EDITORIAL: A truly entertaining tax There was no doubt about the legislative intent. During the 2003 Legislature, lawmakers contemplated the details of a record tax hike. State Sen. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, figured the valley's strip clubs had plenty of extra money lying around.
EDITORIAL: Circumventing voters The Las Vegas City Council is desperate to build the Big League Dreams sports complex at Freedom Park. But there simply isn't enough money in the city's general fund to pay for it.
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EDITORIAL: A truly entertaining tax There was no doubt about the legislative intent. During the 2003 Legislature, lawmakers contemplated the details of a record tax hike. State Sen. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, figured the valley's strip clubs had plenty of extra money lying around.
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: 'Literacy rose ... to between 91 and 97 percent' Last time, Carol A. Davis wrote in: "Since Mr. Suprynowicz is allowed to take almost a half of a page making, just one more time, the R-J's constant point that 'public schools just ain't no damn good,' " (March 26) "why doesn't he enlighten us some more. I want to hear all about the educated populace at the time of our Founding Fathers which he refers to in his closing paragraph. Who was educated and who wasn't? ... Please, I want to learn."
ERIN NEFF: Simply a money pit The group called Fighting AIDS in our Community Today (FACT) is hoping to rebound from what, by any measure, has been an awful three years.
EDITORIAL: Circumventing voters The Las Vegas City Council is desperate to build the Big League Dreams sports complex at Freedom Park. But there simply isn't enough money in the city's general fund to pay for it.
