Letter: Nevada lawmakers need to join forces

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006 | 9:17 a.m.

I laughed and then I cried when I read Rep. Jon Porter's finger-pointing tale of congressional corruption. Swathed in the stench of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Porter seeks to undermine Nevada's most important and influential politician, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. This, at a time when the sleazy peddlers in Washington have removed Las Vegas from the special risk terrorist funding list of Bush's Homeland Security Department.

Porter should cease the wool pulling and work now with Reid and Sen. John Ensign and all other members of Congress to get Nevada/Las Vegas to the top of the funding list for anti-terror spending. This is more important than getting any of their rear ends re-elected in any future election.

Protect Las Vegas, protect our visitors and protect our reputation as a destination to visit. Charred rubble and dead tourists would bring new meaning to "If it happens in Vegas, it stays in Vegas."

Steve Wessells

Las Vegas