Reporters’ Notebook

When Las Vegas decided to rename a senior center to honor the late Mel C. Kalagian Sr., Mayor Oscar Goodman said he'd support it on the condition that Kalagian's license plate, "LV01," be "enshrined" there.

Kalagian, a longtime advocate for seniors, drove a Mercedes like Goodman's, and the license plate led people to think it was Goodman's car, which meant he got the complaints.

"He was the worst driver in the history of, I think, the state," Goodman said. "I used to complain about it, and he didn't listen."

ALAN CHOATE

During an hours-long discussion of a proposed wind farm in Searchlight last week, county commissioners heard from residents concerned about noise from the turbines.

Commissioner Tom Collins responded with a little levity: "These things hum because they don't know the words."

KRISTI JOURDAN

A Las Vegas ordinance requiring a permit to drink alcohol at a park is set to expire in October, but city leaders like the rules and will probably make them permanent.

Park workers are spending 30 percent less time picking up glass now, said Billie Bastian, the city's director of leisure services, and bottle-free trash bins tend to be lighter, resulting in fewer lifting injuries.

She presented those statistics to councilmen Steve Ross and Ricki Barlow last week.

"These numbers don't lie," Ross said. "I was apprehensive when this ordinance came out."

"I think I voted against it," Barlow said.

Not quite. The ordinance passed 6-0 on June 17, 2009, and Barlow was not at the meeting.

ALAN CHOATE

No one is immune from the harsh eye of Week in Review.

On Wednesday, for example, the Review-Journal's own RJtv, a web-based roundup of the news of the day, sent out a rather unappetizing preview of its latest webcast.

It urged viewers to tune for news about a rise in cases involving the food-borne bacteria salmonella. Then it plugged a "Taste" section feature on 10 yummy Las Vegas sandwiches.

Bon appetit!

HENRY BREAN