I applaud UNLV for streamlining admissions, and better managing financial aid, but the article gives no indication as to why this required new and better paid positions. If it were possible to do this all along, why didn't the people who were paid to handle these responsibilities do it before?

I hope that this article is incorrect, or that these parents will reconsider. "The Laramie Project" tells the tragic story of a young man who was brutally murdered because he was gay. The movie "Rent" features gay characters in the early years of the AIDS epidemic. These are real historical events that high school students have every right to learn about and consider. Moreover, no public high school student, whatever his personal values or those of his family, is ignorant of the existence of gay students around him. Have these parents considered the impact of their act on students who are gay, and trying to get by in high school cultures which are either ignorant, indifferent, or hostile to them? Ethical people do not attack others in weaker positions, and this lawsuit is a discredit to these families.

Bishop Gorman's athletic achievements are great, but I don't think it makes sense for them to play in the public school league. Public schools are limited by their zones, and Bishop Gorman is not. I know a number of high school athletes who attend (or did attend) Bishop Gorman because of their athletic teams, and not because they would have considered a Catholic or a private school otherwise. And when they needed it, they got financial aid. There's nothing wrong with this, except that public schools and their athletes should not be denied their shots at individual or team championships. All these kids get one shot at high school.

Gibbons wanted to BE governor; he just didn't want to DO governor. Whether you agree or disagree with his politics, it is unacceptable that he ran for and took a job he had no intention of doing. Governing is hard work, and we need a hard worker in the job.

It is the anti-tax extremists who want a free ride. They want roads, schools, fire service, police protection, and legal systems without paying for them. They want to live in a great country, but deride the basic protections and services that country and its constitution provide. Their rants on these comment pages are hate-filled and idiotic. Adults pay their bills, and they don't spend their lives screaming about doing it. They pay the grocer, the doctor, the mechanic, and the government. It just goes with the territory, and from the view of most of the world, it's damn nice territory.

Connie Gilmore - Florence Jameson and this program are great. I hope you will reconsider your opposition. Respectfully, Laura McBride

The only silver lining that could have emerged from this financial crisis is the existence of a more stable and equitable tax structure. Horsford was right. And Nevada is the worse for what has happened.

The legislature should tax corporations with profits of more than $500,000 per year.

The one good thing that could come out of this economic crisis is a diversified tax structure that funds Nevada's long-term economic growth.

I will be disappointed and angry if the Democratic leadership balances this budget on the backs of state workers.

I am a higher education teacher. We are not being allowed to keep our merit raises; they were frozen a year ago so cannot be frozen again. We are taking a 4% pay cut. Our health insurance is being reduced, and our premiums raised. In my case, my premium increase amounts to 6% of my gross salary - yes, it is an even larger amount than the 4% pay cut. So . . . as class sizes increases, opportunities for professional development disappear, and supplies become non-existent - I will take a 10% gross cut.

It doesn't make sense for Nevada to keep cutting education. Businesses which don't invest in people, equipment, or supplies go under. Our education system is already drowning - if we don't change our tax structure, it will go under.

I am a state employee who is happy to support an income tax for all Nevadans. I'll support it and I'll pay it. But a pay cut for state workers - whose workloads are increasing in these difficult times - is a tax on the few. All Nevadans benefit from state services. All Nevadans should pay for them.

I am sorry I voted for Democrats; this crisis was their opportunity to create a tax structure that would move Nevada forward. Instead, they will increase regressive taxes and implement cuts on teachers - of all people. These Democrats will have done nothing with their chance to make a difference, and they will probably suffer in future elections anyway. Phooey.