I moved to Boulder City in 1981. Boulder City is blessed to have been a government town. Can we recall the blessings we have received from government?
Opinion
Allow me to warn you that this month’s Home Matters is filled with all kinds of trash talk. In fact, I’ve been trash talking with the city and BC Wastefree for a few days now. Why all this garbage gab? It’s time to take out the trash, properly.
Ahhh… it is a wonderful time of year. Spring is just around the corner. The sun shines longer, the birds are singing, and plants are blooming. It is a magical time of year!
Last night I caught a few minutes of “Wheel of Fortune” and whenever I do, I can’t help but think back to my time in Hawaii when the show came over to film a few weeks’ worth of episodes at the Hilton Waikoloa Village about 15 years ago.
I know, I know, I know. I’m a week late for Valentine’s Day content. But my timing has always sucked. Just ask my wife.
We are bombarded with advertisements every moment of every day but just how many do we see and how many do we react to? Research company SJ Insights has estimated that between television and social media the average person sees an average of 360 advertising messages a day.
Orlando. Boston. Dallas. Baton Rouge. San Bernardino. Were all familiar with those cities. Not because they are great cities, although they are. Not because they attract tourists, although they do. Not because they have played a role in our nations history, although they have.
Lisa Marie Presley and I shared a baby sitter. Yes, my godmother, Alice Mafeo, was also the nanny for Lisa Marie when Elvis Presley would perform at the Las Vegas Hilton. But four years before Lisa Marie would be born, Elvis Presley was here in Boulder City filming Viva Las Vegas. This was his second notable trip through Boulder City and to Hoover Dam.
Theres a serious disorder affecting our country, state and city. Its name is frustration. Folks are paralyzed by it and believe they are powerless to fix anything. People are looking for a quick fix to serious issues and latch on to those who advocate punching the enemy in the face, eliminating troublemakers, keeping women in their place, blaming the poor for budget deficits and assuring the wealthy they are that way because they deserve to be. An old-fashioned American slug with a very big stick will most certainly do the trick or perhaps just decimate populations we dont like with bombs. Problem solved.
It may have all started with Adam and Eve, depending on your theological outlook on life, but duos and the enduring power of a friendship seems to permeate our culture.
What a great day. Boulder Citys celebration of our countrys independence was outstanding. A giant thanks to the organizers and the many volunteers that made it a wonderful experience from the pancake breakfast, the parade, the flyover, the fun in Broadbent Park, the numerous class reunions to all the activities at Veterans Memorial Park in the evening culminating in a fantastic fireworks display.
One of my many interesting past jobs was as executive director of the Senior Center of Boulder City between 2003 and 2005. This was a rewarding position and I loved working with the seniors. But it was frustrating that much of the daily work was performed by volunteers. Finding willing and able volunteers in a small community was a daily responsibility.
The word for today is sentient. Dictionary.com defines sentient as having the power of perception by the senses; conscious. Sentience connotes the capacity for sensation or feeling.
In a special city council meeting last week, the council voted unanimously to grant 6% merit raises to both City Clerk Tami MacKay and City Attorney Brittany Walker.
On Jan. 3, 1940 a group of employees from Hoover Dam decided to pool their money together, about $100 in all, to offer financial services to their family and friends in Boulder City under the name Boulder Dam Federal Credit Union.
It’s been three years in the making but all that hard work paid off this past week for Garrett Junior High.
Those waiting for a new city manager to get into the saddle in Boulder City are going to have to wait a bit longer. Somewhere between four and six weeks.
