The Last Word - December 2011

What are your hopes for the New Year?

“My hope for the New Year is that the thousands of families in this community with mothers and fathers that are willing and able to work find jobs. I also hope that our state legislators and governor strive to find common ground working for the future of this great state and put aside their personal agendas.”
Bob Anderson • Partner, Holland & Hart

“An improving employment picture combined with an improving national economy.  That will go a long way toward solving our social and political problems.”
John Lennon • President, XYIENCE

“The last three years in Las Vegas have been tough.  But Las Vegas is a city filled with dreamers - people who set trends that the rest of the world follows.  My hope for the New Year is that we continue to follow our dreams because that is where the future is.”
Zoe Thrall • Director, Studio at the Palms

“I hope that in 2012 the world will experience an unprecedented shift in mentality from competition and globalization to cooperation and symbiosis, and that this shift will cause a fundamental change in the way we as human beings communicate and interact with each other.”
Joey Vanas • Managing Partner, First Friday Las Vegas

“I hope the New Year engages Americans to reconnect our youth to the history and culture that built our great country; demonstrating the strength of our nation’s diversity. Secondly, educating Americans on the benefits of a grassroots approach to business and lifestyle will enable local employment and a healthy economy.”
Bob Margison • Owner, Allstate Exclusive Agency

“No offense intended toward the bankruptcy lawyers in Nevada, but my hope for the New Year is that our economy improves and that people who have been without jobs this year are all working next year.”
Richard Jost • Stockholder, Jones Vargas