Items by Andrew Kiraly

• Don’t you DARE discipline my beautiful little angel!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  Reader Teacher writes in response to a letter last week about the lack of discipline in schools: Thank you, Mr. Cook. I wish some average citizens would go on a mission to free the schools from that small minority of kids who chronically disrupt classes, who scare other kids, etc. If we [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:04pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Only godless commies oppose the Vietnam uh I mean Iraq war

  —CityBlog

  Reader RHG writes in response to our recent story on Code Pink’s anti-drone protests at Creech: Of course no mention of the political leanings or affiliations of these people. Code Pink is a well-known communist organization that isn’t “antiwar” at all, but an anti-American organization. The reason these frauds don’t like [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:47am EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Gee, I wonder if your water bill will go up?

  —CityBlog

  Clark County Commissioners, sitting as the board of directors for the Las Vegas Valley Water District, will decide Tuesday morning whether your water rates should go up … again. Las Vegas still enjoys some of the cheapest water rates in the West, which is pretty stupid in light of the [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:49pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The dog days of John Fredericks

  —CityBlog

  Reader H.B. writes in response to Knappster’s recent column about former KVBC Channel 3 weather reporter John Fredericks: It’s saddening to read this story, and I doubt it gave Knapp any pleasure to write it. I watched channel 3’s morning newscast regularly for several years, and thought Fredericks was one of [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:55am EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Welcome to Dr. Quack’s office …

  —CityBlog

  Reader J.T. writes in response to our breaking news item earlier this week about the latest development in the Medical Mafia trial: I used to have a high opinion of the medical profession. But lately, I’ve come more and more to think that most of the doctors in Nevada are quacks. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Whatever you do, DON’T dig here! No, I’m serious! Hey, stop!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 3
  DOE to The Future: Don't mess with this stuff! Regardless of your stance on entombing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain — an increasingly dim prospect — there’s an exhaustive if somewhat credulous interview over at BLDGBLOG with a top Department of Energy wonk who waxes scientific on the art of storing' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:14pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The Twitter feed of Sen. John Ensign

  —CityBlog

  SenatorEnsign2 Sorry, everyone. I didn’t mean to “retweet” that Holly Madison post. I was licking her profile picture and accidentally clicked the mouse. * SenatorEnsign2 HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYNE QUICK QUESTION– DOES THE RIM SALT FRM FOUR CHILI’S EL PRESIDENTE MARGARITTAS COUNT AS DINNER??/? * SenatorEnsign2 We were nice enough to give blacks “Good Times” [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:11pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The Adventures of EditorCop the Superbailiff and LogicMan

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 4
  Wait a sec. I thought judges were supposed to be all reasonable and logically consistent and, you know, judgey and stuff. That’s why this little nugget low in today’s Review-Journal story about EditorCop the Superbailiff who yesterday illegally detained a herd of reporters to let Michael Jackson’s former physician Dr. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:25pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• We are all Wayne Newton

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Beware when looking into the Wayner, for the Wayner also looks into you. Reader Unhappy Las Vegan writes in response to our, shall we say, highly critical Wayne Newton review: Scathing, derogatory review on Mr. Las Vegas, Wayne Newton, Mr. McKee. You surely are an acid tongued little man – however, Wayne [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:12am EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The Twitter feed of Sen. John Ensign

  —CityBlog

  SenatorEnsign2 Finished Palin’s book. Spoiler: She confirms the rumor she wears high heels to distract photographers from her freakish T. Rex claw hands. SenatorEnsign2 Tip: With the help of TiVo and your DVR, you can turn that 30-second Victoria’s Secret TV ad into an hour-long “sinfomercial.” SenatorEnsign2 Ever ask yourself why people [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:31am EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Contented winter

  —CityBlog

  Now can we say it? YUCCA MOUNTAIN DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD DEAD. [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Smells like teen comics: Discussing Buffy, high school allegories and self-publishing with Utopian creator Pj Perez

  —CityBlog

  Is Pj Perez a Renaissance man or just a workaholic? The high quality of his latest effort, the debut issue of The Utopian, a full-color comic book originally serialized online and now available for purchase at better comics shops, suggests the former. Perez has a long history in indie publishing [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:42pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Here’s my teacher impersonation: Whine whine whine!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Reader Monika writes in response to Chip Mosher’s recent column: I do not understand why you teachers all act like you have no power at all. You are the ones educating the future of America and you all seem to be spineless wimps, who are afraid of the administration and are [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:55am EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Without Steve Wynn, we’d all die!

