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...idea was too wild -- even for the Wild West. A psychologist in Nevada's state prison system wanted to build a theme park that would represent an 1880s mining camp. As Bill Mace Knapp envisioned it, the place would be old-timey, with a general store, saloon, gold mine and . . . oh, yes, a brothel...
Prostitution is legal in some Nevada counties, and Knapp figured he could help the state's economy by bringing it into the mainstream. His ladies of the evening would look more like Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke than street-hardened hookers. To attract investors, he was offering sex coupons, promises of "three girls for the price of one" and "VIP" cards good for a week of unlimited visits. The project was put on hold after prison officials fired him under a policy forbidding employees to hold second jobs in certain establishments. Governor Bob Miller also objected to the bordello, which would...
Officials at the Las Vegas Valley Water District insist that they had no alternative in 1989, when they filed 146 applications for water rights with the state engineer. Nevada's share of federally allotted water from the Colorado River cannot sustain growth in the booming oasis, which attracts 5,000 newcomers a month. Thirsty California, they argue, was positioned to jump in and stake a claim to the unused water. "It was our only Nevada source," says Pat Mulroy, general manager of the water district...
Even with the government's support, it will be a tough fight. Las Vegas is the seat of political and economic power in Nevada. Sixty-five percent of the state's 1.3 million people reside in Clark County. Development, gambling and tourism industries, which generate two-thirds of the state's income, want the extra water. "If we develop the water, and spend the money, shouldn't we have the control?" asks Clark County commissioner Paul Christensen...
...Nevada the absence of such a process has sparked deep resentment among farmers and ranchers. "It's a whole way of life, a piece of history," explains Joe Higbee, who runs a 100-acre ranch in Alamo along with his son Vaughn...