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LETTER: To tree or not to tree

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LETTER: Lombardo’s invitro veto makes sense
John M. McGrail Las Vegas
March 29, 2025 - 9:01 pm
 

Two recent articles in the Review-Journal made me chuckle, providing a perfect example of what is wrong with government “planning.” The first article was about excess water-use charges causing some homeowners to remove full-grown, mature trees because it had become too costly to water them. The second article was about local governments handing out free trees for homeowners to plant to counter the “heat-island” effect.

If government planners want more trees, they should subsidize their water use. If government planners want fewer trees using water, they should stop giving them away.

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LETTER: Lombardo’s invitro veto makes sense
Patrick A. Casale Las Vegas

Gov. Joe Lombardo’s veto of the invitro fertilization bill was a fair move considering it would apply only to all groups with 51-plus employees except those who work for the state or school district.

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LETTER: Iran racing to build the bomb?
David Andrews Las Vegas

Iran’s rulers are not coming to the table to make peace. They’re coming to buy time.

LETTER: Don’t ignore the Constitution
David Stahl Las Vegas

Usually, Victor Davis Hanson backs up his comments with supportive information. This was not the case in his June 15 commentary, “The rogue’s gallery.”

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LETTER: Nevada needs to get serious about DUI
Robert Hirst Las Vegas

Nothing better illustrates our city and county approach to felony DUI than a case in which a man killed an innocent young girl and her dog and was convicted of that crime.

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