Local News

In a divided vote last month, the West Las Vegas school board voted down a new contract for Superintendent Jim Abreu, meaning his time with the district ends June 30.

But his allies on the board last week wanted to bring up the subject again, hoping for the board to reconsider.

The issue was on the agenda for the board’s regular meeting. However, Abreu supporters’ hopes were shattered right from the start when board member David Romero made a motion to remove the item from the agenda.

Visitors to Storrie Lake State Park shouldn’t expect to see any fences being erected there for at least the next couple of weeks.

As recently as Monday, the Storrie Project Water Users Association placed newspaper advertisements warning that it would close the park because the state refuses to renew its lease for the association’s land. The association’s leader said last week that the group may begin arranging for a fence as early as this week.

Las Vegas’ housing authority is meeting and exceeding standards, except for one category, the agency’s director said last week.

It takes, on average, hundreds of days for turnaround on housing authority units, Director Robert Pacheco said. The standard for turnaround should be 25 days, he said.

“The housing authority put units on modernization status years ago. They thought the clock would stop until you could fix them,” Pacheco told the City Council at its regular meeting.

It seems as if history really does repeat itself.

Shortly after the municipal election two years ago, then-City Council members Morris Madrid and Cruz Roybal complained that the city administration hadn’t invited them to a ceremony at a local park.

They found out about it when they saw a picture in the newspaper that included all of the other members of the governing body. The city management at the time promised to do better.

Fast forward two years, with a new city administration and council majority.