Time to celebrate our recently announced water rate increases. Break out the best gray water champagne! I tried to obtain information from the Nevada Public Utilities Commission about the 2001 sale of the local water system by NVEnergy’s predecessor, Sierra Pacific Power. I received everything but what I asked for. When I pushed to get the price us peons paid, I was … [Read more...]
Astro Advice
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Pay attention to detail on the 9th, 10th and 11th, and consider how to save money or bring about positive lifestyle changes. Be quick to take advantage of an opportunity that offers incentives. Share your thoughts and feelings on the 12th and 13th, and clarify your position, what you expect and what you are willing to give back. Research will offer … [Read more...]
Ain’t we a pair?
So stated Tina Turner in the 1985 blockbuster “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.” That line best summed up my overwhelmed feelings last Friday evening when the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council inducted the late Tribune journalist and my old friend Dennis Myers into the César Chávez Nevada Labor Hall of Fame. Using a hockey analogy, Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar … [Read more...]
Health care bandidos and flaming ammotextuals
Last week, this newspaper performed a true public service with the front page story entitled “Renown Health is a powerhouse in Northern Nevada. Is that a problem?” The answer of course is not only yes, but hell yes! Was the article comprehensive and hard-hitting? Alas, no. Written by one of my old friend Jon Ralston’s journalists, Tabitha Mueller of the Nevada … [Read more...]
Dear Abby: Longtime friendship entails frequent visits from couple
DEAR ABBY: My husband is an outdoor enthusiast and has a group of guys he goes hunting with every year. One of them has started coming out west to vacation at our house twice a year and now has followed us to our warm-weather winter home. When he stays at our place, we fix all the meals and he uses our washer, dryer and detergent for several loads of laundry each time. He’s … [Read more...]
Astro Advice
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get in sync with your thoughts on the 27th, 28th and 29th. Map out your course. Don’t share information prematurely; make sure your results are satisfactory first. Romance and self-improvement are favored. Take care of pending problems with institutions, bureaucracy or medical issues on the 30th. Concentrate on your health and emotional welfare before … [Read more...]
Earthquakes and 2×4’s
This week, the PBS News Hour reported on the again increasing rate of child poverty in the biggest, fattest, most badass country the world has ever known. Child poverty dropped to record lows, as did the disparity between racial groups, thanks to Biden’s 2021 legislation. Like many good things, it’s been allowed to die. Children and families will die as a result. The … [Read more...]
The ‘Pride of Atlanta’
Atlanta is no doubt a good and modern city. Fine people call it home. Sadly for them, however, the city’s reputation has taken it on the chin lately because its most famous resident, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, has become the No. 1 joke in the land. After nine weeks of salacious testimony, Judge Scott McAfee last week boiled down Ms. Willis’ conduct to … [Read more...]