In his July 12 column, Steve Sebelius writes: “Our current part-time Legislature has passed plenty of bad laws during the existing, limited sessions.” That’s why taxpayers want limited legislative sessions; that’s why voters want state and county employees out of the Legislature; that’s why we want part-time legislators. We’ve seen how full-time legislators muck it all up.
Las Vegas vets should do their part to prevent animal cruelty.
Regarding the article in your Aug. 12 business section about downtown casino owner Derek Stevens replacing table games at one of his properties with “high energy” slot machines: What a crock.
If Mr. Jaffe’s goal is to rally readers against partisan gerrymandering, his argument would be far more compelling if it condemned abuses on both sides —especially when the offense in his own backyard is even more blatant.
Rising traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths dominate local headlines, and the RTC’s Safe Streets for All initiative is gathering public input. Awareness is not the problem — action is.
Why should Las Vegas cater to locals instead of tourists? Vegas is tourist-driven.
