Letters

On behalf of West Las Vegas Schools, I would like to thank the following individuals for assisting our staff in installing a new scoreboard at our athletic field:

Mr. Carlos Crespin and family (Crespin’s Paving & Concrete Co.) provided the equipment necessary for our employees to raise and install the new scoreboard; and Mr. Dennis Lucero and Mr. Dwayne Craig (Electric Horseman) provided time and electrical supplies and materials to connect the new scoreboard.

I am 11 years old. I come to Ribera every summer from California to visit. The one thing that keeps me wanting to come back is the natural beauty. I love staring up at the mesa, but, if you put the turbines up, the natural beauty of it will be destroyed along with all the wildlife, which we should protect, not destroy.

We need to know the predicted effects of training flights from Cannon Air Force Base. The city exemption is sufficient for pause. Will other concentrated population areas receive similar consideration?

Are we likely to be rocked awake weekly, monthly or nightly?
Are we likely to find ourselves on a preferred flight path?
Will we have any recourse in an intolerable situation?

Attention homeowners: I received my property taxes for the next year and they went up $196.06 — almost $200 — over last year. I’ve never seen such outrageous raises on property taxes in one year. For businesses I could understand.
I called Alfonso Ortiz, the San Miguel County treasurer, and he said the East Las Vegas schools had made a mistake in their intake of taxes last year, so we the taxpayer had to make up the difference this year, and next year they would go down again. I told him if the schools made the mistake make them account for it, not us.