Political Quotes

“Boulder City, NV, lies 25 miles east of Las Vegas, near Lake Mead. The city was constructed in 1931 to serve as a home for the workers who built Hoover Dam. It has seen limited growth over the last 70 years and has never lost its smalltown feel. Every summer, Boulder City holds a Fourth of July celebration. Like most communities, it has fireworks, parades, and barbeques. But what separates Boulder City is its people. Folks who left long ago return to Boulder City on the Fourth of July to reunite with family and friends, and to remember the freedoms that make this country great. This year, one of Boulder City's sons did not come back. Shane Patton, a lifelong resident and 2000 graduate of Boulder City High, was killed in action last month defending our freedoms in Afghanistan. He was a Navy SEAL and a hero to us all. I did not know Shane, but I am very familiar with his grandfather Jim and his great-uncle Charlie. We were high school rivals some 50 years ago. They played sports for Boulder City. I played for Basic High. Jim and Charlie were athletes, and we competed against each other in baseball and football. At that time, anyone who went to Boulder City was an arch enemy of anyone who went to Basic. But eventually we mixed and had friends in common. Jim even took a roadtrip from Nevada to the Panama Canal and another to Mexico with my friend Don Wilson in the 1970s. Shane's grandfather has a sense of adventure and a commitment to country.…”