WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

The investigative journalists behind the Review-Journal's recent series on officer-involved shootings knew their work could bring dramatic change to the community, but they never expected it to happen this fast.

Within days of the first stories being printed, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie found himself locked up. Now he's fleeing the country.

Wait. No. Scratch that.

Apparently we didn't read those press releases all the way through.

Turns out the sheriff was locked up at the Magical Forest to raise money for Opportunity Village. And his trip to the United Arab Emirates this week is for a conference on international police cooperation.

The fact that the United States has no extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates is merely a coincidence.

HENRY BREAN

At a public meeting Wednesday, a local environmentalist presented the Southern Nevada Water Authority board with a disc with more than 21,000 letters of protest from people who oppose the agency's plan to siphon groundwater from across eastern Nevada.

Board member and Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin wanted to know if the list of letter writers was searchable. He wasn't sure, but he thought his wife's name might be on the list.

After the meeting, Coffin explained that his wife of 25 years, journalist-turned-UNLV professor Mary Hausch, is no fan of the water authority's pipeline project.

"She hammers on me about it," Coffin said with a smile. "We have free and open discussions on a wide range of topics in my home."

HENRY BREAN

OVERHEARD ON THE SCANNER: "I just got a bitter-beer-face look from her."

TWEET OF THE WEEK: @jlnevadasmith (Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith) With all that alleged extracurricular activity, when did Herman Cain have time to make pizza?

BONUS TWEET OF THE WEEK: @RefriedBrean (Review-Journal reporter Henry Brean) Moapa buried under five feet of pornographic handbills as strong winds rip through Las Vegas.