I couldn't believe it when I looked at today's fishwrap (the Las Vegas Review-Journal) and found a front-page story that begins like this:
Boulder City Bypass project protects tortoises
White men must not be the only creatures who can't jump.
Fortunately for Steve Cooke, the desert tortoise doesn't have much of a vertical leap, either.
As chief of environmental services for the Nevada Department of Transportation, Cooke has the responsibility of ensuring the state's environment isn't damaged when a new roadway is constructed. So this month his focus is on the desert tortoise, a species more endangered - with apologies to Woody Harrelson's 1992 film character Billy Hoyle - than white men who CAN jump. . .
Here's the link to the article: http://www.lvrj.com/news/boulder-city-bypass-project-protects-tortoises-188637191.html The author is Joe Hawk and an email address is given at the end of the piece for those who want to let him know that such blatant racism is unacceptable.
The editor, Michael Hengel, can be reached at mhengel@reviewjournal.com.
Boulder City Bypass project protects tortoises
White men must not be the only creatures who can't jump.
Fortunately for Steve Cooke, the desert tortoise doesn't have much of a vertical leap, either.
As chief of environmental services for the Nevada Department of Transportation, Cooke has the responsibility of ensuring the state's environment isn't damaged when a new roadway is constructed. So this month his focus is on the desert tortoise, a species more endangered - with apologies to Woody Harrelson's 1992 film character Billy Hoyle - than white men who CAN jump. . .
Here's the link to the article: http://www.lvrj.com/news/boulder-city-bypass-project-protects-tortoises-188637191.html The author is Joe Hawk and an email address is given at the end of the piece for those who want to let him know that such blatant racism is unacceptable.
The editor, Michael Hengel, can be reached at mhengel@reviewjournal.com.