More Booming Economy

Reno is discovering more people are going hungry and need the help of food banks and places like St. Vincent's to survive, or special events like free Thanksgiving dinners put on by local businesses and churches.

Incredible, isn't it, when Nevada was once considered recession proof.

Reed said she hopes to find a job in a casino, but someone stole her identification cards and she is waiting for new ones.
Johnson said he worked as a day laborer until August, when temp jobs began to dry up.

“There’s no work right now,” he said. “Even if you can find something, you need a car and I don’t have a car. So we’re just trying to survive.”

That's my problem right now, even though I am applying for jobs because I have to in order to continue to get UI, despite the fact I am still technically employed but have no income from there as yet. But it's impossible without a car, absolutely and totally impossible when all of the jobs, what few there are, happen to be clear out on the edge of town and require a long commute. It's not practical to take the buses when the jobs are so far out.

Our dictator proved he is a compassionate conservative by signing into law extension of jobless benefits. Mine run out in mid-February. I don't expect the hearing officer's decision to come down before then.