Time to Declare a Moratorium on Growth in Las Vegas

Las Vegas faces a serious crisis.

I’m not just talking about the local economy, where every street corner seems to attract someone holding a cardboard sign and more than 40 percent of homeowners are upside down on their mortgages.

I’m talking about water.  More specifically, I’m talking about the increasing lack of it.  After all, let’s remember — we live in a desert.