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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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Tagged Amnesty, Harry Reid, Illegal Immigration, John Ensign, Pahrump
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Posted in Communications
Tagged Communications, Nye County Democratic Central Committee, ReTweeting, RT, Twitter
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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