Comments by kenfhill - Las Vegas Sun

Comments by user: kenfhill

Dean is our neighbor here in Snake Valley and every word about him in this story is true. Unfortunately for Snake Valley, every word about Mulroy, Bunker, and Reid seems to be true as well.

Mulroy has said repeatedly that the Utah negotiators, in bad faith, are stalling the negotiations. But that is not true. The negotiations are proceeding at a prudent pace, despite efforts by Mr. Bunker and his team to rush things to a quick, one-sided conclusion.

Is it good-faith negotiating to keep trying to ramrod a lopsided agreement about Snake Valley water at the same time the NV Engineer begins hearings about Snake Valley water rights -- at the urgent request of Ms. Mulroy? Add that to the anecdotes in this news story about Mulroy's unsubtle threats over the Washington County bill and you see Mulroy and Reid are the poster children for bad faith.

Meanwhile, we keep hearing rumors that Sen. Reid is poised to slip in another sneaky rider (like he did to slip the anemic White Pine County bill through) to rescind the 2004 language mandating an interstate agreement. Reid's explosion, “I will not let my legacy be the rape of White Pine County!” is in danger of self-contradiction. Reid knows who has the "juice" in Nevada and he wants to continue as part of that crowd. What is mere water compared to "juice"?

(Suggest removal) 6/22/08 at 12:12 p.m.