Joe Schoenmann

Reporter/ Las Vegas City Hall

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City mulls downtown land sale at cut rate: Deal before council would transfer acreage to Lady Luck developer; Wednesday, July 2, 2008; Las Vegas officials want to sell downtown property to the new owners of the Lady Luck for tens of millions of dollars less than what the city’s appraisers say the land is worth.
The good in gas prices: Miles driven are down, and so are deaths in traffic accidents; Tuesday, July 1, 2008; The high cost of gasoline may be killing the economy, but it also may be saving lives. Over roughly the first half of this year, fewer drivers are using state highways, and fewer people are dying on those roads.
For the long term, there’s optimism about sports arena: Sunday, June 22, 2008; Last summer, two groups were rushing to be first to build a Las Vegas arena.
Expensive commuting not holding the charm: Gas price spike could bode ill for an outlying place like Coyote Springs; Thursday, June 19, 2008; If, as some expect, gas tops $5 a gallon by the end of the year, the pain at the pump could make some rethink buying a home in “exurbs” distant from their region’s major hub — something happening in Southern California and elsewhere across the nation.
plz send PR help!!: The governor needs to enlist spin doctors in text-a-tete scandal, crisis managers say; Friday, June 13, 2008; If ever a governor needed some good PR, it would be the sore-thumbed Jim Gibbons. Crisis management experts on both coasts conceded that a married governor’s attempt to defend 867 text messages exchanged — some in the very early-morning hours — with a married woman as harmless chatter between friends would challenge the most skilled public relations strategists.
For Vegas, this low average is a good thing: Thursday, June 12, 2008; The Brookings Institution report ranks Las Vegas in the upper echelon of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas in terms of the relatively small “carbon footprint” it creates, the few miles its residents drive and the relatively small disparity between upper- and lower-income workers.
Ivanpah planning forges ahead: To not account for future needs? ‘Irresponsible,’ airport chief says; Monday, June 9, 2008; McCarran International Airport chief Randy Walker publicly aired his worries recently about an empty patch of desert 25 miles away that one day is expected to become a major airport.
New vows for old wedding chapel: Garden of Love transformed amid handbiller crackdown; Monday, June 9, 2008; This is no longer the chapel that Cheryl Luell built.
Casino plan may survive arena’s death: Friday, May 30, 2008; The casual stance of opposing attorneys during a Thursday hearing spoke volumes about the REI Neon arena project — which is good news for the Culinary Workers Union and a group of concerned residents, both of which are fighting the project.
Fifth Street School soon to brim with students of the arts: Renovations nearing completion; Thursday, May 29, 2008; It could have ended up just another Las Vegas story, a memory faded from disuse, forgotten by the hordes of residents coming and going, then finally falling victim to the wrecking ball.