County proposes funds to fight dump

Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001 | 11:09 a.m.

Clark County commissioners on Tuesday proposed $1 million to join the state in its fight against storing high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.

Commissioner Myrna Williams said the money will come from board members' discretionary funds and will help the state battle the federal government over the proposed nuclear waste repository. The board will vote on the funding Sept. 18.

Gov. Kenny Guinn earlier this year pledged $5 million toward the fight.

"We are not being treated fairly; we're the victims of politics," Williams said Tuesday.

Williams' proposal comes seven months after Commission Chairman Dario Herrera pitched the idea. While the board supported Herrera's plan, commissioners emphasized the need to know exactly where the money would come from and how it would be spent.

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