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VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: Wynn on Garth, Bette and Beyonce, A Teleplay

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:27:00 -0500

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Steve Wynn had asked me not to air the audio of our recent conversation, but he gave me full permission to report the newsworthy stuff that we discussed in writing. I was going to use this sequence about Bette, Garth, Garth's plane, Beyonce and more in different blog posts, but [...]

Various Things & Stuff: Mr. Krolicki, you’re free to go

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:53:07 -0500

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Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto was defiant in that news conference at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building this morning, defending her prosecution of Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki on misappropriation-of-funds charges and criticizing District Court Judge Valerie Adair’s Monday ruling that the state had done a poor job in court [...]

Vote Gibbons Out!: Mañana Gøøberlets!

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:01:24 -0500

Mañana, sez the Gøøb's staff when it comes to those Race to the Bottom fed stimulus dollars. We can skip the December deadline and apply next year, they insist. (Pate to Pate, eventually) Course, it'll' [...]

Various Things & Stuff: Teachers union possibly screwed

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:00:23 -0500

The Nevada State Education Association is losing a key employee, and at the worst possible time, too. Julie Whitacre, the union’s longtime lobbyist, has given her notice and will be leaving shortly for a job with the teachers union in Colorado. What, she got tired of working in a state where [...]

Ralston's Flash': City, county managers bring curtain down on $850 million pipeline project

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:15:00 -0500

No, not THAT pipeline. No one give Pat Mulroy a heart attack.

This is a different one and surely must come as a blow to ex-County Commissioner Chip Maxfield, whose soft landing was to run the Clean Water Coalition, which was supposed to oversee this project. This recommendation is quite blunt, [...]

Harmful Error: Nevada Supreme Court reverses murder conviction

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:56:45 -0500

The Nevada Supreme Court issued one decision today - Fields v. State. The Court reverses a murder conviction based upon the trial court's abuse of discretion in admitting bad act evidence. [...]

Desert Beacon: Wrong Way Gibbons: Leading NV To Economic Stagnation

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:27:00 -0500

Recommendations: Do stop by at the Scandalmonger's place to read up on the latest undoings of one of the nation's worst governors -- the one who has now decided we have a budget crisis in Nevada! "While he has not decided to call the Legislature into a special session" [...]

Blue Lyon: Feminist Blasphemy?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:22:22 -0500

I love this! “Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody’s mom in that she knows what’s best for us. But if you look at the historical record — Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane [...]

Ralston's Flash': Carolyn Goodman to leave Meadows for greener pastures

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0500

The mayor's better half is calling it a career at the school she founded. Wonder what she will do next?

Her letter to school officials is at right.

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VEGAS HAPPENS HERE: Dave Berns Feels "Relief" About Leaving KNPR

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:53:00 -0500

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In this week's Vegas media shocker, Dave Berns, the host of KNPR's two-hour daily talk and interview show "State of Nevada," left his job abruptly today.

It was a poorly kept secret around KNPR and among those who appeared often on the program -- [...]