FLASHPOINT for Apr 30, 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007 | 7:37 a.m.

I have been saying for some time that the old North-South wars are about to be fought again. Not since before the millennium have Southern lawmakers fought for Clark County's "fair share" of state money. Now, with dozens of plans circulating to fund the transportation-funding shortfall, most acute down here, you are seeing signs of the North-South schism. Just look what happened when a Washoe County schools tax bill was defeated last week in the state Senate - mostly thanks to Southern lawmakers. That was a shot across the bow and a signal that Clark County wants its money, too. But if the Southerners don't stand together, the Northern and rural types will defeat any road tax bill. The South will rise again? We shall see.

archive