Put wrongly fired teacher back to work
To the editor:
In response to your Friday editorial, "Shocking firing":
Where is a good lawyer when a person needs one? I believe Pat McGuinness has a good case to sue the Clark County School District for wrongful termination. The question begs to be asked: Why didn't the school district contact Mr. McGuinness about his pending termination?
Mr. McGuiness had an accident April 29. I surmise there must be hospital records, insurance records. Having a background in human resources, I know for a fact that the school district knew just where to locate Mr. McGuinness. He would have filed an insurance claim because he was hospitalized. I'm sure his insurance paid the bills. The school district would have been well aware of his whereabouts.
So the lame excuse they are using, that they didn't know where to reach him, is laughable. I hope a good attorney reads this and investigates. Fair is fair. Give the man his job back.
Marlene Drozd
Las Vegas
Abusive associations
To the editor:
Jane Ann Morrison has written multiple columns on the hoarder living in Sun City Summerlin. The Review-Journal must be commended for publishing the dirty little secrets that lie within the walls of community associations. Ms. Morrison has brought forth an issue that must be addressed by the Nevada Legislature: Do the laws enacted by duly elected governing bodies, supported by tax dollars, override the covenants, codes and restrictions (CCRs) of homeowner associations?
In her Oct. 6 column, Ms. Morrison described the ability of the city to act and the ineptness of Sun City Summerlin associations for failing to act. Yet, in that same edition, Real Estate columnist Barbara Holland wrote that people concerned with the behavior of their neighbors should take their issue to the management company, which is appointed by a volunteer board.
Community associations have laid claim to and been allowed to usurp the powers of our duly elected officials and the agencies they control at our expense. This is an outrageous situation which has led to abusive boards and overbearing management companies. The attorneys who practice homeowner law love the conflicts. The more conflicts, the more money that can be collected by the attorneys.
The Nevada Legislature needs to pass a law or amend NRS116 so it is perfectly clear that homeowner associations cannot enforce nor write rules that already exist in criminal and civil law.
Robert L. Robey
Las Vegas
Don't-do list
To the editor:
There are good reasons to vote for Mitt Romney because of the things he says he will do. I think there are good reasons to vote for him because of things I believe he won't do.
I believe he won't ever apologize for America.
I believe he won't bow down to foreign leaders.
I believe he won't ignore our alliance with Israel.
I believe he won't have annual trillion-dollar federal budget deficits.
I believe he won't force upon America any legislation that is opposed by the majority of Americans.
I believe he won't use federal dollars to fund failing private businesses, green energy or otherwise.
I believe he won't close off federal lands for drilling and recovering our country's oil deposits.
I believe he won't skip half of his daily security briefings.
I believe he won't ignore the security problems along our southern border.
I believe he won't sue states that want to enforce federal immigration laws.
I believe he won't sue states that want to ensure the integrity of elections.
I believe he won't pick and choose which laws to enforce.
I believe he won't forget to keep his campaign promises.
Steven G. Hayes Sr.
Las Vegas
More money isn't a fix
To the editor:
Don Snyder, in his defense of a proposal to increase property taxes on a struggling population (Sunday Review-Journal), cites the need for $669 million to ensure "equitable and operational schools in which to learn." This implies that unless property owners, many of whom are retired citizens on a limited income, fork over additional monies, the schools will become non-operational. I am in construction, and I would be happy to upgrade air conditioning, electrical power and security systems for all existing county schools for a fraction of that amount.
The age of a school has nothing to do with learning. Schools along the East Coast have much older schools, and their kids do well in school. The quality of school and residential construction in the 1950s and 1960s was a lot better than current construction. We don't need to raze the structures. How much does an air conditioner cost? With the high unemployment levels in Las Vegas, I am sure one could get some cheap bids to refurbish the schools in need of repair. The photo with the commentary shows a crack in the cinder block at Lincoln Elementary School. I have seen cracks in cinder block walls only a few years old.
What Mr. Snyder doesn't tell you is that he is part of the problem. He is one of many deans at UNLV that make a nice salary off education. He is one of the educational elitists who insist on curing problems with money.
Conrad Ryan
Las Vegas
