Retiring Nevada Supreme Court Justice Bill Maupin found that quote tucked away in an old legal volume in the court. He believes the elegant handwriting belonged to one of his predecessors, Cameron Batjer. “He left it there. I don’t know why, but I kept it and look at it every day before I go to work,” Maupin said. “It’s a statement on the restraint judges should exercise in handling matters that come before the court.”
Motive? The prosecutors who indicted Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki don’t need to prove no stinkin’ motive.
Randomly ask four Las Vegans for memories of their best Christmas ever, and the four disparate answers range from the gift of life to the gift of Pong.
Remember voting in 1996 for the $120 million bond question that was to help pay for the Regional Justice Center, expand the county jail and expand county juvenile facilities? Sixty-nine percent of Clark County voters approved Question 1 in a low-turnout September primary. Almost 20,000 of us voted for it.
Clark County’s costs for the Regional Justice Center construction mess actually are higher than that nearly $53 million arbitration award to AF Construction. From what I can see, Clark County spent at least $76 million in its unsuccessful effort to blame the contractor for delays and cost overruns.
The arbitration decision that concluded Clark County bore the bulk of the blame for the construction fiasco known as the Regional Justice Center paints a dismaying picture of short-sighted decisions dogging the project from start to finish with one main goal: How do we do it on the cheap?
With all the cheery news of corrupt politicians, a reader asked whether convicted politicians lose their pensions?
Rebecca and Edward Shoemaker have been foster parents for 35 newborns the past five years and were described as “a phenomenal family, a phenomenal resource” for Clark County Department of Family Services. He’s a Las Vegas police officer; she’s a stay-at-home mom who was adopted as a newborn herself. Married for 22 years, they’ve raised a son, 20, and a daughter, 15.
Electronic eavesdropping is a prosecutor’s best friend. Defendants can’t deny the stupid words out of their own mouths.
