Living in Las Vegas

Good news, it looks like the Yucca Mountain Project is going to be off the table pretty soon.  President Obama does not think it is safe to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is going to zero out the budget and the state currently has more than 200 legal objections on file to the application to license the repository.  Thank you! The thought of nuclear waste trucking through town or leaking into the water made me vow I would pack and leave if Yucca Mountain ever happened.  I don’t care how safe people say it is, we really don’t know. The final decision that needs to take place is for Congress to repeal the Nuclear Waste Policy Act .

Another good thing happening here in Vegas is the protesting against all the education budget cuts.  Yesterday about 2000 people gathered to rally at UNLV.  The Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers urged students to ignore the governor and instead focus on contacting and writing to the Nevada State Legislature.  Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen is predicting the upcoming legislative session is going to be one of the most controversial in state history!  I am so glad we are not taking this laying down, our education systems cannot afford to lose even one penny!

On a lighter note, if you love the Cupcakery, then today is your lucky day.  To celebrate their anniversary the Cupcakery is giving everyone who stops by a free Southern Belle or Tickle Me Pink cupcake. Yum!