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If ever it could be said Washington is the cradle of a bipartisan, self-perpetuating cycle in which the rich are coddled, the financial crisis is final proof.
When I asked my dad 15 years ago to cite the saddest day of his life, I didn’t know how he’d answer. But I had an idea.
A man in a wheelchair gives a middle-finger salute to cars exiting the freeway onto Tropicana Avenue. The traffic is heavy and fast on this recent Monday afternoon and no one acknowledges the man with a long, gray beard and wild hair panhandling at the intersection near the Strip. Car windows remain up; his cardboard sign asking for help is ignored. Today, these drivers are not in a giving mood.
There’s wine pouring, women gabbing and fingers sewing. It used to be called a sewing circle. Now it’s called a Pinterest party.
COVER STORY: Las Vegas small-business owners weathered the recession with planning and pluck. The Business Press catches up with a few of these success stories and mines local experts for startup tips.
Charlie Peters passed away suddenly in September at age 58, but his dream continues to ferment. That wouldn’t be such a good thing had Charlie Peters been, say, a roofer. But he was a winemaker – CWO, or chief wine officer, of Grape Expectations in Henderson.