In the early 1990s, I was working in Los Angeles and living in Las Vegas. The authorities were fining people for taking too many showers because there was a water shortage in California. It worked. The crisis was averted. One problem: There was not enough revenue coming in with the lower water usage to cover municipal bonds. No worries. They just doubled the price of water. Sound familiar?
Edward Vodek may think it is a good idea to turn the Eastside Cannery into some sort of shelter (Oct. 31 letter), but he probably doesn’t live close by.
As usual, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is jumping on the bandwagon with other democratic AGs, this time suing Donald Trump and the federal government over SNAP benefit payouts.
Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer, please open up our government. It’s no longer a matter of who is going to win. It’s a matter of the people and country losing.
Here we are, at it again. Nothing accomplished. Everyone not getting paid, except members of Congress. Wow, what leadership.
The GOP offered negotiations to temporary funding the measure while the shut-down continued, but the Democrats refused.
In her Oct. 26 op-ed, Sen. Jacky Rosen claims to be fighting for everyday Americans, but she doesn’t address the root causes of why the Democrats refuse to vote to reopen the government.
