By Stephen D. Foster Jr., Addicting Info Get ready for another round of McCarthyism. Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Santorum have all signed a pledge to form a commission to investigate the LGBT community if elected President. This pledge was created by the National Organization For Marriage, and they have a history of extreme […]
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Publisher’s note: The following editorial is from the Aug. 13, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. The threat posed to Lake Tahoe by an invasion by quagga mussels no longer is theoretical. With the discovery of the invasive mussels on a boat bound for Tahoe last week at the Spooner Summit inspection station turned the worrisome theory to […]
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Publisher’s note: The following is Ty Polastri’s speech from the Aug. 16, 2011, environmental summit at Homewood. By Ty Polastri How many of you have ever ridden a bicycle? How many continue to ride today? The No. 1 reason people no longer ride is because they don’t feel safe. They don’t feel safe riding a […]
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By George Skelton, Los Angeles Times On the surface, the new state fire fee passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown seems prudent and fair. It requires people who live in woodsy and brushy terrain, being soothed by nature, to pay a larger share of their fire protection costs. But this legislation […]
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To the community, The Nevada Department of Wildlife has a little-publicized Three Strikes policy that broadly affects anyone who lives in bear country. According to Mike Dobel, NDOW game supervisor, “A bear shall be humanely killed if, despite the application of deterrent methods, has been captured or otherwise handled three (3) times by NDOW to […]
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By Deanna Shoopman Caltrans is reminding pedestrians and cyclists to respect the cone zone around Lake Tahoe Basin projects, especially along the stretch from Trout Creek Bridge to Ski Run Boulevard on Highway 50. Caltrans crews are reporting that pedestrians and cyclists are crossing through the cone zone to access various destinations along the project […]
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By Ross Miller Conflicts between California and Nevada over how to manage Lake Tahoe are severely hindering effective management of a unique resource shared by the two states. It has been widely suggested that the issue is simply a battle between Nevada’s desire for more growth and California’s desire to protect the environment. The reality […]
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By Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun Watching the predictable, partisan reaction to the national unemployment rate and the jobs report last week made me wonder if people in Nevada know just how bad we have it. We can only dream of 9.1 percent unemployment here. The last time we were that low? George W. Bush […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 1, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. It would be difficult to find anyone anywhere who’s happy about the deal reached by President Barack Obama and Republican leaders to raise the federal debt limit over the weekend. It also would be difficult to point to anyone in the nation’s capital […]
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By Ellen R. Shaffer Her husband described the abuse: “I would hold her hostage and terrorize her.” The Kaiser patient reported how she finally decided to leave: “I’ll never forget the office visit when my physician said, ‘I’m afraid if your husband doesn’t kill you, the stress will.’ ” Last week’s groundbreaking decision by the […]
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