By now you probably have heard that the Las Vegas City Council ...

By now you probably have heard that the Las Vegas City Council has on its agenda today the introduction of a proposal to raise elected official salaries by dramatic amounts - more than 50 percent for the council and more than 100 percent for the mayor. They should be raised. But this has been handled terribly - the huge increases - and given certain death - the inclusion of car allowances, a ridiculous perk. So be it. But what's almost as bad is the cover that city staffers have given the elected folks by preparing a "Business Impact Statement" that, shockingly, found absolutely no effects at all. None. That is, it will have no adverse, beneficial, direct or indirect effects on businesses - that's what the form says. No effect at all. Good to know.