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December 1-2, 2006
[5:45 PM]
The new issue of The Nevada Observer is out -- check our middle column for stories, articles and columns.
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Nevada Government
State Government
Office Of The Governor
Gibbons takes oath on Jan. 1: Swearing-in next day during inauguration will be 'ceremonial act' (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Office Of The Attorney General
More on Walters land deal: Developer makes allegation against attorney general (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
BILL WALTERS' DEALS: FBI urged to take probe -- Attorney general says continuing investigation would be conflict of interest (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Nevada attorney general wants FBI probe (Associated Press article)
National Methamphetamine Awareness Day
Nevada Attorney General's Office Recognizes November 30, 2006 As National Methamphetamine Awareness Day (Attorney General Press Release)
National Methamphetamine Awareness Day: Help from a higher power (Elko Free Press article)
Collaboration goes beyond 'just say no' (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)
State Budget
2007-09 BUDGET PERIOD: Revenues projected -- $700 million more forecast (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Forum reduces total revenues for budget: $80 million has to be cut from governor's spending list (Nevada Appeal article)
Panel projects state revenues for Nevada lawmakers (Associated Press article)
The Nevada Legislature
Regulation Of Low-Down, Sleazy, Exploitive Payday Loan Operations
Payday Loan Scams Perpetuated By State Agency: Barbara Buckley -- Attorney General Launches Education Campaign In Clark County (Nevada Observer article)
Washington looking at payday loan rules (Ian Mylchreest column, Las Vegas Business Press)
Xenophobic Affirmation
Speaking More Than One Language Should Be Against The Law? Sharron Angle Wants An English Only State To Prevail In Nevada (Nevada Observer article)
Oh Really?
Assemblyman doesn’t expect any major issues in ‘07 Legislative session (Mason Valley News article)
State Judiciary
Article 6 Commission
Judiciary Review Committee Made Up Of Some Considered Ethically Challenged: Comes On Heels Of L.A. Times Investigative Reports, Federal Court Rebuke (Nevada Observer article)
Clark County District Courts Reorganization Plan
"Parraguirre, who took office in 1999, said she has refused more than once to allow a judge to alter the court minutes in a case."
Court clerk proposal proceeds: Parraguirre opposes Hardcastle's plan (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Process started to fill judicial vacancies (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Wide Of The Mark: An Ill-Conceived Attack On One Of Washoe's Finest Jurists
Nevada’s Hug-a-Thug Judge (Chuck Muth column, Battleborn Opinion News)
Electoral Canvass
Nevada Supreme Court canvasses Nov. 7 vote (Ely Times article)
Minimum Wage Initiative
Minimum Wage Law Begs Answers --- Many Confused: Federal Mandates Could Push Minimum Wage To $8.25 Soon (Nevada Observer article)
National Identification
National Identification Coming By Way Of Nevada DMV: Possible Chaos At Driver License Renewal Time --- 2008 (Nevada Observer article)
Closed Door Meetings On Corporate Taxes
Department Of Taxation Wants Closed, Secret Meetings: Changes To Open Meeting Law To Be Discussed At December Hearing (Nevada Observer article)
Ranching In Nevada
Water and weeds top concern for Nevada farmers, ranchers (Ely Times article)
Western Alfalfa & Forage Conference set Dec. 11-13 (Mason Valley News article)
Veterans Affairs
Hang Him
Veterans cemetery vandalized (Lahontan Valley News article)
Nevada's Burning Hills
BLM seeks seasonal firefighters (Ely Times article)
Local Government
City And County Of Carson
Incoming Carson City district attorney names top assistant (Associated Press article)
Churchill County
Grimes named chamber of commerce director (Lahontan Valley News article)
Clark County
Waiting For Ivanpah
"Researchers at the investment firm Deutsche Bank say that if hotel development continues at its current pace, Las Vegas resorts could face a shortfall of up to 7 million visitors annually by 2017, the soonest a new airport could be up and running."
