Stolen ticket can be reported to regulators
To the editor:
The story told by Rodger Kinsey (Thursday letter, "Please exit the property") seems highly unlikely, unless Mr. Kinsey is omitting pertinent facts. If in fact his payout ticket was stolen and he witnessed this theft, slot personnel could have "locked out" the ticket voucher in the EZpay system and it would be impossible to redeem by anyone.
At that point the slot department could have manually paid Mr. Kinsey the balance awarded on the uncashed ticket. This is done routinely under similar circumstances.
If casino personnel refused to act, as Mr. Kinsey states, he can file a complaint with the Gaming Control Board. He would need the date, machine number, amount of ticket and the names of those involved.
Or perhaps Mr. Kinsey wasn't paying attention and noticed his ticket missing when it was too late to act. This also happens routinely.
BRUCE SCHOWERS
LAS VEGAS
Good government
To the editor:
In response to Robert Stanelle's Wednesday letter, "Too many laws": I'm glad you enjoyed your youthful days in the good old '50s growing up with all your hopes and dreams. I too grew up in the '50s and had my hopes and dreams trampled because I didn't have the protection of those government regulations.
I got kicked out of restaurants for the crime of not being white enough. I was forced to attend segregated schools and churches because of a lack of government laws. My parents were not allowed to vote. "White only" signs hung over water fountains and public bathrooms. The good old '50s, how wonderful it must have been for people like you. But people like me longed for government regulation to make things right and set standards that are fair to all.
The "Nevada Community Association Uniform Act" sets standards for all to follow and not just the select few who would undermine everyone's rights. I guess it must depend on which side of the lens you view the world through to develop such disdain for government. But from my viewpoint, thank God for government regulation.
KENNETH HENDERSON
HENDERSON
'Flexible'?
To the editor:
Why are we not interested in President Obama's guarded whispering to the Russian president about being "more flexible" with his policy toward Russia after he is re-elected?
Have our learned journalists ever questioned our leader, or his spokesmen, about his meaning of "flexible"? Are we going to let the Russians move into Eastern Europe again? I have no idea what the president is thinking.
Perhaps our professional media will get some answers to all of this before the election, but that looks doubtful. The free press is letting down this great country and we will all pay for that dearly.
GEORGE D. COGHLAN
LAS VEGAS
Death penalty
To the editor:
In her Wednesday column ("Death penalty serves purpose by prodding defendants to relent"), Debra J. Saunders argues that California's death penalty should remain in effect because "There is a good chance" that offenders will agree to a life sentence without the possibility of parole in order to avoid a trial and a possible death sentence. As an example, Ms. Saunders refers to the notorious case of Jared Lee Loughner, who indisputably shot Rep. Gabby Giffords, killed six other people and ultimately pleaded guilty to avoid possible execution.
Unfortunately, Ms. Saunders completely disregards the fact that there is also a "good chance" that the threat of a death sentence may induce individuals to plead guilty when (unlike Loughner) those individuals have been falsely accused. In light of many instances of individuals being convicted of capital crimes and later being exonerated by DNA and other evidence, using a potential execution to coerce a guilty plea is a tactic that a just and fair society should consider abandoning.
STEVE DANNING
LAS VEGAS
Inbred imbeciles
To the editor:
I hope the Review-Journal editorial board will consider Nevada's demographics in presenting its views. Nevada is now cosmopolitan, more educated and moderate in political spectrum. People do not buy your brand of politics, catering to poorly educated, trailer park, redneck Republican views, anymore. If you do not change, your news rag will be relegated to the inbred imbeciles of old Nevada.
GOPAL RAO
LAS VEGAS
Spies coming
To the editor:
Perhaps someday the truth will emerge from behind the White House media shroud covering up what recently occurred in Libya.
Administration surrogates all claim the attack was spontaneously made by a mob protesting a hate film made by an Egyptian emigrant to America. The very sophisticated attack, however, included such "mob" weapons as automatic firearms, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and mortars.
The Libyans claim that it was a well-planned terrorist attack, of which they warned us three days before it happened. Our White House says there was no "actionable intelligence." But the president has been in denial as to Islamic terrorism and has not wanted terrorism connected to such attacks as this and the Fort Hood massacre.
Now this caper gets worse:
In the past several days, according to The Associated Press, "unnamed officials" of the administration, obviously attempting to make the president look presidential, leaked information that our intelligence in Libya has recently relied on air surveillance more than human operatives. Thus, President Obama was sending spies into Libya.
Has anyone, anywhere, ever heard of a government publicly announcing that it was sending spies into a foreign nation? This is unbelievably stupid. It is hoped that they will have plenty of cyanide capsules with them, now that our president has tipped off our enemies to expect them.
When is that next election?
JOHN TOBIN
LAS VEGAS
