true-you're right on target. All Las Vegas has to do is look at the rust belt and the cities that relied on one industry. Yeah, they had a good run for about 100 years and now nothing.

If Las Vegas does not diversify its business base it will be doomed to the same fate as the rust belt. You can't diversify and attract other industries here with an uneducated workforce. Investment in UNLV is crucial if Las Vegas wants to avoid future extinction.

It's about time someone lit a fire under someones a$$ and cut through the bureaucracy.

Amen LV.

To LV,
Amen.

For all future issues where Gibbons' office might be contacted by the media-no matter what the issue-Keickhefer should just hand out the statement..."The governor is never directly involved, and that his office never_________.'

To LVLawDog,
I appreciate and understand your analysis from a taxation standpoint. However,these extra profits earned or taxes collected from one institution or Mr.Farmer does not seem to 'trickle down' to cover increased local demands in public services-in our schools or in our hospitals. When I lived Dallas, it was the same. A large undocumented immigrant population without health coverage using Parkland hospital's ER as a primary care facility-just as UMC and other valley hospitals are being used today. I'm not convinced we're seeing any parity in public services due to the fact undocumenteds'employer is paying more in taxes vs wages.