Study: Airport can't deliver on tourism demands (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
County looks to increase Walker's pay: Aviation director to resign Jan. 30 to become VP at engineering firm (Las Vegas Sun article)
Growing By Leaps And Bounds
2 million people in Clark County projected in 2007: NLV Southern Nevada's fastest-growing city (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
The Police And Demonstrators
Public versus private: Metro's handling of protests on the Strip has improved -- but not enough for the ACLU of Nevada (Las Vegas CityLife article)
City Of Henderson: Elderly Volunteers Recruited To Help Swell City Revenue
Cruising for parking violators: Senior volunteers help Henderson shoppers stay honest by issuing tickets (Las Vegas Sun article)
Drinking And Driving
Drinking and Driving in Vegas: A Brief Analysis -- Assessing our dangerous behavior in a city known for boozing (Las Vegas Weekly article)
Plight Of The Homeless
Federal Judge OKs Feeding Of The Bums In Parks: Las Vegas Ordinance Too Narrow In Its Focus: Judge Robert Jones (Nevada Observer article)
Douglas County
County seeking volunteers for various board positions (Gardnerville Record-Courier article)
Lake Tahoe Basin
Legislators meet with locals, talk about Northern Nevada (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Emergency Services
Search and Rescue: Do you have what it takes? (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Medics converge to learn at Cal-Neva (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
County Separatist Movement
The big picture (Andrew Pridgen column, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Shorezone is here in all its glory (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Lyon County
Mason Valley And The Internet
Antenna not likely to be netted quickly (Mason Valley News article)
City Of Yerington
City Council proposes parking, inoperable vehicle ordinances (Mason Valley News article)
Nye County
Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
Don't Celebrate St. Patrick's Day In Good Old Pahrump, Nevada: Polish Nationalism Will Not Be Tolerated Nor Will Español (Nevada Observer editorial)
Washoe County
Urban Renewal In The City Of Reno
City gets ideas on projects for former railroad land along downtown trench (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Western Nevada
Target2010 Just The Beginning --- Called "A Model For Nevada": Five Major Areas To Be Explored For Six-County Economic Development (Nevada Observer article)
Target2010: A planning aid (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)
Leaders embark on new plan to lure industry to northern Nevada (Associated Press article)
White Pine County
For new county finance chief, Ely is centrally located (Ely Times article)
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Nevada Politics
Infantile Antics
Gibbons Facing Nasty Transition From Hateful Lame Duck Guv: Guinn And Wife Acting Like Children --- Better Check To Make Sure Mansion Is Safe (Nevada Observer article)
A Capitol offense: Lt. Gov.-elect Krolicki should drop his childish desire to literally hold office (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Nothing There
Metro recommends no charges against Gibbons; DA sets no time on decision (Las Vegas Sun article)
MAZZEO ALLEGATIONS: Police close Gibbons inquiry -- Probe finds no evidence of assault (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
The Campaign Advertising Industry
Millions spent as Nevada campaign ads go negative (Associated Press article)
Tobacco Prohibition And Prohibitionists
Professor says new law won't hurt gaming industry: State smoking ban might encourage more gambling, he theorizes (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
No Smoking ... Except, Where? Effective December 8: Here Are Some Unofficial Guidelines From Nevada Taxpayers Association (Nevada Observer article)
General Political Commentary
Those unintended consequences (Kent Harper column, Ely Times)
Elections give glimpse into a community (Jim Clark column, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
State Democratic Party
Every vote still counts: Writing off any voter, including rural Nevadans, is the wrong approach for a political party (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
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Nevada Education Matters
Jon Ralston dares lawmakers of both parties to give the rhetoric a rest and put their energy into developing ideas for education (Las Vegas Sun column)
Higher Education
Athletics And Education
Regents want to see sports' pluses, minuses (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Millennial Proposal
MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP : Regents speed up requirements -- Fourth year of mathematics by 2009 raises concerns (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Financial Accountability
Regents demand receipts with details: Tighter rules called for on foundations' expense reports (Las Vegas Sun article)
Massive PC Problems
Looking In On Higher Education: Millions needed for upgrades in computers (Las Vegas Sun article)
Sierra Nevada College
SNC moves forward with merger (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Truckee Meadows Community College
Hispanic high school students get feel for TMCC (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
UNR
UNR president pledges to address problems in audit (Associated Press article)
Public Schools
Derailing the “More Money” Chant (Joe Enge column, Battleborn Opinion News)
Clark County School District
Some Clark County schools to allow open enrollment (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Lyon County School District
LCSD looks at increasing long-term substitute pay (Mason Valley News article)
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Nevada Water Matters
SNWA's Suction Scheme
Commission balks at supporting lands bill (Ely Times article)
Put the water pipeline to a vote (George Knapp column, Las Vegas CityLife)
The Walker River
Walker litigation status hearing set for Dec. 8: Explanation to judge about mediation failure expected (Mason Valley News article)
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Nevada Health Matters
Labor Unions And Health Care
Patient care in jeopardy: Hospitals' managers should work long hours to ward off nurses strike set for Monday (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Mental Health
Beyond Drugs: Transforming the Mental Health System (Bob Bennett column, Nevada Observer)
Fallon Cancer Clusters
Reid Statement Regarding CDC Fallon Cancer Cluster Study (Sen. Reid Press Release)
Medicare
Berkley Warns Time is Running Out to Stop Cuts in Medicare Payments to Nevada Doctors (Rep. Berkley Press Release)
Medicare: Payment for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Should Be Based on the Hospital Outpatient Payment System GAO-07-86, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Physician Shortage
Foreign Physicians: Data on Use of J-1 Visa Waivers Needed to Better Address Physician Shortages GAO-07-52, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Sex Plagues
Reid: We Must Recommit Ourselves To The Fight Against HIV/AIDS (Sen. Reid Press Release)
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Nevada Utilities
Upstate utility aims to cut rates (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
McGill/Ruth water users complain about fee hike (Ely Times article)
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Nevada's Environment
Tales Told By The Earth
New soil map aids planners in finding hidden hazards (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Over Fast
Mortality rate high for Nevada's urban bears (Gardnerville Record-Courier article)
How Did They Rate?
