Could the Review-Journal please stop with the bogeyman propaganda?
Letters
The latest story on Rep. Joe Heck is typical (“Heck announces opposition to Iran nuclear deal,” Sept. 3 Review-Journal). When running for office, Rep. Heck runs as a conservative. When his vote means nothing, he votes conservative, such as by “repealing” Obamacare.
On Labor Day, let’s do more than attend a barbecue and lament the end of summer. Let’s talk about and commemorate the importance of hard work year-round and how our contributions to the economy make America work. Let’s recognize all of the men and women who are working for a better life, just as our forefathers did centuries ago.
ESAs improve outcomes
I read with interest Sylvia Lazos’ commentary on Education Savings Accounts (“Education Savings Accounts imperil public education,” Tuesday Review-Journal). It is obvious Ms. Lazos did not do her homework or was afraid to share how successful ESA programs have been in other states.
The article on the National Clean Energy Summit quotes all the President Barack Obama catchphrases that seem to support residential rooftop solar systems for Nevada homeowners (“Obama talks clean energy at summit,” Aug. 25 Review-Journal). The article states in part that Sen. Harry Reid said he wasn’t satisfied with the current rooftop solar energy model used by NV Energy.
Defending his education budget (“Public vote on tax package sought,” Aug. 11 Review-Journal), Gov. Brian Sandoval calls the referendum filed by a group of anti-tax Republicans “a wrongheaded attack on the children and families of Nevada.” Then, listing nine elements of the program, Gov. Sandoval asks, “What will you cut?”
Finally, an editorial from the Review-Journal I totally agree with.
The headline on John L. Smith’s Dash Pass column read, “DMV’s Dash Pass penalized poor, less tech-savvy” (July 25 Review-Journal online). If that headline were expanded, it might have read, “DMV’s Dash Pass penalized poor, less tech-savvy, so instead we will cancel the service and penalize those who are up to date with current and affordable technology.” After all, who doesn’t have a cellphone these days?
Reading state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer’s statement about the Education Savings Accounts lawsuit left me amazed (“ACLU sues to block education accounts,” Friday Review-Journal). Nevada’s assistant Senate majority leader said “the ACLU wants to go back to a system of hard zoning, forcing poor and minority students into chronically failing schools and furthering cycles of generational poverty.”
I am tired of politicians, government bureaucrats and undocumented immigrant advocates (not to mention news organizations) continually stating that the number of undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States is “11 million to 12 million.” The Social Contract Press published a 2007 article in which the Los Angeles Times cited the number of undocumented immigrants living in the country at the time as between 8 million and 12 million.
Regarding John L. Smith’s column, I am just curious as to whether Michael McDonald will donate his body to science to study when he dies (“McDonald’s loan role looking more clear,” Tuesday Review-Journal). This man’s skin has to be made of Teflon.
We are now seeing the result of socialist political policies with regard to the stock market. Between the end of last week and Monday morning, we saw a loss of almost 10 percent of the market. Yes, it is due in great part to the events in China and the Pacific Rim, but it is also due to the incredibly stupid economic policies of the United States.
Apologists Michael Yackira and Elaine Wynn shoot the messengers — reporter Bethany Barnes and the Review-Journal editorial page staff — for not fairly representing Chancellor Dan Klaich and the work he has done for the Nevada System of Higher Education (“NSHE’s Klaich deserves praise for efforts,” July 26 Review-Journal). But the op-ed by Mr. Yackira and Ms. Wynn didn’t provide any information relevant to specific issues such as: Mr. Klaich contracting a counter report to the SRI International report; the Mario Martinez funding formula and Lincy Institute actions; alleged plagiarism of intellectual property of the Brookings Institute; the hiring of Catherine Cortez Masto in apparent violation of NSHE’s Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action hiring policies; and the actions to secure budgetary support for the medical school in Southern Nevada.
In an article on NV Energy and net metering, Review-Journal reporter Steve Tetreault noted that NV Energy said, “The current 11.6 cents per kilowatt hour rate paid to customers who send unused solar power to the company should be reduced to 5.5 cents as a more realistic value” (“GOP dares Hillary to talk net metering in Las Vegas,” Aug. 16 Review-Journal). In no column or article have I seen anyone mention that such customers generate solar power only during daylight hours.