My grandfather had to ford the South Platte river in Nebraska on his horse to bring the election results to the county seat in Ogallala. Who would have thought more than 100 years later it would take longer to tabulate the results in Nevada?
Regarding the article in your Aug. 12 business section about downtown casino owner Derek Stevens replacing table games at one of his properties with “high energy” slot machines: What a crock.
If Mr. Jaffe’s goal is to rally readers against partisan gerrymandering, his argument would be far more compelling if it condemned abuses on both sides —especially when the offense in his own backyard is even more blatant.
Rising traffic fatalities and pedestrian deaths dominate local headlines, and the RTC’s Safe Streets for All initiative is gathering public input. Awareness is not the problem — action is.
Why should Las Vegas cater to locals instead of tourists? Vegas is tourist-driven.
