Running silent

At the moment, I’m following up on some leads that might (I stress “might“) coalesce into a bigger story. I’ve also been trying to clear my desk of a flurry of Questions of the Day and sundry other essays. Topics include: Sen. William Andrews Clark (from whom Clark County took its name), Teller, the future — if any — of the Liberace Museum, the “Snooki-fication of Las Vegas,” Moe Dalitz, the Meridian condo project and possible expansion of the Las Vegas Premium Outlets mall in Downtown. By the way, if you’re tempted to buy an “exposé” of Mob-run Vegas called War of the Godfathers by William F. Roemer … don’t! It contains some of the most outrageous urban mythology I’ve ever run across. Other books actually cite it as a reliable source, a scary real-life instance of legend trumping history.