This post is just an excuse to list some of my favorite highlights from the debate over the severance of city manager Rose from Nor'Town last week. A few of these didn't make Lynnette Curtis's or Amanda Llewellyn's writeups. Here's what you missed if you weren't there:
A citizen' [...]The North Las Vegas Alliance of Home Owners' Associations and Concerned Folk will be having it's monthly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 6 pm at the Aliante Library (assuming the city doesn't shut the library down due to budget pressures between now and then). The Agenda, from the organization:
N.L.V. [...]
Some scary murder statistics in the Review-Journal today. According to a table of "murder clearance rates", Nor'Town solves around 50-60% of its murders, while Metro police solve 70-80% and Henderson, a dull and staid community, solves most of its murders, when it can get up the energy to commit' [...]
The ouster of City Manager Gregory Rose seems to have been a full-out rebellion against the so far short lived reign of mayor Shari Buck.
It was striking that the mayor was unable to cajole even one of her companions on the City Council to vote for Rose. It's been [...]
Holy crap! Elections are heading Nor'Town's way again! Guess I should start posting stuff I get from campaigns, like:
(North Las Vegas, NV) – Lucy Flores, Democratic candidate for Assembly District 28, will kick-off her campaign at a community celebration on Saturday, December 5, at Lincoln Elementary School. The District 28 seat is currently held [...]
City Council voted to remove City Manager Gregory Rose "without cause" and handed him his severance package worth over $337,000 today. (RJ) Council voted 4-1 for the removal. Mayor Shari Buck, as threatened earlier, voted against, because she felt that there were not "any good reasons" for removing the [...]
AH. Nothing says "Christmas" better than a pink slip!
Yes, after a lovely tree lighting ceremony and cookies, City Council bellies up to the bar today, most likely to fire the current city manager Gregory Rose, hand him his $337,000 in parting gifts (thanks for playing, Mr. Rose!), and pick [...]
Sigh. Everybody's making fun of us. From Jon Ralston's column about what prominent Nevadans have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving:
Whoa! Where else do you get $337,000 for messing up? Besides Goldman Sachs, I mean.
$337,000 is how much it's going to cost Nor'Town to get rid of its current City Manager Gregory Rose. (RJ) City Council will be voting on the "settlement" at the December 2nd meeting, barring postponement. [...]
Yes, really. According to KTNV, an automobile belonging to Nevada State Senator and Nor'Townie Steven Horsford, and sporting his official State Senator license plate, was seen parked in a handicapped spot without the required plate or tag over at Aviary Park.
State Senator 17 [Hosrford's number] left his SUV parked not only in' [...]
So, executive-leaving Nor'Town City Manager characterized the use of "More Cops" funds to support cops already on the force.
"The issue is a simple coding error. It's just paperwork," City Manager Gregory Rose said earlier this month. (RJ)
However, the "More Cops" funds, we are told, are meant only to support' [...]
Yes, really. The assembly guy for district 13 calls our leaders "pigs." Last I checked Assembly folk were leaders, no? Or would he want to deny that he's a leader? (ProgressNV) Self-esteem issues, maybe?
Oh, and he seems to have the president confused with the Joker from Batman.
Funny, he's only [...]
So, I was reading an article from the Review Journal about how the Southern Nevada Water Authority executive board just voted to appeal a recent ruling against the Authority's plan to pipe water out of rural Nevada down here so that casinos can fill their pools and to replace [...]
This just in from the Protectors of Tule Springs:
HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE!!!!The cities of Las Vegas and North Las [...]
Channel 8 is reporting that Nor'Town City Manager Gregory Rose is on paid leave and may be leaving the city permanently. (VegasNow) TeeVee folk think it's because of the missing "More Cops" money, but Rose has apparently denied it.
More about missing "More Cops" money:
I-Team: Tax' [...]If you are just getting to the point in your therapy sessions where you don't have night sweats about that hideous mayoral campaign we recently endured, David McKee reminds of how that was, at least partly, a feud twixt the Boyd family and the Fertittas. ([...]
The Clark County Commission voted to support a resolution in favor of making the northern Vegas Wash into a Urban National Park. (RJ)
Next up, city of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas:
November 18th Las Vegas City Council 9am- Corner of Stewart and Las Vegas Blvd. near Fremont street. Bring change for [...]
Just a follow up on a post from last week: Clark County, the City of Las Vegas, and North Las Vegas are voting on resolutions to make the upper Las Vegas Wash into an Urban National Park. Here are the meeting times again:
November 17th Clark County Commission 10am 500 S. [...]
