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LAS VEGAS WATER AUTHORITY WANTS BILLIONS FOR PIPES TO SUCK
That’s what happens when we give a government agency too much power
and too much money to go with it. I speak of the sales tax added
several years back which has seen them on a spending spree like
nobody’s business every since. This latest one to dig up our northern
counties for miles of pipe lines and deep wells to suck up their water
and ship it down to this valley of sin should be put up to a vote by
the tax payers. If they are so interested in finding water in order
to allow another million immigrants, whoops I meant to say another
million outsiders to move to Las Vegas, I want to know who told them
we tax payers want it. No one has ask me, has anyone ask you if you
wanted another million outsiders including immigrants legal or illegal
to grow this population another million people? I have not heard of
one taxpayer who has said our best quality of life will be served by
adding another million people from the outside. With 200,000 plus kids
in school we surely do not need to invite more outsiders to begin with
do we? Why not just stay close to the size we are, began to stabilize
what we have, and for a change let some quality of life catch up with
this insane growth. Tell me one thing that is working well in this
entire area called Clark County and I will tell you that is one thing
out of a dozen more that needs to be brought up to quality of life
standards before we spend billions more on water pipes. Another million
outsiders who with the present mix will most likely mean 20% retirees
and the largest part of the remaining 80% will be in service industry
jobs which means they must have at least two people working in jobs to
keep up with the life style of the Joneses that keeps them in debt up
to their arm pits and fills our schools to overflowing no matter how
many buildings we build. We just do not need this kind of growth or
at least I have not seen any place where someone or some groups of
people have laid out a plan that shows we demand this type of growth
and billions of debt that you must know is just the beginning of more
new debt.
MR ROGERS GOES FISHING AND TAKES HIS PEOPLE ALONG WITH That’s right, according to the RJ he is including about 80 people who are regents, educators, deans, lobbyists, college presidents, a bank president and a couple of politicians for a trip to Canada fishing and he says none of them will be fishing together who could cause a conflict of interest so not to worry because there is so much good to be gained. I know all about fishing trips like this and to say there will be no conflict of interest is interesting to say the least. This sounds like a good mix of people who know all about such things. Where are the watch dogs of the press to be sure of that? Mr. Rogers is said to spend about $350,000 on the trip and they are saying this is not to be called a gift. I wonder what other name there is for gift that makes it legal? These are great trips but I am not so sure that this is the best way to bring this group of people together. It is the mix of people that also raises a question. HOW CAN THERE BE HIGH PRICES FOR OIL AND NOT BE GOUGING.? With crude oil over $70 dollars a barrel how can there not be gouging? Somebody is pricing oil out of the market so they say. That is what happens when too many people want what you have and there is no alternative. That is what we have today and I doubt that it is going to change very soon. Did you see the article where at $70 dollars a barrel, Saudi Arabia would take in $661 million per day, UAE a little sand spit would take in $168 million a day and Iraq would take in $147 million per day plus Russia, Venezuela and on and on? No wonder our South American dictator is getting so gutsy. Don’t you wonder what that does to the price of gasoline in Europe where they already paid $4 or $5 dollars equivalent several years ago when we were in Germany? I talked to my son who lives there and they think nothing of it because there is nothing they can do about it and I guess the same could be said for us only we aren’t used to that kind of price for our gasoline. Their cost also has always had much higher taxes on gasoline than we are used to. I remember not too long ago when oil was $20 dollars a forty gallon barrel. With our cars being 15 years old at least we are not being taxed to pieces by the state on our license plates any longer because we have reached the states minimum charge. I see a lot of really nicely designed cars today and am glad I wont buy one as long as we live in Nevada with their ridicules prices on our license plates. At least we can do something about that part of our costs but can’t do anything about the cost of gasoline other than plan our driving a little better. And the last thing I want to do is take a bus. OUR GARBAGE MAN WANTS YOUR MONEY AND TO STOP LESS. I see where our Republic garbage pickup wants to make it once a week with a big monster of a container that we throw everything into. Well I for one can tell you that since we already do recycling we are happy the way it is. But if they want to change I don’t see why they can’t come twice a week and just keep the containers we have and throw everything into them. I wouldn’t mind getting rid of the recycling containers they now have so why not do that. I know it is too simple and it is one more trip a week than they want. Well I for one do not want ours and our neighbor’s garbage standing around two weeks in the summer time for sure. ENRON CHAIRMAN KENNETH LAY GOES TO HIS MAKER. What a way to go. To set through months of misery at a trial for his crimes and then die of a massive heart attack. Well at least he didn’t cost we taxpayers the cost of incarceration. I often have wondered why crooks are crooks. It has always seemed to me that honesty works and if you want to get richer then just work harder. I had a friend Curt Carlson who owned the Radisson Hotel chain plus tons more and never was happy unless he was making money. And I think he died happy making money to the last minute but at least he didn’t do it in a manner that was against the law and more power to him if that is what he wanted to do. For me I was happy twenty five years ago when I quit working and haven’t missed work one bit since then. I guess some of us are just made different. |
