December 2009

Was the State penny-wize but dollar-stupid?

A shortage of a few state health inspectors has come back to cost the state of Nevada many fold what it would have cost to simply have had them on staff.
A final report by the Southern Nevada Health D

'NEVER TELL A LIE' IS HONESTLY FUN

“NEVER TELL A LIE’ IS FUN AS A SUSPENSE BOOK
By Sam Bauman

MOVIE DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FROM BBC

All kinds of fine movies out there this week, “Avatar” being one I can’t wait to see, but meanwhile among the oldies there are some pretty fine ones as well.

MT ROSE’S NEW LODGE AND GOOD SNOW

MT ROSE’S NEW LODGE AND GOOD SNOW
By the Senior Skier

Here comes another snowmaker!

From the National Weather Service-Reno:
Warning Message:
A Pacific storm system will move into the West Coast through
Tuesday morning.

Sunday morning local news briefs

* Local emergency management workers are nervously eyeing a winter storm headed out way that is likely to bring snow in the higher elevations, but rain in the moderate to lower elevations.

Is This What A Partnership Looks Like?

I encourage everybody to download the supporting material for the special meeting of the Carson City board of supervisors on December 10, 2009 (http://www.carson-city.nv.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?d