LETTERS: Strip subway would dilute experience

To the editor:

Before I moved to Las Vegas 17 years ago, the best part of being here was walking up and down the Strip. When it became too hot, we would duck into the nearest place to cool off. The things that we saw and all the places we went into made our trip even better. Instead of just being in our hotel, we found more fun along the Strip in places we did not intend to see.

If a tunnel is put in for light-rail transportation on the Strip, a lot of people will miss some great stops. And what about all the shops along the way? Let’s use that money for other things.

GERRET POLCHINSKI

HENDERSON

Money up in smoke

To the editor:

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department doesn’t have the manpower to investigate noninjury traffic accidents, but it can form a cannabis task force (“Arrests disrupt medical pot convention in Las Vegas,” May 19 Review-Journal online)? During Hempcon, police were on the roof of Cashman Center and police dogs were inside the center. This certainly didn’t put the Las Vegas convention industry in a good light.

Metro should do a cost analysis before engaging in these strong-arm tactics. Is the cost of a marijuana task force, coupled with the damage done to the convention industry, worth the reward of catching a couple of pot smokers?

MICHAEL MORTENSEN

LAS VEGAS

More hockey coverage

To the editor:

Regarding Patrica Fautt’s letter (“R-J’s hockey coverage), I agree 100 percent. There are lots of people living here now who are from the East and Midwest, and many are huge hockey fans. Even if the regular season might not interest you, the NHL playoffs are by far the best of all sports.

In basketball, with timeout after timeout, the last five minutes of the game will last a half-hour. Hockey is nonstop action until the end. The Review-Journal needs to get on board with its NHL coverage. And a little more coverage of the College World Series would be welcome, as well.

If Las Vegas gets an NHL team, I hope we won’t have to read about it on page 5 or 6 of the Sports section. I get USA Today also because of the Review-Journal’s poor sports pages.

ROBERT MATUSIEWICZ

LAS VEGAS

Halt all construction

To the editor:

Stop the continued building of new homes and office space before it’s too late. Day by day, minute by minute, we are seeing Lake Mead disappear. Nevertheless, if you take a short drive on the Las Vegas Beltway, it becomes apparent that our county officials and Gov. Brian Sandoval are clueless. There are new homes, new strip malls and new office complexes sprouting up everywhere.

What in the world are these people thinking? Take another look around and one can see numerous existing homes and businesses that have been vacant for years. Stop issuing new building permits now, especially for vacant land projects. If you have to build, then tear down an existing blighted structure and rebuild on that location. Only a fool or someone lining their pockets says there is no problem. Water for Southern Nevada is evaporating.

Back in the 1970s, we had gasoline rationing. You could only buy gas on odd or even days. If Las Vegas continues to hand out building permits, it won’t be long before we will be rationing water, and on certain days the pipes will be turned off. Las Vegas will then become a ghost town and property values will hit rock bottom, along with the lake.

Get wise, Las Vegas, before it’s too late.

ROBERT VAN ARSDALL

LAS VEGAS

Hillary totally qualified

To the editor:

Regarding Terry Frazier’s letter (“Clinton proving she can’t be trusted,” June 2 Review-Journal), he should have listened to former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s explanation of the rules regarding email use at that time. There were no rules concerning emails at that time; those didn’t come about until Hillary Clinton left her post as secretary of state.

Secretary Powell stated that he used his personal email account. Where is the condemnation of Secretary Powell? Is Mr. Frazier going to state that Secretary Powell, who was highly thought of as a general, can’t be trusted either?

Mr. Frazier also stated that many Americans will vote for Mrs. Clinton for president because she is a woman. I am a woman who will proudly vote for her, not because she is a woman (although I’m delighted about having a woman president), but because others including Henry Kissinger (a former Republican secretary of state) stated their admiration for her.

I will be delighted and proud to have someone with her qualifications as our next president. I trust her completely and agree with those who know her well: Hillary Clinton is a person of great integrity with a strong moral compass.

BARBARA ROWAN

LAS VEGAS