Holy shitballs! What’s up with this Nevada ACORN voter fraud story? The Secretary of State’s office raided ACORN’s headquarters on Tuesday after an investigation into the group’s voter registration practices. ACORN says they’ve registered 80,000 people to vote in Nevada (a very, very high number compared with other orgs doing the same work) and have…
I’ve been sick as a dog, but my oh my there’s news, news everywhere you look: I missed the Obama fun yesterday but you can read all about it on the local campaign blog. But there’s still lots of canvassing and fun stuff to do. Including a house party on Sunday sponsored by MoveOn.org. UNLV’s…
A lot of people ask me what Alaska’s like, especially now. For my friends who know Nevada, I often say that, in fact, The Silver State and The Last Frontier are far more similar than you might think. In fact, despite the different nature of it, they both have somewhat severe climates and it requires…
If you’re like me and you are not down with coal (no such thing as clean coal!) or coal-fired power plants, then I suggest you check out the screening of the Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars documentary narrated by Robert Redford. There are simultaneous screenings across the state and across the country tonight. In Las…
My how the news piles up when you’ve got your nose to the grindstone … my apologies, chickadees: More interesting news regarding Nevada’s energy issues: Nevada Power announced today that it and its parent company Sierra Pacific Power are going to expand renewable energy programs to include rebates on certain residential and agricultural alternative energy…
A week after the Nevada Clean Energy Summit brought some of the nation’s biggest renewable-energy players together at UNLV — an improbable feat of its own, considering the Silver State’s less-than-stellar record of environmentalism — the Review Journal has released some poll data that (dare I say it) shows some real potential for Nevadans to…
The Las Vegas Review Journal’s story about the anti-immigrant sentiment throughout the Western states is quite chilling. According to the story, only 31% of Nevadans polled felt positively about immigrants from Latin countries compared to 47% feeling negative. (Another disturbing trend is the societal conflating of “illegal immigrants” with any immigrant from a Spanish-speaking country.)…
The United Coalition for Immigrant Rights is hosting their first activist conference right here in LV. And it’s free! Check it. Aug. 16-17. Southern Nevada NOW’s next meeting is Aug. 17 at noon at the Flamingo Library. Did I mention I’m officially a member of NOW as of this month? Speaking of awesome groups I’m…
The National Association of Secretaries of State has chosen local hero Ruby Duncan for the National Margaret Chase Smith Award for Political Courage. Previous winners include Rosa Parks and Jimmy Carter. This year, finalists included Nobel prize-winner Al Gore. Congratulations Ruby! Ruby is one of my favorite community leaders. She’s living proof that you can…
In my official capacity as Southern Nevada Director of PLAN, I made it into Las Vegas CityLife this week. (A surreal moment, being interviewed by a paper you once wrote for.) It’s all about our fight to register new citizens to vote, and help them engage in democracy and the attempts of others to squash…
The Sin City Siren 