Friday Fish Wrap: February 26, 2010

Updated on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 00:12 by mavenandmeddler

No matter the extent of the healthcare drama inside the faraway beltway, we in Nevada have more drama than we need right here at home. In so many ways it’s the national story writ very small and nasty.

We have an crazy, embattled Republican Governor - trailing a laundry list of tawdry divorce, women and grope stories like toilet paper from his shoe - blocking damn near anything a desperate legislature suggests to mitigate the effects of an $880 million deficit.

Nevada is unique in many ways. One of them is our stubborn grip on a bi-annual legislature. Back in the day - like the 1800’s when there were few folks here and they were spread thin - it was no easy trick to mosey in to Carson City to legislate and commiserate.

You’d think this woulda’ changed with the advent of new-fangled airplanes and interstate highways, but no.

So, the Governor has called them into Special Session - a five day marathon intended to plug the gap. If this sounds impossible to you, welcome to my life in Nevada.

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Friday Fish Wrap: February 5, 2010

On this eveings KOLO-TV evening news, Tad Dunbar was doing a lead-in for his Dunbar Report show, d offering the following:

Nevada First Lady, Dawn Gibbons - First Lady until the divorce is final, that is - will be hosting her last official function at the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City, Nevada.

She will be hosting a benefit for former prostitutes. The effort is designed to help the’ ladies’ find both  self respect and a path to a better life.

I sat there thinking “Wait for it.”

Tad paused artfully, and went to say what had just raced through my brain,

“Only in Nevada.”

LOL

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I have a question.

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New teen activity: legal gambling in Nevada.

Oh, this is a grand idea: in order to help the lagging revenues of the ‘gaming’ (read- gambling) industry in Nevada, the states’ regulators are considering lowering the minimum gambling age to 18 years of age. Afterall, if you can go to Iraq at 18- which is pretty much a gamble that you’ll actually return home- you ought to be able to hit the craps tables for real. Right?

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