This week readers want to know if there is a law requiring service stations to provide free air and water for vehicles; what does a horn violation offense mean; do we have to put the registration sticker in the top right hand corner of our license plates; and we get an update on when the Lake Mead Boulevard interchange with the Las Vegas Beltway is going to open.
Nobody asked me, and billionaires rarely take my advice anyway, but may I make a suggestion? The Plaza in downtown Las Vegas needs to go back to its original name, the Union Plaza. Many of us never stopped calling it that. Never made the transition to calling it Jackie Gaughan’s Plaza or just the Plaza.
I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to mechanics. To an extent, I think we all are.
‘Tis a tale of a $1,500 caramel. Another in a continuing series in which I urge you to learn from my many mistakes. Apparently, I will never run out of column topics.
During an elevator ride Monday while checking out the unfinished Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, someone asked whether anyone had Alzheimer’s in their family. Out of six people in the elevator, I was the only one who hadn’t. Silently, I gave thanks. Cancer is my family’s foe.
This week readers want to know what is causing the slowdown on Interstate 15 near Russell Road; is there a law against televisions being installed on dashboards of motor vehicles; and when are they going to activate the message signs on U.S. Highway 95 north?
Fat chance.
There seem to be more cyclists on valley roads lately, and they’re not all wearing tight yellow spandex.
Las Vegas was a better place when the mob ran the town. Now how many times have you heard that old saw?
Perhaps you don’t think cuts in state programs for the mentally ill make any difference to you or your family.
This week the Road Warrior goes spanning Las Vegas and answers questions from almost every corner of the valley. Readers want to know if the Lamb Boulevard exit off the Las Vegas Beltway is open yet in North Las Vegas. Is there an extension planned in Henderson for Warm Springs Road, from Boulder Highway to Lake Mead Parkway? When will Clark County build a bridge on Decatur Boulevard to go over the railroad tracks in the southern valley? And why were taxicabs dropping off passengers at a pickup point at McCarran International Airport on Sunday?
Human resources directors are the souls of discretion. But last week one poured out her heart in an e-mail about the everyday heroes she sees at work.
You know the anxious feeling you get while you wait for your luggage to appear on the carousel at an airport? The one that says your luggage has been lost.
One of the true joys of living in Nevada is that you can meet political candidates up close and personal. And you should.
For once, Gov. Jim Gibbons and I are in complete agreement. Robert Loux must go.
