For many locals the idea that elected officials are trying to turn Las Vegas into another Los Angeles or some other California city might sound ridiculous, but others do not want to argue that possibility. Las Vegas, billed as a twenty-four hour city or the city that never sleeps, is a myth; most major grocery stores now close by nine at night, yet some are a little more generous, staying open until midnight; the only[…]
From The Desk Of Gordon Martines
Honor is the only thing that you can take with you when you die. Honor is your word, the content of your character, the basis of any and all relationships, including your Oath. It has always amazed me how easily some substandard coworkers in the Law Enforcement service can violate their Oath and destroy their Honor and integrity in the blink of an eye when compelled to do so by an unscrupulous superior officer and[…]
Editorials · On a Personal Note
Yes, we know by the time you get to read this, the tragedy known as 9/11 will be gone and possibly even tucked away in our consciousness for one more year. But because as I write this, memories and reflections of the actual day are being recounted by various commentators and TV personalities, and videos explaining what REALLY happened are all over the Internet, they stir me to comment as well. Will the truth about[…]
Many times we wonder what is more important: a human life or matters that only concern us. In the last couple of weeks our country has been devastated by Hurricane Harvey in Texas where many lost their homes and also suffered the loss of loved ones. Then came Irma, which went through different places causing total destruction to places like Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and practically every city in the state of[…]
A Texas federal court judge has struck down a rule change by Obama’s Labor Department that would have cost employers $1.2 billion a year by requiring overtime for an additional 4.2 million workers — or in reality, however many workers actually still had jobs after the costs were imposed. The legal challenge was spearheaded by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt on behalf of 21 states and a number of business entities. The overtime rule change[…]
Editorials · Our Point of View
Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters, once the most successful sports bettor in the country, was sentenced to five years behind bars for masterminding a six-year insider-trading scheme with former Dean Foods Co. Chairman Tom Davis. There was no mention during sentencing that Walters is costing Clark County more than $75 million because of bad political decisions and greedy elected officials. There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that politicians bypassed the oldest profession by[…]
Decades ago while I was writing about the threat of a nuclear attack on the nearby Strategic Command Air Force base, my managing editor informed me who would be the unlucky ones in that eventually: Those who would look up and ask: What was that? The threat then was the Soviet Union. Now North Korea has openly stated the possibility of attacking the U.S. with a single nuclear weapon at high altitude that could[…]
