Reporters’ Notebook

YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS AD WHILE PERUSING THE CLASSIFIEDS. It's the casting call for last week's bikini parade on The Strip marking the start of summer: "We are looking for models 21 and over for a historic event in Las Vegas NV. Must be able to walk from the Fashion Show mall down to the Wynn Hotel and Casino in a bikini then walk back to the mall and pose for a picture. This event will be in the Guinness Book of World Records. So that means you must be bikini ready."

While the Guinness judge said the event needed at least 250 participants in different bikinis, he didn't mention looking good in a two-piece.

ALAN CHOATE

OVERHEARD ON THE SCANNER: "He is peeing on the side of the house. Be advised this is a continuous problem with him."

DECLARING AN EARLY START TO SUMMER DIDN'T FAZE COMMISSIONER LARRY BROWN, despite the whole messing-with-the-laws-of-nature thing.

"We make our own laws of nature in Las Vegas," he said.

If that's so, commissioner, how about keeping the high temperature below 95 degrees? Just a thought.

ALAN CHOATE

OVERHEARD ON THE SCANNER: "He had some roller skates on his hands and fell forward and injured his neck."

AT A SPECIAL REGENTS MEETING, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER BUDGET CUTS OK'D by a legislative committee are final. They're not final until the full Legislature endorses them and then the governor either signs their budget or vetoes it. If there's a veto, the Legislature can override that veto (see: civics 101).

But can the governor change the budget once it's passed? asked Regent Cedric Crear.

Vice Chancellor Dan Klaich didn't exactly break into a version of "I'm just a bill," from Schoolhouse Rock, but you could tell he wanted to.

RICHARD LAKE

OVERHEARD AT THE COURTHOUSE: "He pulled a knife on me so I pulled out a baseball bat. What was I supposed to do? Let him stab me?"

LATER AT THE REGENTS MEETING, CHAIR MICHAEL WIXOM INVITED ANYONE WHO WANTED TO COMMENT TO SIT AT THE LONG TABLE where regents sit. Jessica Lucero, president of UNLV's graduate student association, sat down to talk about tuition increases.

"I have to say, I really like it at the table," she said, all smiles.

To which many on the elected board responded with nervous laughter.

"Are you filing?" Wixom asked. "Whose district are you in?"

RICHARD LAKE

SENIOR CITIZENS ARE USUALLY CONSIDERED RELIABLE VOTERS, but even they might be scarce in the upcoming Ward 4 Las Vegas City Council election.

It's on June 2, and early voting is already under way. The candidates, Glenn Trowbridge and Stavros Anthony, attended a forum in Sun City Summerlin last week. Let's just say there was plenty of seating available.

ALAN CHOATE