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The arrest of the illegal Britishindividual that tried to kill presiden-tial candidate Donald Trump is avery good example of the lack offreedom of the press we enjoy inthis community.

The incident took place on Sat-urday and the local news broadcastthe incident on Tuesday morningafter all the channels on the EastCoast came out with the news.

Newsmax and other wire ser-vices were among those who re-ported the Las Vegas incident withthe exclusive before the local me-dia.

I keep telling people that noth-ing happened here and that is whythe local news report about a Chi-huahua that almost was run downby a driver in Phoenix, Arizona; ababy that took his little brother fora ride on a tricycle in Texas and thenturned to Las Vegas weather, thetraffic in the spaghetti bowl, andthen went to a commercial. That isthe extent of the Las Vegas news-cast.

The newspaper news is notmuch different: a casino announcesthe starting of a full remodeling inthe front page lead article, aninfomercial for a dope dispensaryis the local section main news.

I’ve never been able to figure itout — is the lack of news becausethe city is so good that it never hasbad news to report or too isolated acommunity for bad news. Maybe itcould be that our city is so well pro-tected that no crime ever occurshere, even if two or three shootingstake place every night.

The news business in Las Vegasis so bad that a presidential candi-date is at risk of being shot and themedia finds it out three days laterwhen the feds pass their press re-lease to their RJ-PIO to publish onthe front page next to a news wirearticle of the incident that happenedright under our noses.

But it is all understandable be-cause the most powerful and larg-est newspaper in the state does nothave enough reporters on the streetsof our city; they only have threereporters in the courthouse and twoin the federal courthouse to reporton the city that was known as thecity that does not sleep and is nowknown as the city that is alwayssleeping.

There are cases on the RegionalJustice Center schedule for the nextthree or four weeks that could makenot only history, but justice, if theAce reporters of the daily newspa-per pay attention and report on it tokeep the community informed.

The new generation of reporters

By Gordon MartinesBeing Loyal to a person, a cause,

a belief, or even a particular gov-ernment, is admirable, as long as itis based on Trust, Morality, Ethics,and the appreciation and value ofeach and every single human life.

America. I can remember growingup in the fifties, going to school inSan Francisco and learning at a veryearly age about loyalty and obedi-ence to our American way of life,loyalty and obedience to our par-ents, loyalty and obedience to our (See From the Desk, Page 4)

Nobody in a leadership capacitycan survive without loyalists con-tinually supporting and defendingthat leadership.

We have an unholy “degradingenvironment” presently occurringin our beloved United States of

country, and especially loyalty andobedience to our God.

To this day nothing has changedfor me, as there is still a strict ad-herence to these basic principlesand my developed loyalties to my

FROM THE DESK OF GORDON MARTINES

Ward 5 Chamber of Commerce Member

Volume 18, Issue 16 June 22-28, 2016lasvegastribune.com

Chilling detailsbehind the Trumpassassination plot

PAGE 5

First they fought the wars,and then they fought the

system... and lost!PAGE 11

Nevada’s ruralcongressmen chip away

at federal landsPAGE 3

(See My Point of View, Page 2)

My Pointof View

By Rolando Larraz

All political loyalties will end if the rule of law is broken

By Rolando LarrazLas Vegas Tribune

The story first appeared in the daily newspa-per when columnist Jane Ann Morrison exposedit in her column last Thursday — and it couldnot come at a better time.

There is no need to go into much detail ofwhat happened in District Court Department 10,where presiding judge Jessie Walsh went all theway to grant a law firm that seems to be con-nected to campaign manipulator Dave Thomas,who has been in control of that courtroom sincehe added Judge Walsh to his stable of judges.

The behavior of the now controlled and cor-rupted Judge Jessie Walsh is the best pro of theLas Vegas Tribune can hold in its favor and useas an example of what the Nevada constituentscan expect when a judge that is owned by po-litical pimp Dave Thomas is elected or reelected

Metro Stops Trump AssassinationBy Callum BorchersWashingtonPost.com

The No. 1 trending question re-lated to Donald Trump on Googleright now is “Who tried to shootTrump?” Which means a lot ofpeople don’t know the answer.Which is probably because the as-sassination attempt on the presump-tive Republican presidential nomi-nee hasn’t been covered as a majornews story.

