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Archive for February, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006 And the Quick Hits just keep on coming By Steve Sebelius • Republican state party Chairman Paul Adams is doing the right thing, pushing for a bylaws change that would allow the party to essentially ignore any elected official who’s been impeached.
You’d think something like that wouldn’t be necessary, since the shame of an impeachment would keep anybody with a conscience from running ever again. [...]
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Monday, February 27, 2006 Locals still not sure about locals casinos By Ian Mylchreest The impending opening of Red Rock Station has not placated all the local opposition to the new resort, reports the Associated Press. And some residents say that the neighborhood casino rules are too lax and should be revisited.
“Newer, so-called “locals casinos” are larger than ever, and they also appeal to a tourist audience that some [...]
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Monday, February 27, 2006 The immigration debate begins By Ian Mylchreest The chronic debate on what to do about illegal immigration is about to get going in Washington, reports the New York Times. Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Spector has proposed legislation providing for a guest-worker program.
The proposal is that industries such as restaurants and agriculture recruit workers abroad and bring them into the country on guest-worker [...]
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Monday, February 27, 2006 Where are the deadbeats? By Len Butcher
Last October, a new federal bankruptcy law took effect, making it much more difficult for people with financial problems to claim bankruptcy and wipeout their debts (or almost all of them) with one single swoop. There was much controversy surrounding the implementation of the new bill, but supporters of the bill claimed that the great [...]
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Monday, February 27, 2006 Stealing keystrokes is the next big crime By Ian Mylchreest The age of phishing, the fake emails seeking account updates, may already be past, reports the New York Times. The next generation of cybercriminals is embedding trojans that then report keystrokes, which give details of account names and passwords.
The Brazilian federal police recently shut down a gang that had stolen $4.7 million from accounts in [...]
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Monday, February 27, 2006 Giant retailer fights back By Ian Mylchreest Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott took the fight to the top when he told the nation’s governors that the company wanted to spend more on healthcare and get more employees onto the company’s insurance programs, reports the Associated Press.
He warned, however, that the company could not continue to absorb 19 percent annual increases in health [...]
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Friday, February 24, 2006 Hard Rock cancels condos By Ian Mylchreest The Hard Rock Hotel-Casino has cancelled its massive condo expansion on the apartment complex behind the hotel, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. But this is not the usual kind of condo cancellation.
Unlike all those that have not penciled out because there aren’t enough people looking for luxury apartments that close to the Strip, this one [...]
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Friday, February 24, 2006 Control board takes the next step By Ian Mylchreest The Gaming Control Board has unanimously agreed that hand-held gaming machines are secure and can be kept out of the hands of minors, reports the Associated Press. The board is expected to give final approval to regulations governing the machines at its March meeting.
The machines will be signed out to patrons in casinos who can [...]
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Friday, February 24, 2006 Income and orders decline By Ian Mylchreest The numbers are not looking good for the last Friday of the month. Orders for U.S.-made durable goods slumped by over 10 percent in January, reports Reuters. And USA Today reports that average family income declined between 2001 and 2004.
First the durable goods: It’s not a great result and the core number is fairly flat [...]
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Thursday, February 23, 2006 Anybody for Quick Hits? By Steve Sebelius Beyond the whorishness of the Las Vegas Sun, there’s plenty of other news out there. And we bake it up into a delicious meal of Quick Hits. Bon appetit!
• Regent (and Metro Police captain) Starvos Anthony’s quest to ban rap music he considers an incitement to felonious conduct is itself felonious conduct, against the [...]
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