Environmentalists issue annual rating of Sierra ski resorts (Associated Press article)
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Nevada Culture
Death Of A Legend
Deux Gros Nez says adieu (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Festival Of Trees
Come Celebrate the Season (Ely Times article)
The Dark Side
Dark side of gang involvement focus of play (Nevada Appeal article)
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Federal Nevada
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Project
Yucca Transportation Plan Discussed At Reno Meeting: DOE Withdraws More Land For Caliente/Mina Rail Corridors (Nevada Observer article)
Impacted residents not likely to have say in Yucca traffic: Agenda item to gauge County Commission’s reaction slated for Dec. 7 regular meeting (Mason Valley News article)
Government-Subsidized Toxic Waste Producers Get Self-Righteous About Alleged Abuse Of The System
Yucca coalition presses Reid on 'abusing' powers: Project supporters challenge senator to schedule votes (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Nevada Test Site
Explosive issue pits future jobs against nukes: Critics question need for a plutonium center at Test Site (Las Vegas Sun article)
Transportation Safety
National Transportation Safety Board: Progress Made, Yet Management Practices, Investigation Priorities, and Training Center Use Should Be Improved GAO-07-118, November 22, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
From The US Congress
Ensign Announces Workshop For Low-Income Area Investment Opportunities (Sen. Ensign Press Release)
Susan McCue, Reid Majority Leader Chief Of Staff, To Join ONE As President And CEO: Myrick to Succeed McCue as Chief of Staff (Sen. Reid Press Release)
Waste And Mismanagement
Depot Maintenance: Actions Needed to Provide More Consistent Funding Allocation Data to Congress GAO-07-126, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Defense Acquisitions: Challenges Remain in Developing Capabilities for Naval Surface Fire Support GAO-07-115, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Your Life Savings
Private Pensions: Changes Needed to Provide 401(k) Plan Participants and the Department of Labor Better Information on Fees GAO-07-21, November 16, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Credit Unions: Greater Transparency Needed on Who Credit Unions Serve and on Senior Executive Compensation Arrangements GAO-07-29, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Corporate Governance: NCUA's Controls and Related Procedures for Board Independence and Objectivity Are Similar to Other Financial Regulators, but Opportunities Exist to Enhance Its Governance Structure GAO-07-72R, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Flight From The Dollar
Gold may top $700 an ounce, analysts say (Elko Free Press article)
Alternative Energy
The FREE Act: Freedom through Renewable Energy Expansion (Rep. Berkley website)
Here comes the sun (Meredith McGhan column, Las Vegas CityLife)
Intelligence Matters
Rep. Reyes: 1st Hispanic Intel. Chairman (Associated Press article)
Universal Conscription
"Greetings. The Country Requests Your Service": There Is Much To Be Said For A Universal And Sex Neutral Draft (Nevada Observer editorial)
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain: Information about Its Uses and Effect on Property Owners and Communities Is Limited GAO-07-28, November 30, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
Forked Tongues
More government election bafflegab for you to ponder (Jeff Quinn column, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
Freedom And The Federal Government
Unwarranted Surveillance
U.S. Rates Travelers for Terror Risk: Millions of American, Foreign Travelers Assigned Terrorist Risk Ratings by U.S. Government (Associated Press article)
U.S. Gov't Terror Ratings Draw Outrage (Associated Press article)
Automated Targeting System Program Summary (Federal Register)
Travel Restrictions
New Document Requirements for Air Travel (US Department of Homeland Security website)
Security Improvements Proposed for Visa Waiver Program (US Department of Homeland Security website)
DHS Proposes to Expand the Use of Vicinity RFID in Implementing Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (US Department of Homeland Security website)
Treatment Of Persons Detained By US Authorities
"Above all, the American people deserve to know why and how the U.S. government can detain people in foreign prisons - places where torture and mistreatment are allowed - without due process of law."
