Tag - Nevada politics
The Las Vegas [Landing] Strip?
There are some strange things that happen in our fair city – Mayors telling school kids his favorite pastime is drinking gin, hookers forming unions, holes in the desert – you name it, we’ve either had it, got it, or will probably get it before long. One thing I have not seen yet is Las Vegas Boulevard being used as a runway…
Last night, we had some very typical (for this time of year) strong, gusty winds around the valley. Being a private (student) pilot, myself, I’m always watching the planes come and go as I go about my day or night around town.
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Baby, We’re Gonna Be Up Five Hundy By Midnight!
Bloggin’ ain’t easy. For a blog to be successful you have to write well and write regularly as a bottom-line commitment if you hope to establish and maintain a good readership. My recent week-and-a-half lapse is evidence of how easily it is for other things in life to override the time needed to carefully pick topics and put together good posts. In the blogosphere, we have quotas to meet. That’s just for those of us currently writing, mind you. I can only imagine how much time and effort must go into planning and producing a regular podcast….
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The Happiest Mayor On Earth…
Our mayor, Oscar Goodman, is a man with both a colorful past and a colorful present. Goodman became widely known for representing mafia enforcer Tony “The Ant” Spilotro back in the day (Joe Pesci played the screen version of Tony Spilotro in “Casino” with not much but the name changed.) More recently he was given national attention for telling a class of fourth grade students if he were lost on a deserted island he’d like to have his favorite bottle of gin with him, because he really enjoys drinking, apparently, as he listed to the same group of kids “drinking” among his hobbies. He says he’s the George Washington of mayors, in that he can not tell a lie. Hell, I have to say – honesty is something refreshing in any politician, even if he might not be accused of speaking to his audience with the greatest sense of appropriateness.
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