THERE MUST BE OTHER THINGS OF INTEREST THAT WE COULD THINK ABOUT.

   Our dear water lady Pat Milroy has been speaking out of late all about her grand $3.5 billion that is billion folks. In case you have not been listening this is all about her proposed water hose from 250 miles north and into the greater Las Vegas area. She seems to have a hang up that some of us have been opposed to her boondoggle for many years because of her priorities. It isn't about letting our water source dry up – but it is about how much this pipe line would really cost if it were to go ahead. She has been of the opinion that we are against growth and with that a given she wants our heads on a chopping block so she could go ahead and squander the billions on a pipeline from the north. What has been my issue on this water case all along is that the water authority has not been willing to assess the corporate user a high enough user fee up front for the cost of capital investment (like design, contract for, acquisition of water, right of ways etc.) and then a high enough up front charge for using the pipeline and also the purchased water. Since we the residents will pay all of these costs eventually anyway, but I believe that the corporate user should up front all costs when they raise the bonds to acquire land etc plus all other investments that make the project a go to began with. Sure this is costly but it also puts the original costs on the corporate back when they are ready to go ahead with their project. I can just see Harvey Whittemore in his project, Coyote Springs, getting the first subsidy from the SNWA from his pal Pat Milroy. There is more and more that needs to be uncovered before P M is allowed to spend anymore money like in the $3.5 billion for a pipeline of some 250 miles that we do not need. If and when would we need the piped water? I say if some corporation has a few billion to spend we then take a look at it. Secondly if Lake Mead does dry up and it is proven to us that we need land water from the north we look at after we have determined how much water we have stored in Arizona and Clark County. I am not against growth, just against squandering billions in case someone may want to do something but have not put up a multi-billions of dollars bond issue to provide confidence that this someone is real and big time.

 IS THE ECONOMY ON THE MEND OR ARE WE BEING FINGER IN THE AIR TO SEE IF IT SMELLS?

   Can anyone tell us if our economy is on the mend or is it just more circling of the wagons to see if it is safe to step outside of the circled wagons? All I can tell myself is that we like millions of others keep seeing the someone in the media trying to convince us that things are looking up and that we should be hi-fiveing it, take a deep breath, roll over and go back to sleep for another six months and then put the finger in the air again to see if things have changed any for the better. There is no question in my mind that the stuff has hit the fan and hit it big time. My biggest concern is with the no experience leadership leading us and promising something like a trillion and one half to turn something around what they choose to call our economy. My 1991 Mazda van is still a good buy even with the Junker buyouts that are on TV every day. There are really some very nice automobiles out there now that one wouldn't mind owning if you were about to part with some of your coins, but I still like my nice white MPV that I bought a new engineer for several years back when the valve heads developed a flaw that was hard to take but has been worth it. When I think about getting rid of the 18 year old MPV I quickly get over it when I think about the 8+% sales tax, the ridiculous license plate tax and last but not least the cost of car insurance. Well I also bought some good tires and all I use it for is to go to doctors and grocery stores so really cannot justify a new car that would cost maybe $35,000 and I think back to when I bought a Mark III and Mark IV and each one cost about $6,500 with little or no extraneous things like sales tax, license plates.

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