Nevada Appeal

Today's Nevada Appeal has a story about how a developer has been selected for the Carson Nugget downtown redevelopment project.

The story mentioned that the developer, P3 Development, built the $64 million Stockton Events Center while Mark Lewis was that city's manager.

But that understates the ties between Lewis and the developer. Looking at the projects listed on P3's website, a large part of their work seems to stem from the City of Stockton, and happened during Lewis' tenure.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/04/28/give_big_rigs_room In the Nevada Appeal a couple of weeks ago someone pointed out how worthless and misused the new huge road signs on Hwy 395 south of town are proving to be. And there is no better example of that than this week.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/04/18/morgan_mill_river_park_opens_this_weekend From the Nevada Appeal, Morgan Mill river park opens this weekend:

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/04/17/pinwheels_at_the_legislature

For the play-by-play action, head over to the Nevada Appeal live blog. We will be adding the color commentary as we go below.

A few thoughts about tonight's supervisor candidate forum (you can get our live blog of the event here, and the Nevada Appeal version here):

• All candidates did well. There were no obvious gaffs. A lot of times, these forums expose those not-ready-for-prime-time candidates. Not this time. All spoke well and knew the issues.

Since a lot of people in Carson City know me from my political column that ran for four years in the Nevada Appeal, many asked if Carson Now would follow along the same philosophical slant.

The answer is no. But is Carson Now an "objective" news source? No way.

As someone who enjoys politics and has friends all over the political spectrum, I set out to make Carson Now open to all viewpoints. Anyone can sign up for an account and write whatever they want, subject only to keeping the content PG rated so as not to offend our younger viewers.

by Sadge Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/03/31/scotts_photos_in_cc_in_focus_magazine Nice to see Scott Schrantz get credit for his historic photo collection, used in the In Focus insert in today's Nevada Appeal.

A letter by an extremist group that told Gov. Gibbons and other governors to resign forced the partial closure of the capitol building in Carson City this morning, multiple news agencies are reporting.

According to the Nevada Appeal www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100331/NEWS/100339911/1070&ParentProfile=1058 and the Las Vegas Sun, http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/31/state-capitol-security-tightened-after-police-rece/ Nevada Capitol police implemented security measures this morning after law enforcement officials received letters.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/03/30/fire_on_fairview

One of the first questions I heard raised about the Nugget redevelopment project had to do with who would own the land.

Some people have the false impression that the Carson Nugget is donating the land to the city.

As it has been proposed, the new library, public plaza and other pieces paid for by the city would be sitting on land owned by the foundation created by Nugget President Steve Neighbors, in accordance with the wishes of late owner Mae Adams.

Carson City is looking at laying off up to 30 employees due to a budget shortfall caused by lower-than-expected sales tax revenues, according to a story by the Nevada Appeal.

Carson Now has learned that Sheriff Kenny Furlong met with his employees and indicated that 10 sworn officers and 16 civilian employees were facing layoffs. The sheriff and fire departments make up almost half of the city's budget.

by Scott Schrantz

by Scott Schrantz

Editorial by Dave Morgan

An article in the Nevada Appeal this morning attempts to get new information from the Nugget Project’s “go to guy,” Steve Neighbors. Neighbors, who is now the owner of the Nugget, is quoted as saying that the project still lacks a developer to shoulder the “private industry” half of the project. That’s about all that’s new from Neighbors, that they STILL don’t have a private partner.

There is a difference between “free speech” and a “free for all with nasty mouths.” Again, as we’ve said so often before, if you want to throw rocks rather than constructive thoughts, there is alw

by Scott Schrantz

Hi Dave…

Thank you, Josh. In other words, we don’t want our comment boxes to look like the Nevada Appeal or the Las Vegas Sun.

by Scott Schrantz

by Scott Schrantz

When I left my newspaper job in September after 15 years with the same company, I wrote a farewell column.

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