Clark County enters 2014 with an uncertain economic and political future. We have just survived another economically depressing year that left us in a state of mixed local uncertainty. Again lost jobs and people on welfare and unemployment rolls were the newsmakers in a roller-coaster year.
So how do we get out of this never-ending cycle? An answer to this perplexing question lies two-fold.
A local political solution is necessary to stem the eroding trust people have in their government. The continuous foot dragging of tax-and-spend policies by county and city leadership will only make the situation worse. The taxpayers and voters want elected politicians to respond with positive action to solve their problems.
The second part of the economic solution is jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Clark County has to start acting like it wants to be a player in the state and national economic picture. To do this, we must generate every possible industrial and business stream available to come to this region. This way our job base will grow, people will get paychecks to pay bills and feed their families. Clark County has every opportunity to play a major role in job creation.
