NEW YEAR

L.E. Fant and Family's New Year Resolution is to do their best to save animals which are or will be on death row in kill shelters.

L.E.  donates food to local shelters such as ____________ and is now setting up web sites from which net profits will be used to support animals who will otherwise be killed.

L.E. Fant hopes you will help by buying products from these sites or buying products which are displayed on this blog site.

Please visit CampingStore USA.com, the first site in the series.

Smog Check $9.99 including certificate...

L.E. FANT READ THE COUPON AND NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO EXCEPTIONS LISTED. HE TOOK HIS R.V. TO THE STORE FOR A $9.99 SMOG CHECK BUT MR. MIELE OF PURRFECT REFUSED THE COUPON AND STATED THAT THE COST WILL BE $29.99.

L.E. ARGUED THAT THE COUPON SHOULD BE HONORED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY EXCLUSIONS AND IF REFUSED MUST SURELY BE CONSIDERED TO BE FALSE ADVERTISING.

MR. MIELE STEADFASTLY REFUSED TO HONOR THE COUPON AND AGREED THAT L.E. SHOULD PURSUE HIS GRIEVEANCE WITH BBB, DMV, ETC

L.E. IS DOING SO.

While it is apparently usual that an RV is considered a heavy duty vehicle and has a higher charge for a smog test, L.E. believes that the advertisement should contain an exclusion to that effect.

L.E. believes that it is unreasonable that an R.V'er drives his machine [at 8mpg or so] across town to save a few $$ by using the coupon, yet, when he requests the coupon service he is refused.

In Nevada we no longer have a Consumer Affairs Division, so L.E. conjectures that folks such as Purrfect will continue to deceive.

Dolce Gusto, Keurig, Tassimo or?

L.E. Fant and wife picked up a Dolce Gusto single serve coffee machine last weekend.

There was much discussion regarding which one to buy...

The Keurig has a huge choice of coffee blends yet needs additional hardware to "froth milk" for latte and cappuccino drinks.

The Dolce Gusto has a lesser range of coffee blends but does make latte and cappuccino drinks without extra equipment.

As the Cuisinart coffee maker is till functioning well and makes decent regular coffee, our decision was based on ease of making latte and cappuccino drinks.

We are pleased with the machine so far. As expected the cost of each drink is around one Dollar for latte and cappuccino and fifty cents for straight coffee.

The latte and cappuccino is, to our taste, remarkably good and no trip to Starbucks and the $4.00 is now needed when we desire such drinks.

COX CABLE FAILS TO PLEASE.

Digital Devils-as L.E. Fant refers to Cox Cable- has at last paid L.E. his account balance. It took them approximately TWO YEARS to do so.

You may recall that L.E. closed his account with this cable monopoly around June of 2008. He returned all equipment and was provided a receipt which showed a balance [seemingly low, however apparently many charges for termination occur] of $4 or so.

L.E. expected a check to arrive-however, one did not arrive and now two years have passed.

At a chance meeting with a Cox employee L.E. mentioned the lack of refund and the employee made inquiry at Cox. Some weeks later a check arrived.

One may wonder how many such balances are kept by Cox even though properly it should mail a check to its ex-customer.

This experience vindicates L.E.'s decision to cease dealing with the digital Devil as he prefers to know Cox Cable as.

Our City is now poor...SO LET US BUILD A NEW CITY HALL!

L.E. Fant's twin Grand Daughter Astrid

born extremely prematurely together with her sister

under a single payer health care system. She has enjoyed

first class care, as has her sister Goldie.

Total out of pocket expenses, to date, for the births,

months of neo -natal ICU, surgeries, prescriptions

and home care amount to approximately FIFTY DOLLARS!!!

Compare that experience to that of a friend who just gave birth to a wonderful and healthy daughter. Even with "good insurance" she had out of pocket expenses approximately 100 times more for a single birth-not twins with extreme difficulties due to extreme premature births.

