In response to your Thursday story, “Nevada toad could go extinct due to gold mining, petition says”:
No, we don’t want to bring any economic activity to Nevada if it endangers any small bug, vertebrae or flower. In fact, we should close up everything and deport all our residents to other states. Give the dirt of Nevada back to the Native American tribes. After all, only 17 percent of the state is privately owned.
In her Oct. 26 op-ed, Sen. Jacky Rosen claims to be fighting for everyday Americans, but she doesn’t address the root causes of why the Democrats refuse to vote to reopen the government.
Legal hurdles are insurmountable.
Nevada gaming and insurance companies end up with the cash.
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?
When wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, built on the labor of many, can we truly call ourselves the richest nation?
