By Tom Wendell Why does it take a calamity like a natural or human caused disaster to bring out the best in human nature? The question somewhat answers itself — because that’s human nature. We as a species appear to be hard wired to put aside concerns for our own safety and well being during […]
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By Robert Reich Nobody likes taxes, but shouldn’t the wealthy pay their fair share? That’s a key question underlying the budget fight now moving into high gear in Washington. The plan pushed by House budget Chair Paul Ryan and his Republican colleagues calls for massive spending cuts along with additional tax breaks for the wealthy. […]
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To the community, Kathryn Reed reported that Bruce Grego and Kathay Lovell complained to the State Bar that Jacqueline Mittelstadt, former city attorney for the city, was guilty on two counts of misconduct. The Bar dismissed the complaint. The Bar reported that Grego and Lovell filed “… the complaint in their official capacities as council […]
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By Peter Demarest None of us is immune to mistakes, and the one universal truth of making mistakes is that we all hate that moment when we realize that we just screwed up. When it hits us that we’ve made a mistake, we always have that instant of “Wow, that was stupid, what was I […]
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By Susan Alessi This past week, I was honored and pleased to have hosted the 2011 Annual State City Clerks Association of California in our beautiful city. The conference was well attended and all of the attendees appeared to have enjoyed the conference and all the great sites and activities that South Lake Tahoe has […]
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By Bob Miller I am speaking out today for a cause I believe in deeply. More than 20 years ago, when I took office as governor, I made reducing class sizes in Nevada elementary schools the chief goal of my new administration. I believed then and believe now that nothing is more important than giving […]
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Can the death (killing) of one man change a world? Time will answer that question. Clearly, the confirmation of Osama bin Laden having taken his last breath May 1 in Pakistan will reverberate throughout the world. Bin Laden, 54, was the mastermind behind 9-11 nearly 10 years ago. “Justice has been done” is what President […]
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By John Cereso It’s been almost a year and a half since the Nevada Domestic Partnership Registry launched. In and of itself, this law provided gay and lesbian residents of Nevada with a tremendous step forward in terms of recognition of their relationships, but it isn’t enough. The federal government in 1996 passed the Defense […]
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By Rick Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Listening to Mya Lake Reyes, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s director of diversity marketing and an expert on the LGBT travel market, talk about her compelling visual in her presentation about how to attract more gay and lesbian customers to a destination. In the slide is a […]
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Publisher’s note: State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, released the following statement regarding Nevada Senate Bill 271 that would remove Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Compact. To the community, Protecting our environment and the health of Lake Tahoe is of critical importance. However, this bi-state effort has failed in its directed purpose, often leaving […]
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