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Archive for March, 2006
Friday, March 31, 2006 Steroids in baseball; here we go again By Len Butcher
Well, here we go again. This past week Major League Baseball said it will investigate past steroid use by Barry Bonds and other players. I don’t really see the purpose of a probe other than if it will affect records that have been set, or performances that can lead, unfairly, to records, like Barry Bonds [...]
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Friday, March 31, 2006 Kenny's unexamined life By Steve Sebelius ABSTRACT: Today, we take a look at Erin Kenny's moral gymnastics, as well as dish about Barbara Cegavske's new opponent and the release of kidnapped journalist Jill Carroll.
Former Clark County Commissioner Erin Kenny has done may evil things in her public life in Las Vegas, and on Thursday, she sought to explain how.
"I didn't [...]
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Friday, March 31, 2006 February indicators slip By Ian Mylchreest Both spending and income were weak last month, report Reuters and the Associated Press. Personal consumption spending rose only 0.1 percent, after spending surged almost 1 percent in January. Income rose 0.3 percent in February, less than half January's 0.7 percent gain.
The slippage is not all that it seems because January's warm weather boosted [...]
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Thursday, March 30, 2006 Sibley challenged By Steve Sebelius So Assemblyman Scott Sibley has drawn an opponent — well, almost. Attorney Greg Whicker tells the Review-Journal he's almost 100 percent positive he'll run, apparently because Sibley didn't call him back.
"That really irked me," said Whicker, who used to work at the attorney general's office. "It's one thing to blow off constituents. It's another [...]
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Thursday, March 30, 2006 Singapore slings By Ian Mylchreest The bidding has closed on the Singapore gaming licenses and so far as anyone can tell Las Vegas Sands has offered the biggest deal. The Venetian company is promising to spend $3.6 billion on its resort, reports Bloomberg.
That would make the Singapore casino the most expensive ever built anywhere. It would include 2,500 hotel rooms, [...]
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 The people are speaking on illegal immigration By Len Butcher Who would’ve thought that immigration would become such an issue outside of possibly, California? But here it is, the lead story on many of the nation’s newscasts and rightly so. When was the last time Americans in great numbers, took to the streets, protesting or supporting a cause, injustice, or a war?
To be fair, Americans, [...]
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 He Danes to strike again By Steve Sebelius ABSTRACT: We take on Republican activist Tony Dane and his assault on Clark County Manager Tom Reilly, as well as address open government with Bob Beers, bad behavior with Scott Sibley and immigration's potency as a political issue in Quick Hits.
Professional loser Tony Dane has a new target: Clark County Manager Thom Reilly.
Why? Because [...]
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Some more up and down numbers By Ian Mylchreest The economists and the people never seem quite able to get on the same page. Some economists at UCLA are predicting an economic slowdown, reports the Los Angeles Times. But the Associated Press reports that consumer confidence is soaring.
The Conference Board said that its consumer index shot up 4.5 points to 107.2, the highest [...]
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Another meeting, another rate hike By Ian Mylchreest The new Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is living up to his promise to carry through on his predecessor's policies, reports the Washington Post. At its latest meeting the Fed boosted the prime rate to 4.75 percent, the 15th such hike in the last 21 months.
The rationale was apparently that the economy is going strong and [...]
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Tobacco money faces cuts By Ian Mylchreest The tobacco settlement looks like being a victim of its own success. The settlement with the states tied the money to future sales and restrictions on sales and high-costs for name brand cigarette makers are shrinking their share of the market, reports the Washington Post. And as market share drops, so too does the states' [...]
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