Bucking president's secrecy: Federal courts demanding to know more about President Bush's anti-terrorism schemes (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Foreign Affairs
Continuing Occupation Of Iraq
Iraq war critics vindicated: Congressionally chartered study group agrees that major troop withdrawal is warranted (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Press Briefing by the National Security Advisor, Steve Hadley, on the President's Meeting with Prime Minister Maliki (White House website)
Bush Acknowledges Public Anxiety on Iraq (Associated Press article)
U.S. Rethinking Iraqi Unification Goal (Associated Press article)
Rice Says U.S. Has Made Mistakes in Iraq (Associated Press article)
Iraq Panel Co-Chairmen Face Uphill Task (Associated Press article)
U.S. Commander: Iraq Transfer Under Way (Associated Press article)
Iraq Spending Bill to Test Democrats (Associated Press article)
91 Die in Triple Car Bombings in Baghdad (Associated Press article)
Troubled Mexico
Chaos reigns for Mexican inauguration: Felipe Calderon is sworn in amid battles in the legislative palace. He promises to reach out to mend rifts (Los Angeles Times article)
Mexico Today: December 1 (The Narcosphere article)
The Coup d’Etat in Mexico: As a New Regime Prepares to Seize Control December 1, Promising a New Wave of Repression, the Antidote Is Being Born from Below (NarcoNews article)
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Nevada's Past
They Came From The Cretaceous
Dinosaur calling card: Fossil found northeast of Las Vegas Valley shows evidence of prehistoric inhabitants (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
The Ways Of The Ancestors
Thocmetony Danced Among The Flowers Of Nevada: Writer, Philosopher, Politician, Sarah Winnemucca Is Nevadan (Nevada Observer article)
Dayton Museum
American Indian heritage on display (Nevada Appeal article)
Northern Nevada Railway
At the Throttle -- If the shop could talk (Marty Westland column, Ely Times)
Historic Preservation
"Because while dollars and effort are flowing into a campaign to salvage the lobby of La Concha, a motel built on the Las Vegas Strip in 1961, Kiel Ranch in North Las Vegas, a homestead settled in the mid-1800s, sits decaying, used mainly for high school beerfests."
State has more history than funds to save it (Las Vegas Sun article)
The Last Days Of A Nevada Governor
Dying To Know The Truth: Governor John Sparks (Guy Rocha column, Nevada Observer)
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Journalism
We Are Gathered Here Today to Say Our Last Farewells to the Blogosphere ...: A eulogy of sorts, with explanations (Geoff Carter column, Las Vegas Weekly)
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December 3, 2006
[4:00 PM]
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Nevada Politics
Proposal To Reform Nevada's Wretched Ethics Laws
FLASHPOINT for Dec 03, 2006 (Jon Ralston feature, Las Vegas Sun)
This oughta make them behave! (Vegas Pundit website)
Lobbying And Lobbyists
Mega-law firms to join forces: Local powerhouse teaming with Denver firm result of huge Las Vegas deals (Las Vegas Sun article)
State Democratic Party
Cheering on Tom: If Iowa governor and presidential hopeful Tom Vilsack runs strong, the Nevada Democratic caucus gets a lot more interesting (Las Vegas Sun article)
General Political Articles And Commentary
To Reid: Nevadans like their meat, serve it up (Lahontan Valley News editorial)
Still skeptical even though West has leadership in Congress (Guy W. Farmer column, Nevada Appeal)
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Nevada Government
State Government
The Nevada Legislature
Buckley's rise to power speaks for itself (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
"Lawmakers can't have it all next year. They can't offer full-day kindergarten to every child in the state, expand Medicaid enrollment, lavish hundreds of millions of dollars on the university system for new buildings, maintain the golden parachutes they offer retired state workers and expect Nevadans to support massive tax increases for highways that should have been built by now."
