Editorials

It’s a rare feat when people on both sides of a politicized issue get their way, but it just might happen with an instance that’s made a mountain out of a molehill — about a mountain. Conservative activist Chuck Muth may get his Mount Reagan, and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., could have her Mount Maude Frazier.

Pretend you’re a prosecutor. A half-dozen people approach you and admit to breaking the law, but request that you skip the police investigation and allow them to immediately begin plea bargain negotiations to minimize potential embarrassment and punishment, because they really, really want to put the whole mess behind them.

Speaking of appeals: Embattled Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to help him keep his job.

There is no stopping the marriage equality movement. Popular opinion and legal precedent have evolved. State laws and constitutional amendments that specifically prohibit same-sex marriage, such as Nevada’s voter-approved ban, are doomed.

Let’s clear up a common mischaracterization about the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plan to pump groundwater from rural eastern Nevada and move it to the Las Vegas Valley for urban use: The agency doesn’t want to build the pipeline.

There is one local government financial crisis in Southern Nevada. It’s in North Las Vegas, which has almost no reserves, is tens of millions of dollars in the hole and might yet be taken over by the state. It most certainly is not in Henderson. And yet Henderson might become the first valley municipality to raise property taxes in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

The headline on David Harsanyi’s commentary for The Federalist said it all: “Obamacare is just another word for laws we ignore together.” Last week, President Barack Obama again delayed and altered the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, which was supposed to go into full effect six weeks ago.

In an interview held just ahead of the Super Bowl kickoff, President Barack Obama got to play a little defense against Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. The president wasn’t nearly as good as the Seattle Seahawks’ unit.

A general rule of thumb about ethical quandaries for elected officials: If you have to ask whether you have a conflict of interest, you probably have a conflict of interest.

If North Las Vegas taxpayers needed additional confirmation that their government is in financial crisis, City Hall provided it last week. The city laid off five department heads.