Water waste bad news,
but old music great stuff
Because of Nevada's very hot and dry weather, our people had better wake up about all the wasted water use, especially all our restaurants and hotels.
I happen to like all the songs of the '40s and '50s and have cassettes. The Mills Brothers have a very good one: "You Never Miss the Water till the Wells Run Dry." How true!
The songs of the '40s, '50s and '60s were great, especially Lawrence Welk. Songs today are for the birds, along with the very stupid commercials, right?
Robert E. Brandt
Carson City
Gov. Gibbons deserves
apology for unfair criticism
Just to get my 2 cents in about Chuck Muth's recent commentary in the Nevada Appeal, he really bashed Gov. Jim Gibbons for not attending the special Republican Party in Las Vegas a few weeks ago.
I really think he owes the governor an apology and a public retraction of his comments about the governor just because he hadn't attended. He might take a lesson from the Dems as they stand with their own whether they are right or wrong.
Well, if he had bothered to ask why he wasn't there he would have found out that Jim Gibbons, along with other governors, was in Iraq, and I had heard once they also met with the troops in Afghanistan. So what is the big deal of "piling on" the governor? I guess it makes good fodder for the paper.
RHEBA MONTROSE
Carson City
Dayton project opposed
for numerous reasons
We are against Eden Research LLC gaining the Division of Environmental Protection permit to do business approximately one-half mile from Dayton Valley Golf Course and thousands of homes (mine included.) This is wrong on so many levels.
The building Eden has rented at 10 Air Park Vista, Dayton, is approximately 1,300 yards from the Dayton High School football field and less than 600 yards from a residential area.
Dayton Valley Road most probably cannot withstand large trucks hauling ore every day. These trucks will also cause noise and dust in a residential area. This road was not designed for heavy truck traffic. These roads are supported by taxpayer monies.
Our property values have already taken a hit in the bad economy. This business will guarantee our values will never rebound.
The chemicals used in the ore extraction process are extremely hazardous to humans and animals. Accidents can happen whether manmade or a natural disasters such as a flood or earthquake. There is only one way (a bridge) in and out of Dayton Valley Road. How will thousands of people get out safely if there is a problem?
It is our understanding that this industrial area is for light industry only.
The initial creation of jobs for three or four people with the maximum being approximately 20 (according to the Nevada Appeal) in no way justifies the potential health hazard and ground contamination of more than 7,500 people, not to mention the wear and tear on the infrastructure.
Tim and Carol Nielsen
Dayton
Small-business owners
under attack by the Feds
Recently House Bill HR 45 has been introduced to the House of Representatives for consideration. Apparently, because of a gang-related killing of a young person, some members of the House have decided to substantially compromise the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. This is just another step toward taking guns from and criminalizing citizens of this country.
It appears that Congress has its priorities confused. They pass $780 billion in stimulus spending, without reading the bill, and yet in June we lost another 522,000 jobs. They pass more than $400 billion in Omnibus spending that contained thousands of earmarks after promising a new standard of transparency.
The health care package being considered will cost $1.5 trillion and will leave 37 million people without medical insurance coverage. Keep in mind that the actual cost of Medicare is seven times higher than projections, so there is no reason to believe that $1.5 trillion is the real number.
To pay for this debacle, there will be increased taxes on people making more than $280,000 per year. That is shooting the small-business owner, who is likely organized as an LLC, partnership, sole proprietorship, or subchapter S corporation, right between the eyes.
Combine this with the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2011 and it is as though the Feds have placed a bounty on small-business owners. Because small businesses employ most people and create most of the jobs, where will future jobs be created?
John Colyer
Minden