Lawyers are disciplined for everything from stealing from clients to missing deadlines to unethical behavior. But U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Markell admitted he had never dealt with a case similar to Las Vegas attorney Neil Beller’s.
News Columns
This week readers want to know whether there are any plans to redo the roads outside the Eastside Cannery now that there’s all that traffic out there, are there any plans to widen Grand Canyon Drive, and when will the construction on the bridges on the Las Vegas Beltway, near south Decatur Boulevard, be finished? And the Road Warrior answers a bonus fourth question about the state of the Beltway at Far Hills Avenue.
Since returning from three days in Cedar City at the Utah Shakespearean Festival and throughout the Democratic National Convention, I’ve been pondering civility. One of the reasons I enjoy Southern Utah is that people I encounter there are so polite, so friendly, so helpful.
Are you taking the family on a road trip to Wally World this Labor Day weekend?
My first knee-jerk reaction upon hearing Arizona Sen. John McCain had selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate Friday: McCain just lost the election. I may be 100 percent wrong. But that was my first thought. Really.
Ah, the joys of romance. Glancing across a crowded room and recognizing your soul mate. Feeling a love that’s lasted nearly 600 years. But what might work in a romantic novel is horrifying in real life to a Las Vegas woman stalked over 15 years.
This week readers want to know why Clark County uses the phrase “freeway ends” on the Las Vegas Beltway, are there any plans to fix Eastern Avenue near Pebble Road and whether drivers should get out of the way if they see someone is speeding up from behind. Also, we learn what the word headbanger really means.
I can tell you there is nothing futuristic about vehicles that run on hydrogen, because I drove one just the other day.
This week readers want to know whether construction crews need a permit to bring all traffic to a halt while they enter and exit a job site, are there plans to put a sign on southbound Interstate 15 identifying the exit for St. Rose Parkway, and is there a law regarding people handing out religious information in the middle of the street. Also the Road Warrior learns he sometimes needs to use an Elmer Fudd accent to understand a personalized plate.
Last week was one of those sweet-and-sour weeks for Mary Ellen Stephen.
I was driving to Robert Hall’s home this week, and I couldn’t help but wonder if the trip would be faster if the Las Vegas Beltway’s interchange with Lake Mead Boulevard was opened.
For those of us who find state politics compelling and significant, the four-way race for an open Nevada Supreme Court race was downright thrilling as the numbers trickled in Tuesday and the lineup of winners and losers flipped and flopped.
Let’s dub it the “Halverson effect.”
This week readers want to know why Bonanza Road, between F and H streets, is closed, how can a vindictive reader complain about a neighbor who lives in Nevada but drives a car with California plates, and are they ever going to open up Russell Road near Durango Drive. And a Hit n’ Run that looks sweet but is spelled strangely.
Bobby Siller was chatting with me from his new home in North Carolina with a view of a river so wide “you’d swear you’re on a cruise ship.”
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