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.
Editorials
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.
Last week, in seven cities across the country — New York, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Kansas City and Flint, Mich. — rallies were held demanding that the minimum wage for fast-food workers be super-sized to $15 per hour. Many workers walked off the job to show support for doubling the current minimum wage. The idea in theory is that these employees deserve a living wage.
Decades ago, when Smokey Bear became an icon, his mantra was, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The warning has since evolved into, “Only you can prevent wildfires.”
Accountability has long been a problem for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, especially when it comes to officers who shoot people. Year after year, the public saw officers who made obviously terrible decisions, resulting from inexcusable mistakes, keep their jobs despite injuring or killing civilians. Too often, the review process was a joke, a pointless exercise in rubber-stamping.
Local government is closest to the people, and as such, it should be the most accessible.
By now, Southern Nevadans are beyond weary of stadium proposals. And because state and local governments never stop imposing higher taxes, a lot of valley residents are especially put off by the idea of a publicly financed stadium.
There has been a palpable energy around the revival of downtown Las Vegas, from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s $350 million, privately financed campaign to Derek Stevens’ efforts in turning two aging hotels — the Golden Gate and the D Las Vegas — into attractions that have bolstered the area’s character.
Business students need a lot more than lecture-based course work to land good jobs after graduation. They need practical, hands-on experience dealing with the risks and rewards of funding, building and growing a company.
President Barack Obama is traveling the country to give speeches on the economy and jobs, and he has stated some verifiable truths. The problem, though, is his belief as to what has caused those truths.
“Step” pay increases will be replaced by a merit pay system beginning in 2014 at Nevada’s community colleges. Additionally, as reported Sunday by the Review-Journal’s Yesenia Amaro, the higher education system’s four-year institutions will restart their merit-pay programs, which have been frozen since 2009 because of a lack of funding.
The costs of ObamaCare’s individual insurance mandate should worry every Nevadan, not just those currently without coverage.
The city of Vernon, Calif., has a big problem, brought on by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. And depending on how a lawsuit against that city goes, the tiny ripple on the map that represents Vernon could become a nationwide public pension tidal wave.
It’s going to take a long time for Nevada to rebuild a remotely passable mental health care system. Including federal funding, the state spends about $85 million less on mental health care than it did before the recession.
Agriculture policy doesn’t get much notice when it comes to the economy, but consumers and taxpayers certainly feel the pinch of all the bad decisions coming out of Washington.
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