This just in from the Protectors of Tule Springs:
On November 17th and 18th, an unprecedented event will take place. The Clark County Commission, the City of Las Vegas, and the City of North Las Vegas will all be placing a RESOLUTION on their agendas which will read in part: This is a resolution supporting [...]
No, not because of the usual stench circa Craig and Losse--man, that ain't the pigfarm, is it?
Nope. I mean: you'd better hold your nose because the BSS Nor'Town is agoin' down!
We learn today that Councilperson Anita Wood has' [...]
Here's the agenda for the next meeting of the NLV Alliance of HOAs etc:
AGENDA
DATE: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2009
PLACE: ALIANTE LIBRARY--- 2400 DEER SPRINGS WAY.
TEL. 839-2980 (For directions if needed) or call Cynthia at 438-5005.
TIME: 6:00 P.M. (Main meeting room)
NOTE: As always we welcome any suggestions of topics to [...]
So here's Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins, expressing his excitement with the thought Clark County won't be caring for abandoned desert tortoises anymore and his hatred of all small animals getting in the way of [...]
WHAT: Meeting of the North Valley Democrats
WHERE: Aliante Library, 2400 W Deer Springs Way, North Las Vegas, NV
WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 6:30pm
[...]Woah. Besides the Redevelopment Meeting Weds. Oct. 7th at 5:30pm and the Regular City Council Meeting, same day at 6pm, City Council will be holding a marathon special session over TWO DAYS this week.
Friday, Oct. 9th from 10am 11am to 6pm and Sat. from 9am to 3pm, Council [...]
Let's see. You're a political reporter who wants to write an article about the disgusting state of Nevada's campaign finance laws. So, where to go for a good example of how politicians Nevada can suck in the money without revealing who's sending it in? Why North Las Vegas, of course,' [...]
From an imaginary debate amongst the Gubewannabes:
Montandon: “I would move the state capital to North Las Vegas. It’s time we moved government to a place that really deserves to have 63 lawmakers living there for four months. I bet that will cut down on the length of sessions.” (Sun)The out-of-towners will be [...]
Our Nor'Town mayor channeled Nevada governor Jim Gibbons in the papers the other day.
North Las Vegas Mayor Shari Buck expressed regret that the Legislature didn’t anticipate a recession when it had a surplus of revenue.
Err...like Nor'Town did? Anticipated the recession so well with all the buy outs and cut backs, I mean.
Buck [...]
Comrades! Exciting news from the front lines of the credit wars!
Station Casinos has joined the New Shay's Rebellion! Just look at their amazing contribution to the movement:
Station Casinos stopped making payments on its $5.7 billion debt load. (RJ)
Brave lads!
Up in Nor'Town, the bankrupt [...]
From the Better Late Than Never Department:
WHAT: North Valley Democratic Club Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, September 17th, 6pm
WHERE: Aliante Library, 2400 W. Deer Springs Ave., North Las Vegas, NV
MORE INFO: at Facebook and www.northvalleydems.com/
[...]The latest edition of the North Las Vegas Activity Guide is sure to produce nightmares, what with the apparition of a stuffed gargoyle apparently meant to resemble the city's mascot, MetroSexual Max, leering from the front cover.
If that isn't enough to [...]
Redshirters will have fond memories of the guest speaker for this month's meeting of the North Las Vegas Alliance of Home Owner Associations and Concerned folk (View,NrTown).
The Agenda:
DATE: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
PLACE: ALIANTE LIBRARY--- 2400 DEER SPRINGS WAY. TEL. 839-2980 (For directions if needed) or call Cynthia [...]
We sure keep hearing about how clever and foresighted North Las Vegas is from the mayor:
However, Buck said, the overall economy's dire state has been tempered somewhat in North Las Vegas due to good planning and pent-up demand for services. For example, since 2005, the city has put aside about 18 percent of [...]From the Protectors of Tule Springs:
Thank you, thank you to everyone who wrote or called our representatives about National Monument status for the Upper Las Vegas Wash, (Tule Springs).At least the Commissioner takes his own advice: he packed his ass and moved near Overton. Maybe so he wouldn't have to live near the Shooting Park?
' [...]Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins had an important message for north Las Vegas valley residents Tuesday, reflecting the great esteem in which he holds each and every one of his constituents there:
"They can call Uhaul and pack their ass and leave," he said. Commissioner Collins says the park is more than [...]The North Las Vegas Alliance of Home Owner Associations and Concerned Citizens has its meeting today:
DATE: THURSDAY August 27, 2009
PLACE: ALIANTE LIBRARY--- 2400 DEER SPRINGS WAY. TEL. 839-2980 (For directions if needed) or call RICHARD CHERCHIO AT 325-6708
TIME: 6:00 P.M. (Main meeting room)
NOTE: As always we welcome any [...]
