FLASHPOINT for Dec 11, 2007

Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 | 7:08 a.m.

The paper of record is mad at Nevada. After a lengthy front-page story devoted to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, The New York Times this weekend editorialized about the measure. Sayeth the Times: "The obvious question is why federal lands should be tapped like some desert ATM, forcing taxpayers in the 49 other states to subsidize the booming regional growth around Las Vegas." The editorial goes on to lament that only 15 percent of the $3 billion has gone for environmentally sensitive lands and that developers are profiting while taxpayers outside of Nevada are footing the bill. Here's a better fairness question for the enviros at the Times: Why should taxpayers in a state without any nuclear plants have to accept waste?

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