What legal brothel owners want

Here is my take:

What Mr. Green and other brothel owners would like is for our lawmakers to enforce the law and go after the illegal trade and stop tying the hands of the legal (brothel) owners.

Until three years ago it was illegal for the legal brothels to advertise. At the same time, while legal brothels were not allowed by law to advertise, there were billboards in Vegas saying 'hot babes to your room with rolling billboards saying the same thing.

Even when the brothels won their case in court, to advertise, instead of just letting it be, the state appealed the ruling even though the state was, and is fully aware, of what is going on in Vegas.

I think what the owners want is to be treated fairly by the state. Make it legal or not, you can't have it both ways.

Could you just imagine what would happen if someone tried to open an illegal casino. Hell, you'd be shutdown so fast you wouldn't know what hit you.

Yet there are page after page of ads for the illegal trade, so much so that it almost makes it impossible for the legal trade to advertise.

Yet our elected officials keep ignoring the problem.

I think it says a lot about a state and its lawmakers when they allow an illegal act to run rampant, and then tie the hands of a legal business.

I am not trying to put anyone here down, I just think the man has a point.

Lawmakers need to enforce the law.

BOBBI DAVIS

Madam, Shady Lady Ranch

Scotty's Junction

Things I've learned about trash

Trash is something that's never been prominent on my radar. To me, it's always been something you put out for the garbage truck to take away or something you haul to the dump yourself. I assumed that my "out of sight -- out of mind" thinking was pretty much universal.

Boy, was I wrong. Trash is high on the list of local concerns and, like sex or politics, everyone espouses an opinion. And they want you to agree with it. Especially Pahrumpians.

We are a vocal bunch. And, I thank you all for expressing your views. I wish we could incorporate them, every one, into a trash ordinance. But, like true Pahrumpians, we don't agree with each other on any topic, especially trash.

Your comments run the gamut from "make everyone subscribe to trash removal service" to "it's my property and you can't tell me I can't dump trash there if I want to." And lots of solutions in between. Pretty much in equal numbers, I might add.

The other thing I learned is that you can't write a trash ordinance any old way you choose. It requires considerable expertise to navigate your way through a maze of federal, state and county regulations. For that, we had to heavily rely on our legal representation. I wish it were a simpler process.

The new revision of PTO No. 43 is not perfect. It is a compromise between the various desires expressed by Pahrumpians and the real-world legal realities. That means it will not completely satisfy anyone, including me. But it's reasonable. It's workable. And it's a major improvement over the original PTO, which did not allow you to legally haul your own trash, much less that of your friends and neighbors.

VICKY PARKER

Member Pahrump Town Board

Earth Day clean-up thank you

The Pahrump Earth Day and Town Clean-up committees wish to thank all the local merchants who donated products and their time to make the event successful once again.

We especially thank all the local residents who took time out to spend time and visit with us.

The Town Clean-up and Nuclear Waste and Environment Advisory Board committees also wish to thank all the wonderful volunteers who staffed the booths, cooked the food and most importantly spent the day cleaning up the town on that Saturday, during Earth Week.

A special thanks goes out to our town's parks and recreation department and local firefighters for all their help.

We hope to see you next year.

JOHN PAWLAK

Chairman, Nuclear Waste and Environmental Advisory Board