Daily Archives: May 30, 2009

Illegal Immigration: Reid and Ensign Problem

Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign are heavy weights. Reid is Senate Majority Leader. Ensign is fourth in the GOP leadership because he is chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. In 2007 Ensign opposed the comprehensive illegal immigration bill. … Continue reading

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Glory be, Gibbons may sign a court fee increase

CARSON CITY – Although it is a fee increase, Gov. Jim Gibbons will apparently approve a bill to raise the cost of filing a suit to pay for an increase of nine district judges in Clark County. Josh Hicks, the … Continue reading

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Police car collides with car on Flamingo

Two Metro Police officers and a 55-year-old woman were taken to a hospital today after a collision near the 215 Beltway and Flamingo Road. The officers, ages 40 and 24, were eastbound in a black and white police cruiser at … Continue reading

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AG appeals disqualification to prosecute Brian Krolicki

Good for AG Catherine Cortez-Masto. District Judge Elissa Cadish disqualified the AG from prosecuting Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki for misappropriating state funds. Cortez-Masto has appealed Cadish’s ruling saying the judge “manifestly abused” her discretion in holding the AG could … Continue reading

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Gibbons sets a veto record

Governor Jim “no new taxes” Gibbons hammered legislative bill after legislative bill (41 of them) with his red VETO stamp, setting a new record for Nevada. And the Nevada legislature keeps overriding his vetoes, or most of them anyway. [Las … Continue reading

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Child Molester Chester Stiles gets 21 Life Prison Terms

You may remember Chester Stiles. The guy who video taped himself sexually molesting a 2 year old girl. The video tape was found near Pahrump. District Judge Jennifer Togliatti sentenced Stiles to 21 life sentences which means the 28 year … Continue reading

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Town of Pahrump’s new Newsletter

Another sign that perhaps the Town of Pahrump is beginning to join the 21st century after decades of being stuck in an 1800′s mentality. The town is about to publish a newsletter! The idea is to keep residents informed of … Continue reading

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Competency of medical care in Pahrump

Last Thursday’s (May 28, 2009, page 10) Pahrump Mirror relates a story about Dr. Ming-Wei Wu at Desert View Regional Medical Center Hospital in Pahrump. It was written by Paul Jones of the Mirror Staff. Pahrump resident Karen Owens, age … Continue reading

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RT ReTweeting 101

It took me some time to understand exactly what RT meant in Twitter.  I had tweeted a tweet about something. Then I noticed someone had put an RT in front of my tweet. I wondered why and what did that … Continue reading

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Ensign is in a bind

Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination by President Obama to be the next Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court has presented a delimma for Nevada’s junior Senator, John Ensign. [Las Vegas Sun] If he gives her a hard time during the Senatorial ordeal … Continue reading

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