LETTERS: On Iran, a bad deal is worse than no deal

Iran: Deal or no deal

The Iran nuclear deal is being touted by President Barack Obama and his minions as better than no deal. I have never heard such inane, illogical, nonsensical palaver in my life.

Those who know anything about history thought the Yalta Conference and a couple of the other meetings which made nice with Adolf Hitler were tragic. The Iran deal will make those meetings pale by comparison. Who in their right mind makes a deal with any country or government that has sworn to annihilate you and totally refuses to retract that statement?

It’s impossible to understand the absurdity of this situation. President Obama and his pals are saying, “Let’s give this a try,” and if the outcome is a mistake, we’ll correct it then. News flash, Mr. President: We and our ally will be gone, overtaken, toast!

You want to know the alternative to a bad treaty, Sen. Harry Reid? How about as a little test of goodwill and honesty, we require positive proof of intentions — something small, like stop murdering Bahais, Christians, Jews and even Muslims who don’t happen to agree with the Ayatollah who started the killing field in Iran. How hard is that to ask?

If Iran can’t give us a bone for human rights, why should we believe for a nanosecond that a government which has lied, cheated, stolen and been corrupt in every way will ever honor a nuclear deal? Iran is laughing at President Obama’s naivete all the way to the bomb.

Monterey Brookman

Las Vegas

ACLU’s ESA lawsuit

I am so glad that the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is stepping up to stop Education Savings Accounts. As Steve Sebelius stated in his column, it is against the Nevada Constitution to support religious institutions (“ESA scheme a nonstarter,” Sept. 6 Review-Journal). It is also a great misuse of our tax dollars.

Instead of helping the struggling Clark County School District, we are funneling tax dollars to assist anyone who can afford to put their children in private school. The $5,000 promised is not going to enable the average family to put their children in private school.

In Gov. Brian Sandoval’s State of the State address, he pledged to fund all-day kindergarten. This was evidently put on a back burner due to lack of funds. Now my daughter, a single working mother, must pay to have her child in kindergarten for a full day. She does not make enough money to have her children in private school, but she makes too much to qualify for free kindergarten.

I’m sure many will argue that they should not be paying taxes for a public school system when they have their children in a private school. I am also a taxpayer, and I don’t have any children in public or private school. I pay my taxes willingly so that our next generation will have the chance to be self-supporting, productive citizens. I oppose using my tax dollars to subsidize parents who already have the funds to buy the best education possible.

Patricia Fruge

Las Vegas

CCSD grant money

Brian Sandoval, our RINO governor (Republican in Name Only), and his State Board of Education are spending money like water. The Clark County School District was given $980,000 of $5 million in state competitive grant money, which the district proposed using to develop an online tool to implement the state’s new teacher evaluation system (“State gives $5M to teacher development,” Sept. 4 Review-Journal).

That sounds like a pretty darned expensive system to me, and I certainly hope this new program turns out better than the software developed to implement Obamacare.

Does CCSD have one person who will be accountable if this system fails? Will there be periodic review to make sure development is on schedule? Will there be testing to make sure it is working as intended? Will this contract be awarded based on best practices or most competent bidder, or will it be developed in house?

How are the students evaluated at this time? Is there already a system in place for that task? And if so, couldn’t it be adapted to fit the teacher evaluation process?

I see state administrators and officials much too carefree with my money. I feel confident in saying that Gov. Sandoval will never be considered a responsible, fiscally conservative governor who someday could make a good president. He definitely does not fit those criteria.

Paula Reber

Las Vegas