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Dear MGM: Make locals happy, build arena parking garage

I’m counting on MGM Resorts International to do the right thing and build a parking garage for the new arena the company is opening next spring.

‘Strange embedded things’ on I-15 have a purpose

You’ve heard that story about the blind men describing the elephant. Each person had different descriptions of what it was based on what part of the elephant they were touching.

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Saving Huntridge Theater too taxing, readers say

One impassioned reader came out swinging when I wrote last Thursday it was time to stop dumping tax and fee dollars into saving the Huntridge Theater. After all, about $2 million of the public’s money hasn’t done the job so far.

Flashers not strictly in event of emergency

When they first saw school buses activating their flashers in the middle of the Spaghetti Bowl, some motorists probably thought, “Please, please don’t drop off students in the middle of Interstate 15.”

No more taxpayer funds for Huntridge

Enough already. The time has come to stop pouring public dollars into reviving the Huntridge Theater. If some history buff wants to spend private dollars to restore the theater, hooray. But no more public money, please.

Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske takes on breast cancer

Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske didn’t have to go public with her recently diagnosed breast cancer. She’s not taking that much time off. But on Friday she sat with me at her home and explained why it was important to speak out and why she decided to stay in Las Vegas for treatment instead of leaving the state.

Fewer students now the norm in U.S. law schools

People ask what makes a worthy column for me. Often, it’s when I mutter, “Huh? I didn’t know that.”

Thin-font Nevada license plates aren’t fakes

I’m not sure why people are so fascinated with license plates, but they are. These hunks of aluminum that we are required to attach to our vehicles were the subject of two recent inquiries from Warrior readers.

Southern Nevada housing authority director has to go

Lame answers from bureaucrats are nothing new, but John Hill, executive director of the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority, provided some of the lamest to Review-Journal reporter Yesenia Amaro.

Does McCarran growth mean it’s time for that new airport? Not just yet

— Clark County Aviation Director Rosemary Vassiliadis announced that seven gates in the D concourse are going to be opened for international use with a tunnel to be built connecting those gates with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Terminal 3. The $51 million project is scheduled for completion in early 2017.

Mob Museum proving to be huge hit with tourists

The Mob Museum is proving it’s not the huge waste of tax dollars that skeptics foretold. It’s making money and visitors are coming in droves.

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