Today's News

So West Las Vegas Schools are short $81,000 for transportation. Wonder if the “powers that be” ever consider streamlining, or even consolidating administrative services with their mirror organization at Las Vegas City Schools? It wouldn’t affect the funding formula for students at either district and would free up hundreds of thousands of dollars for actual education, or even $81,000 budget shortfalls.

Over the last year, the city has seen some improvements on its web site. And that probably has something to do with the fact that the Internet is second nature to Mayor Tony Marquez, who started last March. He insisted on a better site when he took over.

That’s in sharp contrast to our last mayor, Henry Sanchez, who didn’t use computers at all. Not surprisingly, the city’s Internet site was a backwater during Sanchez’s reign.

The Las Vegas/San Miguel Chamber of Commerce and its Board of Directors would like to thank Wid Slick for his hard work and dedication during his term as a board member.

We wish you good luck and success in the future.

Diana Ortiz

of behalf of the

 LV/SM Chamber of Commerce

and Board of Directors

Food vendors who have done business on Fifth Street during lunchtime at Robertson High School for years said last week they were being unfairly targeted.

Recently, they said the city police were called to tell them they couldn’t park along the yellow curb next to the school.

Dale Bustamante of Buba’s Pizza and Nghia Ha, owner of Little Saigon, said at a Las Vegas City Schools board meeting last week they were getting mixed messages from school officials.