  —CityBlog

  Reader Charlie writes in response to our recent editorial about Steve Wynn’s recent turn as right-wing mouthpiece: This editorial completely missed the point of Wynn’s position, expressed clearly on Fox News Sunday. He merely stated that the government (read Federal) is not a creator of jobs. The government can take money [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:22pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Sen. Ensign can’t take joke, censors satirical parody Twitter feed

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 3
  Well, my days of impersonating that randy silver-haired fox Sen. Ensign via Twitter are numbered — at least using the SenatorEnsign moniker. I just received this note from Twitter officials: Hi, We’ve received a complaint from a representative of Senator Ensign. It has come to our attention that your Twitter account: http://twitter.com/SenEnsign is in [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:51pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Las Vegas author and professor wins major literary award

  —CityBlog

  Vu Tran Author and UNLV English professor Vu Tran is receiving a major literary award in New York today. Tran is one of 10 young writers to score a Whiting Writers’ Award, a huge get in the world of letters. The $50,000 award is basically literature’s way of saying, “We expect great [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 3:00pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Cutting-edge urban design: Not getting mowed over by a car.

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  I knew there was something I liked about East Fremont Street’s new, broader sidewalks, improved lighting, talking robo-crosswalks and eyeball-searing Fremont East District sign: This common-sense street revamp just happens to be a piece of forward-thinking urban design. The shocking idea of creating urbscapes where cars, bikes and people can [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 1:12pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Guns. Murder. Dirty cops. Slot cheats. Casino puppetmasters. Welcome to a great Las Vegas novel.

  —CityBlog

  las-vegas-writes-logo What happens when you take seven of the Las Vegas Valley’s hottest writers and toss them into a bubbling stew of murder, corruption, sex and thievery? You get Restless City, a collaborative serial novel project sponsored by the Vegas Valley Book Festival. The latest chapter has just been posted. Read it [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• It’s easy to eat healthy … if you’re rich.

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Reader Monika Roer writes in response to our recent story on a food and hunger discussion panel at UNLV: I attended the panel discussion at UNLV and came out disappointed. Alice Waters was rambling — as she pointed out several times herself — and no real solution was offered to change [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Your huddled masses, yearning to clog our freeways

  —CityBlog

  You want to live here? TOO FUCKING BAD PEOPLE NOW LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!!!!! [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 1:42pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• This is what your city looks like.

  —CityBlog

  Here are some Las Vegas shots from Clay Heximer, drummer for The Mapes. Click for larger images. Got some cool city pics? Send them to cityblog@lvcitylife.com. IMG_2877jg IMG_3448 IMG_3500 IMG_7220 [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Subtle Things Harry Reid Can Say to Criticize John Ensign’s Affair Without Breaking Their Non-Aggression Pact

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  “This is a private matter between John and his wife, Darlene, and Doug and Cindy Hampton and Tom Coburn and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the Senate Ethics Committee and the voters of Nevada.” * “Senator Ensign’s affair is an incredibly, monumentally stupid and selfish personal matter I don’t [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 12:54pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The Twitter feed of Sen. John Ensign

  —CityBlog

  (As seen at http://twitter.com/SenatorEnsign.) SenatorEnsign I bet a real, U.S.-born president who’s not a Muslim socialist Kenyan anti-Christ baby-eater Satanist would’ve landed the 2016 Olympics. * SenatorEnsign Whoa. Looks like I’m celebrating National Camping Month early. Just pitched a tent when the new Victoria’s Secret catalog landed on my desk. * SenatorEnsign I just urinated [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 2:41pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• This is what your city looks like

  —CityBlog

  Here are some Las Vegas shots from Clay Heximer, drummer for The Mapes. Click for larger images. Got some cool city pics? Send them to cityblog@lvcitylife.com. IMG_2179 [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 3:46pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Clark County: Let’s fire up the growth machine again!

