Santa Fe County votes to withdraw from coalition
rnal SANTA FE – The beleaguered Regional Coalition of LANL Communities – a group of nine northern New Mexico counties, municipalities and pueblos that advocates for environmental cleanup funding and jobs at Los Alamos National Laboratory – appears to be crumbling. The Santa Fe County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to withdraw from the coalition, created 10 years ago to ensure national decisions incorporate local needs and concerns of communities surrounding the lab. Last week, the Taos County Commission voted 4-1 to withdraw from the coalition. ....................................