LETTERS: Stadium editorial lacks impartiality
The editorial hyping the need for a stadium may have been written with tongue in cheek. If so, it’s a great spoof (“Missing piece of infrastructure,” Wednesday Review-Journal).
Simply stating that the RJ is wholly owned by the family of Sheldon Adelson does not per se mean that the RJ is impartial in promoting this dubious viewpoint. Las Vegas Sands Corp. — also largely owned by the Adelson family — stands to profit enormously should the proposal to use taxpayer funds to pay for a large portion of the construction ultimately be accepted by the state Legislature.
And stating that in 2015, the RJ opposed a publicly funded soccer stadium “for reasons that don’t carry over to the Sands project” is ridiculous — at least to this reader. The principle is exactly the same: some wealthy entrepreneurs would like to get even wealthier by using taxpayer money that might be better spent on other priorities.
Does anyone doubt that Mr. Adelson could cover the entire cost of the stadium himself? Of course he could. Does anyone doubt that the Adelson family, if it chose to do so, could exert subtle or not-so-subtle pressure on the RJ editorial staff to do its bidding? Of course it could. The editorial staff works for Sheldon Adelson and his family.
For these reasons, the editorial staff of the RJ should have either not weighed in on this subject or should have published the editorial along with a rebuttal by a prominent Nevadan who believes that the project is a misappropriation of taxpayer funds.
Henry Soloway
Las Vegas
Trump turning tail
Everyone should be aware of Donald Trump’s bluster and bravado by now. He claims that he will single-handedly eliminate the Taliban, ISIS and terrorists all over the world. He’s also stated that he will bring Russia and China under control and conquer Iran. What’s not to like?
However, when a confrontation did arise — the protest in Chicago — Mr. Trump folded like a lawn chair and ran out of town. He did a vanishing act that would make Lance Burton proud. How tough can he be? He did not emulate Ronald Reagan, who would have stood and challenged the troublemakers. He also did not display the intelligence and wit of Barack Obama, who would have defused the situation with logic and affirmation.
What will Mr. Trump do on the world’s stage? Can he be trusted to defend his policies as president, or will he leave us high and dry when other leaders challenge his doctrine? Hopefully, the American people will wake up and never put Mr. Trump in that position.
The only place Donald Trump can be found is any place where there’s no confrontation.
Frank Sutherland
Las Vegas
Hillary and security
After last week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said, “We’ve got to tighten our security.”
Wasn’t that the same message Ambassador Christopher Stevens sent in the email dated June 7, 2012, to the U.S. State Department, when he requested additional security, just three months before the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya?
Steven Hayes
Las Vegas
