Help send a feminist to Carson City

Nevada NOW’s garage sale is Saturday, Feb. 21. The proceeds will help the organization send NOW members to Carson City for Grassroots Lobby Days next month! Garage sale: Saturday at 8 a.m. at 7916 Martingale Lane, LV, NV 89123 To donate, send an e-mail to members@nevadanow.org. Check out the sale and donate items to the…

Las Vegas: Emptytown USA

Forbes has named Las Vegas the most vacant city in America. (Cue: Obvious double-entendre here.) Most vacant apartments, homes and commercial buildings. Was that a tuft of tumbleweeds that just wafted by on the empty streets of Sin City? Hmmm …  Isn’t this the way that cities like Detroit start their downward spiral? That’s it,…

I’m mad as hell Part 1

I was watching CNN and Wolf Blitzer asked, “The argument used to be that immigrants took the jobs that Americans didn’t want, but with the downturn in the economy, is that still true?” Cue: Nasty anti-immigrant sentiments from pundits (followed by a nasty little commercial that went something like the South Park episode where everyone…

Stations on the list

I find it interesting that Stations Casinos makes this national list of companies that are or will be declaring bankruptcy and shutting their doors this year. (Others mentioned include Rite Aid, Chrysler and Dollar car rental.) And it’s interesting to me that the national article refers to Las Vegas’ market as being hit by a…