Today's News

With Friday’s 3-1 taming of Colorado-Colorado Springs’ Mountain Lions, the Highlands women’s soccer team won its second straight match.
In fact, going into Sunday’s match vs. Fort Lewis, NMHU had not lost since Oct. 1. With the exception of a 1-1 tie at Nebraska-Kearney on Oct. 10, the Cowgirls (8-4-2, 6-2-2 RMAC) had won four in a row.

Submit your calendar items and notices to dgiuliani@lasvegasoptic.com.
• The Tri-County Farmers Market at Sixth Street and University Avenue will be open until Saturday, Oct. 30. The market is open from 7 a.m. to sellout every Wednesday and Saturday.
• Volunteers are needed for Girl Scouts to start troops and help girls become more confident and build character. For more information, call Loretta Armijo at (505) 983-6339, ext.12, or e-mail larmijo@gs-nmtrails.org.

Mora County Sheriff Roy Cordova is another example of what’s so wrong with government. A few weeks ago, he took a job as a sheriff’s deputy in Valencia County.

By his own undersheriff’s account, Cordova is now working only 16 to 24 hours a week as sheriff. But, of course, Cordova, whose Mora salary is more than $40,000 a year, is collecting his full paycheck.

Cordova is probably not happy with the fact that he lost the Democratic primary in June. Could he now be taking it out on the taxpayers of Mora County?

The Las Vegas City Schools board and superintendent got an earful of public outrage with a small dose of understanding during a meeting packed with eastside property owners affected by a 30 percent tax hike this year.

From the start, the audience was agitated that public comment was at the end of the agenda. (It is normally at the beginning.) After audience members were heard complaining, board members voted to move public comment to its normal position.