EDITORIAL: The dance of the seven empowerments As promised in his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Gibbons last week unveiled his plan for local school "empowerment," predicting it would take Nevada "off the top of every bad list and put it at the top of every good list."
EDITORIAL: Big ideas for valley roads In the race to remedy the Las Vegas Valley's traffic woes, the Legislature and the governor's office resemble rusted-out beaters in the breakdown lane.
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EDITORIAL: The dance of the seven empowerments As promised in his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Gibbons last week unveiled his plan for local school "empowerment," predicting it would take Nevada "off the top of every bad list and put it at the top of every good list."
FROM OUR READERS: Solving the transportation quagmire Everyone agrees that the state is facing a crisis in funding for badly needed infrastructure. Nevada's current highway revenue system is inadequate to meet the pressing needs for new road construction generated by rapid population growth, the surge in tourism, and dramatically increased traffic volumes. Most estimates forecast the need for $11 billion to finance transportation system projects between now and 2015, but revenues that would be generated under current funding structures will fall $3.8 billion short of meeting those requirements.
THOMAS MITCHELL: On issues of openness, we love Barbara Buckley The list of things about which Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and the editorial page of the Review-Journal agree may not be all that long. Her proclivity for solving social ills with taxpayer money parts ways with our philosophy of letting people keep their own money and solve their own problems without government interference.
SHERMAN FREDERICK: The chilling Libby verdict No matter what part of the political yard you prefer to play in, the conviction of Lewis "Scooter" Libby on counts of perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements to authorities ought to scare the daylights out of you.
GEOFF SCHUMACHER: Vegas billionaire shills for tyrants There's no question Sheldon Adelson knows about making money. The Venetian hotel-casino owner is ranked third on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people.
EDITORIAL: Big ideas for valley roads In the race to remedy the Las Vegas Valley's traffic woes, the Legislature and the governor's office resemble rusted-out beaters in the breakdown lane.
