Several months ago, medical marijuana was stuck in neutral in Southern Nevada. Today, it’s full speed ahead for the licensing and opening of dispensaries in unincorporated Clark County, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. Local elected officials appear to have finally conquered whatever irrational fears they might have had about legal, taxed sales of an otherwise prohibited drug — and they appear to have listened to most of the concerns of the public and the industry in regulating the production of the narcotic.
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The majority leader of the United States Senate is leading us nowhere. Harry Reid, the senator from the Silver State, has run the upper chamber with an iron fist — blocking legislation, even simple amendments, that support the causes his super PAC donors oppose.
Bob Faiss was far and away the kindest, nicest man I’ve ever met.
The Clark County Commission has entertained a couple of tax increases over the past year despite persistently high unemployment, tens of thousands of underwater mortgages and general taxpayer struggles to recover from the effects of the valley’s economic crash. The commission considered a sales tax hike to boost police operating budgets and a property tax increase to prop up University Medical Center, even as the county resumed handing out pay raises to its employee bargaining groups.
No asterisk goes next to this result, and no excuses will come from the Miami Heat. Only one player pulled up lame and limped off with cramps, but it just happened to be LeBron James, the best player in the game.
Steve Coburn has already had his 15 minutes of fame. On Saturday, the 61-year-old from Topaz Lake with the bushy mustache and cowboy hat could stretch his celebrity into immortality if his 3-year-old star colt, California Chrome, wins the Belmont Stakes and completes the Triple Crown, a feat no horse has accomplished in thoroughbred racing since 1978.
A year after being drafted No. 2 overall by the Chicago Cubs, Kris Bryant is ripping up Double-A. The former Bonanza High slugger is leading the Southern League in nine offensive categories.
Entering this season, the plan was for 51s right-hander Noah Syndergaard to follow the same path to the majors as hard-throwing Mets pitchers Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler. However, two injuries have suddenly knocked Syndergaard — New York’s No. 1 prospect — off the fast track to the big leagues.
There will be no free lunch for the Chrome in the Belmont Stakes. His foes will be set on preventing him from winning the Triple Crown. And the 1½-mile race on an enormous oval is an unknown factor.