The answer, authorities say, isMichael Steven Sandford, a 20-year-old British citizen who was inthe United States illegally afteroverstaying his visa. Sandford al-legedly tried to pull a gun from theholster of a police officer at a Trumprally in Las Vegas on Saturday. Hewas arrested and later told the Se-cret Service that he had driven tothe event from California and hadbeen planning to kill the candidate

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police remove Michael Steven Sandford as Republican presidential candidate DonaldTrump speaks at the Treasure Island hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Sandford, a British man accused oftrying to take a police officer’s gun and kill Donald Trump during a weekend rally in Las Vegas, will not bereleased on bail. Federal Magistrate Judge George Foley said at a hearing Monday that Sandford was apotential danger to the community and a flight risk.

Why isn’t the assassination attempt on Donald Trump bigger news?for a year, according to a criminalcomplaint filed Monday in U.S.District Court in Nevada.

News outlets have certainly re-ported on the incident, but it hasn’tgotten anything resembling wall-to-wall coverage. Cable news showsdevoted little time to SandfordTuesday morning and afternoon.Trump’s dismal fundraising reportfrom May and his recent firing ofcampaign manager CoreyLewandowski received far moreattention. Trump called in to theTrump-friendly “Fox & Friends”morning show and wasn’t evenasked about the attempt on his life.

It’s worth noting that the realestate magnate didn’t bring it up,either. Trump hasn’t so much astweeted about it, which suggests hedoesn’t consider it a huge deal ordoesn’t want to talk about it.

The most obvious explanation isthat Sandford doesn’t appear tohave come particularly close tocompleting his alleged mission. Hedidn’t even succeed in arming him-self at the Trump rally. Sandford’splot seems to have been feebly un-sophisticated; he told authorities theextent of his training was a visit theday before the rally to a gun range,

(See Assassination, Page 5)

Judge Walsh bows to her new masterto the bench under suspicious circumstances.

What the voters in Clark County are reluc-tant to see as a real truth is the fact that judgeswho are owned by Thomas and his gang are notthere to follow the law, but to obey Thomas’orders; he is the one who does the ruling andnot the judge that supposedly was elected bythe popular vote.

For years the Las Vegas Tribune defendedand fought side by side with Judge Walsh to keepher on the bench because the newspaper believedshe was honest and ruled by the law and not toplease one or another person who has nothingto do with the case in question.

The case Jane Ann Morrison exposed in thedaily newspaper was no more than a touch, noteven a fender-bender, and Judge Jessie Walshthrows a tantrum; and after dismissing the jury

District Court Judge Jessie Walsh (See Walsh, Page 3)

By Thomas MitchellTwo can play this game.First a group of state attorneys

general called for investigation andpotential prosecution of several oilcompanies for perpetrating fraud byunderplaying the threat of climatechange in the public statementsover the years.

Now a group of Republican stateattorneys general — includingNevada’s Adam Laxalt — are point-ing out in a letter that this street goestwo ways:

“If it is possible to minimize therisks of climate change, then thesame goes for exaggeration. If mini-mization is fraud, exaggeration isfraud. Some have indicated thatExxon Mobil’s securities disclo-sures regarding climate change maybe inadequate. We do not know theaccuracy of these charges. We doknow that Exxon Mobil disclosesclimate change and its possible im-plications as a business risk... IfExxon’s disclosure is deficient,what of the failure of renewableenergy companies to list climatechange as a risk? ...If climatechange is perceived to be slowing

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, center, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman,right, and other U.S. state attorneys general announced a state-based effort to investigate companies overclimate fraud.

Question of climate change ‘fraud’ cuts both waysor becoming less of a risk, many‘clean energy’ companies may be-come less valuable and some may

be altogether worthless. Therefore,any fraud theory requiring moredisclosure of Exxon would surely

require more disclosure by ‘cleanenergy’ companies.”

(See Climate, Page 6)

/ LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / June 22-28, 2016

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(Continued from Page 1)was never told and never thoughtthat justice would be better en-forced if the government officialswere concerned with the presenceof the fourth estate (what the me-dia was called when the country hadreporters and editors) covering thenews.

The fourth estate is a term thatpositions the press (newspapers) asa fourth branch of government andone that is important to a function-ing democracy.

My Point of ViewIn the old days any government

branch of law enforcement officeswere very concerned not to do any-thing within the reach of the mediabut that was when the governmentand the media maintained a cordialand professional relationship, butneither one pretended to own eachother and the reporters were proudof their “exclusives,” but did not de-pend on law enforcement or gov-ernment officials to write their newsfor them.