The piece in the Review Journal about the Pigeon Sanctuary in North Las Vegas raises all sorts of interesting questions for Nor'Townies. (RJ)
If we're going to protect animals that seem the antithesis of endangered, why isn't there a cockroach sanctuary? Surely there are some local eateries that would be' [...]
Did I say cigar? I meant weenie.
Senator Harry Reid and tons of the usual suspects were up near Nor'Town brandishing weenie surrogates and expounding their love of guns, and, if Freud's right, weenies, at a dedication for the Clark County Gun Park. (Sun)
Nothing apparently gave them pause, such' [...]
Jam some toothpicks in your eyeballs! It's time for some notes from the North Las Vegas City Council meeting!
The meeting began regally enough as everyone waited in silence for the mayor to take her chair. Sorta like school' [...]
There will be a meeting of the North Las Vegas Dems this weeks. Nor'Town's Congressional delegate has threatened to attend. Here's your chance to ask her if she supports health care reforms that will turn seniors into soylent green, as the ditto heads claim.
Nothing shifts faster than a political wind.
The Las Vegas Sun had a fair chunk of its Sunday offering filled up with the prospect that grounds filled with fossils in northern Nor'Town may be protected as a national monument under the National Park Service.
One might wonder why Greenspun, Inc., would' [...]
Jill Stephano from the Friends of Tule Springs, sent the following message:
Hi all: Just a reminder that we WILL have a meeting on August 15th. The agenda is below. I look forward to seeing you all there!! Jill DeStefano AGENDA We will begin at 9am! Sun City Aliante Clubhouse (corner of Elkhorn [...]
A bomb--no, wait, local news call it an improvised explosive device (IED)--blew up in Nor'Town last week. And it wasn't even done in the Ward 2 'hood where the Monger lurks, but up near the hoity-toity [...]
The Sun wrings its hands over the question viz., who's responsible for the melt down at the housing authority? Is it the board? The director they hired to run the thing (into the ground)? Gremlins?
Well, that's easy. It's the board, which consisted at the time of William Robinson, [...]
State Assembly Speaker and whispered Gubewannabe Barbara Buckley will be in North Las Vegas this week. Details:
What: Clark County Democratic Black Caucus meeting
Where: Alexander (NOT Aliante) Library 1755 W. Alexander Blvd, North Las Vegas
When: Monday, July 20, 6:30 pm.
The Nor'Town HOA and concerned folks are having a meeting:
What
Gee, I dunno. Let's check:
Nor'Town city council appoints Richard Cherchio to the Ward 4 seat. Now, somebody buy him a nice suit and tie--sweats are for wannabes. (RJ) First priority? To gear up for the 2011 election. Just proves my point--Greenspun ain't gonna shake the hand of a guy' [...]Don't read the Nevada section of the Review Journal today with a mouthful of cornflakes. More than likely you'll end up choking on 'em.
No, I don't mean you'll choke on the headline about their being 26 ward4wannabes signed up for a shot to replace Buck on the council. Why 1' [...]
So, the city's making cutbacks and cutting salaries to squeak through the recession, right?
And yet there seems to be money to (a) buy a rubber suit that looks like MetroseXual Max, the androgynous figure created by Public Works to ensure work for Nor'Town Freudian psychiatrists for years to come, and' [...]
Stuff to do this week:
Weds, July 15th, at 4:30pm, City Council will announce the replacement for Shari Buck's seat in Ward 4. Gee, I hope Council doesn't violate the open meeting law like the RJ alleges Henderson did when it picked a replacement. None of those secret ballots, [...]Say, this guy's not one of those "firefighters for Buck" we heard so much about in the last election, is he?
Well, I suppose you can't blame a guy for trying to get some job security in these tough times. Setting fire to cars is [...]
You are officially notified of the next meeting of the NLV Alliance of HOA's, etc.:
DATE: THURSDAY JUNE 25, 2009
Are you ambitious? Narcissistic? Enjoy the company of lawyer-lobbyists who make hundreds of thousands of dollars more than you? Would you love to receive large checks from casino operators, developers, and newspaper publishers who are wannabe casino [...]
Nor'Town got a mention on the Sunlight Foundation's "Local Sunlight" Blog because of my posts on Nor'Town campaign finances.
I'm reeling from shock: who knew anyone actually reads this thing?
