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Archive for August, 2007


Monday, August 6, 2007
You MUST read this blog!
By Steve Sebelius
Normally, we at Various Things & Stuff are no not so big on the self-promotion. We figure the Ferrari model of advertising works best. That company makes such wonderful automobiles, word of mouth and exclusivity is all the advertising they need. (And while we are most definitely the Honda Civics of blogging, the idea works [...]
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Monday, August 6, 2007
Case of the Monday Quick Hits
By Steve Sebelius
We're not going to grouse too much about the 5 percent raise given to Las Vegas City Manager Doug Selby last week (over his own objections, or so we're told). The guy who runs the city probably should get $214,307, including longevity pay. But we do wonder about some of the accolades tossed Selby's way [...]
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
How about some Quick Hits?
By Steve Sebelius
Poor U.S. Sen. John Ensign is getting beat up by Democrats, all because he's taking his job as the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee very seriously. How seriously? Well, he's targeting for defeat U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, even though Johnson is still in the hospital recovering from an aneurysm he suffered in December. [...]
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
In the matter of Las Vegas Councilman Steve Ross
By Steve Sebelius
The Las Vegas city attorney's office may have weighed in. The state Ethics Commission may have weighed in. Other pundits may have weighed in. But the final word in matters ethical can only come from the brilliant legal minds here at Various Things & Stuff, which today takes up the case of In re: Las [...]
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