Why does Los Alamos need GRT taxes from TRIAD? Is the money going to be used to create an even bigger justice center when Los Alamos is already the safest place in New Mexico.
https://www.movoto.com/guide/nm/safest-places-in-new-mexico/
"Residents in Los Alamos had the lowest chance anywhere in the state of being the victim of a crime at 1 in 192. "
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Los Alamos has literally been spoiled by a GRT windfall in the last decade. They dig up roads for no reason, spend huge sums on meaningless slogans, and put a huge logo right in the middle of town just to show they could. Come to think of it their behavior was much like that of their LANS partners. Time to take out the trash.
The thing is the crime rate was just as low or lower before LANS, so there is NO evidence that the GRT contributed anything to the town in terms of lower crime. The town is already wealthy enough with a fairly affluent tax base, why should it receive additional funds from the lab that take away from the mission. I have heard the argument made that the GRT makes the town more attractive to workers however I have seen no evidence to back this claim up. Somehow LANL attracted top talent during the time interval 1945-2005 without GRT. In fact there is some evidence that quality of the work force has in fact decreased since 2005 since the for-profit model has made LANL less attractive to top talent than universities, non-profit office of science labs and so on. The push for the GRT seems to be come from a smaller number of towns people who work for the local government and do not have any real investment in the quality of the science or technical ability of the lab. For example David Izraelevitz, (council chair) also happens to work at LANL but is a profoundly mediocre scientist which is easily checked by his record has no vested interest in a thriving science at LANL.
January 6, 2019 at 1:18 PM
Well said!
Izraelevitz's agenda has always been to increase the housing capacity so more people reside in the county, which will attract larger chain stores.
I also didn't realize that only the "top" scientists at the lab care about its vitality. If so, maybe some of the "top scientists" should run for county council.
The County council is irrelevant and has been for years. It's the unelected bureaucrats that suckle from the GRT trough, and who guard it fiercely. They also write the narrative for how the council agenda is intended to play out. Greatest show on the mesas.
Izraelevitz doesn't work at LANL any longer. He is retired. At least that's what's written on his web page.
Izraelevitz was never cut out for science at LANL or anywhere else. The county is his cash cow now so he needs to keep it going above all cost to LANL or the nation.
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