' [...]I have heard that Mike Trask, the reporter at the Las Vegas Sun whose beat was the 'burbs, and that includes Nor'Town, was laid off from that paper.
It probably has something to do with the Sun's difficulties with the online version, or so the Review Journal would gleefully [...]
Oh, yawn. Somebody keep me awake during the post-mortems. Like Ms. wrong-again Morrison whining in the RJ:
I went from thinking North Las Vegas City Councilman William Robinson didn't have a snowball's chance of becoming mayor to wondering whether his campaign strategy of holding on to Democrats and beating Councilwoman Shari Buck among black' [...]In case anyone still cares:
At 4:30 tomorrow, June 3rd, council will learn about options for Apex. Hmmm. How about housing projects on top of the dump out there for folks displaced after the Housing Authority meltdown? Just a suggestion...
In the regular 6pm meeting, council considers a bunch of [...]
Buck 5,364
Robinson 4,427
Wood 1,650
Carvalho 1,244
Hoeffgen 5,369
Kimble-Simms 4,160
Buck wins an astounding 6% of the registered voters as off-year elections prove once again primarily to benefit the campaign consultants.
Price per vote in the mayoral: $82.
Next question: who will council pick to [...]
This showed up in my mailbox, in case you're interested.
Tuesday is Election Day for municipal races in Clark County. If you have not already voted, please make time Tuesday to get out and vote for your Democratic' [...]Here's the vid of the debate between Shari Buck and William Robinson. Click the arrow to watch, or follow this link [bit.ly].
Other coverage:
NLV mayoral candidates cordial in only debate - Las Vegas Sun [...]Man, I'm gonna have to sandblast all that bad karma sludge left over in my mailbox from the negative mailers showing up, paid for by Olympia Group, Boyd Casinos, and a lawyer-lobbyist near you.
Today's lesson: is that ALL or just SOME?
Lots' [...]
The second round of Campaign finance reports are in. Highlights:
Park Highlands principal Gerry Goett is still pumping money into both candidates' coffers despite Park Highlands being in bankruptcy. Casinos still have lots of cash to throw around. Buck has spent about $70,000 more than Robinson The owner of the Las Vegas' [...]The North Las Vegas Alliance of HOA's and Concerned Citizens is sponsoring a forum with the mayoral candidates this Wednesday at the Silver Mesa Community Center.
It will be hosted by Andrew Martin, who should be sitting where bigot-supportin' Chad Christensen' [...]
The group that was mad about the other group that was using the name "North Las Vegas Police" without paying copyright fees to the city had its "ethics" complaint against the other group dismissed. (Sun) Apparently they sent the complaint to the Secretary of State's office, which says it [...]
The North Valley Democrats will have their monthly meeting tomorrow. Topic: How to hold your nose while voting for Nor'Townie mayor. Okay, I made that part up.
That nose-holding is a problem for that stealth-Republican candidate, too, of course.
WHAT: North Valley [...]
Huh. I was looking over some accounts of the Clark County Commission race in 2004 when Shari Buck and Tom Collins went at it in the general, with Collins eventually winning. My interest was peaked by Buck's denial that her [...]
I was speaking with someone who actually knows a little bit about the housing field today, unlike moi, and to them at least it didn't make sense for the developer of Park Highlands, Olympia Group, to owe Nor'Town over $200K.
The morning pape tells us
Last week the developer [Olympia Group] [...]There are a couple of special council meetings on top of the regular one this week.
Tomorrow, Tues. the 19th at 4:30 pm, the council will decide if'n it supports next year's tentative budget.
Weds, May 20, at 4:30 pm, council takes up the kick-out-old-farts proposal, wherein city employees who' [...]
Boy, Saturday was fun day around the 'Monger household, cuz it seems to be the day that we get political flyers!
You bet they make you feel all muddy and dirty, but so what? That's half the fun!
Shari Buck's still the dirty girl, sending out' [...]
Nobody sends me nice letters like the one Jill Stephano, of the Protectors of Tule Springs, got from Councilperson Candidate Anita Wood.
It's also nice to see an actual issue being discussed. The Mayor's race abandoned that idea way before Skippy stole the race.
You'll find a philosophy a' [...]
State Dems sent me this:
Walk for North Las VegasCheck out Ralston's Pate to Pate that was supposed to be a Nor'Town Mayoral debate, but turned into a report on the FBI investigation of William Robinson. Robinson probably should have showed up.
Buck shows up in full death stare. You've been warned.
Oh, brother. Buck does her best to blow' [...]
The North Las Vegas Alliance of Home Owners Associations and Concerned Citizens has its monthly meeting this Tuesday.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 6pm.
