Ex-Penthouse Pet writes Yucca article

Friday, June 28, 2002 | 9:56 a.m.

This month's issue of Penthouse, the magazine of "sex, politics, and protest," will feature an article against Yucca Mountain by a model-turned-writer whose message she hopes will reach lawmakers and other men over the age of 18.

Lori Wagner, a former Penthouse Pet who dances part-time at the Crazy Horse Too, said she decided to write the article after President Bush -- whom she voted for -- accepted Spencer Abraham's recommendation to move forward with Yucca.

She admits that detailing the fight against the dump in the pages of Penthouse may be "a little backward," but said this morning, "I thought what better way to get the national issue out."

"This is the only in I had," said Wagner, who attended this morning's "Coffee with the Mayor" for residents downtown. "I am hoping that as many people as possible can ready this article. This is a man's magazine."

Wagner has been making the rounds on national radio programs about the article's contents, which contains facts about plans to send 77,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste across 43 states and through 109 U.S. cities to Yucca Mountain.

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