Uncategorized

It might just be one battle, and the victory for the taxpayers may have come from the flanks, but in the ongoing struggle to get elected officials to act in taxpayers’ best interests, we can at least count a win. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has a two-fold mission. It brands and promotes Las Vegas, and it fills hotel rooms with conventioneers by … [Read more...] about Chalk One Up for the Taxpayers: Project Labor Agreement Fails

Effective business development can be a daunting task. It’s time consuming. It takes away from regular activities and often requires too much time. Businesses owners are often not experts at business development, so they risk valuable time and money. But, as the adage goes, if you don’t grow your business, chances are your business won’t grow. Businesses let the fundamentals … [Read more...] about Power Rainmaking Techniques: Increase Your Business Profits

Dennis Kennedy Shareholder Bailey Kennedy, Attorneys At Law Las Vegas Number of Employees: 24 Years in Nevada: 32 Years with Firm: 2 Type of business: Law Firm Describe your leadership style: Hire good people. Train them to be good lawyers. Stand behind them when they need it, but mostly, get out of their way and let them do their job. Biggest Business … [Read more...] about April 2008: Face to Face

As the winds of an uncertain economy blow briskly over Nevada, the state’s business leaders expressed their concerns for future challenges as they responded to Nevada Business Journal’s sixth annual Power Poll. With Nevada’s meteoric growth rate slowing, many survey participants indicated they expect bottom lines to reflect that deceleration for most of 2008. Participants also … [Read more...] about Power Poll 2008: Business Leaders Tighten Belts for Uncertain Year Ahead

What’s happening with the residential real estate market? Is the constant barrage of media doom-and-gloom right on target or over the edge? Both ends of the state are experiencing the affects of the market. At Preview 2008 in Las Vegas, Jeremy Aguero, principal of Applied Analysis graphically detailed the industry’s historical trend of peaks and valleys. It was evident that, … [Read more...] about Residential Realities: A Better Future Ahead?

In the plot-defining scene early on in the “The Matrix,” Laurence Fishburne’s character, the sage Morpheus, reveals to the protagonist Neo that the world he thinks he’s been living in is not real. Rather, it’s but a mere simulation of the world as it looked at the end of the 20th Century, a “dream world” created to prevent the entire human race from discovering a horrible … [Read more...] about An Alternate Reality: The Truth About Taxes

It’s no secret that the party in the minority in any democratic form of government is always doing everything it can to change its status and take control. Nearly every part of the agenda is geared toward this goal, and no matter what the discrepancy in seats, the leader of that party can tell you exactly what he or she is doing to become the majority party. In the Nevada … [Read more...] about Campaign Overload: Fighting For Control

“I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years,” said the accomplished investor, Warren Buffet. Although the stock market isn’t likely to close without reopening for any length of time, when it comes to the current environment and the impact of the credit crisis, it is … [Read more...] about Investing in Today’s Market: Risk Management is Key

Southern Nevada Surpasses Conversion Milestone Community residents and businesses recently surpassed 100 million square feet of grass converted to water-efficient landscaping under the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s (SNWA) Water Smart Landscapes (WSL) Rebate program. The 100 million square feet comprises more than 28,000 individual landscape conversion projects. Nearly … [Read more...] about April 2008: Nevada Briefs

Imagine the leadership of a large organization trying to decide which employees to promote to fill a vacated or new position within the organization. The problem with this approach is, in most cases, the names of possible candidates tend to be limited to people the executives in that boardroom know personally. The result, in far too many instances, is that an employee, whether … [Read more...] about Succession Planning: Mapped Out or Knee Jerk Reaction?

The corporate world is undergoing constant change with ever increasing reliance on information technology. Much of the information technology upon which many businesses rely, originates from outside sources rather than in-house. As reliance on outside vendors increases, so do the risks associated with vendor agreements. Here are four useful tips for negotiating and analyzing … [Read more...] about Information Technology Agreements: Negotiating Tips

“It’s Vegas, baby,” for an estimated 7,500 members of The American Planning Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to urban and rural planning issues. From April 27th through May 1st, The Entertainment Capital of the World will host the APA’s 100th National Planning Conference. It’s no wonder that Clark County represents two of the top 20 fastest growing cities in the … [Read more...] about Adoption of New Planning Model

Keeping Nevadans in their Homes Every member of Congress has had to face the sub-prime mortgage crisis to varying degrees. Here in Nevada, we have been hit particularly hard with a foreclosure rate of one in 154 homes versus the national average of one in 555. In an effort to ease the threat of foreclosure, I have introduced bipartisan legislation which will expand a state’s … [Read more...] about Speaking for Nevada: How is the government helping borrowers in crisis?

Responsible Energy Policy Must Include Coal By Roberto Denis, senior vice president, energy supply, Sierra Pacific Resources While some parties in the energy policy debate have the luxury of simply advancing theories, Sierra Pacific Resources has a very real obligation to deliver electricity to every customer all day, every day. Nevada’s population has grown at a … [Read more...] about State the Issues: How will coal-fired plants impact Nevada?

Whether building from the ground up or renovating an existing property, there comes the task of hiring a general contractor, a process businesses do not take lightly. Understandably, companies want to hire a contractor they can trust to complete the job efficiently, adhering to proper building codes and tailoring a project to best suit a business’ needs. GDC is supported by … [Read more...] about From the Ground Up: Las Vegas General Contractor Expands