  —CityBlog

  Don’t know whether you’ve had time to read the newspapers between bites of Milk Bone dipped in peanut butter, but — hurray! — the recession’s supposedly over. Not quite convinced? Well, look no further than a bunch of local governments and government agencies — Clark County, Boulder City, Henderson, Las [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 1:44pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Brainwashed, catalog-wielding zombie children want your money

  —CityBlog

  Reader Ateacher writes in response to a letter we published about Obama’s recent school speech: You should see the children as a captive audience in fund raising assemblies. Better yet, you should see the antics on stage at fund raising assemblies. (I’m talking about kids being turned into salespeople to raise [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 11:51am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• This land is your land. Tomorrow you get to help clean it up.

  —CityBlog

  "Is that litter? Someone's gon' get fucked up." September 26 is National Public Lands Day, and what better place to celebrate it than Nevada, where more than 80 percent of our state is publicly owned? Hurray, socialism or something! And while it’d be loads of fun to mark the holiday by, say,' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:22pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Montevista Hospital’s parent company profiting off mental misery?

  —CityBlog

  About a year ago, I wrote a story about Las Vegans who went to Montevista Hospital seeking mental health consultation — but instead were held against their will on trumped-up, 72-hour “suicide holds.” A frequent result: Patients emerged even more stressed and depressed than when they went in — and [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 11:08am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• What Not To Say During Your Big Job Interview At a Major Strip Resort

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  "Sorry if I seem so nervous. I mean, who'd've thought: parole and job interview on the same day!" “So, what you’re telling me is this job requires pants?” * “I THINK MY BEST QUALITY IS MY ENTHUSIASM HOLY LIVING MOTHERFUCK AM I EVER GODDAMN ENTHUSIASTIC!” [start punching ceiling] * “… so that’s why I think [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Whether she’s fired or not, Nina’s credibility has been pink-slipped

  —CityBlog

  "Honey, can you pick me up? My journalistic credibilitator is shot." Reader James Taylor writes in response to our recent story on KTNV Channel 13 anchor Nina Radetich pitching her boyfriend’s PR services to the subject of the station’s investigative series: So Nina Radetich suggested that her boyfriend could help undo the [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• What Republicans and Costco have in common

  —CityBlog

  japanese scene Candidate number Four-thousand-and-sixty-three Declares against Reid. [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 2:39pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Random notes from a beer-, sweat- and adrenaline-soaked night at Neon Reverb

  —CityBlog

  Afghan Raiders. Photo by Bill Hughes You know what’s cool? Walking up to the Beauty Bar and seeing a motley crush of nouveauhemians spilled on the sidewalk, bantering and funning in an unself-conscious tableau of urban vitality or something. Even if the women all seemed to be dressed like secretaries from WKRP [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 1:56pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The little podcast that #!@&!ing could

  —CityBlog

  MoFobes, left and Brian Mollica of the This Ain't Iowa podcast. Photo by Jeferson Applegate Readers are sounding off left and right about our recent story on the This Ain’t Iowa podcast. Reader RFig writes: Do not listen to this show. It is very dangerous. Even accidental exposure can lead to car crashes,' [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 3:29pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• A mysterious phone call. A fateful trip to Laughlin. A dead cop. A rogue millionaire.

  —CityBlog

  las-vegas-writes-logo Who killed Lillian, the cop and would-be flame of private investigator Brady? Who summoned him to Laughlin? What does high-rolling millionaire Quinton Lee Samuels have to hide? Find out in the latest chapter of Restless City, a collaborative serial novel project sponsored by the Vegas Valley Book Festival. [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 12:05pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Nina Radetich is keeping her job

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 3
  Despite her attempt to pitch her boyfriend’s services as a corporate spinmeister to the subject of a developing Channel 13 investigation, KTNV news anchor Nina Radetich is keeping her job, says station General Manager and Vice President Jim Prather. “We stand by her 100 percent,” Prather tells CityBlog. “She had a [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• L.A. Times piece exposes Las Vegas as … a big ol’ jerk magnet.

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Redneck_zombies1 The L.A. Times kicked off a two-part series Sunday profiling hard-working people who came to boom-era Vegas to take a gamble on the American Dream — and lost just about everything in the real estate bust and subsequent recession. The piece spins brief vignettes about a union carpenter, a customer [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 12:32pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Oh, you thought you left that behind?

