OPINION

theme: Historical Trauma

We’re looking for poems that study the past and illuminate the present.

Mail letters to PO Box 4910, Santa Fe, NM 87502; or email them to editor@sfreporter. com. Letters (no more than 200 words) should refer to specific articles in the Reporter. Letters will be edited for space and clarity.

COVER, JAN. 17:

“SHARE THE ROAD”

PUTTING FORWARD VIEW

Thanks for the in-depth coverage of the Cerrillos Road project and please keep these stories coming. Director Regina Wheeler deserves to be commended for putting forward a better view of what we could be doing with our roads.

The Legislature has just spent a ton of money on highway projects and no doubt will spend even more this session. We need the Transportation Department to advocate for passenger rail, intercity buses, bike routes and other alternatives for our car-centric state. DENISE FORT SANTA FE

IMAGINE A COMMUTER

Love the cover but next time it might help to show a “normal” commuter riding, not some skinny white dude roadie. One is deemed by society differently than the other and commuting in Santa Fe is such a pleasant experience, save for the big trucks and the cars speeding everywhere. JOHN WATSON VIA TWITTER @JOHNPROLLY

FALSE CLAIM

So much for claiming to be a bike-friendly city. BOB NOVAK @BOBND74 VIA INSTAGRAM

COVER, JAN. 26:

“CRAFTWORK”

CLAPPING HANDS EMOJI

I like the dance floor DJ booth addition! No need to have a sculptor. BRIAN TAAFFE @WISH161 VIA INSTAGRAM

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SANTA FE EAVESDROPPER

“This white parka is so great—but it makes me look like a HUGE marshmallow.”

—Overheard in the JC Penney mens department

“I want to dress up fancy so I can go to the Capitol and celebrate debate and democracy.”

—Overheard at Cake’s Corner Cafe from a man in a three-piece suit

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