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Kirk Kern

Low payroll A’s will bring too much baggage to Las Vegas

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By Kirk Kern It looks like “Major League” baseball is coming to Las Vegas. But is it really? The Oakland A’s have signed a term sheet to purchase 49 acres of land near Tropicana Boulevard and Dean Martin Drive from Red Rock Resorts. It’s not quite binding as the team is going to request $500 million from the state legislature that will be generated from taxes levied … [Read more...] about Low payroll A’s will bring too much baggage to Las Vegas

Everything I learned about Formula 1 is thanks to Netflix

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By Kirk Kern With Formula 1 coming to Las Vegas this year, I decided to check out what all the fuss is about. And to do so, I did my research by watching “Drive to Survive” on Netflix. Ok, I’m hooked. First off, I’m not going to claim to be some kind of Formula 1 expert. It seems a lot of the journalism around the sport is geared toward the technical aspects of the … [Read more...] about Everything I learned about Formula 1 is thanks to Netflix

From the Publisher

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With a Little Help from my Friends OK, so maybe we’re not friends quite yet. But we could be. I’m a fairly decent guy. Good sense of humor. And by most accounts, I’ve been a very good boss. But in this case, I’m not looking for employees. Right now, I’m just looking for a few people to help out by providing some good content for the readers of this site. Do you … [Read more...] about From the Publisher

From the publisher

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Let's get started By Kirk Kern So, for the last month, most of us have spent time sequestered at home looking for something to do. Some were able to work their regular jobs remotely, many others lost their job completely. That was my case. I had been running a company that published six newspapers in rural Nevada communities. It was a business that was already … [Read more...] about From the publisher

Message from the Publisher

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So, I started this website about a year ago as an experiment to see if a hyperlocal website could gain enough traffic to be a viable business venture. … then I basically ignored it because my regular job and other aspects of life took precedence. But my regular job and other aspects of life basically were turned upside down a couple of weeks ago. The company I ran, which … [Read more...] about Message from the Publisher