“Humility is no substitute for a good personality.” — Fran LebowitzCitizen Russ Law, a faithful reader, sent a recent letter to the editor scolding me, in a nice way, for insinuating that public employees don’t earn their pay because I refer to them as “tax takers.” Russ says the correct description should be “tax earners.” I agree.Of course, in previous columns I’ve made it clear many times that the public employees I know, and there are dozens as I worked closely with the State of Nevada Employees Association when I was a legislator, are as competent and hard-working as those …