Thanks to Desert View RMC

On the morning of Christmas Day my mother, Julia Purcell, was in severe respitory distress and was transported to Desert View Regional Medical. We wanted to thank everyone involved for their courtesy, compassion and professionalism. From the paramedics (Aric and Judd) to the staff in the ER at Desert View Regional Medical Center ( Kate, Dr. Glover, Norma, Jessica, Suzanne, Linda, Teresa, Karen and the entire night shift) to the Fire Department (Scott Lewis) for working so hard to get her stabilized and transported safely to Las Vegas. With all the stress and emotion of families and patients during an emergency, these people can sometimes be forgotten or unrecognized and we wanted all to know that we appreciate all their efforts and cannot thank them enough.

After 16 days Mom is now out of the ICU in Vegas and is home.

Again, thank you all and may God Bless you and yours.

Sincerely,

LISA WHITT

A great big thanks

I want to thank all of my family, friends and all of the wonderful people who worked so hard and took time out of their busy lives to help me in my time of need.

It warms my heart to think about all you've given and done for me. I'm so very humbled by all you wonderful people.

I love you all so very much.

God bless you all.

TAMI TURLEY

Stand up to Utilities Inc.

Recent proposals made by Utilities Inc. to replace all wells and septic systems at taxpayers expense will carry a double price for us.

For them to claim they have insider help, within the Obama administration, to receive funds carries with it criminal intent. The proposed $235 million plus will directly affect all taxpayers and will basically amount to a gift from the government at your expense.

If Utilities Inc. acquired these funds, the town board will be defenseless in stopping the proposal. Your rights to the water under your property, as well as your septic usage, will be in the hands of these greedy people.

They in turn will charge you for what is free now benefitting only themselves and we are then left with the bill from the monies used.

People are struggling now to pay mortgages and other bills. Think of the prospect of having liens placed on your property when you cannot pay your water bills.

Also, what are they proposing for hook-up fees? This could make Utilities Inc. the largest property owner in Pahrump.

Taxpayers need to step up and fight this infringement upon their rights. Our best ally is Sen. Harry Reid. His office number is 702-388-5020, and we need to take action before we have this forced upon us.

This will affect your future and the future of your children's children with the burden of not only paying off Utilities Inc. "free" money but the water and sewage bills to follow.

Please exercise your rights and put an end to this proposal. Call Harry Reid's office, the town board, and anyone else with the power to stop this proposal and voice your opinion.

After all, we still remain a democracy and the power lies with us.

JOE BENIZIO

When swift justice prevailed

According to the almanac section of the R-J for Feb. 15, on this date in 1933, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak. Gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed four weeks later.

It is apparent in those days real and swift justice prevailed -- a far cry from today's definition of our liberal judicial system, whereby convicted killers receive unwarranted continuances and stays of execution for years at a horrendous cost to taxpayers.

It should also be noted that this was before the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) became the powerful criminals lobby it is -- all under the false guise of being for the underdog.

Wrapping themselves with references to our precious Constitution, the most perfect document ever devised by man, with their continuous whinings of "cruel and usual punishment," their criminal clients received.

Moreover, the taxpayers are not only forced to support the 3,500-plus convicted murderers in the U.S., 673 currently on California's Death Row, but the best kept secret is the number one priority of the ACLU is to demand stays of executions for all of their killer clients and to eventually spring them from he slammer.

And because of the many judges, whom many are life members of this outfit, or sympathetic to their agendas, it is not only cruel and unusual punishment, which they are forcing on us taxpayers, but more importantly -- the miscarriage of justice they unconstitutionally force upon us.

Has the ACLU ever in their history pronounced cruel and unusual punishment for the victims of their murderous clients? The answer in a big, shameful no.

Vince Bogdan

Sleep well for now

The last thing I would want is to be driven out of my warm bed in the middle of winter by anything -- earthquake, tornado, etc. Imagine that.

Thank goodness our "sleeping tortoises" are protected by the Endangered Species Act despite the gung ho efforts to build this and that, here and there. No doubt, some have been disturbed when some government official decides to just take your homestead and land when they want to put another road through like that transamerican highway through Texas.

So sleep well, little tortoises. They can't touch you yet.

I will keep on snoring in my cozy home, too.

CYNTHIA KAY ALGER

Reply to 'Splain it to me Lucy'

Her (Marie Wujek) column didn't even touch on the Nye County greed.

With the price of homes dropping like a rock throughout the country, our assessments keep rising so the taxes can keep going up. What's going to happen when the price of a house mirrors those of, say, Detroit, Mich., where the average price is down to $18,000?

Are we to continue to pay high taxes?

It looks like the people at Classic Homes woke up that their homes would probably go back to selling if the appraisals werent so high. If they can get their house appraisals reduced, how about the rest of us?

RICHARD A. BROWN