  —CityBlog

  Reader Ron writes in response to Chip Mosher’s recent column: I went to elementary school in Augusta Georgia in 1962-64. Since my family didn’t have great wealth we lived with the poor folk. I saw first hand the segregation and how we were kept in our place. This is like deja [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 2:52pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Our Cannibal! critic can chew on this

  —CityBlog

  Reader Adam writes in response to our recent review of Cannibal!: The show is great, the actors are great, and the theater is great. What is missing is the rawness the show had during it’ first run, which I had seen several times. It tried hard for the audience to love [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 9:14am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Recent posts from Sen. Ensign’s Twitter feed

  —CityBlog

  SenatorEnsign One thing this God-fearing nation should not abide is gaudy stripper fingernails on man-hands. But I’m giving away today’s floor speech. SenatorEnsign Just when I thought I couldn’t look any sexier, I got a Bluetooth. SenatorEnsign In times of grave moral challenge, I simply ask myself, “Who would Jesus do?” SenatorEnsign I [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 2:14pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• New watering restrictions in effect

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  Just three days a week. Prohibited on Sundays. Yes, pipelines exempt. [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 2:34pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• CityLife’s Twitter account: SIGN UP NOW TO WIN!!!!!!!!! (our gratitude)

  —CityBlog

  Tweet. Get breaking news updates and other instamatic information for your mobile Internetty web-addled lifestyle by following us at http://twitter.com/lvcitylife [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 3:07pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Would-be UFO insider’s story to finally see big screen?

  —CityBlog

  If you’ve ever heard the stories told by Bob Lazar, who in 1989 began publicly claiming he had worked on back-engineering alien spacecraft at a secret military base near Area 51, you surely thought: Hell yeah, I’d watch a Hollywood movie about that! Don’t buy the popcorn just yet, but a [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Maybe we can SHOUT AND F&@#%! SCREAM our way to health care reform!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 3
  Capt. Kirk inveighs against Sen. Khan at a recent health care town hall. Reader Taiji writes in response to our recent editorial on health care reform town hall meetings: The sad thing about the hullabaloo over health care reform is that ALL Americans need affordable, quality health care, even those who are [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 12:52pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Us? Rip off students? Never!

  —CityBlog

  Reader Textbookguru writes in response to our recent story on college textbook prices: I take issue with your subhead which states that college stores are someway involved in a conspiracy against students. College stores work diligently to make sure the cost of course materials is as low as possible through strong buy-back [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 3:13pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Wait, don’t we have this covered?

  —CityBlog

  Kirk Kerkorian is dropping some philanthropic change on UNLV. From today’s Sun story: An initiative to raise money to advance education, health care and social services in Nevada will be launched at UNLV today with a $14 million grant from Kirk Kerkorian’s Lincy Foundation. The gift will fund the creation of The Lincy [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 10:28am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The road to solar energy is paved with … dead tortoises?

  —CityBlog

  "Please don't squish my cuteness with a solar panel. Anne Geddes will beat me." Reader Concerned writes in response to our recent story on the National Clean Energy Summit: The environmentalists today seem to think that climate is our only problem. Do you care about endangered species? This would be “the Domino' [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• A change in tune at KUNV

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 3
  KUNV 91.5 won’t sound any different tonight, but rest assured there are some big changes happening at the jazz/community radio station, changes worth keeping an ear open for. After operating for several years out of an office complex on Tropicana Avenue, today the station begins spinning jazz from its new [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 5:07pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Forget your carbon footprint. What’s your water footprint?

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  "When there was only one set of footprints, that's when I was walking and you were driving your SUV." Oh, those halcyon days of yesteryear when you could knee-steer your Hummer to the mailbox 17 feet from your driveway while wrestling a Carl’s Jr. CarniSlab© hamburger into your gnashing maw without [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 10:49am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• [Various Things and Stuff] Forget your carbon footprint. What’s your water footprint?

  —Politicker NV

  "When there was only one set of footprints, that's when I was walking and you were driving your SUV."

  Oh, those halcyon days of yesteryear when you could knee-steer your Hummer to the mailbox 17 feet from your driveway while wrestling a Carl’s Jr. CarniSlab© hamburger into your gnashing maw without [...]

