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LETTER: A way out of Nevada’s looming budget hole

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LETTER: Clark County School District failing students
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LETTER: How do subsidies for film production make any sense?
Carol Cravens Henderson
May 4, 2020 - 9:00 pm
 

Nevada’s economy is going to suffer from this pandemic, and we will need to find new ways to balance the budget. Gov. Steve Sisolak is predicting budget cuts.

Our state and local governments depend on taxes from tourism, hotels and casinos, retailers and restaurants, to name a few. How to make up for the closures? Why not a lottery that many have wanted for years?

Why not put a booth in sports book areas in the casinos that want it? We have a retired community as well as others in Nevada who would welcome a lottery as a great means of recovery.

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LETTER: A scooter tragedy
Neal Gee Henderson

Why are children driving these vehicles?

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LETTER: Drugs in the prison mail?
Bruce Feher Las Vegas

Three-hundred and fifty thousand dollars? For a firm to conduct a “comprehensive operations study” at High Desert Prison because drugs are being smuggled in as ink on mail?

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LETTER: Wealth and United States
Ricky Kendall Las Vegas

When wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, built on the labor of many, can we truly call ourselves the richest nation?

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LETTER: End is nigh for Eastside Cannery?
Edward Vodek Las Vegas

Why tear down something that has plenty of life left in it? The corporations need to stop and think about their communities that support their business.

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