Appeared in the Las Vegas Sun, Jan 1, 2006

Letter to the Editor: Make public officials accountable

Two of the Sun's Dec. 28 stories, "Police aim to curb bad driving" and "Kids' safety at crossroads," are perfect examples of the nearly complete abdication of accountability and responsibility of enforcing existing traffic laws and basic public safety by the local government and the police.

The constant tired song from the public officials that they can't do anything is unacceptable. The answer is simple: The taxpayers (meaning customers) must insist that the service providers do their jobs satisfactorily by aggressively enforcing the existing traffic laws. This means getting the police out on the streets and the public works managers out of their cushy offices and out on the streets as crossing guards.

The Sun could better serve the community by including the names, addresses and e-mail addresses of the public officials in future stories so that the taxpayers could better contact them.

Dennis Curcio The Best Money Guy