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Archive for September, 2005
Thursday, September 8, 2005 Walters’ Joy Luck Club By Steve Sebelius Golf course guru Bill Walters once said he’s been lucky when it comes to his dealing with local governments. And that’s true, if you define “luck†as outrageous political influence, juiced by generous political contributions.
And those relationships and that money pays off. Take the Case of the Phantom Golf Course, for example. Back in [...]
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Thursday, September 8, 2005 Where’s justice? By Steve Sebelius So the city of Las Vegas has filed charges against Veronica Schmidt, the woman allegedly hopped up on Xanax who killed four people at a bus stop. The decision comes after the Clark County District Attorney’s office and the Attorney General’s office declined to prosecute Schmidt, saying the case couldn’t be won.
But the city, [...]
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Thursday, September 8, 2005 Journalists rise to the occasion By Len Butcher
Just when my faith in journalism was at its lowest, backed by polls that ranked journalists with lowly lawyers as the two groups most disliked by the American public, along came Hurricane Katrina.
Not only did she create havoc along the Gulf states, but she seems to have stirred the souls of carefully groomed, well dressed, [...]
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Sports books beware By Len Butcher As the college football season gets under way, I’m wondering how long it will take before we hear another hue and cry from the NCAA on the evils of betting on college sports. For many years, and particularly the last 10, they have led the fight to stop all forms of gambling when it came [...]
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Gov. Bob Beers calls for special session By Steve Sebelius Tax-fighting state Sen. Bob Beers is at it again, proposing a one-day special session of the Legislature to temporarily suspend the state’s share of the gas tax, 17.65 cents per gallon. With gas approaching (and exceeding) $3 per gallon, that could mean big bucks for drivers.
(For example, say you’ve got a 20-gallon tank and [...]
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Agenda blown away By Steve Sebelius Poor Republicans. It seems that inconsiderate bitch Mother Nature has fouled their plans to help the most needy citizens in America, the wealthy. GOP leaders in both House and Senate were all set to come to work this week and repeal the estate tax once and for all, cut entitlement programs, and get to work [...]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Cable news: a lesson in distortion By Len Butcher
This past Sunday, seasoned journalist/editor Jack Shafer, wrote a piece entitled News You Can Lose: What I Hate About Cable TV Journalism.
He began with, “When al-Qaida attacks, the United States invades, or mother nature strikes, I increase my newspaper, Web, and TV diet to stay on top of events. So it’s during times like these, [...]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Katrina isn’t the only horrror story By Len Butcher
Of the horrors and highlights provided by Hurricane Katrina, this deadly event has vividly brought home two realities to all Americans. That it can happen here. And that this is what is happening to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world on an almost daily basis.
For instance, the Great Lakes region of Rwanda has [...]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Thoughts on Katrina By Steve Sebelius Where to begin? From a gripping, emotional Meet the Press to various mendacities to U.S. Rep. Jon Porter doing with a single U-Haul what the whole of the federal government should have done from the beginning, Hurricane Katrina fallout is everywhere.
Kudos to the Review-Journal, by the way, for sending Road Warrior Omar Sofradzija to [...]
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 Southern Nevada At Top of Brookings Institution Growth List By Dave Berns Many of the nation’s fastest-growing areas are surpassing Atlanta and are found in the West — Las Vegas, Phoenix, areas in Texas and California — and the Southeast — the Raleigh, Orlando, Charlotte and Sarasota, Fla., reports today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The study released today says Atlanta is still growing, but not at the go-go [...]
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