Why, after people throughout the valley spend two weeks separating their recyclables, does Republic Services come along and throw them all together into one bin?
Mr. Sun: I have visited your city over the past 25 years, and now that my husband and I are retired we are considering moving to Las Vegas. When we drive the streets all we see are block walls. Why do all the houses have block walls around their property? Is it for safety reasons?
Dear Mr. Sun: Why is it that casinos in Monte Carlo and all over Europe make enough money with single-zero roulette while U.S. casinos, including Las Vegas casinos, use double-zero, doubling their odds?
Mr. Sun: Carson City legend has it that there’s no booze allowed in Nevada’s Capitol. As the story goes, before the Legislature had its own building across the mall from the Capitol, lawmakers were getting plied too early and too often by lobbyists. Is that true? And is the new Legislative Building dry too?
My parents were in town recently, visiting from Ohio, where Christmas tree farms are plentiful. They were very curious about where the trees on the lots here come from, as they look a little out of place in the land of sand and palm trees. Can you find out?
The Lied of the children’s museum, Lied Animal Shelter, Lied Library at UNLV, Lied Ambulatory Care Center at UMC and a host of other facilities in Southern Nevada and across the country is Ernst F. Lied (pronounced LEED), a Nebraska car dealer who moved to Las Vegas in the 1950s and made a fortune in real estate.
Mr. Sun: My question is about Binion’s $1 million display. I have run across conflicting accounts that I’m hoping you can straighten out. Some sources state that the display first appeared at the Horseshoe in downtown Vegas in 1964. Other sources say it first appeared in the 1950s in a different club and moved to the Horseshoe in 1964.
