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Letter: Bush fooled Nevadans twice to vote for him

Friday, Feb. 4, 2005 | 5:51 a.m.

WEEKEND EDITION

February 5 - 6, 2005

There's a saying, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." George W. Bush hurt Southern Nevadans when he told us during his first election campaign that Yucca Mountain would only be developed as a nuclear-waste repository if "sound science" determined it was safe. But then he supported it without the necessary science.

After winning the Nevada vote again in his re-election, the Bush administration now wants to redirect money generated from federal land sales in Clark County to pay down the mushrooming national deficit. This is money that currently funds local environmental, education, water and airport infrastructure projects, as well as parks, trails and conservation initiatives.

According to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "The Bush administration on one hand is working with zeal to dump nuclear waste in our state, and now wants to steal $1 billion away from us." Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., agrees.

Shame on us for helping to re-elect George W. Bush.

TOM WILKINSON

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