This letter should be mandatory reading for everyone. It would be appropriate for the state's newspapers to run the letter on the front page rather than as a link from a blog.

Could someone PLEASE explain to me why the Universities are continuing football programs that (1) drain the general fund and (2) add nothing to the academics that are the reason for the universities' existence? I have not read anything about either UNR or UNLV cutting their athletic department budgets.

The biggest problem with the Chamber's "analysis" is that it lumps state and local government workers together. City of Las Vegas, Clark County, Washoe County, and Reno (to name a few) have MUCH higher pay scales than state workers with the same jobs. Yet it is the COLAs for the state workers that are being targeted either for elimination of COLAs or elimination of pay raises.

What would really help would be for the Las Vegas airport to become a Registered Traveller site. This would enable frequent fliers to bypass the long lines and would increase security for those who chose to register.