Goodie bags are a mainstay of conventions, and organizers always bring extras, fearing that running out would be a convention catastrophe. But when it’s over, the swag (Stuff We All Get) isn’t of much value anymore. Or so it seemed.
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Don’t ask why, but whenever the DesertXpress high-speed train proposal in mentioned, the Talking Heads song “Road to Nowhere” comes to mind.
Three political sources told me Friday U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval wasn’t as interested in challenging U.S. Sen. Harry Reid as he was in running for governor — putting him at loggerheads with Reid’s oldest son, Rory.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid resembles a sharpshooter at the carnival, the guy who swaggers up and rat-a-tat-tat, he fires, and a line of ducks falls over. His girl is impressed and receives yet another stuffed teddy bear.
This week, a reader wants to know what recourse she has if her car is damaged by a road hazard, an Arizona resident wonders why it is taking so long to improve the stretch between state Route 163 and Railroad Pass; and a man wants to know when the heck Eastern Avenue will be repaved.
It’s one of those classic “don’t ask, don’t tell” situations, but with a lemon twist.
I’m the fourth Road Warrior to pen this column since its inception. And the first woman.
State Sen. Mike Schneider could have saved his insurance company $150,000 if only he’d been willing to utter six short but powerful words: “I was wrong, and I’m sorry.”
The recession is staggering into its 20th month, and unemployment in Las Vegas surpasses 12 percent; so it makes perfect sense crime would be going up.
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