Letter: Ex-governor insults office, people of Nevada
Monday, Aug. 27, 2001 | 9:43 a.m.
The recent action by Robert List is the man's last hurrah. He had faded from the public view, a frustrated person who couldn't make it as a governor. To get back into the headlines he has decided that the Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste site is good for Nevada.
List doesn't care that the elected officials are very concerned about the project and have been studying the impact on the people of Nevada for a long time. He believes the lobbyists and Department of Energy employees, who have an interest that does not include the health and safety of the people of Nevada.
I have attended and spoke at a significant number of the hearings on the suitability of the project. I never have seen List at any of them. I assume it was because he wasn't being paid. Now, as a member of the oldest profession, he will be paid.
To call List an ex-governor of Nevada is an insult to the office. I suggest he move out of Las Vegas because his "new" profession isn't allowed in Las Vegas. I hope the Republicans in Nevada do not rally to his side, as he is on a sinking ship, and no one except rats will be on the ship.
Goodbye, List, and good riddance, as you will, from this time on, never be remembered as an ex-governor but as a member of the oldest profession. The voters really knew the real List when they did not return him to office.
LOU deBOTTARI Carson City
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