Sunday, April 06, 1997 To read a story, HIGHLIGHT headline and click READ. COLUMN: Thomas Mitchell COLUMN: Jon Ralston The 'sky is falling'? The 'new mission' OUR READERS RESPOND ----------END-----------
	Click on the small cartoon to see a full-size version (83k).	The 'sky is falling'? One wonders why Assemblyman David Goldwater, D-Las Vegas, bothered to put his Infrastructure Committee through three hours of hearings last week on the Southern Nevada Water Authority's proposal to slap Southern Nevadans with a quarter-cent add-on sal es tax.       Mr. Goldwater's exhaustive examination of the issue managed to proceed without a single mention of new studies by legislative auditors -- recently brought forward by fellow Democratic Assemblyman Harry Mortenson -- which indicate the tax hike may not be needed at all, since growth rates higher than estimated by the water authority could easily pay the bill through water rates and connection fees alone. FULL TEXT The 'new mission' On a report circulated in draft form in Washington last week, the Pentagon sketches out a "strategic blueprint" for the U.S. military which compensates for the shortage of real enemies in the post-Cold War world by emphasizing an expanding noncombat role.       Now, obviously, many men and women in the armed forces complete exemplary careers without facing the necessity of firing shots in anger. FULL TEXT
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      "This is a complicated process," Weinrich said. "But if we don't build the monorail, if we don't expand bus service, if we don't build more roads and car pool, we can guarantee that day-to-day traffic in the valley is going to get worse."

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