
He was such a warm and caring man. He always had a smile and a story to tell you. I remember his band playing for our school dances before the days of the DJs.
Liz Gonzales via Facebook
Cover, March 2: “Does Not Equal”
(IN)Equally Bananas
I enjoyed SFR’s story about NM’s response thus far to the Martinez Yazzie lawsuit. Bananas that PED hasn’t released a comprehensive plan to address the specific inadequacies called out by the courts. Equally bananas that many of the tribal education leaders don’t support standardized assessments to analyze school performance.
S. Miller, Albuquerque
Listen to Russian People
I live in Santa Fe now but was born and raised in Russia. I would like to appeal to the American people not to affiliate all Russians with President Putin and his crimes. Please explain to your children at school and at home the difference between an authoritarian leader and people, who are the victims of his regime. Almost every Russian family lost someone in WWII and strongly opposes the war. Right now people in Russia receive a lot of misinformation about the war and therefore many of them refuse to believe in the horrific crimes against humanity being committed by Putin’s regime in Ukraine. We are peace-loving people. We admire the Ukrainian spirit and stand with Ukraine for peace.
Irina Aeby, Santa Fe
