The Laughlin Herald

THE TOWN CRIER

Report From Town Hall – November 2009

(November 10^th, 2009)

The Laughlin Town Advisory Board held its regular monthly meeting today. After a no doubt much appreciated absence from the pages of The Laughlin Herald, the Occupation Board will now have to once again have a voice speaking that their puppet master, Democratic County Commissioner and Harry Reid Commissar Steve Sisolak can’t muzzle. This was a more sedate meeting as they go, but nonetheless, there were plenty of issues residents of Gulag Laughlin should be aware of.

ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL

A Key Social Service in Laughlin Now Has No Choice

(February 1^st, 2009)

I’ve never been a particularly fervent proponent of government solutions to societal problems. Ronald Reagan’s voice still rings true to my ear when I recall the words from his 1981 inaugural address, "Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." But conservatives have their compassionate side as well. If you survey most reasonable people and ask them if they support giving welfare to people, a majority will say no, but if you rephrase the question and ask the same people, should the government help the truly needy, a majority will also agree. And that’s where we stand today with trying to find an alternative to our gutted mental health clinic. It’s broke, broken and discredited.

LAUGHLIN IN 2009

Challenges in the Political Landscape in the coming year

(December 28^th, 2008)

A host of public problems will face Laughlin residents next year and some of them may actually be acknowledged as existing by both civic leaders and local media. There are actually some recent signs that political discourse in our Township is going beyond polite non-discussion. Here’s what’s at the top of the non-polite discussion list for The Laughlin Herald in the annus novus.

WOULDN’T IT BE EASIER TO BURN IT DOWN?

Mental Health Officials in Reno Would Rather Slowly Poision Laughlin Clinic 

(May 4^th, 2008)

After having failed to strangle the Laughlin Community Mental Health Center before it was even born, officials at the State Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services switched to a strategy of waging a two plus year campaign to try and keep the Center from actually doing anything. Outraged at being overruled by legislators whose only claim to legitimacy is that they were, lemme see, oh yeah, elected by the people, they figured if you can’t kill it outright, cripple it.