On any given Sunday, you can belly up to a Las Vegas bar and down a few shots of Jägermeister. Or stuff 500 dollar bills into the G-string of a stripper. Or place a $1,000 bet on the Saints to win the Super Bowl.
But what if you’re longing to test drive that powerful 2010 Cadillac CTS or Dodge Ram or to sit in a new Chrysler and feel that smooth Corinthian leather? (I know Chrysler hasn’t built the Cordobas with the mythical “fine Corinthian leather” since the ’80s, but Ricardo Montalban made it sound so luxurious that the image sticks with me.)
Anyway, you can’t get into that new car.
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If you made a horror movie about Carole Vilardo, she’d be holding a hatchet dripping with blood, while wearing a stylish hat.
This is not an attempt to get all political on your asphalt, but are you having trouble figuring out who to believe when it comes to Nevada’s effectiveness in cashing its $201 million stimulus check for transportation projects?
When you ask for an extra large slice of pie and then eat just a little, your mom is going to remember. The same holds true with the federal government.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “has an intolerance for fat people, manifested in asides to aides who seem to be getting portly and an office staff that is suspiciously slim.” Or so says a 5,000-word profile of Reid running in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine.
With government agencies consistently threatening to cut jobs and services, everyone is a little more sensitive about how their tax dollars are being spent. I get quite a few questions about whether government agencies are efficiently spending money on various projects and services.
My dad always used the matching-fund technique to teach me fiscal responsibility. When I wanted to study in London for a semester, he paid half. I worked for the other half.
After gaming legend Claudine Williams died May 13, her son arranged for some of her personal effects to be auctioned off to benefit four worthy charities she supported: Opportunity Village, St. Jude’s Ranch for Children, the Nature Conservancy and UNLV’s School of Hotel Administration.
The ongoing argument over electing judges versus appointing them seemed irrelevant Wednesday evening. The list of judicial candidates at that time showed every single incumbent who will be on the ballot in Clark County had no challenger.
Every once in a while, urban myths involving driving or vehicles surface, such as this one: A woman calls an auto parts store in search of a 28-ounce water pump. When the befuddled parts handler asks the make of car, she replies, “Datsun 280Z.” Funny, but not all of them are; some instill fear in motorists.
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