"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
The votes are in and the Conservative Party have crossed the threshold necessary to form a government. Their partners in coalition, the Liberal Democrats, have seen their votes drop from 62 to 8. The Labour party are in second place…
It’s an ominous sign when a country is so afraid of capital flight that it limits the amount of cash withdrawals and transfers and penalizes them as well with “surcharges.”Of course, smart money has already gotten its money out of…
By Friday we should know the result of the UK General Election. Polls have shown very little movement for the two main parties, but they have not been the main story this time. In what must be a first, Scotland…
Pat Mulroy headed the Southern Nevada Water Authority from its inception in 1991 to 2014, when she retired. She transformed Las Vegas water usage. All indoor water is reclaimed and recycled. Home watering is done on a strictly enforced schedule.…
Obama’s new foundation says economic development will stop police from treating minorities differently than whites. It won’t. Moreover, saying economic uplift in an area will reduce the possibility of future riots conveniently ignores racial and class underpinnings, the structural problems,…
The fabled Riviera casino and hotel closes today, it was in bankruptcy and was bought by the convention center. The nearby seriously aging Circus Circus has to wonder how much longer it has. The North Vas Vegas Strip is a…
California is learning what Vegas has already discovered. Mad schemes to build a water pipeline from other states will be treated rather grumpily by the other states, the operative phrase being “Over our dead bodies.” Plus, pipelines cost billions to…