WHERE: Aliante Library 2400 DEER SPRINGS WAY
SPEAKERS: Ms. KATHI THOMAS-GIBSON: Outreach Coordinator of our NLV Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services will bring us information on a New Home [...]
Ooo. I got a mailbox full today!
Folks over at the RJ were wondering why they couldn't get Buck's campaign guru Dan Hart on the phone to comment on some story or other. Well, I suspect he was busy' [...]
Boy was I wrong when I wrote that mayor Mike Montandon was being nice to both mayoral candidates.
Turns out, he doesn't think you should bother to vote.
So it seems when we read John L. Smith's column in today's RJ:
"The race is over," exiting Mayor Michael Montandon said with consummate' [...]At a special meeting of City Council at 4:30pm, Weds., May 6th, Council will ponder whether to start buying out employees with more that 5 years with the city. (NLV)
Gone forever, apparently, are the days of denial, when the city assured us that it had planned for the financial [...]
This got buried by that "other story." A North Las Vegas Police Union which is throwing money at daddy's girl Shari Buck is upset that a PAC with a similar name, run by an ex-union member and cop, is throwing money at William Robinson. (Sun)
Check out the endorsements [...]
So, George Knapp is reporting that mayoral wannabe William Robinson was subject to an investigation by the FBI for corruption. (KLAS)
Yet, somehow, the investigation back in the 1990's never surfaced until now. And, we learn charges were never filed.
Well, one reason they may not' [...]
Holy crap! Only one month until the general election.
Check out the early voting sites over at the city. (EarlyVoting)
Read up on the candidates over on Nor'Town Election Central.
And let me know if I'm missing anything.
Oh, yeah. Take a dopey poll, tho I don't know why all those' [...]
Others have talking points, quick hits, or gleanettes. Nor'Towners are stuck with Sludge Cakes!
Nor'Towners doomed to apathy after bill to move municipal elections into the regular election cycle dies quiet death in the Assembly. (RJ,Legos) Well, I suppose these off-cycle elections do give political [...]The Nevada State Senate voted recently to support a domestic partnership bill which would give gay couples essentially the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. (Sun,Sun)
However, the Governnot of Nevada says he "doesn't believe in it" and says he'll veto [...]
This showed up in my email today:
North Las Vegas and Henderson need our help! We must electSigh. I guess it's just naive to think that one's representatives, especially those at the most intimate level, would want to serve their very own neighborhoods, as opposed to a bunch of strangers across town.
You can't get any more intimate to constituents than representing a ward' [...]
Nor'Townie State Senator John Jay Lee's been busy during this Legislative Session.
Unfortunately that's not always a good thing.
He did take a stand against the bill that passed the Senate weakening smoking laws and made an impassioned plea against it:
Opponents included Sen. John Lee,' [...]
Take your pick: Who's your fave? Cyclops or Grumpy?
Online Surveys & Market ResearchErrr. Cyclops??
' [...]WHAT: Monthly Meeting of the North Las Vegas Alliance of HOA and Concerned Folk
WHERE: Aliante Library 2400 Deer Springs Way, North Las Vegas (tho there's a perfectly good library down on Alexander now.....)
WHEN: Monday, May 20, 2009 at 6pm.
The Nor'Townie Constable--who knew?--will be speaking about foreclosures, and the candidates left [...]
Nor'Townies have a chance to fix some of what's wrong with their elections.
Tired of low turnouts that leave the elections in the hands of a few political cronies? Sick of 10% turnouts?
One solution currently making its way through the legislature is a bill that would move township elections into the' [...]
From Clark County Elections:
Mayor Council Ward 1Time to get out and vote tomorrow.
Call Clark County if you have any questions or you can't find your site. Let them know if you see anything suspicious, too.
Most importantly, read up on the candidates. There's a bunch of stuff over on [...]
This time the April Fool's joke is on us.
Here's your chance to have a gander at the folks who own your favorite candidate! Check out the first round of campaign finance reports, showing up so conveniently after two weeks of early voting are already done and gone.
Here's just a [...]
The City of North Las Vegas has announced some additions to its plans for the new city hall.
It particular, the law firm Kummer, Kaempfer and Garcia has provided a grant to pay for an Inax Satis Asteo Washlet commode to be installed in the mayoral washroom in the new [...]
The North Las Vegas City Council will be discussing the city budget at a special meeting on Wednesday, April 1st, at 4:30pm in council chambers. (NLV) It will no doubt be filled with lot's of faux budget-hawk posturing, and Mayor Mike saying he's got money! Assuming he gets [...]
