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You may have read this story in the morning "newspaper" about MGM Resorts curbing its enthusiasm for the UNLV stadium project.
And now, as Paul Harvey used to say, for the rest of the story:
Last Friday, stadium guru Don Snyder and Majestic Realty's Craig Cavileer made a presentation to the Nevada Resort Association, of which MGM Resorts is a member. It did not go well, I'm told.
Although NRA boss Virginia Valentine was diplomatic in the RJ story, I'm reliably informed that there was near-...
This arrived at 12:10 AM on Thursday from Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura, sent to various media outlets as a defense one day after he was arrested for drunk driving.
I post it here, unedited, just as is, a remarkable piece of barely literate writing:
If anyone wants to know. Here is the TRUTH!
Thanks!
Subject: Fwd: Foul Play by County Officials and Henderson and Laughlin Constables
Other township constables breaking the law.
County not enforcing the law.
NRS and...
You just can't make this stuff up.
Former U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle, now searching for voter fraud across this great land, has posted her reaction to the inauguration.
If you loved Second Amendment remedies and Hispanics who look Asian to her, you are going to love this, too: In a piece headlined, "Boycotting Obama," Angle begins by teling everyone she did not watch the president's Jan. 21 speech "in protest of Obama."
She did so to emulate -- wait for it -- Martin Luther King. So her...
With memories of the failed gross receipts tax the industry pushed still fresh a decade later, the gaming industry's lobbying arm has announced it will "not take an active role or position" in the Carson City tax debate.
For now, at least.
The Nevada Resort Association, responding to my request for its position, released a statement to me that clearly indicates that the 2003 tax debate, with the gamers driving a tax train that went off the tracks, is affecting its strategy 10 years later. For...
It's called "Fix Education First," which would seem to imply another message:
"Fix education before you pour more money into it."
The ostensible goal of the PAC, according to its organizing documents: "Dedicated to improving education in Southern Nevada."
Maybe it's just about "fair share" for the South then?
Wonder how much money the chamber can raise.....
Clark County Commissioners have asked for a special addendum to their agenda next week "regarding a possible process for appointing a qualified state legislator," a clear reference to a possible vacancy if Assemblyman Steven Brooks resigns or is expelled.
The rationale explained in the backup -- attached here -- is that Commissioner Mary Beth Scow asked for the item in December -- before the Brooks affair -- to examine the appointment process. I understand this came in the wake of the quick...
The state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration raised concerns last week about "an unstable and dangerous employee" in the Legislative Building, which prompted the director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to respond today to assure inspectors precautions have been taken because of Assemblyman Steven Brooks' troubles.
The exchange of letters (both attached here) a week apart comes against a backdrop of renewed concerns about Brooks entering the building.
LCB Director Rick Combs...
UPDATE: I have posted here the letter that was delivered to Brooks by legislative police.
A few hours after he was banned from the Legislative Building, Assemblyman Steven Brooks arrived back in Northern Nevada.
Brooks was met at the Reno airport late Monday evening by legislative police, who served him with a letter penned by Assembly Majority Leader William Horne informing him he is not to enter the Legislative Building.
I talked to Horne early this morning, and he told me while there is no...