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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 10:49am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• [Las Vegas Sun] GOP: Ensign affair hurt efforts to field Reid opponent

  —Politicker NV

  WASHINGTON -- The head of the Republican campaign arm in the Senate acknowledged Wednesday that Republican Sen. John Ensign’s affair has disrupted the political landscape for his party in Nevada as it tries to field a challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

  [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 10:25am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• YES WE CAN (destroy Las Vegas tourism)!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  THAT'S what we need. A creepy serial-killer mask-themed resort! Reader T Smith writes in response to Steve Sebelius’ recent column on the government’s reluctance to gather in Vegas: This is all true Mr. Sebelius, however, we never DID get government conferences in the first place! Obamas statements were some of the most' [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 12:17pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• How to get Reid’s mind right on health care

  —CityBlog

  Would you rather be filled with fibrous plant material or delicious cake? Such a hard decision! I sure was surprised to read about Reid declaring victory over Yucca Mountain this morning. Well, I was surprised about the declaration, not the victory claim. So strong were the words coming from Reid — [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 4:21pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• You like coffee. I like coffee. Fetuses like coffee. Can’t we all just get along?

  —CityBlog

  "I don't know why the baby's kicking so much this morning GLUG GLUG COFFEE GLUG." Reader Bluejay writes in response to our story about the tiff between Planned Parenthood and ReJAVAnate: If the coffee shop had refused to serve the protesters, the coffee shop could have been accused of discrimination. And rightly' [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 11:43am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Dear Harry Reid: Where’s our damn pork?

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  This is what a REAL representative of Nevada would be doing in Washington. Reader Mark Kostner writes in response to our recent story on the world’s love-hate relationship with Sen. Harry Reid: What a pair of senators our state has right now! What a couple of cards! We have the deuce of [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 11:49am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Wanton pleasures, freely offered

  —CityBlog

  “Moral turpitude”? Drugs, whores, pimps, thugs, other ilk? Where’s the line? Too late! [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 1:18pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Harry Reid’s only wholly uncritical fan FINALLY LOCATED!

  —CityBlog

  Reader Hmm writes on our recent cover story about Reid getting grief from both the left and the right: The people listed above represent the far right and far left of two schools of thought. Senator Reid keeps getting elected because he can’t be found on the far right or left. [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 10:07am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Sociopaths are running our schools

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  Reader Susan writes in response to Chip Mosher’s recent column on the teachers’ union: The problem with teacher abuse is national and is a result of structural problems with school districts. School administrators do what they do because they can, and there is nobody watching over them. That’s why there are [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 1:21pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• What’s in a name? Strife, struggle, woe.

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  You wreck casino Now you try to steal the name? Why? Fuck that up too? [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 11:16am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Silver bullet for budget crisis: Take back our land from California!

  —CityBlog

  Is there a state legislator with big enough brass ones to revive this bill that would give us back our sliver-chunk-type-thing of land stolen by California? I’m told this is from the 1960 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica’s Book of the Year. (Click for larger image.) [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 11:54am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Sen. John Ensign’s Twitter feed

  —CityBlog

  SenatorEnsign Heading home to LV this weekend, ladies. Be advised: The weather service has issued a severe MEAT warning! lol mommy jesus somebody help me SenatorEnsign Whoa. I just woke from this crazy nightmare where a Hispanic lady became a Supreme Court judge. So, anything happen while I was asleep? SenatorEnsign Played [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Las Vegas Writes: Things just keep getting noirer and noirer

  —CityBlog

  Daniel Brady is an ex-Gaming Control Board agent who now works as a P.I. - and now he’s knee-deep in a case that may be his last. A female member of a slot cheat crew has been murdered, and her former flame, Quinton Lee Samuels, an L.A. real estate mogul now [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 11:46am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The Muppet Show to children: Kill!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  What’s that? You insist on seeing for yourself the Muppet Show song/skit I recently stumbled across that’s haunting my dreams and slowly nibbling away at the terrified sleepless edges of my soul? Okay. [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:05pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Whaddya mean I can’t sell my righteous veggie burritos on Fremont Street? This is the PEOPLE’S street, man!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Took a photo of this totally groovy sign on Fremont Street last night, planted there as part of the Fremont Street Experience’s Summer of ‘69: Vegas or Bust promotion, which basically means the cocktail waitresses are wearing tie-dye shirts and the casinos are pumping “American Pie” over the chonk and [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Wait, I thought the magical kumbaya 2008 election vanquished racism.

