Print edition for August 26, 2006

FLASHPOINT for Aug 26, 2006: Sheriff's candidate Jerry Airola doesn't talk about his cop experience anymore. That's because it has been exposed as a myth. So now he is hyping his business successes and using that as his campaign against Undersheriff Doug Gillespie. That's all he talked about at a forum this week - how Metro isn't managed well and he's the guy to do it well. And then on Friday, a release came out touting his company, Silver State Helicopters, as the 12th fastest-growing private company in the nation. "Jerry Airola is delighted to be included amongst such a strong, dynamic group of business ...

Editorial: A most somber anniversary: The president looked into the cameras and pledged: "Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives." He vowed accountability for failures in the government's disaster response. The president seemed to suggest that he would not let down Gulf Coast residents any more than he already had.

Ex-HUD official wants local agencies to pay him to study his idea: By Timothy Pratt; In early 2005 Michael Liu, then assistant secretary of the federal Housing and Urban Development department, initiated conversations with local officials about the possibility of merging the valley's three housing authorities - or at least some of their services.

Letter: Politicians must walk a mile in our shoes: Only then, when they can see how the majority of this country have to function, will they do anything about solving its problems.

Editorial: A plan to stop the 'begging': "It's long past time to get judges out of the political money game," Adams told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "A judge must be independent. It is an extremely dangerous practice for judges to be personally begging for money during the election season, and this rule will prevent it."

Letter: Alternative energy not all it's cracked up to be: Wind and solar energies for electricity generation have been developed and tried - they cost about $2 per kilowatt-hour (compared with about 7 cents for coal, gas, oil or nuclear); they are also inherently unreliable (there are many windless and cloudy days, and there are also nights) and they are also very environmentally destructive.

Letter: President, Review-Journal just don't get it: Answer: When President Bush says it's not a war. Bush says we're at war in Iraq, because more than 2,500 of our troops have been killed, not to mention those maimed for life.

Heading West: Tony Cook and Michael J. Mishak; Only days after Nevada secured an early spot in the 2008 Democratic presidential nominating process, potential hopefuls are scrambling to schedule appearances and glad-hand the state's political elite.