Tom Gorman

Executive Editor

Tom came to the Sun after 32 years with the Los Angeles Times — as a reporter, national correspondent based in Las Vegas and assistant metro editor. He joined the Sun in 2005 as a columnist and asked to become an editor so he could park in shade. Now he's even got a reserved spot in the parking garage, as the Sun's executive editor. But he still enjoys writing.

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Columnist Tom Gorman: On getting some value out of life during retirement years and not just sitting around getting bored with it: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005; I met another neighbor the other day, a fellow named Chick. He came over to introduce himself while we were having a garage sale. He was quick with a smile and handshake.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Service organizations such as Key Clubs can unlock much potential happiness for youngsters across the land: Friday, Nov. 4, 2005; One of my strongest memories of going to high school in Laguna Beach, Calif., was driving a big Cadillac convertible in the town's President's Day Parade.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Living the good life in the slow lane: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005; Frankly, I'm not a fast-lane kind of guy. The only things I've added to my four-cylinder Camry are a couple of license plates. Superchargers, spoilers and soft suede seats are lost on me.
Columnist Tom Gorman: How to build great tennis courts and maybe great players: Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005; I never lost a match point because of a crack. (What's really maddening is the mesh fabric that runs across the middle of the court.)
Columnist Tom Gorman: Clashing lifestyles that look good together: Friday, Oct. 28, 2005; On one side of this particular fence are the Popes, George and Barbara, who moved here from Ventura, Calif., to retire. They're a very nice couple, as Californians go, cheery and friendly. Even though they're in their 70s, they put up Halloween decorations for the neighborhood kids.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Shop talk with one of the least notorious or nefarious wise guys in Las Vegas, 73-year-old California fugitive Sid Soffer: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005; Sid Soffer?
Columnist Tom Gorman: Why stats don't tell the whole story of homelessness: Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005; Sounds like the kind of person who could most easily find a job and a place to live.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Watching to see if Wynn art gallery closes shop: Friday, Oct. 21, 2005; It's his hotel, so he'll do what he wants.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Lawyer finds reward in standing in for judges: Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2005; Or he would like to work for a day in a hospital emergency room -- not as a doctor, of course, but just to be someone's assistant and personally witness the beat-the-clock efforts to save lives.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Finding a neighbor in the Las Vegas Valley he can really get to know: Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005; I only see the fellow across the street when he pulls into his immaculate garage and pulls golf clubs out of his trunk. I'm jealous.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Not wedded to high-rise chapel idea: Friday, Oct. 14, 2005; For centuries, folks have lived above blacksmiths, butcher shops and bakeries. Much of that occurred before zoning laws were conceived, so there were no grounds to complain to the local king.
Columnist Tom Gorman: More finding that Hill's concoctions are not your average Joe: Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005; About 10 days ago, a Starbucks replaced an old Chevron gasoline station at the corner of Flamingo and Sandhill roads.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Joining the scavengers for a peek inside the ruthlessly capitalist world of a Las Vegas storage auction: Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005; And when they end up financially busted -- by misfortune, broken relationships, job loss or pathological self-destruction -- they discover that Las Vegas still isn't done with them. This town will try to wring every dollar from them, like some hungry vulture efficiently picking every last morsel off road kill.
Columnist Tom Gorman: The persistant crawl of suburban sprawl: Friday, Oct. 7, 2005; But to me, the growth is defined by the cinder block walls behind streets such as Black Elk Avenue and Grand Canyon Drive -- masonry demarcation lines that separate new subdivisions north of town, along U.S. 95, from the undeveloped desert that eventually reaches the Nevada Test Site.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Trying to make sense out government's plans for Yucca Mountain: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005; But after sitting in on an Environmental Protection Agency hearing this week up in Amargosa Valley, I'm now a real cynic. The only optimistic news to come out of the hearing is the government's technical assumption that, a million years from now, there will be something around here to protect.
Columnist Tom Gorman: Trying to fit in as a Las Vegas newcomer: Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005; Ireceived lots of unsolicited advice. "Introduce yourself," someone said. So I could mention that Jeanne and I lived in Vegas for three years when I was a national correspondent during my 32-year career with the Los Angeles Times. But that sounds rather pompous.