A worsening feud over city of Las Vegas soccer fields is making the bitter football rivalries of Latin America and Europe seem downright friendly.
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The Coalition and Irregular Warfare Center was launched at Nellis Air Force Base in 2006 with the charge of finding ways to counteract the improvised explosive devices and roadside bombs that were killing and maiming American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, as is the case with far too many government entities these days, the warfare center’s primary mission became plowing through piles of taxpayer money.
The absence of transparency in public-sector collective bargaining is disservice enough to taxpayers. But when the government proxies who negotiate labor contracts blatantly violate the few provisions in state law that lend accountability to the bargaining process, making it impossible for elected stewards to provide scrutiny, the resulting deal, no matter the terms, cannot be allowed to stand.
In seven of the past nine seasons, the UNLV football team has managed just two victories, including the past three years under coach Bobby Hauck. The Rebels have doubled that total only halfway through this season, and they’re on the precipice of matching the five-win seasons of 2008 and 2009 — the halcyon days of a lost decade on the gridiron.
Well, that only took, what, nearly 150 years?
Nothing promotes licking obesity like postage stamps that show children playing outside. The U.S. Postal Service commissioned a huge batch of them to support first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign, which encourages kids to engage in more physical activity.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius went to Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field last week to promote Obamacare. As reported by Triblive.com, Ms. Sebelius was joined by Steelers chairman Dan Rooney in a conference room to educate attendees about the health care law and to promote enrollment.
The ongoing policy dispute between the Clark County Commission and the Metropolitan Police Department over public safety funding got very personal last week when board Chairman Steve Sisolak accused Sheriff Doug Gillespie of colluding with the officers’ union and an arbitrator to give officers pay raises.
The “law of the land” is off the bargaining table, as far as Senate Democrats and the Obama administration are concerned. House Republicans have demanded changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, as part of any budget deal to end the partial federal government shutdown and increase the debt ceiling. Despite this month’s disastrous Internet rollout of federal-state health insurance exchanges; public outrage with higher premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses after a promise of reduced costs; and scaled back provider networks that are forcing Americans to find new doctors, Democratic leaders are adamant that no changes to Obamacare will be considered. Even proposals to delay or repeal Obamacare’s job-killing medical device tax, backed by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, have been rejected.
The Las Vegas Valley has long cried out for local government consolidation. Las Vegas, unincorporated Clark County, Henderson and North Las Vegas are separated only by lines on maps, not geographical barriers or vast stretches of undeveloped land. It makes little practical or financial sense to have four separate fire, parks, business licensing and animal control departments, as well as three police departments and three library systems, and their separate, costly administrative structures.
If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result, the Culinary Local 226 is positively certifiable. On Oct. 5 outside The Cosmopolitan, union members berated tourists who entered and exited the nonunion property, going far beyond the self-destructive belligerence shown during previous recent protests and organizing campaigns.
Family Court is where marriages end, child custody and support are decided, and many juveniles answer for criminal conduct. There is drama and unhappiness to spare.
UNLV completed its search for a new athletic director Tuesday, opting to keep Tina Kunzer-Murphy in the role she took over on an interim basis in July. As the Review-Journal’s Steve Carp reported, Ms. Kunzer-Murphy is the first female AD in the 55-year history of UNLV athletics. While that fact is indeed noteworthy, it was far more important for UNLV President Neal Smatresk to hire the right person for the job. In this case, Mr. Smatresk did just that.
The first meeting of UNLV’s stadium authority board left no doubt that, less than one year from now, the panel would recommend building a new venue for sports, concerts and special events capable of drawing tens of thousands of fans.
After a strong 19-month upswing, home prices in Southern Nevada dropped off a bit in September, with the median price of single-family residential units falling 1.1 percent to $180,000. When compared against the housing crash six years ago, and the market cratering in January 2012 with a $118,000 median price, Tuesday’s report by the Review-Journal’s Benjamin Spillman wasn’t really bad news.
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