If you hang around Las Vegas sports books enough, you will hear a whole lot of crazy betting theories and mantras. Some of the most entertaining, though perhaps not the most effective, will come from the mouths of guys who look like they haven’t left their seat since before Jameis Winston learned how to sign his name.
A couple of bad bounces put the Indianapolis Colts in an 0-2 hole, but it has not taken long for Andrew Luck to change the team’s fortunes.
There may be a good reason the elites of the Nevada business community are so vehemently campaigning against The Education Initiative.
With early voting underway, Nevadans have a chance to make our state more prosperous by giving our children a better future denied to them for too long.
Between now and Nov. 4, Nevada voters will decide where they stand on Question 3, the margins tax initiative. Proponents of the tax measure are running television ads that make false and misleading claims about this tax measure.
The argument for passage of Question 3 holds that increased school spending translates to improved student achievement. Nevada’s schools perform poorly because they’re poorly funded, Question 3 backers claim. Therefore, pouring more money into the state’s K-12 system is the only way to guarantee better outcomes.
The next John Bonaventura is on this fall’s ballot, hoping you aren’t paying attention, hoping you won’t do your homework. There are a great many down-ticket offices on this fall’s ballot that have great powers and important responsibilities. If voters fail to make informed choices in those races, an especially unqualified office holder can cause great harm to the public — just like John Bonaventura.
Among the many people on this fall’s ballot who have no business running for office are a handful of candidates who already hold office. We elect people with the hope that they’ll do a good job. If they don’t deliver, we can fire them — because they almost always seek re-election. Absent term limits, incumbents — especially bad ones — dig in like ticks.
