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LETTER: Holding Israel to a higher standard
Tom Stamcoff Las Vegas
June 18, 2019 - 9:00 pm
 

After reading many stories about the Clark County School District eliminating deans in order to close a budget hole, I offer a few facts and a suggestion.

If you have been in your home since 2007, you are paying about 15 percent less in property taxes today than you did in 2007. Maybe we could pay a bit more and eliminate this deficit. In addition, our major employers reap the benefits of a well-educated workforce. Maybe our gaming companies and other large employers can step up to the plate to show their support for our future (well-educated students) and erase this deficit.

We all want the best but, as usual, we do not want to pay for it.

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LETTER: Holding Israel to a higher standard
Bill Minarik Las Vegas

War is ugly, and a lot of innocents suffer as a result. But you need to look to the ones who started it all for any vindictiveness, not the ones who are responding.

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LETTER: Ukraine, Gaza have key differences
Tony Kyriacou Henderson

Russia’s land grab is intentionally targeting the civilian population while the Israeli military is doing its best to avoid civilian deaths after a horrific attack.

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LETTER: The ticking time bomb
Frank Bean Henderson

For a decade, our leaders have ignored the soaring national debt.

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LETTER: Praise for the courageous Trump jurors
Claud Smith North Las Vegas

These patriotic people struck a blow for American justice. Now let us measure up by striking a similar blow at the ballot box on Nov. 5 to keep this resurrection of justice going forward.