Questions about new treatment plant

To the editor:

I agree with Thomas Cameron’s March 21 letter (“Effluent,”) but there is more to this problem. Having worked in government and in development for years, I know there are steps that need to be taken before building such a mess.

Last week, Anita Woods, a member of the North Las Vegas City Council, came to my door asking for my vote. We got into a discussion on the sewage treatment plant. It’s clear that before you do such construction you must have a statement of “no significant impact on the environment.” During my conversation with Ms. Woods I asked if this and other issues were addressed. She claimed that all necessary permits were in place.

Really? With no place to dump the treated water? They

didn’t ask the county, so the city just decided to use the Sloan Channel. Then I asked why on leased ground? This provides no protection for the taxpayer if someday the landowner decides he wants the ground back. Again, Ms. Woods stated it was legal. In my time in government work, leasing was never allowed.

I asked Anita Woods to provide me with proof the study that was done, how leased ground can be used in a tax-funded project, and where this information was available to all taxpayers.

No response. So I e-mailed her. Still nothing.

The water smells and shouldn’t be allowed in Lake Mead. This whole project stinks. Now they want $8 million more to install a pipeline. I agree with Mr. Cameron: Let’s get all the city employees and have a party on the Sloan Channel and drink the water. When I get my answers I will be glad to join them.

GERRY McNULTY

NORTH LAS VEGAS

The smell of printer’s ink

To the editor:

I remember when the smell of newsprint was so enjoyable I would read a couple of papers a day. Now, instead of that great smell, we are assaulted by perfumed ads.

It’s bad enough to walk into a work situation and have a coworker who has no idea about personal hygiene and who has substituted a bottle of cologne or perfume for soap and water, but to open a morning paper which I have paid for and get hit by an ad that smells like a decayed rotten flower is disgusting.

Some of your readers are subject to severe allergy attacks and suffer migraines when exposed to this type of unexpected assault. We all know your advertising is more important than a customer, so how about a warning on the front page? That way we can just walk the paper to the trash and not have to put up with the smell at my morning meal.

RON KIRBY

LAS VEGAS

Rigged hearing

To the editor:

I wonder if state Sen. Tick Segerblom has the goal of becoming Nevada’s version New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg? On March 16 he held an “informational” hearing on gun control and proceeded to stack the meeting with anti-Second Amendment, gun control witnesses.

There were no pro-Second Amendment witnesses, if I understand I correctly. This is precisely the type of “nanny state” mentality exhibited by Mayor Bloomberg. When an elected individual proceeds to force his personal opinion onto the majority of adult citizens without any input or opposing opinion, they show their predisposition to their inner dictator mentality, which is not democracy.

Or maybe I’m reading too much into Tick’s motive. After all, he may be just another politician following the bandwagon of big city Mayor Bloomberg. In either case, this is a man who is proving that his office would be well served if another were voted in to replace him at election time.

JUSTIN SARAGOZA

LAS VEGAS