Regarding the current war of words between the mayors of Las Vegas and Oakland over the future location of the Oakland A’s (Friday Review-Journal): As someone who has visited both cities on many occasions, I quite agree with Gertrude Stein, who once wrote of Oakland, her hometown, “There’s no there there.”
Right on, Gert!
I found Tom Conlin‘s Thursday letter to be ridiculous. It was an exercise in justifying gross benefits for life at the expense of the taxpayer.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline should fire Judge Erika Ballou, not suspend her.
I was shocked by our senators’ votes to march the government idiotically toward shutdown.
With a few budget “haircuts” here and there, the prospects of a balanced federal budget are much closer to reality. What a novel concept.
About the criticisms of the “please come to Nevada” campaign: What can a slogan, no matter how compelling or clever, do when the deck is stacked against us?
What I don’t get is why, with the water crisis, we continue to build around 12,000 new homes here in Las Vegas every year.