All these inconveniences happen

when a city only has one allegednewspaper and the reporters notgetting recognition for their work.

I remember when Las Vegasused to have three daily newspapersand two of them used to have twoeditions — the morning edition andthe evening edition — but Las Ve-gas is a city that goes backwardsinstead of forward, and now fortyor fifty years later, we have becomelike a third country under a dictato-rial regime with only one half news-paper filled with wire services news

“Difference of religionbreeds more quarrels thandifference of politics.”

—Wendell Phillips

because the publisher of the onlydaily is too cheap to have night shiftreporters covering the alleged citythat never sleeps.

My name is Rolando Larraz, andas always, I approved this column.

* * * * *Rolando Larraz is Editor in

Chief of the Las Vegas Tribune. Hiscolumn appears weekly in thisnewspaper. To contact RolandoLarraz, email him at:[email protected] orat 702-272-4634.

By Joel B. PollakBear Witness Central

U.S. Attorney General LorettaLynch revealed Sunday that thegovernment will release the tran-scripts of the 911 calls made by theOrlando terrorist during the attacklast Sunday — scrubbed of any ref-erences to Islam or the Islamic State(ISIS).

She told Chuck Todd on NBCNews’ Meet the Press that the “FBIis releasing a partial [printed] tran-script of the killer’s calls with lawenforcement, from inside the club,”but added: “What we’re not goingto do is further proclaim this man’spledges of allegiance to terroristgroups, and further his propa-ganda.”

Todd responded, incredulously:“We’re not going to hear him talkabout those things?”

Loretta Lynch: ‘Islam,’ ‘ISIS’ to be scrubbed from Orlando 911 tapes

Lynch added: “We will hear himtalk about some of those things, butwe are not going to hear him makehis assertions of allegiance andthat.”

It is widely known that the ter-

rorist, Omar Mateen, pledged alle-giance to the Islamic State — alsoknown as the Islamic State in Iraqand Syria, or ISIS — during the at-tack.

CNN reported last Sunday, cit-

ing a U.S. official: “Mateen called[911] dispatchers about 20 minutesinto the attack, pledging allegianceto ISIS and mentioning the BostonMarathon bombers.”

Last week, the Washington Postreported that Mateen had called alocal news station and said: “I didit for ISIS” and “I did it for the Is-lamic State.”

President Barack Obama him-self has acknowledged that Mateenreferred to ISIS (or “ISIL,” as theObama administration insists oncalling the group, swapping “Le-vant” for “Syria” for unknown rea-sons). However, he has insisted thatMateen likely was a “lone wolf,”and that any connection betweenthe terror attack and radical Islamis either false or unhelpful to iden-tify.

He defended his refusal to usethe phrase “radical Islam,” sayingthat “there is no magic to the phrase

“radical Islam.” He argued that con-necting terrorists to Islam only fur-thered the interests of groups likethe Islamic State, which wish tofoment a war between the Islamicworld and the West.

Lynch appears to be carrying outthat instruction to an absurd ex-treme. While she claimed that“we’re trying to get as much infor-mation about this investigation outas possible,” she and the rest of theadministration are deliberately sup-pressing any evidentiary link be-tween Mateen and radical Islam,even though she has acknowledgedthat he did not mention other pur-ported motives, such as prejudiceagainst gays.

President Obama has also in-sisted that the culprit in Orlandowas weak gun control laws — and,indirectly, the Republican Party,which has resisted further infringe-ments on the Second Amendment.


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Quote of the Week:

FOUNDERRolando Larraz

VOL. 18, NO. 16

PUBLISHERAND

EDITOR IN CHIEFRolando Larraz

GENERAL MANAGERPerly Viasmensky

MANAGING EDITORMaramis Choufani

PRODUCTIONDon Snook

ASSOCIATE EDITORColleen Lloyd

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERKenneth A. Wegner

For advertisingrates, deadlines

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(Continued from Page 1)was never told and never thoughtthat justice would be better en-forced if the government officialswere concerned with the presenceof the fourth estate (what the me-dia was called when the country hadreporters and editors) covering thenews.

The fourth estate is a term thatpositions the press (newspapers) asa fourth branch of government andone that is important to a function-ing democracy.

