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Posted here are a couple of pictures taken by Steven Brooks' family after the expelled assemblyman was taken to a hospital Thursday after he was arrested by police near Barstow.
Brooks was attacked by a police dog and then struggled with the officers after they got him out of the car, part of which is shown here.
UPDATED, 11:15 AM, WITH COLLINS RESPONSE BELOW
UPDATED, 11:25 AM, WITH SPEAKER COMMENTS:
Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick just told me that despite what Tom Collins told his colleagues, she believes there is no rush to appoint anyone. "There are a lot of details," she told me, including whether the person can be paid and whether the caucus might be able to offer housing. "Relax, please. We don't need someone this week. We will take our time."
Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins today again...
UPDATED, 1:05 PM: The only officer listed on the LLC that gave to Lee is "Wide Open Spaces," which had its status permanently revoked. Hmmm.
UPDATED: 6: 20 AM, 4/2/13: Lee's campaign provided me with a document, posted here, that indicates the SOS site is wrong, that the Wide Open Spaces listed there is not the same one. Instead, it is a sole proprietorship run by Lee's wife. That still doesn't solve the campaign violation but indicates, perhaps, that the permanetly revoked officer problem is...
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This week:
1. Musings at the halfway point from my insider cadre
2. Predictions from the insiders on SJR 15 floor vote (consensus is 17-4)
2. Municipal election money (Reid all about it, and John Lee's $25,000 contribution from an LLC)
THE VIEW AT THE HALFWAY POINT
I asked my group to answer this: Next week marks the halfway point of Session '13. I'd really like to hear your general thoughts about what is...
The final turnout numbers are in for early voting, and they are putrid.
This is what happens when you have these elections in off years, a huge advantage for incumbents or the monied candidates. They don't have enough already?
OVERALL: 22,257 early/7,006 mail/3.3 percent
HENDERSON MAYOR: 9,110 early/2,437 mail/8 percent
NORTH LAS VEGAS MAYOR: 4,779 early/948 mail/7.5 percent
STEVE ROSS' COUNCIL SEAT: 2,570 early/626 mail/6.5 percent
ANITA WOOD'S COUNCIL SEAT: 1,397 early/293 mail/7 percent
Want...
State Superintendent James Guthrie's sudden departure on Good Friday shows how far his stock has dropped with a governor who only a year ago gushed about the first schools overseer ever appointed by the chief executive.
First, this almost certainly was not Guthrie's choice.
Evidence: A news release at 3 PM on Good Friday. Translation: Please don't notice this.
Evidence: The headline on the release: "Sandoval announces interim superintendent." Really?
Evidence: Sandoval's statement -- or...