Making highways a higher priority: Task force recommendations are reasonable (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
Office Of The Attorney General
Jon Ralston on what has happened, and what could still happen, when Bill Walters and George Chanos butt heads (Las Vegas Sun column)
The Royal Links Report (Attorney General's website)
Methamphetamine Awareness
Two Carson teens continue the recovery process (Nevada Appeal article)
Raquel's escape -- Part I: Running away (Nevada Appeal article)
Through my eyes (Cassandra Gonzales column, Nevada Appeal)
Movie documents Carson High School girl's drug battle (Nevada Appeal article)
Inadequate State Regulation Of Mortgage Lenders
JOHN L. SMITH: Retired mob associate among victims of USA Capital's goodfellas (Las Vegas Review-Journal column)
Local Government
Clark County
Waiting For Ivanpah
McCarran traffic jam looming (Ian Mylchreest column, Las Vegas Business Press)
The State's Richest Quasi-Government
Time to evaluate room tax: Proposals to pare down the LVCVA's share and add other recipients are worthy of discussion (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Recycling
Failing the smell test: Recycling plan is trashy no matter how many ways it is repackaged and presented (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Plight Of The Homeless
ERIN NEFF: City keeps trying to get around Constitution (Las Vegas Review-Journal column)
GEOFF SCHUMACHER: Park closure won't make homeless vanish (Las Vegas Review-Journal column)
Douglas County
Proposed trial period would test airport traffic (Gardnerville Record-Courier article)
Elko County
Annexation back on city plan agenda (Elko Free Press article)
Lake Tahoe Basin
Incline Village General Improvement District
Special meeting for board replacement (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Squaw Valley
Squaw Valley requests approval for development (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Western Nevada
Target2010 Economic Reports
Report One: Comprehensive Assessment
Report Two: Target Industry Analysis
Report Three: Entrepreneurship & Technology Assessment
Report Four: Strategic Recommendations
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Nevada Education Matters
Higher Education
Does college tuition keep rising? (Larry Large column, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
UN Regents
We Heartily Agree
Demanding more detail: University system's foundations must provide better accounting of how they spend money (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Public Schools
Clark County School District
Open enrollment (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
Lake Tahoe Basin
Many roads lead from Incline (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
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Nevada Health Matters
Fallon Leukemia Clusters
Same gene variant found in Arizona cluster (Lahontan Valley News article)
The Studies
An Update on Cancer Cluster Activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Environmental Health Perspectives website)
Investigating Childhood Leukemia in Churchill County, Nevada (Environmental Health Perspectives website)
Biosampling Case Children with Leukemia (Acute Lymphocytic and Myelocytic Leukemia) and a Reference Population in Sierra Vista, Arizona (Centers for Disease Control website)
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Nevada's Environment
Alternative Energy
Looking In on City Hall: Clean-air advocates looking for political support (Las Vegas Sun article)
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Federal Nevada
Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Project
Yucca Mountain Route County worried about nuke waste transport (Elko Free Press article)
Reid's rise to power may be bad news for Yucca backers (Las Vegas Sun article)
Feeding At The Trough
Guerrilla tech changes face of modern warfare (Kirk Caraway column, Nevada Appeal)
A Federal Reader
RS22537 - November 22, 2006 Iraqi Civilian Deaths Estimates (Congressional Research Service Report)
RL33733 - November 21, 2006 Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress? (Congressional Research Service Report)
RL33729 - November 15, 2006 Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions (Congressional Research Service Report)
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From The Neon Empire
Tribal Casino Operations
Sierra casino tribe's boon, Tahoe's bane (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Lake Tahoe casinos anticipate competition (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
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Journalism
Government's Badly Skewed Priorities
THOMAS MITCHELL: Dissing authority, not crime, gets you time (Las Vegas Review-Journal column)
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December 4, 2006
[7:50 PM]
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Breaking News:
Governor-Elect Jim Gibbons Names Budget and Education Transition Working Groups: Multiple Working Groups Will Make Up Gibbons Transition Team (Governor-Elect Press Release)
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Nevada Government
State Government
The Governor-Elect
Ex-Nevada budget chief on incoming governor's transition team (Associated Press article)
A Glittering Start
Governor-elect plans two inaugural bashes: Privately funded balls to be in Las Vegas, Reno (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
The Nevada Legislature
Senate split forces compromise (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)
Secret Tax Policy
Nevada tax panel rule would permit closed-door proceedings (Associated Press article)
Working The Escheat
Unclaimed property feeds state coffers at growing rate: $38.9 million fails to find its way to rightful owners (Las Vegas Sun article)
The Internet World
Watch your wireless: Networks remain vulnerable despite security protocols (Las Vegas Business Press article)
Department Of Wildlife
Three state officials pull applications (Associated Press article)
Local Government
City And County Of Carson
City faces budget crunch: Supervisors meet to find solutions to Carson's financial shortfalls (Nevada Appeal article)
New children's home needs new furnishings (Nevada Appeal article)
Clark County
Strip Developments
New Strip development is really going vertical (Las Vegas Business Press article)
The New Eldorado
Boulder City voters may get new shot at making millions (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
You're Fired
Rainmaking in the desert or networking in Las Vegas (Mark Wayman column, Las Vegas Business Press)
Plight Of The Homeless
Crime hasn't closed other parks (Las Vegas Sun article)
Elko County
Group to assess local workforce (Elko Free Press article)
Emergency horse roundup (Elko Free Press article)
Lyon County
Study: Slaughterhouse should be in Silver Springs (Lahontan Valley News article)
Study: USDA-certified slaughterhouse should be in Silver Springs (Associated Press article)
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Corruption? In Nevada?
