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Secretary of State Ross Miller has yet to formally announce his campaign for attorney general, but there is no mystery here: He's in.
And last night at the delicious Craftsteak at the MGM Grand, Miller attracted an electic crowd for his first major fundraiser-- and an estimated six figures.
The event was hosted by MGM Resorts boss Jim Murren and many other gaming executives, as well as other familiar names, were invited. Besides Murren and his better half, Heather, other casino operatvies there...
Here's my rant about what Gov. Kenny Guinn's son and his lawyer continue to try to do to my producer, Dana Gentry, held up now by a possible settlement in the overarching case:
There was supposed to be a Supreme Court hearing today in my "Ralston Reports" producer Dana Gentry's case, one of the most egregious attempts to intimidate a journalist I have seen.
But the oral argument was vacated pending a settlement of the main case involving Aspen Financial Services, leaving in limbo owner Jeff Guinn's grotesque maneuver, though his counsel, John Bailey, to stifle Gentry's reporting. New evidence also has surfaced indicating that Guinn has little more than what his wife,...
Yes, it was as bad as I told you Monday:
There may be more embarrassing or childish moments in political history than what we witnessed at today’s Clark County Commission meeting. But not many.
Commissioners voting against a new chairman even thought they knew he would win? Yes. That happened. And for no good reason.
And commissioners, like three-year-olds, squabbling about where they should sit up on the dais? Yes. That happened. And for no good reason.
What a pathetic spectacle. And these folks are on the most powerful local...
The "winners" are: John Boehner, Barbara Cegavske's friends and Congress (fish in a barrel edition):
Frank Fahrenkopf, the only head of the American Gaming Association since its 1995 inception, is stepping down at the end of June.
Like a great athlete getting out on top, Fahrenkopf leaves to plenty of encomia, as you will see below. He is a Reno guy, former RNC National Chairman and attorney who managed to keep the disparate gaming companies together (most of the time) and stay in a job that is the equivalent of having a board made up of Steve Wynn, Sheldon Adelson and Donald Trump. But no one...