The nastiest, most significant division on the Clark County Commission has been healed. After years of fighting over the governance of University Medical Center and using the valley’s public hospital as leverage in political turf wars, commissioners finally have agreed to transfer oversight of the money-losing operation to a new board of directors.
If the decision to hold the 2016 Republican National Convention comes down to Las Vegas and Kansas City, Mo., Las Vegas should win hands down and running away.
In 1979, The Who released its rockumentary film, “The Kids are Alright.” At the time, the United States was mired in a lousy economy, so perhaps the kids — and the adults, for that matter — weren’t really alright.
The current motto for the city of Henderson is “A place to call home.” Indeed, many have rightly found Henderson a fine place to live, with the population now over 250,000, the second-largest city in the state. There is still some small-town charm to parts of Henderson, but make no mistake, this is not a small town. And with that size comes greater responsibility, particularly from those who most visibly represent the city.
With each passing day as the country lurches toward full implementation of ObamaCare — or at least as full as President Barack Obama deems politically helpful — it seems another report comes out noting yet another problem. It’s rarely the gift that keeps on giving, but rather the gift that keeps on taking away, and it’s not even in full effect yet.