The Clark County Commission Corruption Cases
JANE ANN MORRISON: Women's letters praise Malone as family man, ignore skills as bagman (Las Vegas Review-Journal column)
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Nevada Politics
Death Of The Libertarian Ideal
Goodbye to Old Nevada? (Michael Green column, Las Vegas Business Press)
State Democratic Party
Vilsack woos Democratic voters at UNLV: Candidate discusses alternative energy, Iraq, his upbringing (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
The Road Ahead for Nye County Democrats (Jack Wood column, Nye - Gateway To Nevada's Rurals)
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Nevada Education Matters
Higher Education
UNLV
UNLV struggles to pay for growth: University must compete with prisons for building funds (Las Vegas Business Press article)
Current UNLV Construction Projects (Las Vegas Business Press article)
Public Schools
Board reappoints Rheault as Nevada schools chief (Associated Press article)
Looking in on education: Students get taste of tougher requirements (Las Vegas Sun article)
Clark County School District
CANYON SPRINGS: Security concerns principal -- School metal detectors sought (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Private Schools
Crossing the digital divide: Private schools going with pricey technology (Las Vegas Business Press article)
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Nevada Health Matters
Labor Unions And Health Care
LABOR CONTRACT: Lockout of nurses nears -- Valley Health rejects last-minute call for 'cooling-off' period in dispute (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Nurses picket two Las Vegas hospitals in labor dispute (Associated Press article)
Fallon Leukemia Clusters
Cluster families hope for more research after CDC study results (Lahontan Valley News article)
Mental Health
Road to recovery: Cafe provides work experience for mentally ill clients (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
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Native Nevadans
'Our Story' calendar displays state's American Indian heritage (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
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Nevada's Environment
Ancient Legacy
Protector of the wash: Recent valley transplant vows to fight proposed development of ancient site (Las Vegas Sun article)
In Searchlight
Volunteer group puts fence around abandoned mines (Associated Press article)
Hard To Bear
Bear deaths on rise at Lake Tahoe (Associated Press article)
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Federal Nevada
From The US Congress
Sen. Reid
Reid's hardscrabble roots define his style as senator (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Taxes
Sales tax deduction (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
Delay on Tax Breaks Affects Millions (Associated Press article)
Congress Taxes Glance (Associated Press article)
To Be A Citizen Of The United States
Questions for citizenship test have some perplexed (Las Vegas Sun article)
Our Nation's Environment
EPA asleep at the wheel: Agency has an obligation to oversee new-vehicle emissions in fight against global warming (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Protections still needed: Revisions to federal inventory of oil and gas deposits could leave wildlife in the lurch (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
GM finally looking ahead: Company commits itself to a bold move, producing the next-generation hybrid vehicle (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Loosening Corporate Regulation
Unintended consequences: Congress may relax federal financial regulations (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
From The White House
Press Briefing by Tony Snow (White House website)
Freedom And The Federal Government
Travel Restrictions
Just keep lines moving (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)
Treatment Of Persons Detained By US Authorities
Images Show Padilla in Chains, Goggles (Associated Press article)
A Federal Reader
Changes in Low-Wage Labor Markets Between 1979 and 2005, December 2006 (Congressional Budget Office Report)
RL32167 - November 27, 2006 Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy (Congressional Research Service Report)
Financial Literacy and Education Commission: Further Progress Needed to Ensure an Effective National Strategy GAO-07-100, December 4, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
VA Health Care: Spending for Mental Health Strategic Plan Initiatives Was Substantially Less Than Planned GAO-07-66, November 21, 2006 (Government Accountability Office Report)
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From The Neon Empire
Acquisitions
Station gets management buyout offer (Las Vegas Business Press article)
Station Casinos gets $4.7B buyout offer from management, Colony (Associated Press article)
Kerkorian's firm makes formal tender offer for MGM Mirage shares (Associated Press article)
Internet Gambling
Looking in on Washington: New Congress will be asked to deal with online poker ban (Las Vegas Sun article)
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December 5, 2006
[9:20 PM]
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Nevada Government
State Government
The Governor-Elect
Gibbons forms budget, education groups: Governor-elect begins to organize transition (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Gibbons names budget, education transition teams (Nevada Appeal article)
