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Letter: Ensign, Reid should deliver on Yucca Mountain

Tuesday, April 2, 2002 | 8:34 a.m.

I know that Sens. John Ensign and Harry Reid are both against the Yucca Mountain Project. I know they are both working against it. But when I read stories in the paper about how Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and Senate Democrats are to blame for Yucca, I have to object.

The numbers are fairly simple. Reid needs to persuade 36 fellow Democrats, which he has done in the past. Ensign needs to sway 15 fellow Republicans. Reid can deliver his share of the vote, and Ensign needs to come through. I feel like some of the stuff I've read in the paper is counterproductive political face-saving.

To Ensign and Reid, I say this: All Nevada voters can count. Reid, deliver 36. Ensign, deliver 15.

SUSAN CZOPEK Washoe Valley

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