UNLV should have given Augmon a shot

In his Thursday letter about UNLV’s new basketball coach, Tony Brock hails congratulations on UNLV Athletic Director Tina Kunzer-Murphy, UNLV President Len Jessup and former player Robert Smith. For what? Weren’t these the people who selected David Rice as coach?

Mr. Brock says Stacey Augmon has no head coaching experience. What does that mean? Until a coach gets his first job, this is true. Look at Donald Trump. He has no political experience and yet he might become president of the United States.

Stacey Augmon has 15 years as a pro for experience. As for his coaching defense, he can hire his own assistant. Give a hometown guy a chance.

Kipp Altermara

Las Vegas

Water conservation

As a native Nevadan who grew up here when the Red Cross taught swimming lessons to the children at Lake Mead, I continue to be amazed and saddened by the state of our beautiful lake. Yet here we go again with plans to build another water area at one of the Strip hotels (“Wynn Resorts planning $1.5 billion expansion for Las Vegas Strip property,” April 8 Review-Journal).

We are already instructed to limit watering our lawns, plant desert landscaping, etc. Where will it end? Will it end with us being completely out of water, even for our basic needs?

How do these projects get approval? Most of our fruits and vegetables are imported now, instead of coming from California. Yet we continue to waste water on the Strip.

Darlene Nix

Las Vegas

Wynn’s swimming hole

I am so angry about Steve Wynn’s planned 38-acre “swimming hole” that I can barely write cohesively on this matter. We take out lawns and shorten showers. Then what happens? The Southern Nevada Water Authority increases our bills and developers put in water features.

Even more aggrieving to me is the water authority trying to “steal” water from Northern Nevada while builders keep on building as there is never a moratorium in place — something a responsible city or county government would demand.

I hope members of the Wynn board of directors can see past putting another dollar in their pockets and do the right thing and kill the project.

Patricia Cole

Las Vegas

Tough choice

It is intriguing that both political parties could not come up with a decent presidential contender who is honest, trustworthy and respectable. We are in a lamentable situation — i.e., a choice between one who prevaricates habitually and a narcissistic egomaniac harboring delusions of grandeur.

Lou Divina Tu

Henderson

Coverage ace

A big thank you to Review-Journal sports editor Bill Bradley. For the first time in 30 years last week, I read two pages of coverage of The Masters.

We golfers have been so frustrated by the meager golf news, usually found only in the “In Brief” column. We really enjoyed the treat, whether it was coverage by The Associated Press or input from local writers Brian Blessing and Matt Youmans.

Jacqueline Weaver

North Las Vegas