Inadequate State Regulation Of Taxi Operations
Looking In on Tourism: Taxi authority backs away from cab-camera issue (Las Vegas Sun article)
Local Government
City And County Of Carson
Affordable Housing
Rents up as much as 20 percent in five years (Nevada Appeal article)
Churchill County
Former employee charged with embezzling chamber (Lahontan Valley News article)
An Ancient Approach To A Modern Problem
Banishment - an appropriate punishment for drug peddlers? (Lahontan Valley News editorial)
Clark County
Public Subsidies For Private Enterprise
Public or private: Debate over arena financing intensifies -- MGM Mirage against using taxpayer money (Las Vegas Sun article)
Welcome To Nevada. You Can Smoke Outside, About 1/2 Mile Down The Hall To The Left And Through The Door.
McCarran to clear the air: Airport will snuff out all smoking by Friday (Las Vegas Sun article)
City Of Henderson: Elderly Volunteers Recruited To Help Swell City Revenue
Program is just the ticket: Faced with a shortage of officers, Henderson uses volunteers to curb errant parking practices (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Plight Of The Homeless
Arrests prompt activists' outcry: Nonexistent law used to bust homeless (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING: Police, LV officials reassure residents -- Closure of park becomes center of attention (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Lyon County
Troubled Silver Springs General Improvement District
Silver Springs GID employee cries foul (Nevada Appeal article)
Washoe County
Equality Under The Law: Assessor's $370 Million Write-Off Of Casino Property Leaves Agency $35.6 Million In Debt
"Unlike individual homeowners, state law allows businesses to be valued based on their income-producing potential."
Redevelopment board OKs deal for refinancing (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Urban Renewal
National League of Cities convention begins in Reno today (Nevada Appeal article)
Reno spruces up downtown to welcome nation's cities (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Council wants to dress 'big box' stores (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Reno council postpones vote on downtown plaza (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Right plan eases need for parking (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)
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Nevada Health Matters
State Ranked Low Again
Nevada's state of health shows no improvement: Ranks 37th out of 50 in national survey, same as in 2004 (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Labor Unions and Health Care
HEALTH CARE LABOR DISPUTE: Nurses locked out -- Gibbons, Buckley, Reid press sides for 'cooling-off' period (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Picketing nurse worries about effect on patients: Hopes for compromise on staffing issue dashed (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Are profits the problem? Nurses' nifty signs aren't honest -- or miss the point entirely (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
Obstinacy leads to pickets: Hospitals should have embraced calls by political leaders for renewed negotiations (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Fallon Leukemia Clusters
Seventeenth child in Fallon's leukemia cluster in remission, but risks still remain (Lahontan Valley News article)
Mental Health
Beds ready but doctor shortage prevents use: Addition to hospital lacks psychiatrists (Las Vegas Sun article)
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Nevada Water Matters
Praise For The Water Moloch
EPA honors water authority: Turf rebate program cited as reason for award (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
The Carson River
Carson City might partner with business to develop water resources (Nevada Appeal article)
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Nevada Law Enforcement
Gang Suppression Methods
Pair files suit over anti-gang tactics (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Strange And Disturbing
PAHRUMP VALLEY: Emergency personnel charged -- Sheriff alleges men failed to provide aid to gunshot victim (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
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Nevada's Environment
Nevada Bruins
Bear deaths hit record on Lake Tahoe's Nevada side (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
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Federal Nevada
Affirmative Action: Affirms The Same Wrong It Was Meant To Remedy
Race-based school placement (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
Justices Question School Diversity Plans (Associated Press article)
Oral Arguments in Meredith v. Jefferson County Bd. of Ed. (US Supreme Court website)
Voting 2008
U.S. Election Assistance Commission Panel Deadlocks
Extra Checks on Voting Machines Rejected (Associated Press article)
Freedom And The Federal Government
Treatment Of Persons Detained By US Authorities
Italy Aims Indictments at CIA Agents (Associated Press article)
23 CIAs Charged by Armando Spataro--What Berlusconi Hides (Independent Media Center article)
Foreign Policy
Social Democracy In Latin America: A Reaction Against Supra-National Corporations
To the south, left's rising (Reno Gazette-Journal editorial)
Continuing Occupation Of Afghanistan
When The Government's Dirty, What Do You Expect?
