Monday, Aug. 11, 2008 | 2:02 a.m.
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Just a reminder to Nevada voters: What would bring the two topics of Yucca Mountain and sports gambling together? Easy — John McCain.
He favors the establishment of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain that could bring more than 100,000 tons of nuclear waste over our highways that would be placed in the ground less than 100 miles from Las Vegas.
If that isn’t enough of a damaging blow to Las Vegas, he also has favored the outlawing of betting on college sports, which would also hurt Las Vegas quite a bit.
So, remember, Las Vegans: John McCain does not care about Las Vegas and Nevada.
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