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Today's News

  • City making plans for stimulus money

    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.

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  • EDITORIAL: Thumbs

    UP thumb ... SUNNY DAYS AHEAD. Colorado-based Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association announced this week that it is planning a 500,000-panel solar photovoltaic power plant in the plains between Springer and Cimarron. Tri-State has entered into an agreement with the Tempe, Ariz.-based First Solar Inc. to develop the plant, which is expected to produce enough electricity for about 9,000 homes.

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  • LETTER: Charter panel offers hope for change

    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.”

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  • 2nd RHS suspect pleads

    SANTA FE — A second former Robertson High School football player has entered a plea to charges in a case in which six older players were accused of sodomizing younger ones at a preseason camp last August.

    Santiago Armijo on Tuesday pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted criminal sexual penetration.

    Armijo is to be sentenced April 24. Under the terms of the plea agreement, he will be sentenced as a juvenile, and could be held by the state Children, Youth and Families Department until he’s 21.

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  • Hometown Heroes: Teachers get appreciation

    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.

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  • COLUMN: Time for movie, book quiz

    It’s time for another round of whimsical titles of movies, TV programs and books. The rules are simple: React to the clue and make a minor change in the title. Most of the works have only a single letter altered, but the correct answer may also depend on a rhyme.

    For example: In this movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger works as a remorseless, opinionated and efficient hairdresser. Answer: The Permanator (The Terminator).

    Ready?

    1. Denzel Washington creates a team at Wiley College that is so good, he’ll give you a full refund if you’re not satisfied.

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  • LETTER: Hospital staff deserves better

    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.

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  • City seeking auditor’s help

    The state attorney general’s office declined the city’s request to investigate former Utilities Director George DuFour for possible fraud in adjusting customers’ utility accounts.

    Now, the city has approached the state auditor’s office.

    Carlos Quiñones, the city’s interim attorney, sent a letter to State Auditor Hector Balderas on March 9, requesting an investigation of bill adjustments from November 2007 to January 2009. He said he was acting at the request of Mayor Tony Marquez.

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  • 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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