My Point of ViewIn the old days any government

branch of law enforcement officeswere very concerned not to do any-thing within the reach of the mediabut that was when the governmentand the media maintained a cordialand professional relationship, butneither one pretended to own eachother and the reporters were proudof their “exclusives,” but did not de-pend on law enforcement or gov-ernment officials to write their newsfor them.

All these inconveniences happen

when a city only has one allegednewspaper and the reporters notgetting recognition for their work.

I remember when Las Vegasused to have three daily newspapersand two of them used to have twoeditions — the morning edition andthe evening edition — but Las Ve-gas is a city that goes backwardsinstead of forward, and now fortyor fifty years later, we have becomelike a third country under a dictato-rial regime with only one half news-paper filled with wire services news

“Difference of religionbreeds more quarrels thandifference of politics.”

—Wendell Phillips

because the publisher of the onlydaily is too cheap to have night shiftreporters covering the alleged citythat never sleeps.

My name is Rolando Larraz, andas always, I approved this column.

* * * * *Rolando Larraz is Editor in

Chief of the Las Vegas Tribune. Hiscolumn appears weekly in thisnewspaper. To contact RolandoLarraz, email him at:[email protected] orat 702-272-4634.

By Joel B. PollakBear Witness Central

U.S. Attorney General LorettaLynch revealed Sunday that thegovernment will release the tran-scripts of the 911 calls made by theOrlando terrorist during the attacklast Sunday — scrubbed of any ref-erences to Islam or the Islamic State(ISIS).

She told Chuck Todd on NBCNews’ Meet the Press that the “FBIis releasing a partial [printed] tran-script of the killer’s calls with lawenforcement, from inside the club,”but added: “What we’re not goingto do is further proclaim this man’spledges of allegiance to terroristgroups, and further his propa-ganda.”

Todd responded, incredulously:“We’re not going to hear him talkabout those things?”

Loretta Lynch: ‘Islam,’ ‘ISIS’ to be scrubbed from Orlando 911 tapes

Lynch added: “We will hear himtalk about some of those things, butwe are not going to hear him makehis assertions of allegiance andthat.”

It is widely known that the ter-

rorist, Omar Mateen, pledged alle-giance to the Islamic State — alsoknown as the Islamic State in Iraqand Syria, or ISIS — during the at-tack.

CNN reported last Sunday, cit-

ing a U.S. official: “Mateen called[911] dispatchers about 20 minutesinto the attack, pledging allegianceto ISIS and mentioning the BostonMarathon bombers.”

Last week, the Washington Postreported that Mateen had called alocal news station and said: “I didit for ISIS” and “I did it for the Is-lamic State.”

President Barack Obama him-self has acknowledged that Mateenreferred to ISIS (or “ISIL,” as theObama administration insists oncalling the group, swapping “Le-vant” for “Syria” for unknown rea-sons). However, he has insisted thatMateen likely was a “lone wolf,”and that any connection betweenthe terror attack and radical Islamis either false or unhelpful to iden-tify.

He defended his refusal to usethe phrase “radical Islam,” sayingthat “there is no magic to the phrase

“radical Islam.” He argued that con-necting terrorists to Islam only fur-thered the interests of groups likethe Islamic State, which wish tofoment a war between the Islamicworld and the West.

Lynch appears to be carrying outthat instruction to an absurd ex-treme. While she claimed that“we’re trying to get as much infor-mation about this investigation outas possible,” she and the rest of theadministration are deliberately sup-pressing any evidentiary link be-tween Mateen and radical Islam,even though she has acknowledgedthat he did not mention other pur-ported motives, such as prejudiceagainst gays.

President Obama has also in-sisted that the culprit in Orlandowas weak gun control laws — and,indirectly, the Republican Party,which has resisted further infringe-ments on the Second Amendment.

June 22-28, 2016 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE /

Nevada’s rural congressmenchip away at federal lands

The Virgin River Arc Dome Wilderness Area

she took it upon herself to award all kinds of money to her masters’friends and associates.

In last week’s primary election, two of Dave Thomas’ clients ad-vanced to the general election in November and that would be twojustice court seats that would be in the hands of Thomas and hisassociates.

Judge Jessie Walsh is a veteran attorney and seasoned jurist withmany years of experience who has faced tough elections in the pastand finally gave in to offers she could not refuse — selling her soulto keep her seat on the bench, making others wonder what could bethe result of those new judges in Thomas’ stable if they happened towin in November.