  —CityBlog

  Remember when Benetton conquered racism for three minutes in 1989? Reader Big Al writes in response to Chip Mosher’s recent post about the July 9 school board meeting: This is an amazing indictment in our post Obamic enlightenment. Our racist xenophobia won’t give up the ghost. First the dubious closing of F [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 10:36am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Wilderness activist going big time

  —CityBlog

  First, Mesquite wilderness proponent Nancy Hall gets props in a Conde Nast Traveler piece profiling America’s lesser-known treasures. Now the activist — whose latest battle is getting Gold Butte designated a National Conservation Area — has also scored a profile in a new book, Our Wilderness: America’s Common Ground. In this [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 1:09pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• A teacher at the Chicken Ranch … oh, to dream!

  —CityBlog

  Reader Army Veteran writes about Chip Mosher’s recent column: This column needs to be passed around to everyone making decisions in and out of education today. The reminder of Socrates and Jesus is true today about what happens to the spirit of teachers from constant reform. No nails or hemlock, but [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 9:51am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Mississippi of the West School Board meeting

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 5
  At the latest local school board meeting (July 9) police officers were all over the place and highly visible. Why? Because angry black folks were in the audience. But you would not have known these folks were angry until they got up to speak, which was about three hours after [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 7:04pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Good news: We’re No. 2! Bad news: It’s in another bad category!

  —CityBlog

  This time, we’re ranked as having … [drum-roll/cheers/shouts/drunken calls for "Freebird"] the nation’s second-most dysfunctional state government! The National Journal drubs Nevada for … well, all the stuff that we’re already uncomfortably, overly, seeing-it-splashed-on-our-daily-papers-hourly-ly familiar with, but now it’s lent bonus gravitas by attracting notice from a national publication: A robotically [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Taxi regulators firing the good guys

  —CityBlog

  I pity the foo' who gets his cultural references mixed up! Reader Lewman writes in response to Knappster’s recent column on long-hauling: great article, funny how the more the truth comes out, the worse it gets for the state, yet the state continues to defend the ones that are telling other employees' [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 9:35am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Oh, and happy birthday, Tesla.

  —CityBlog

  Hard to believe they formed in 1856 in the village of Smiljan. Electrifying. [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Two new novelists emerge from UNLV

  —CityBlog

  Amid stories of budget cuts and embattled leadership, here’s some good news from UNLV: Two fiction writers in the English Department recently signed book deals for their novels. Renowned independent imprint Graywolf Press is expected to publish Maile Chapman’s novel, Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto, in April. The novel takes [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Sen. John Ensign’s Twitter feed

  —CityBlog

  SenatorEnsign Had that nightmare again, the one where I run out of hair sculpting gel and I turn into Gollum. Or maybe that’s Sen. McConnell. SenatorEnsign I wish I had more time for my other great passion besides public service: flair-bartending. SenatorEnsign I am going to really pray for Michael Jackson. If [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• CityLife’s Twitter feed: Custom-fit comfort for your shrinking attention span.

  —CityBlog

  Tweet. Get news flashes, breaking news, updates, breaking flashes, news updates and breaking flash news updates at http://twitter.com/lvcitylife [...]
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  Posted: July 08, 2009, 10:32am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Ooooh, you mean that other symbol of the American spirit.

  —CityBlog

  Hurray. The Statue of Liberty crown was reopened to the public just in time for Drink and Blow Shit Up Day, an event presided over by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. So, as long as he’s feeling all thematically photo-oppy, I want to encourage him to plan ahead for next year’s [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 12:33pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Kids can be criminals, too

  —CityBlog

  Reader Concerned Citizen writes in response to our recent story on the efforts of juvenile probation officers to unionize: It is my understanding that all Clark County Juvenile Probation Officers are Category II P.O.S.T Certified. Why are these Officers required to be trained and certified as Peace Officers, required to be [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 1:26pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• A new band name inspired by Ensign: EmasculatoR

  —CityBlog

  Known for their hit single, "Power Hump." Reader Bob Johnson writes in response our recent story on why politicians cheat: Ensign has not been forthcoming and it will come back to bite him. It appears that he acted illegally by having sex with an employee and illegally by firing her and her [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2009, 9:26am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Medical Mafia lawyer: “Waaa! No fair! I wanna do-over!”

