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Today's News

  • LETTER: Following up on letters duel

    On Feb. 12, The Optic published my letter to the editor regarding the unfairness of the federal tax code in taxing Married Joint Filers as opposed to Single Filers, especially in the taxing of Social Security benefits. I have been trying to get our congressional delegation to do something about this inequity for the last 15 years. Now that same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships are in the news, I had more of an argument to rectify the problem that punishes Married Joint Filers when taxing Social Security benefits.

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  • Campos’ name on dorms?

    Members of a club connected to Highlands University asked the school’s Board of Regents this week to name a number of buildings after notable people, including state Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas.

    H-Club President Ted Maestas, along with club members Mel Root and Ron Maestas, stood before the regents during Wednesday’s regular meeting to pitch their ideas for naming of buildings and facilities. The H-Club recognizes the school’s athletes.

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  • EDITORIAL: A Secretive City Hall

    Unfortunately, the Las Vegas city attorney is advising the City Council to keep secrets from the public. Appropriately, he tried to give such advice in secret. It didn’t quite work out the way he wanted.

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  • Correction

    Mike Sweeney is a former employee for the area acequias association, not a current leader. A story in last Wednesday’s Optic contained incorrect information.

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  • Cowboys stun No. 13 Wolves, win series

    The New Mexico Highlands University Cowboys have started to roll as they have won three straight in a four-game series over nationally ranked No. 13 Colorado State-Pueblo.

    The Cowboys took the first three games by scores of 2-1, 20-4 and 17-16.

    Game one was a pitchers' duel as NMHU’s Drew Vassil and CSU-Pueblo's Mario Mattivi squared off. Vassil took this battle as he allowed only eight hits and one earned run in his nine-inning complete game performance. Vassil struck out four CSUP batters en route to his fourth win of the season.

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  • TRIPP'S TRIPPIN': Champion Dons baseball teams of '68, '78 back for more

    Not doing anything March 28, 2009? Dons’ baseball head man, Dean Gallegos, is having a Day of Baseball at the West Las Vegas Baseball Field.

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  • Video rental chain store closes its doors

    Blockbuster Video Superstore in Las Vegas has closed its doors.

    Regional Manager Nicole Dinsman said that Las Vegas’ Blockbusters was part of a franchise group, Serendipity Entertainment. Serendipity Entertainment is in Kansas City, Mo. 

    Dinsman said the Las Vegas Blockbuster store had only one full-time employee — the store’s manager. The other seven employees were part time, Nicole said.

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  • Officials warned in secret memo

    At least one City Council member cannot be trusted to follow the city’s ethics code because the member has released confidential e-mails to the public, the city’s attorney says.

    In a confidential memo to the council on March 9, City Attorney Carlos Quiñones said a story in the March 2 Las Vegas Optic makes clear that someone is releasing e-mails in violation of the ethics code and his legal advice.

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  • Board renews school chief's contract

    West Las Vegas Superintendent Jim Abreu will spend at least another year at his post after the school board renewed his contract last week.

    After a two-hour closed session, board Chairwoman Christine Ludi announced the terms of the contract in which Abreu’s salary will remain at $115,000.

    The week before, the board tabled the matter after spending five hours behind closed doors evaluating the superintendent’s performance.

    Board vice president Gary Gold said Abreu has done a tremendous job for the district during his tenure.

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  • City gets out word: outside of town

    When the mayor wanted to get the word out about a committee that he was planning to form, he didn’t go to the local newspaper. And he didn’t inform the City Council as a whole.

    Instead, he placed a paid advertisement in the Albuquerque Journal’s northern edition on Thursday. It appeared a day after reports from City Hall indicated that Mayor Tony Marquez, upset with recent Optic coverage of his administration, had it be known that he no longer wanted any of the city’s advertising to go to the local newspaper.

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