L.E.'s friend now cannot stay with her new born daughter as she desires-SHE HAS TO GO BACK TO WORK OR LOSE HER FAMILY'S HEALTH INSURANCE.

TO BUY INSURANCE FOR HER YOUNG FAMILY IS PROHIBITIVE AS THE COST IS OVER $1,200 PER MONTH.

Whereas, in the case of Astrid and Goldie their parents may enjoy time with their children as their government has mandated four weeks annual leave with full pay and many public holidays which are also paid-for all. Also not forgetting mandated paid maternity leave and other benefits which together make for a far less stressful time for new parents. All this makes for a good quality of life which L.E. conjectures may well be better than ours in Las Vegas where the archaic so-called "right to work" labor law exists along with many other measures which exist to the detriment of workers.

It appears that meaningful health care reform is unlikely for us lucky folks in the richest country in the world because we have been provided much advertising (using our health care Dollars) to prolong our existing system whereby Insurance corporations-not medical providers run our health care.

Senate majority leader HARRY REID has put his foot in his mouth by making comments regarding then candidate Obama. His comments were, at best, in extremely poor taste. One must wonder whether power has influenced Senator Reid negatively as it has many others in high places.

Our State now has both federal Senators appearing tarnished. Maybe it is time that they were gone.

OUR CITY IS SUFFERING AS REVENUES ARE DOWN.

Workers are being asked to take large pay cuts.

One wonders whether our City officials have considered raising franchise fees on corporations such as COX COMMUNICATIONS, our monopolistic cable provider and who likely pays a tiny fee for use of our taxpayer facilities. Does Nevada Power and Southwest Gas pay a reasonable franchise fee to us? Do telephone companies pay fees for using our infrastructure?

Is it a good idea to build a new City Hall under the existing economic conditions?

SEASONS GREETINGS TO ALL

CUISINART DID PROVIDE A NEW COFFEE MAKER FOR L.E.AFTER HE TWITTERED.

SUBSTANTIVE HEALTHCARE REFORM SEEMS UNLIKELY. THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY HAS USED MANY $MILLIONS OF ITS SUBSCRIBERS' PREMIUMS TO "EDUCATE" OUR POPULATION.

L.E. recently spent one day in a local hospital. The hospital bill was $52,816.81. However, if one has no insurance and pays cash-a 20% discount will be given.

There is much to discuss. Such as the ridiculous interest rates banks are charging on credit card accounts-even though they are taking our taxpayer money at almost no interest. The same banks which have largely destroyed our property values here in Las Vegas.

L.E. notes that our property values have declined approximately 70%-so far!!!!!!

Where are the regulations to control these pariahs that we were promised by our elected officials?

Cuisinart's "customer care" is careless!!

Another week has passed, many more emails to Cuisinart WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE WHATSOEVER, no replacement coffee maker has arrived and no refund check has arrived.

L.E. Fant has joined Twitter [as LEFantofLV] in order that he may more esily reach greater numbers of people and spread the word regarding Cuisinart's shameful practices and poor, inferior product which he is unable to endorse. Check out Twitter .com.

He will likely also make a video and post it to U Tube and here in a similar attempt.

L.E. has now obtained the names and addresses of high ranking Cuisinart officials, including that of its founder. L.E. conjectures whether its founder is pleased with the way the company is behaving in this instance. L.E. shall inquire.

HEALTHCARE FOR ALL?
Nevada Senator Harry Reid is still filling our television screens with ads paid for by the health care industry which encourage us to thank Harry for his great work on our behalf.

One may assume form these ads and their timing that Harry never made effort to seriously consider single payer heath care as an option. Shame on you Harry.

Also apparently many democrats who, when unable to change the status quo, voiced support for a single payer, all in, none out, heathcare system, now able to institute such a system, have chosen to not do so. Call them if you may and remind them of their dupliciousness.

Next post L.E. Fant will discuss (again) Nevada Energy's latest money grab and HSBC Bank's attempts at usuary. Stay tuned as once was said [though tune out Harry's commercials].