You truly have to admire the ability of the rich and powerful to protect their self-interest whenever a threat to their position of privilege arises ("Anti-TASC effort takes opposition into the streets," Review-Journal, May 18).
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The government employee unions behind "Nevadans for Nevada" (it should actually be named "Nevadans for Nevada Government") are very bright people. They know full well that if the TASC petition succeeds their gravy train will be seriously sidetracked. And we can't have that, can we?
It is truly remarkable how the corporate oligarchs of Government Unions Inc. can get an out-of-work truck driver to do their bidding for them, and be proud of what he's doing.
As for the AFL-CIO involvement, this is one of the most interesting aspects of the rise to dominance of Government Unions Inc. You have to wonder how much longer the individual leaders of the private-sector unions are going to sit back and watch their members' standard of living get biffed and battered by the constant changes inherent in a market economy (e.g: steel, auto, trucking and airline), all while the government employee unions "negotiate" with their fellow government employees inside the secure cocoon of government, without finally figuring out that something has gone very wrong with the labor movement in Nevada.
TASC is a direct threat to Government Unions Inc. -- and their active opposition to it should tell every private-sector Nevadan why you need to support it.
Knight allen
LAS VEGAS
Out of state
To the editor:
I have a suggestion to help clean up the politics of Las Vegas. I note that the recent conviction of two crooked politicians was made possible because of FBI wiretaps. The FBI involvement was made possible only because the Nextel cell tower was in California, therefore the communications crossed state lines.
I think we should make a law that all local politicians and their staffs must use only cell phones and the calls must be routed via a tower in another state so investigations into corruption can be taken out of local hands and be undertaken by an organization that has shown it can succeed.
The possibilities are endless. We may finally learn why we have so many questionable land deals, restrictions mysteriously being dropped from deeds, and surprising zoning changes.
We could find out why we get "bobble head" votes on union contracts, like the refusal to issue a permit to a non-union cement company which will cause problems for anyone going to Arizona. We might learn more about perks supplied to our anointed by lobbyists. We might finally get some answers to the unexplainable.
Or do you think there were only two bad apples in the barrel and that all roads lead to Galardi? Ha!
robert spriesterbach
LAS VEGAS
Liberals club
To the editor:
Now that Harry Reid has officially declared me a racist because I believe English should be the official language of our country, a question came to mind:
Are Mexican-Americans who feel the same way (and I know several) also racists? Is it possible to be a racist against your own race? I thought that was a "white liberals only" club.
Jeff Leonard
LAS VEGAS
Yellow brick road?
To the editor:
Are we living in Oz?
Gas is $3 a gallon and the House votes not to allow drilling off of either coast.
Social Security is going bankrupt and the Senate votes to allow illegal immigrants to receive benefits even though they used identity theft to get their jobs.
The president tells us that to become legal, illegal immigrants must learn to speak English. But how am I supposed to believe it when Senate Democrats oppose an amendment that would make English the national language, and Sen. Harry Reid calls proponents of the measure racist?
My wife and I just moved here from California, so we saw first-hand what problems arise when we don't control our borders. Hospitals close, children don't get the education they deserve because the majority of students don't speak English, and the state goes bankrupt. I suggest we print the names and addresses of all the politicians who favor amnesty and post them where the illegals cross the border so they will know where to go to rest after their trek.
ROBERT GARDNER
HENDERSON
Thankless job
To the editor:
Like letter writer John O'Neill, I too have questions for police officers:
Why on Earth do you go out there every day on our behalf, facing insults, threats, danger and possible death, knowing that any decision you must make in a split-second, will later be criticized and second-guessed by people who have never been in that situation?
