Reporters’ Notebook

When the Sin City Rollergirls helped celebrate the opening of the Bonneville Transit Center last week, Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown suggested that Mayor Oscar Goodman become part of the roller derby squad with his own nickname and number: Bom Bay 80.

"I'm sure he'll correct me later," Brown said, prompting Goodman to whisper in his ear.

"Oh, 80 proof. Go figure," Brown said.

Yeah, go figure.

ADRIENNE PACKER

The John S. Park Neighborhood has been recognized as one of the nation's top 10 neighborhoods by the American Planning Association, but it wasn't always that way.

"When I first moved to the neighborhood, I didn't like it at all," said Bob Bellis, one of the leaders in making the neighborhood a historic district. "Crime was really bad. You didn't know your neighbors."

Now, we could make a joke about how knowing your neighbors might lead to an increased desire to commit crimes against them, but we recognize that really we're just jealous of the people who get to live in those cool houses.

Also, we didn't act out and immaturely egg any of them. Absolutely not.

We have alibis.

ALAN CHOATE

Ricki Barlow got a running start when he rode the Fremont Street Flightline last week. He was nervous about the downtown thrill ride, and he figured if anything was going to go wrong, he might as well get it over with.

He kinda regretted it.

His momentum brought him speeding into the landing platform well ahead of his fellow riders, and Barlow wasn't shy about communicating his plight.

"Save me!" he shouted.

He landed safely, and was none the worse for wear.

ALAN CHOATE

The free market was alive and well outside a recent Tea Party event in Las Vegas, where David Chessik sold rolls of "Bankster Bailout" toilet paper for $5 apiece.

The novelty rolls featured caricatures of President Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others, Republicans included, but one man approached Chessik with a question: "Is that the kind with lotion in it?"

Chessik shook his head and said, "I don't know where you hang out, sir."

LYNNETTE CURTIS