The Clark County voters will place the justice on their cases injustice courts in the hands of a political pimp and — if they electthese two amateur judge wannabes — in the hands of political ma-nipulators who use all types of methods to control the judicial sys-tem in our courts.

There are four months and one week before the November elec-tion and it may be enough time to learn the difference between “Tho-mas’ girls” and the real concerned candidates in these races in Jus-tice Court where money, power and control of courtrooms will be atodds with justices, ethics, and fairness.

As an attorney who asks to stay anonymous to avoid hard feel-ings tells this newspaper, it’s “bad enough to have many JessieWalshes in District Court; let’s not make Justice Court a branch of-fice of the Thomas’ stable.”

Walsh(Continued from Page 1)

By Thomas MitchellNevada’s congressional repre-

sentatives who represent the state’srural communities continue to chipaway at the massive federal publiclands under the control of variousfederal agencies in an effort to aideconomic development and recre-ational opportunities.

Both managed to get bills passedout of the House this past week.

Republican Rep. Cresent Hardyof Mesquite saw the House pass hisEastern Nevada ImplementationImprovement Act (H.R. 1815) over-whelmingly. The vote was 360 to7.

Republican Rep. Mark Amodeiof Carson City cleared the Houseon a voice vote with his NevadaNative Nations Land Act (H.R.2733).

Hardy’s bill, introduced a yearago, affects tracts in Lincoln, WhitePine and Nye counties, as well asthe town of Mesquite.

In Lincoln, the bill authorizesefforts to reduce fuels and preventwildfires that devastate grazing landand damage greater sage grousehabitat.

The bill also corrects languagein previous legislation that was

Pyramid Lake

blocking creation of a conservationplan for the Virgin River watershedto protect various species and allowMesquite to acquire land for devel-opment.

In addition, the bill releases fromthe Arc Dome Wilderness Area landcontaining a small dam that isowned and maintained by theYamba Tribe, releases from theHigh Schells Wilderness area landwhere a frequently used Girl Scoutcamp is located and adjusts the des-ignation of a road near McCoyCreek and releases from the MountMoriah Wilderness Area a sectionthat will allow access to the mainroad and facilities at the Big Can-yon Trailhead.

“This is a well-balanced, bipar-tisan piece of legislation that willreduce wild land fire threat andgreatly benefit local communities,wildlife and its habitat, and the fu-ture management of public lands inNevada,” Hardy said.

Amodei’s bill places 70,000acres of federal public land underthe control of six Nevada tribes. Thebill allows those tribes to addresshousing shortages, promote devel-opment of natural resources, sup-

(See Federal Land, Page 4)


From The Desk(Continued from Page 1)country. Unfortunately, we nowhave unsavory individuals that havelately wormed their way into posi-tions of power and control, and areattempting to take apart, piece bypiece, the basic foundations andlaws, which have made this coun-try great, and are now attemptingto turn this country into an “unrec-ognizable nightmare” of biblicalproportions — by violating theConstitution.

Before this can happen, We thePeople must allow this to happen,either by force, trickery or fraud.The Constitution, the supreme lawof the land, spells it out very clearly— who, what, where, when, andwhy — how the people and the gov-ernment should conduct them-selves, always with Honor, Integ-rity and Trust. Safeguards in theConstitution were put in place sothat no one branch of government(Legislative, Executive or Judicial)could take complete control of ourgovernment and our country, andthat each and every American citi-

zen would be treated equally andfair.

This country, in my opinion,could never be defeated by an ex-ternal enemy hellbent on destroy-ing us. We would get a bloody nose,all right, but we would survive andstay great; there are too many of usloyalists that have the same mindsetand who would fight to the deathand beyond defending our country— believe it folks.

Our enemies have found a weak-ness in our system of government,in that infiltration or the insertionof “moles” in our Federal represen-tatives and the rest of the hired helpin Washington D.C. that run andlead our country is now, and hasbeen, severely compromised.

“Pretend legislation” is thenorm; radical executive orders andradical Supreme Court decisionsare now commonplace. The onlysaving grace that we have left is thatonly Congress can make Law; how-ever the corrupted enemy infiltratedCancer is beginning to infiltrate thisentity too, slowly but surely, as evi-

denced by their vote to pass an un-holy destructive bill or not, by avery close margin. The secondAmendment has been a favorite tar-get of these “Enemy Moles” for atleast a decade, and Target Agendais fueled by the ever-increasing cri-ses massacres of innocent Ameri-cans throughout our country.