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Here’s a desperate hiccup of a development in the ongoing Medical Mafia case, a scheme alleged by the federal government in which a network of Nevada doctors and lawyers colluded to rip off clients in personal injury cases. Dr. Kabins Attorneys for Dr. Kabins, who was indicted in March, now want the [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 12:22pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• More recent outtakes from the Twitter feed of Gov. Gibbons

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  GovGibbons Would you believe I tried conditioner for the first time this morning? Goddamn. My pubes are like the silken hair of maidens! GovGibbons BARTENDER PLEASE SEND THIS PITCHER OF BEER AND SOCK GARTER TO THAT TABLE OVER THERE WITH THE THREE LOVELY LADIES THANK YOU SIR GovGibbons THESE DREAMS ABOUT VAGINA [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:30am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The sad ballad of the locked porta-potty

  —CityBlog

  You should see the bread line. Reader Joseph Destito writes: You want to talk discrimination. Right now men are being discriminated every day at workplaces here in wonderful Las Vegas. For 7 years I’ve worked in the building trades, helping to build a good percentage of the new construction on the Strip. [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 10:33am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Some lands are more forgotten than others

  —CityBlog

  A naturey-type nature situation in Gold Butte. A trio of Southern Nevada natural treasures are featured in the latest issue of Conde Nast Traveler. Red Rock National Conservation Area, Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area and Gold Butte appear in “America’s Forgotten Lands,” by Jim Robbins. What’s the occasion? The passage of the [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 4:30pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Save water: Shower with a friend in beer. Oh, and buy this washing machine.

  —CityBlog

  Also safe for small children and pets. Well, maybe not. But you never know until you try! Whoa. I momentarily daydreamed that we lived in an alternate universe in which the Southern Nevada Water Authority spent $3.5 billion … oh, not on jamming a Death Star-size drinking straw into the Great [...]
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  Posted: June 29, 2009, 11:16am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• When is a juvenile probation officer not a cop?

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  Reader Chris writes in response to our recent piece on the efforts of juvenile probation officers to unionize: Chris Giunchigliani thinks these law enforcement people are “redefining who they think they are?” Is she kidding? Does she even know what they do? If its concluded that these people are not law [...]
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  Posted: June 26, 2009, 1:47pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• R.I.P. The Reading Room … again

  —CityBlog

  For a while it was a page-turner. First, the Reading Room was set to close in March 2008 to make room for some hip-upscale-whatever clothing store. Then it … didn’t close. When the clothing store didn’t materialize, The Reading Room — the city’s only independent bookstore that sells new books [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Could these seven writers be writing THE Las Vegas novel?

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  You’ll just have to read it to find out, and you can start now. Today the Vegas Valley Book Festival launches “Las Vegas Writes,” a collaborative serial novel written by seven of the valley’s best writers: H. Lee Barnes, John Irsfeld, Brian Rouff, Leah Bailly, John L. Smith, Constance Ford [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:34am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Don’t compare the Springs Preserve to the monorail

  —CityBlog

  "Wow, mommy! Look at the monorail's plummeting bond rating!" Reader Ellen Royer writes in response to Knappster’s piece on the Springs Preserve: Although I usually am a fan or your work, I think your article comparing the monorail to the Springs Preserve is off base. Although both endeavors are currently losing money, [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Hate to say we told you so, monorail, but …TOLDYOUSO!TOLDYOUSO!

  —CityBlog

  To the surprise of, oh, absolutely no one around here, the innovative public-private partnership transportation nightmare o’ perpetual failure known as the Las Vegas Monorail is teetering on the edge of default, and now officials are making those vague, PR-person-filtered noises about being “in a financial situation.” In other words: All [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 11:32am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Springs Preserve to launch charm offensive

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 3
  Officials at the Springs Preserve aren’t happy about the recent press coverage about the attraction’s troubled finances and low visitorship. Here’s an e-mail from Springs Preserve Education and Volunteer Programs Manager Marcel Parent that came CityBlog’s way. In the e-mail, Parent reveals plans for an upcoming op-ed in the Review-Journal [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Where are Bo and Luke Duke when you need them?

  —CityBlog

  Reader No Name By Choice writes in response to our recent story on police shenanigans in Pahrump: been here since birth, this group of cops is so outta control most folks don’t believe the truth when we tell em, got the media in their pocket, lie like no tomorrow and cover [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 9:42am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• And if Ensign resigns, then what?