Failures in Afghanistan: Deals are being made with our enemy, the Taliban, and Afghan police are ineffective (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Troubled Mexico
Leader of Oaxaca Protests Arrested (Associated Press article)
2 Arrested in Mexican Journalist's Death (Associated Press article)
The Shadowy World Of Espionage
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Russia: No Extraditions in Spy Death (Associated Press article)
Ex-Russian PM's Illness Still a Mystery (Associated Press article)
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From The Neon Empire
Station Casinos
Offer could make Station Casinos private (Reno Gazette-Journal article)
Harrah's World
Looking In on Gaming: Harrah's keeps plans grand, but quiet (Las Vegas Sun article)
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Nevada Government
State Government
The Governor-Elect
Just Joshing
Jon Ralston's take on the first meeting of Gibbons' team (Las Vegas Sun column)
Tobacco Prohibition And Prohibitionists
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So It's Your Own Property -- So What?
Bars and slot operators sue to kill smoking ban (Las Vegas Business Press article)
Legal challenge targets smoking ban: Businesses go to court to snuff voter-approved law (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Airport not blowing smoke: Smokers who fly into and out of McCarran soon will have to go outside to light up (Las Vegas Sun editorial)
Group sues to toss out smoking restrictions (Nevada Appeal article)
Don't take our smoking rights away! (Vegas Pundit website)
State Judiciary
The Nevada Supreme Court
Nevada high court to debate judicial ethics: Proposed rules include banning jurists from personally soliciting campaign funds. Free speech may be an issue (Los Angeles Times article, via Reno and Its Discontents)
Plan to limit judicial fundraising dies: Court rejects plan for election contributions (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
High court rejects plan to restrict fundraising by judges (Associated Press article)
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
Clark County District Courts
Control of Eighth Judicial District Court transferred (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Nevada Highways
God Damn This Traffic Jam
TRANSPORTATION BOARD: Panel backs roadwork tax, fee plan -- Proposed projects short $3.8 billion (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Lawmakers to hear highway funding proposal (Nevada Appeal article)
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Intersection along St. Clair Road to close for bridge replacement (Lahontan Valley News article)
Tribal Elections
Fallon tribe will hold its general election Dec. 16 (Lahontan Valley News article)
Inadequate State Regulation Of Mortgage Lenders
Tempers flare at USA Capital session (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Subprimes are hitting the skids (surprise! surprise!) (Ian Mylchreest column, Las Vegas Business Press)
Local Government
City And County Of Carson
New approaches needed to solve financial problems (Nevada Appeal editorial)
Shared-parking agreement for Fuji Park moves forward (Nevada Appeal article)
Churchill County
Churchill Economic Development Authority
Workshop aims to direct local economic growth (Lahontan Valley News article)
Fallon Chamber Of Commerce
A new beginning for the Fallon chamber (Lahontan Valley News editorial)
Clark County
Public Subsidies Of Private Enterprise
County balks at pro sports price tag (Las Vegas Review-Journal article)
Boulder City
Boulder City gadfly buzzes about The Man (Las Vegas Sun article)
McCarran International Airport
"For the third straight year, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found the Las Vegas airport is dead last in quality of food among the nation's 13 busiest airports."
FLASHPOINT for Dec 06, 2006 (Jon Ralston feature, Las Vegas Sun)
Plight Of The Homeless
Breath tests for the homeless? Should tax-funded charities be allowed to discriminate? (Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial)
Douglas County
Public Subsidies Of Private Enterprise
"As a matter of principal, we oppose more redevelopment in north Douglas County. We believe government's place is to provide a level playing field for business to compete, not to step in and help one business over another."
But what if it works? (Gardnerville Record-Courier editorial)
We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This
Work begins on Stephanie traffic light (Gardnerville Record-Courier article)
Elko County
W. Wendover wants to lease public lands (Elko Free Press article)
Sewer rates back up for review (Elko Free Press article)
Profile of a public servant: Andreozzi sees promotion as chance to give back (Elko Free Press article)
Lake Tahoe Basin
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Shorezone not cutting it for some (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza article)
Incline Village General Improvement District
The government you deserve (Ed Gurowitz column, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)
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