Las Vegas Sun's Editorial On Yucca Mountain

Today,the Las Vegas Sun ran a pathetic editorial on why Nevada does not need Yucca Mountain to store used nuclear fue here in Nevadal.  The Sun has 5 reasons why Yucca should not continue as a waste site and I offer my rebuttals.
1.  Nye County Supports it:
The president’s blue-ribbon panel on nuclear waste recently recommended the government find places that want nuclear waste instead of forcing it on a state, thus prompting Nye County’s solicitation.
However, Gov. Brian Sandoval last week wrote to the Energy Department reaffirming Nevada’s opposition, noting that “Nye County cannot and does not speak for the state of Nevada.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/mar/18/reasons-why-those-who-support-yucca-mountain-are-w/?hpop
Nye County and the Counties surrounding Yucca also want Yucca to start up again. They realize the potential benefits and the hazards. While Sandoval says Nye County doesn't speak for Nevada, they know more about Yucca.  I would suggest a state wide referendum to see what the support is.
2.  People Are For It: 
So what about this new poll that purportedly shows support for Yucca Mountain? People who responded to the poll were told that Yucca Mountain “is no longer being actively developed to store the waste.” Odd that there’s no mention of the nuclear energy industry’s continued push, isn’t it? Then, people asked if they were in favor of keeping Yucca Mountain open “for the study and potential reprocessing of nuclear waste into usable energy because of the jobs and money such a would bring into the state or close Yucca Mountain altogether to help protect Nevada’s environment.”
Again,lets hold a referendum. I am sure the vote would be close,but the opponents don't a referendum because they will find out that that they are wrong.  Let's hold the advisory referendum in November,where we will have a great deal of voters voting in the presidential and Senate race elections.
3.  Nevada Energy Park: The nuclear energy industry supporters say the nation shouldn’t let all the money spent on Yucca Mountain go to waste, thus the effort to create an “energy park” for research and development of nuclear waste reprocessing.
However, reprocessing is already being studied in laboratories elsewhere, and there is no reason to think that scientists would move their labs to a site 100 miles from Las Vegas where the draw would be ... a huge hole in the ground.
The Sun is worried about the slippery slop that would happen if we open a laboratory at Yucca Mountain.  Here's a note to the Sun.  We already have nuclear waste dumping in Nevada.   Yep,we store low grade nuclear was here in Nevada.  That slippery slope has already begun and you know what?  Nevada is still here and people have not died nor have they stopped coming to Las Vegas to party.
4.  ‘We could negotiate for benefits’
Some of the dump’s supporters say that Nevada should negotiate with the federal government for benefits in return for taking the waste dump. But who’s going to write the check? The members of Congress pushing this?
In 2002, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., one of the biggest dump supporters in Congress, called on Nevada to “fulfill (its) nuclear legacy and continue to aid this nation and our citizens” by taking the waste.
On the floor of the House, Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., recently said his state should have the “right” to “be rid of this waste.”
“Nevada must either rebate the billions of dollars already spent on Yucca Mountain or stand out of the way and allow the facility to open for business,” Duncan said.
We actually had a chance to get benefits from having Yucca Mountain many years ago,before they even put a hole in the ground.  And I would think that the Federal government can give us something in return, like money and jobs.
When Yucca was shuttered by Crybaby/Coward Harry Reid and others, they laid off about 10,000 workers who either worked directly or indirectly for Yucca.  That's a hell of a benefit.
And yes,I think Nevada owes the taxpayers of the U.S. some money for closing it down,thanks to our beloved but truly senile Senate leader, Crybaby/Coward Harry Reid.
5/. The Bottom Line:
There has been discussion that there are jobs to be had with Yucca Mountain. There will be jobs during construction, but after that, how many people does it take to baby-sit nuclear waste? And if this is such a good deal for Nevada, wouldn’t the other states — especially those with waste in them — be lining up for these jobs?
They’re not, and they don’t want to make a deal, either. They want Nevada to take the waste. Period.
Nevada’s leaders shouldn’t be fooled by any of these disingenuous and manipulative attempts to rally support for Yucca Mountain. The fact remains that Yucca Mountain is bad policy and Nevadans don’t want it. It’s past time for the nation to move on.
There are other cities and states who want a facility like Yucca Mountain, but they have not come forward yet because Yucca is not dead yet.
But once again,the Las Vegas Sun has their heads up the butt of Brian "The Coward" Greenspun butt, by pooh pooing jobs and job creation.  According to the Sun,these are just the wrong kind of jobs. This is a very elitist point of view and it screws your everyday worker. 
Just like President Obama killing the Keystone pipeline, killing tens of thousands of jobs,the liberals in Nevada are killing about 10,000 jobs as well.  Why are they so against job creation and union jobs at that?