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 2
  Sup. You horny? Reader Tim Doyle writes in response to Sebelius’s column in this week’s edition: Ah yes, the irony of the Promise Keeper not keeping his promise (or in this case his Marriage Vow). I suspect Ensign realizes he’ll have to be more careful about every single move he makes for [...]
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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Ensign spared further humiliation in R-J at last possible second.

  —CityBlog

  Yesterday, CityBlog reported that AshelyMadison.com, a website dedicated to hooking people up for sexual affairs, was set to run a full-page ad in today’s Review-Journal, an ad referring to Ensign’s recent admission of having a fling with a former campaign staffer. Well, turns out the R-J did what Ensign should have [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Great news: They’re totally KILLING each other!

  —CityBlog

  Reader Johnathan Abbinett writes in response to our piece on Clark County Republican Party infighting: This is GREAT NEWS for the Democrats! Especially Democratic activists that have seen first hand the unnecessary suffering and overt oppression caused by these radical, right-wing, neo-con, nut-case haters who have risen to the top of [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 1:48pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Ensign: Family man, disgraced senator … and now, unofficial spokesmodel for discreet-affair website

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  No joke: According to a source, this full-page ad is set to run in tomorrow’s edition of the Review-Journal. See a full-sized version here. [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 1:03pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The Maude Frazier Memorial Wha?!

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 6
  Thanks for everything, Maude. Here's a pile of rocky vomitus to celebrate your legacy! Okay, so Maude Frazier Hall wasn’t exactly a campus hottie in terms of architecturally delighting the eye. And when UNLV’s bumbling current powers that be soothed critics with sweet something-or-others about erecting a “memorial wall” in the [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 11:54am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• The best of Sen. John Ensign’s pick-up lines

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 5
  "This tan goes soul-deep." “Hey there. I couldn’t help but notice you not noticing me.” * “Did you know the male cat’s penis has spines which point backwards, a feature shared with other feline species? Upon withdrawal of the penis, the spines rake the female cat’s vaginal walls, which is believed to induce [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:03pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• More recent outtakes from the Twitter feed of Gov. Jim Gibbons

  —CityBlog

  govgibbons today’s lunch was a handful of Cap n Crunch and a black banana DAWN I’M SORRY OKAY I’M SORRY govgibbons does this fur-trimmed velvet cape make me look like an asshole? be honest. govgibbons HELLO GRECIAN FORMULA SUPPORT HOTLINE I’VE BEEN DRINKING YOUR SHIT FOR WEEKS AND MY HAIR UPSTAIRS AND [...]
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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 2:04pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Help … need … water … for selfish … consumptive … lifestyle … please …

  —CityBlog

  Mine mine mine ALL MINE! Reader Kelly writes in response to Knappster’s recent column on the dropping water level at Lake Mead: Does George plan to live in Las Vegas 20 years from now? Or maybe he has some ranchland in Northern Nevada he plans on retiring to? I myself would kind [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 4:19pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• This is practically a strike kit for teachers!

  —CityBlog

  Quick, teachers, while mommy's busy watching ... STRIKE! Reader Retired Oldie writes in response to a recent blog post about a teachers’ strike: The best time to strike is during the third week of the fall semester. The students are back into the swing of things, the parents are happy their little [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 8:45am EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• This is what your city looks like.

  —CityBlog

  Some Las Vegas shots from Clay Heximer, drummer for The Mapes. Click for larger images. Got some cool city pics? Send them to cityblog@lvcitylife.com. [...]
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  Posted: June 05, 2009, 5:40pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• When is a tax increase actually a tax break?

  —CityBlog

  I've struck gold! Reader Watching Closely writes in response to Hugh Jackson’s column in this week’s edition: A few observations: Did it ever occur to anyone that the reason mining wasn’t taxed was because the votes weren’t in the Senate? The increase in sales tax results to 1 penny for every $3.00. Probably not' [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Las Vegas tap water: “Its distinct chlorine bouquet gives entree to a medley of limestone, sulfur and a hint of brine.”

  —CityBlog

  Number of comments: 1
  "Bling H20 has a choadbaggish body and an unmistakably douchey finish ... " Okay, I made that up. But, hey, everyone’s yapping about how water is the new oil — a private commodity rather than a public resource — so I think I’ve just hit upon a way to rescue Southern [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 4:01pm EDT
  by Andrew Kiraly