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Posted on December 9 at 2:47 p.m.
Having toured the proposed facility at Yucca Mountain Nevada, I can say that the debate over the Technology of storing spent fuel is a political debate. The technology I witnessed firsthand is sound and will provide for a long term solution to the storage issue. An added benefit is that the fuel stored there is readily available, should the US decide to start reprocessing the used fuel, such as is common in Japan, Sweden and France. The more knowledgable our citizens become on the Nuclear Power front, the better equipped we will be to break our reliance on Carbon Based Energy sources.
Posted on June 26 at 11:44 a.m.
I actually have used the services you have talked about. And understand their importance. The Helicopter could have been Sited in a way that the impact on the adjoining neighborhood would have been lessened to nly have take offs and landings when it was needed for Hospital business. Currently the helicpter takes off and lands when a need is there for Non-Newman business, to perform the daily checks and to ferry the pilots in and out during their watch. Unneeded and unneccesary flights that impact the neighborhood with every takeoff and landing that has nothing to do with saving a life at Newman's. So be careful when throwing stones with an uninformed opinion. When I was Life-flighted out, there was plenty of time to bring the helicopter in from the airport.
Posted on June 26 at 10:27 a.m.
The next administartor should be someone who thinks less of building his empire and more of caring for the community. The direction the Hospital has taken with continued expansion into the Neighborhoods without a care of the negative impact to the residents can now be stopped.
The Hospital Board is the next focus of opportunity.
Posted on May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Absolutely not. Board member Helbert has a extremely valid point. Immigrants over history have been required to adopt the language and education standards of our country. The continued push for communities to lessen it's standards to accomodate individuals ethnicity has dumbed down the process. My guess is that member Garza's parents read, write and speak fluent English is a result of their generation holding firm to standards and they them assimilated. Please don't make me decide to take my tax monies to a community that will maintain minimum standards.
Posted on January 1 at 10:31 a.m.
Actually they would of supported this. Joe and Earl both believed in investing for the future. For the price they paid originally for this building, ESU will multiply the returns of the investment. Their donation had more to do with keeping a Prison off the campus and investing back into the cause as anything.
The return on investment should be put back into the ESU trust so that it can continue to grow as these businessmen would have wanted.
Posted on May 3 at 4:19 p.m.
A protest petition would at least require a "Super Majority" of the commission to pass the Zoning issue. Of course, given their actions, that is a done deal anyway. Open Meeting law problem?
It is disgusting that they are voting for the infrastructure before approving Zoning.
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Posted on May 2 at 4:16 p.m.
HMM Approving the infrastructure before the zoning. How much more ludicrous can this process be.
Talk about an overt sign that this was a done deal before it even went to vote!
What in the world has happened to the Zoning process in this town. So much for Zoning being meant to protect property owners. Why even wait for the City Commission meeting to vote? Go ahead and announce the results before the meeting.
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Posted on April 25 at 11:47 a.m.
Great news. A new plant that produces hazardous materials. Based next to an established neighborhood. No Emergency plan.
No concrete evidence of it's effluent release potential and how many of the Planning Commission have concrete ties to the Chamber?>
Word around town was that this was a done deal before the hearing. Time to ask for more credibility in this process. If I was Thomas, my attorney would key in on the irresponsible treatment of the abovew questions and look at E--MAIL between Planning Commission to discover Ex-parte communications
Posted on April 19 at 11:33 a.m.
I would challenge the School board to perform a full investigation. Interesting that there is no word from them on the subject. The comp[lete program needs an Audit and a level of accountability from the School system. Look at the percentage of property taxes levied by USD. We should be receiving stellar treatment for these children given the amount of money tied to the school system. One of the issues this brings up is the tendency to sweep issues like this under the rug instead of confronting the problem and fixing it. Where is the school board? Maybe Scott should do a follow up on the Schools remediation of the issue.
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Posted on December 11 at 9:06 a.m.
First off, let me say that the issue of "blowing up" is a myth. Stored fuel, transported fuel and active Nuclear plants won't blow up. Nuclear warheads will. It's all about the design. Currently, at other plants spent fuel is stored in dry cask storage units that prevent the stored bundles from sustaining a chain reaction. These casks are designed to withstand the worst accident and maintain their integrity. The storage in Yucca mtn. and the transport to Yucca will utilize the the same technology. The Soviet reactor s completely different which led to the accident at Chernobyl. That type of accident cannot happen in the US, and cannot happen with spent fuel storage. So the current state is that we have all these bundles, stored throught the US. Yucca would concentrate the storage locations to better control the waste. It is a solid design and a great location. A few miles away is the testing grounds where the government tested above ground nuclear explosions. No individual will ever live in that region. Not a good thing it happened, but now why don't we utilize that area for the upmost good.
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