Andy Lyman
Online, July 9: “NM Gov: Calling off Session Not an Option”
Unsafe proposals
Gov. Lujan Grisham’s insistence on pushing forced mental health treatment during the special legislative session was alarming and irresponsible. She has tried to legislate expanded involuntary commitment for the past two decades, failing every year until a watered-down version finally passed.
Why? Because many of us here in New Mexico want to protect our civil and human rights.
It is widely publicized that proposed legislation will not only allow involuntary commitment but will expand the scope of who is a candidate for it, by broadening the definitions of competency and “harm to self or others.” It opens the door to unjustly relegating an individual to a lifetime of irreversible damage and suffering.
Using this approach in our judicial system does not ensure public safety or the safety of individuals sentenced to so-called mental treatment. It is widely known that the majority of treatment is psychotropic drugging (chemical restraint), which has been shown to contribute to homicide and violence—the opposite of what is safe.
Joel Ervin
Albuquerque
Food, July 10: “Empty Nest”
Meh
I would second and third the El Nido review. “Expensive so-so” was my takeaway after taking a speaker we were hosting there. Nothing bad, but nothing distinguished, either. At their price point, they need to be better. I don’t get the sushi thing at all. Maybe they should try and just do one thing really well?
Brian Weiss
Santa Fe
The Fork, July 11: ”Santa Fe Needs A Diner”
Facebook sounds off:
I sure wish we had one...a greasy-spoon/the-heck-with-organic-locally-grown ingredients...and doesn’t try to add green chile to every single dish!
Just a good old-fashioned, unpretentious diner. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve come to love green chile. But it doesn’t have to go on E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Makes me think of my years on Long Island when I took for granted being surrounded by them!
Like the Greek diners in the Midwest with fluffy omelettes and club sandwiches and the waitress calls you “hon.”
