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Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 | 2 a.m.
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In the tip of rural southern Nye County, where brothels are legal, tumbleweed rolls free and a hungry traveler can still get a full rack of baby back ribs for $9.99, the towns folk made it clear on Tuesday they don’t have much use for Democrats Harry Reid and Rory Reid.
Enter the well-stocked WR Sporting gun shop and manager Walt Rubio will give you an earful about why Harry, the Senate majority leader, should be retired. Rubio took aim at Reid’s opposition to the proposed high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas in Nye County. That opposition, Rubio and many of his neighbors say, has been a job-killer in Pahrump.
“He killed Nye County because of Yucca Mountain,” Rubio said. “That was our biggest asset.”
Customer William Aldrich agreed. Both men first met Reid’s Republican opponent, Sharron Angle, at a candidates’ forum last spring and came away impressed.
“I appreciate what Reid has done for the Second Amendment but he screwed that up by supporting President Obama,” Aldrich said. “Reid doesn’t reach across the aisle. It’s time for a change. Sharron Angle will be in her first term so she won’t do any damage. I’m impressed that she knows the immigration issue and that she’s not afraid to speak her mind.”
Speaking one’s mind is not a problem for Bud Romick, owner of the 7R Equine western wear and tack shop. He voted for Angle because “she has her feet on the ground.”
“We have to get rid of Reid,” Romick said. “He’s done nothing but put us deeper in debt. Reid and Obama want all this health care but it’s going to cost everyone money and it’ll cause socialism.”
The rare Reid support crew could be spotted in a tent outside the Bob Ruud Community Center, joining other tents calling for support of Nye County candidates. Former Nye County School Board member Dennis Keating said both Reids have made repeated trips to Pahrump and would do more for education than their Republican opponents, which in the case of gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid was Brian Sandoval.
But Keating conceded that Democrats registration-wise were easily outgunned by Republicans in Pahrump and that supporting the Reids represented an uphill battle.
“If Harry Reid loses, I would attribute it to the uneducated voter who listens to media ads but doesn’t dig deeper to get to the truth,” Keating said.
More often than not, though, it was easy to find someone who voted against Rory Reid because they saw him as “his father’s son.”
Voter Fred Holm sided against the younger Reid because he is in “the good old boys’ network, and we have to get away from that.”
Down Pahrump’s main drag, Phantom Fireworks manager Laurie Orman sat in a store with plenty of fireworks but no customers to light them.
She wasn’t sure who she was going to vote for, and was considering the ballot option of “none of these candidates.”
Not that she didn’t care. She just didn’t like either candidate.
“My business is down 35 percent over the past two years,” she said. “What we need to do is make it easier for businesses to come here.”
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"Uneducated voters" are not hard to find in Nevada, or in the entire USA.
if pahrump ever needs a dog catcher, sharron angle is available but she needs 350k to start with a pension plan that pays all her health care and 12 weeks of vacation. you betcha!
Pahrump is the US capital of crackheads and meth addicts.
In other words, it's Angle country!
Well with an average IQ of about 96 what would you expect?
I've been to Pahrump,...somehow I'm not surprised.
Down Pahrump's main drag, Phantom Fireworks manager Laurie Orman sat in a store with plenty of fireworks but no customers to light them.
She wasn't sure who she was going to vote for, and was considering the ballot option of "none of these candidates."
Not that she didn't care. She just didn't like either candidate.
"My business is down 35 percent over the past two years," she said. "What we need to do is make it easier for businesses to come here."
+++++++
Perhaps Krolicki will be more successful in doing that in his second term.
Any town that gets a Wal-Mart BEFORE a hospital (yes it's true) deserves to love Sharron Angle! Those people live there because they HATE everything Las Vegas stands for!
"If Harry Reid loses, I would attribute it to the uneducated voter who listens to media ads but doesn't dig deeper to get to the truth," Keating said.
Ain't THAT the truth.
I wonder what kind of businesses Pahrump would think they could attract...
"HEY, Margret, GREAT NEWS! We're moving to Pahrump, Nevada!"
I just don't see that being received well...
I think that fireworks place is based in Ohio.
One of the main employers in Pahrump is the detention center that houses Federal Prisoners, Death Valley, the test sites and the BLM. People such as Angle's husband are hypocrites, taking federal jobs as they bash the Federal Government.
How many of the Pahrump people have degrees in nuclear engineering or chemistry to take jobs at Yucca?
Of course the citizens of Pahrump overwhelmingly support Angle. Angle is against background checks.
Maybe they should rename their town "Sharron's Rump".
mred,
My husband & I both live in Pahrump & yes, my husband does work for Yucca Mountain-at least until the end of the year. When the project he is working on closes we will most likely have to relocate out of state. Just so you know, intelligent people do live in Pahrump.
Veletelle... try Illnois or New York, they have plenty of nuclear waste there. Good luck and Good bye.
Now, if we can only get rid of Mr Family values John Ensign.
Funny that Democrats would make fun of Pahrump when their base lives in the crime-ridden, dilapidated parts of Las Vegas. Oh, and the Democrats have been doing a great job running the City and County, how is the new Town Hall doing? Nice job with the Fremont Street Experience, is there any space available in Neonopolis? Maybe the County Commission needs to approve more condo towers on the Strip.
To see what Harry Reid has done for Nye County, I suggest you read the 18 pages of his accomplishments at http://www.harryreid.com/index.php/count...