Introducing a bill that condonesand tolerates the creation of StageCrises in our country is highly sus-pect to me in that, why would any-one want to do this, unless they hadan ulterior motive to sway the pub-lic into believing in a phony stagedincident, in order to achieve an un-holy agenda like subverting theSecond Amendment.

It is amazing that such a smallgroup of people achieved the re-moval of God from our schools andpublic institutions by less than 11

percent of the population. It isamazing that a total phony puppetwas (elected) president of theUnited States of American. It iseven more amazing that the Con-stitution of the United States ofAmerica is being ignored and sub-verted on a regular basis by theExecutive Branch and nobody inthe other two Branches of Govern-ment has the guts to expose thisConstitutional violation and then dosomething about it.

When our Representatives fail todo their job, it is time to replacethem with real American Patriotswho are loyal to this country. Whenour Representatives break and vio-late the Supreme Law of the Land,We the People are then not obligedto be loyal to them.

Remember to Keep your Faith,Keep your Gun, and they can Keep

their Change.In God We Trust

* * * * *Gordon Martines is a former

LVMPD detective who has servedin many capacities over his 39-yearcareer in law enforcement. He wasa candidate for sheriff in 2002,2006, 2010 and 2014, with the in-tention of bringing integrity and ac-countability back to the department,and filed a federal lawsuit againstLVMPD in 2011. Martines has ap-peared on “Face The Tribune” ra-dio show several times and is cur-rently the host of “Open Mic” onTuesdays and Thursday at 11:00a.m. He contributes his opinionsand ideas to the Las Vegas Tribuneto keep the public informed andhelp improve policing in Las Vegas.Gordon Martines can be contactedvia email at [email protected].

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By Thomas MitchellThe socialist editorialists at The

New York Times never miss an op-portunity to miss the point.

The Times is praising the U.S.Court of Appeals for the District ofColumbia Circuit for upholding theFederal CommunicationsCommission’s Obama-backed netneutrality rules that treat Internetproviders like monopoly utilities.The 2-to-1 decision forbids Internetservice providers to offer upgradesin delivery speeds for a price.

“The decision helps to ensure alevel playing field for smaller- andstart-up internet businesses becauseit precludes larger, established com-panies like Amazon and Netflix

Net neutrality... or governmentconfiscation of private property?

from simply paying broadbandcompanies for faster delivery,” theeditorial states. “Equally important,it ensures reliable service and

choice for consumers by acknowl-edging that the internet, now a req-uisite of modern life, is akin to autility, subject to regulation in the

public interest.”Isn’t there a public interest in

food? So why do grocers chargemore for beef than chicken? It’s allmeat.

Forbes contributor Hal Singerlabeled the decision economicallyilliterate.

“In an ideal regulatory regime,(1) the FCC would be compelled toapply cost-benefit analysis, show-ing that the benefits of the ban ex-ceed the costs (and that no less-re-strictive alternative generates evengreater net benefits); and (2) a re-viewing court would scrutinize theFCC’s cost-benefit analysis,”Singer writes. “Neither happenedhere.”

Just like the old Ma Bell had toreason to innovate, Internet provid-ers will now have less incentive toimprove services for anyone andeveryone since there is no moreprofits to be netted.

Singer quotes a passage from the69-page dissent of Judge StephenWilliams to make this point:

The Commission’s disparatetreatment of two types ofprioritization [paid peering versuspaid prioritization] that appear eco-nomically indistinguishable sug-gests either that it is ambivalentabout the ban itself or that it has notconsidered the economics of thevarious relevant classes of transac-tions. Or perhaps the Commissionis drawn to its present stance be-cause it enables it to revel in popu-list rhetorical flourishes withouta serious risk of disrupting the net.

Democrats won’t stop until thereis no private property left, and, oncethere is no private property, all otherrights are in jeopardy.

As economist Milton Friedmanonce said:

Government has three primaryfunctions. It should provide for mili-tary defense of the nation. It shouldenforce contracts between individu-als. It should protect citizens fromcrimes against themselves or theirproperty. When government– inpursuit of good intentions tries torearrange the economy, legislatemorality, or help special interests,the cost come in inefficiency, lackof motivation, and loss of freedom.Government should be a referee,not an active player.

port additional grazing and agricul-tural activities, promote renewableenergy and preserve cultural re-sources.

