Sweeping controversies under the table

So I see that the university regents have allowed system chancellor Dan Klaich to retire with pay. Instead of allowing this to happen — leaving taxpayers to pay for his buyout — they should have fired him and recommended that charges be filed against him.

Then they should have asked him to pay back his salary given that he failed to do his job and instead resorted to lies and misleading documents.

This is just another example of injustice and sweeping issues under the table.

Robert Lee

Henderson

My generation

In his Thursday letter, John R. Styles slams the millennial generation for wanting “free stuff.” He has confused a whole generation of Americans with those who disagree with him on politics. In doing so, he is guilty of pushing the younger generation even further from his brand of conservatism.

Mr. Styles lauds his own generation and those before his for sacrifice, measured thought and choosing to vote. He is wrong. Is the percentage of those who vote high in this country? No. But it has not been for a very long time now. Is there a bit of naivete in the young? Of course. That is because they are young. And believe me. My old generation does not have any great ownership of wisdom.

Richard L. Strickland

North Las Vegas

Plane facts

In response to Ray Nowell’s May 8 letter, “Dangerous activity,” regarding Henderson Executive Airport (HND), maybe some facts are needed to help understand:

— This is public airport open to both private and business aircraft.

— The accident to which Mr. Nowell referred involved a commercial business which has every right to operate from HND Executive. The company has a good safety record involving more than 15,000 flights over five years in business. There have been no injuries, until this recent unfortunate accident.

— If said business was too noisy, dangerous and totally disruptive, it would surely incur violations from the FAA and could lose its license or be shut down.

— The airport does have noise abatement procedures in place.

— Mr. Nowell lives under McCarran International Airport’s Class B airspace. Class B is the busiest airspace in the United States. HND Executive Airport lies under the Class B airspace as does Anthem, Seven Hills and Inspirada.

I do agree that new homes should not be built within a few hundred feet of any runway. But it is up to residents to express our concerns and for the Henderson City Council to ultimately decide. On the other side of the coin, it is up to the homebuyer to be informed.

And, as we all know, accidents can and do happen, just as they happen every day on our roads.

In closing, the only commonsense answer to avoid the problem of progress and growth is to move, as HND Executive Airport was in place long before all this home development ensued.

Susan Newton

Henderson