Who is Raja: Las Vegas City Council?
The 2013 elections for the City of Las Vegas have abysmal turnout numbers. Yes people, there is a city council election going on right now for Las Vegas Ward 2! The race is between extreme partisan career politician Republican Bob Beers and successful private business owner and Democrat Fayyaz Raja (on ballot as F. Raja). [...]
Bob Beers slipped his way into the Las Vegas City Council last year by way of short notice special election when Steve Wolfson became the District Attorney. Beers’ years as a career politician gave him the connections and money to take that seat without much resistance. Fortunately for the city, there is an alternative on [...]
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Cross posted from EduShyster’s blog. Keeping an eye on the corporate education agenda. It’s time once again to climb aboard the rephorm express. Today we’re headed west, to Vegas, baby: home to the legendary Strip, the Hoover Dam, and these days, plenty of excellence, Teach for America style. Alas, what happens in Vegas likely won’t [...]
Continue reading …It is incredibly refreshing to witness the renovation, innovation and exploration emerging in Downtown Las Vegas. With so many reasons to check out what our downtown has to offer, we have more incentive than ever to visit. There is something for everyone. To name a few examples, the Children’s Discovery Museum adds incentives for families [...]
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It seems that a local issue is a national issue as well. Too often these days this is the case. So, I’d like to make a statement and start the appropriate discussion rather than keeping the focus on the wrong discussion or letting the event be forgotten completely. The discussion we need to have is [...]
Continue reading …On Thursday, March 29, the White House Business Council and the U.S. Small Business Administration will host an Urban Economic Forum at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among many topics important to urban entrepreneurs in the Las Vegas area, the White House and Administration officials will discuss the Administration’s support for policies that create private-sector [...]
Continue reading …Huntridge Theater Case Study Points to Need for Economic Diversification in Nevada
January 27, 2012 7 CommentsYesterday, we took a case study look at the issues currently plaguing the Huntridge Theater‘s old space on the corner of Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard. We also hinted at the linkage between the once shiny Huntridge Theater and Nevada’s current status as one-time, one-hit wonder gaming capital of the world (otherwise known as “the [...]
Continue reading …Las Vegas’ Huntridge Theater a Microcosm of Nevada’s Bigger Economic Issue
January 26, 2012 11 CommentsIt has stood empty and vacant since 2004, a shell of its former self hardly recognizable as the performance arts venue that it used to be during the height of its glory days. No, we’re not talking about Paris Hilton’s bedroom. We’re talking about the corner lot on Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard, where the [...]
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Over the weekend, I witnessed something amazing. DFA Training Academy came to town, and many dozens of local progressive activists came in to learn more about how campaigns work. And while we were all at the local SEIU hall this past weekend, we experienced something perhaps no one was really expecting. Our local activists come [...]
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