I'm not sure how the exact line goes..It's something like this..When Simba (Lion King) is looking out over the valley with his father, and his father tells him that all of this is his..Simba then asks his father about the dark area among all the lights, his father tells him that is the bone yard, and to never go there..(Again, I'm not sure exactly how the line go's, but everyone should be able to catch my drift)..Anyways, that's how I feel about North Las Vegas. The reason I feel this way? The municipal government of NLV is broke! And not just a little broke! We're talking 100's of millions in the hole, with no foreseeable way to remedy the situation. In today's world, most would think that NLV would file bankruptcy and get it over with. (A number of towns and cities have filed bankruptcy throughout the country, and NLV would be just another likely candidate)..One problem, the state Constitution of Nevada forbids any township in its borders from doing such. So how does NLV alleviate its budget woes? As far as I can tell they have two options..Merge all the government services with other townships or eliminate them.
At first glance, merging NLV government services with other townships doesn't seem to be a very popular idea..(Most, if not all of the other townships are fighting budget constraints of their own)..Unless I'm missing something? The only plausible thing NLV can do? Eliminate its local layer of government. That basically means no government services..(Police, fire, health, etc)..I'll be the first to admit it! I'm not a big fan of government to begin with, so eliminating or curtailing a local layer of government is fine with me. On the flip side, cutting off government services to a town of 250,000 is a lot easier said than done. Who is going to police NLV? Who is going to provide emergency services? The list of 'what ifs' is very long! Possible solutions? The State of Nevada assumes governance of NLV, and they bring in the National Guard to keep law and order, or privatize a number of the government services and get them off the back of the taxpayer. One thing is for certain, if your a small town white boy from Kansas? Stay out of North Las Vegas!
I like to end every post of mine with a thought I'm having..Call it the village idiot thought of the day.."I've been thinking about a solution to the housing crisis in Las Vegas..Vegas has an exorbitant amount of supply with a tepid demand..No problem! I've figured a way to shorten up the supply and raise the demand..The federal government could practice long range missile testing or drone strikes on a number of the empty houses and buildings in Las Vegas. They would then pay a fee to the city, which it would use to convert the empty spaces into parks or green areas..Think about it for a moment..In theory you would be eliminating competition and prices would then rise..Road to recovery..Besides, whose going to miss a few thousand empty buildings or houses? I know I won't."
One last thing: A law on the books in Nevada states that in cases of natural disaster, the state can assume control of any municipality it deems fit..It makes sense in a way, but the one thing that makes that law interesting? It list civil unrest as a natural disaster. If things don't change course in North Las Vegas? Who knows? Maybe that law could get invoked?
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