Nice Editorial, If Matt Ward Is Serious

Could Hell been frozen over?
Matt Ward, a liberal's liberal has come in favor of Yucca Mountain being opened up.  The only question I have is if he is serious.
From the PVT: I drive around this valley and I often think to myself, what a pretty place.
The mountains and the sky and the wide open spaces are great. I like the weather and the people and the wildlife. I like that I live just far enough from a big city to enjoy its amenities, but can leave the headaches that come with living in one behind.
Pahrump is idyllic in a lot of ways. It really is.
The only real problem here, in this valley, is the economy. Sure, there’s some social issues. Violence and drugs among them that are a little too prevalent for such a pretty place. But that’s America these days, it seems.
Even many of these social problems are rooted in economics.
I think many agree, we could use some money around here, some industry, some jobs. Pahrump can’t all be retirees, and it can’t be all rural poverty either. It also can’t just be a tourist destination, though we welcome friendly visitors with open arms.
Pahrump and its 36,000 people need something more.
The dilemma for us is the difficulty in attracting business and industry here. It is not that easy, particularly when business isn’t growing much except on Wall Street, and especially when Pahrump is competing with so many similarly situated small towns doing exactly the same things to lure new commerce.
This is why I think county officials and many locals, including me, disagree with Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama and Gov. Brian Sandoval.
We disagree that Yucca Mountain isn’t a good idea.
It is the one asset — everyone around here who has thought about it for a few seconds comes to realize this — that can pull this area’s economy out of a sinkhole. It is the one asset that can create jobs overnight, spur new business, new housing and development and inject new dollars and lots of them right into the community. It really is.
And not just beneficial to Pahrump, it’s a boon for Nevada, a state with so little economic diversification that our financial destinies are firmly linked to Chinese gamblers, commodity prices and Southern California party-goers more than almost anything else. Lose one and the whole state falls off a cliff.  http://pvtimes.com/opinion/editor-reid-obama-sandoval-all-wrong-yucca.html?j
I have to give Ward credit for his eloquent support of Yucca Mountain
Now, the only questions is if he is serious.