Today's News

The city is wasting no time in seeking money from the federal government’s stimulus program, officials said last week.

Already, the city has hired a consultant, Gus Cordova of the Mercer Group, to coordinate city departments’ efforts to benefit from the infusion of federal funding. Cordova also served as the consultant in the recent effort to recruit a new city manager.

There is hope for all those citizens of Las Vegas that voted last March for “change.”

Councilman Andrew Feldman brought forth a motion to authorize a City Charter Commission, to revise the original City Charter approved in 1970 uniting East and West Las Vegas. The governing body approved the motion and seven representatives of the city have been named.

It is difficult to imagine that our leaders through the years did not recognize the need to keep this critical document current and “living.”

You’ve read about their accomplishments. They are the people in the Meadow City who are your children’s second parents. They are the teachers.

Robertson High School’s Gary Leger is out of town being recognized at the national level. Year after year, this teacher’s FFA students return home with state and national honors. He continues in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who began and continued the program he now teaches.

Recently I needed to go to Alta Vista Regional Hospital for health reasons. While there, I experienced just how much the employees of the hospital deserve our praise and support for their work and dedication. Everyone in the Las Vegas/San Miguel community needs and deserves this degree of care and proper medical services. Their diligence, however, is thwarted by the hospital’s corporate owner, Community Health Systems of Tennessee.