This is in response to more unfair, hateful attacks on us on the SCA-HOA. Callers tell us that those petty, personal attacks are unconvincing.

Meanwhile, it is a joke for some to pretend that there is a chance of keeping politics out of the ultimate mining lease decision. This has always been about politics and campaign financing for the political and business sponsors of the do-not hole mining authority.

The winner of this struggle between big money and private homeowners is likely to be via the ballot box in November. If the incumbents in Congress (and not just Senator Reid) do not wake up to the fact that many thousands of voters are mad as hell about the failure of our elected representatives to terminate the do-nut hole lease option, they may regret their choices in the Fall.

Everyone has a right to their opinions on what should be done to kill the mine–permanently. But, they do not have the right to try to stifle free speech. Notice that none of those who disagree with Kay and I are willing to provide counter arguments on why their strategy is certain to prevail. That’s because they can not be certain of success. In these uncertain time, no one can be sure of anything except that conventional processes are broken–everywhere we look.

Kay and I have done our own detailed research during the past two years. We have fully cooperated with the project team up until recently when we saw that more direct action needed to be initiated. We have interviewed different people with different experience in dealing with BLM. That is a good thing.

While there are undoubtedly many nice and honorable people working for, and sub-contracting through BLM, the agency is one of those modern bureaucratic nightmares that dominate Washington DC these days. BLM controls about 85% of Nevada land, and BLM is driven by the money that comes from mining interests.

People can not trust such a giant government agency to end up respecting our residential priorities. The environmental, health and water factors alone should have caused this lease option to be terminated last year. And, it should be obvious now to everyone that the BLM EIS has been just a deceptive way to stall to get past the Fall elections.

After doing our own extensive due diligence with involved politicians and lobbyists, and based on our own Washington DC work/political experiences, Kay and I are convinced that every single channel of objection to the mine must be exploited. And, the primary 2010 emphasis needs to focus on our NV Senators and Representatives doing their jobs to actually represent us voters, and act to kill the do-nut hole.

Those who disagree with this approach are free to continue the path of before. That will not be a waste of time–as long as all elected members of Congress also receive all of the complaints. And, contrary to the hateful statements by some very controlling personalities, nothing that Kay and I are doing will hurt anything that has gone before, or is being done now. Wider involvement by concerned voters is certain to be better for all participants.

Meanwhile, the voters creating the greatest impact in 2010 will be those who challenge the elected officials, and their competitors, at every public campaign opportunity. Our SCA champions for this cause need to refuse to take ‘no’ for an answer to removing the do-nut hole this year.

This parallel work on the campaign trail will help the project team as the politicians will begin to see that they will actually have to do something before the negative public actions grows into a major issue for all of Las Vegas.

The only fear the politicians have is that this controlled topic might blossom into a major, NV public policy issue. Imagine the difficulties our incumbents might have explaining to the public why they have not yet solved this problem! If the incumbents are not smart, all of Las Vegas, and all of the greenies in the Western States, might join us and turn this into a major Las Vegas air quality and water shortage debate. Such a breakout could generate national media coverage, and that could get really uncomfortable for our incumbents. That is the message we want to send to them all.

And, don’t for a second believe those who advocate going along with BLM to get along with the various political forces. Killing this mine is literally a ‘life and death’ matter for thousands of our seniors and children in the Southern Nevada area who suffer from breathing disorders and for those who will develop such disorders from the mine impacts.

In today’s political environment, we must send an unambiguous message to our so-called representatives to get this job done in 2010. Join the forces of opposition TODAY, and do your part for our future lifestyle