Print edition for October 21, 2007

Letter: Teachers union shines light on revenue source: The more the gaming folks complain, the more the Nevada electorate becomes aware of the potential of this proposition. The proposition requires about 59,000 signatures, and the teachers union has 28,000 members ready to sign.

Letter: Mockery being made of our laws: It is unbelievable that some Mexican nationals do not know that they have to pay for their traffic tickets. They are driving with no license and no insurance, then they get a ticket and now they are getting special treatment from the courts because they did not know they had to pay the ticket. Come on!

Student-soldiers get education in Iraq: By Charlotte Hsu; They learned snippets of Arabic and Swahili in Iraq. They learned about roadside bombs and snipers. And how kind people can be to one another, and how ugly. They learned they are stronger than they believed.

ALWAYS HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER: By J. Patrick Coolican; Joel Jaime agonizes about going to his parents' house. He's afraid they look at him and see his dead brother.

Edwards: I'm no 'corporate Democrat': Michael J. Mishak; John Edwards entered the United Brotherhood of Carpenters International Training Center in Las Vegas Saturday ready for battle.

Editorial: Cutting to the bone: With news of potential downturns in sales and gaming tax revenue, the governor ordered a hiring freeze and told state agencies they had a week to come back with plans to cut their budgets.

LOOKING IN ON: GAMING: By Liz Benston; Do housing prices affect spending patterns? Surveys, and now research, say yes.

Jon Ralston chats with Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on serendipity, Hillary Clinton and breaking the GOP stronghold on Nevada: "I believe in serendipity," the Illinois senator and presidential candidate said, with a smile.

FLASHPOINT for Oct 21, 2007: By Jon Ralston; Democrats and Republicans are buzzing about a story that state Sen. Bob Beers is going to run for Clark County Commissioner Chip Maxfield's seat against Las Vegas Councilman Larry Brown. It's a juicy story, which also includes a bit about Beers protege Francis Allen running for his seat. Problem is that it is not true. I asked Beers. He was asked but he's not interested. He's running for reelection. So stop the buzzing. By the way, so is Allen, who began a recent fundraising letter, "From my work in Washington, D.C., to my time in the Nevada Legislator , it ...

Editorial: Conflict emerges on landfill: The county's interest is in seeing that a deal with Republic Services - the local garbage collection company - remains intact so that taxpayers do not become liable for the millions of dollars it is costing to clean up and seal the former landfill near Sunrise Mountain.

Richardson: Brilliant or bumbling, or both?: Michael J. Mishak; Bill Richardson has a lot on his mind this morning.

Letter: Make no mistake: This is an oil war: Stark owes no apology. We owe the poverty-laden families of America a decent shake. We owe children the fair chance. We owe the country productive families. We owe our country honesty that is sorely lacking by this administration. We owe the world an intelligent discourse on a way to leave Iraq and bring our troops home.

Doctors join cry to protect doctors and patients: By Marshall Allen; The state's two largest medical societies are pressing Gov. Jim Gibbons to launch investigations of Las Vegas-area doctors who, the Sun found, game the government by exploiting foreign doctors for their own benefit, at the expense of medically needy patients.

Brian Greenspun tells Gibbons: Here's your chance to prove yourself as a leader: So, Nevada is having the same problems most other states are having. Revenue is down, the economy is heading south, the homebuilding industry is in a stall and mortgage lenders are making many homeowners unhappy - by the day.

LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL: The Sun last week got an early look at renderings of the proposed downtown Las Vegas hotel by famed chef Charlie Palmer.

WEEK IN REVIEW: WASHINGTON, D.C.: WASHINGTON - Even as Democrats' efforts to change course on Iraq have stalled, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told students during an intimate gathering last week the war is "winding down."

Doctors join cry to protect doctors and patients: By Marshall Allen; The state’s two largest medical societies are pressing Gov. Jim Gibbons to launch investigations of Las Vegas-area doctors who, the Sun found, game the government by exploiting foreign doctors for their own benefit, at the expense of medically needy patients.