The Fort McDermitt PaiuteShoshone Tribe will take over19,000 acres of Bureau of LandManagement land in HumboldtCounty.

This will help resolve jurisdic-tional issues over checkerboardlands — which were created whenthe railroads were built and theywere granted every other section ofland along the right of way. It alsowill enable housing development.

The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes ofthe Duck Valley Indian Reservationwould receive 82 acres of U.S. For-est Service land in Elko County for

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The Summit Lake Paiute Tribewould take over 941 acres of BLMland in Humboldt County to unifythe reservation around SummitLake.

The Reno-Sparks Indian Colonywould take over 13,000 acres ofBLM land in Washoe County tobetter manage the Hungry Valleyresidences.

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribegets more than 6,000 acres of BLMland in Washoe County to expandthe reservation boundary to fully in-corporate the watershed of PyramidLake.

The Duckwater Shoshone Tribereceives more than 31,000 acres ofBLM land.

“I commend my colleagues in

the House for joining me to pass thiscritical piece of legislation that willtransfer more than 70,000 acres ofNevada public lands back into lo-cal control — empowering thosewho are best suited to make deci-sions surrounding economic devel-opment,” Amodei said. “By care-fully balancing the unique needs ofour Nevada tribal nations with thoseof local ranchers, land owners, pub-lic lands recreationalists and busi-nesses, my bill will allow Nevadansto chart brighter futures for theircommunities while preserving theircultural heritage and traditions. Iurge the Senate to take up this com-mon-sense measure as soon as pos-sible.”

While these two efforts are wel-come, the House needs to press for-

ward with Amodei’s Honor theNevada Enabling Act of 1864 Act(H.R.1484), which was introducedmore than a year ago and has beenreferred to two subcommittees ofthe Committee on Natural Re-sources.

The bill calls on Congress tohand over 7.2 million acres of fed-eral public land to Nevada in a firstphase — only a little more than 10percent of the federal land in Ne-vada.

The bill states: “The FederalGovernment promised all newStates, in their statehood enablingAct contracts, that it would disposeof federally controlled public landswithin the borders of those States,”but it failed to honor the promise.

Now, that would be significant.


Las Vegas Tribune photographer Victoria Giampa grabbed some candid shots of Las Vegas supporters at the Trump rally Monday at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.

Las Vegas shows up beyond standing-room-only to support Trump

(HORN NEWS) — He was aforeign national that was in theUnited States illegally. He plottedfor months, practiced and had aback-up plan prepared.

Then, he traveled across thecountry to make his move Saturday.His goal: murder Republican presi-dential candidate Donald Trump.

A British man arrested at a week-end Trump rally in Las Vegas triedto grab a police officer’s gun so hecould kill the presidential candidateafter planning an assassination forabout a year, according to authori-ties.

U.S. Secret Service agents saidMichael Steven Sandford ap-proached a Las Vegas police officerat the campaign stop to say hewanted Trump’s autograph, but thathe then tried to take the weapon.

The arrest happened relativelyquietly at a campaign stop seen aspeaceful compared to the mayhemat the presumptive Republicannominee’s recent events in SanJose, California, and Albuquerque,New Mexico.

where he fired 20 rounds from a9mm Glock pistol, a common ser-vice weapon, to learn how to useone.

In short, calling Sandford a le-gitimate threat might be giving himtoo much credit. A rough analoguemight be Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who tried to kill Presi-dent Obama in November 2011, butcame nowhere close to doing so.Ortega-Hernandez got off shots —but fired aimlessly at the WhiteHouse from 750 yards away — andhadn’t done enough research toknow the president was in San Di-ego at the time.

Other assassination attempts thatfailed by a long shot have receivedscant coverage, too.

A previous, would-be Obamaassassin, James McVay, alsohatched a plot that involved swip-ing a police officer’s gun. Afterstabbing a 75-year-old-woman todeath in South Dakota and stealingher car, McVay drove to Wiscon-sin, where he planned to ambush acop and take his firearm, accordingto statements he made to police af-ter his arrest in July 2011. McVaysaid he planned to continue onthrough Chicago and Indianapolisand eventually kill the president ona golf range in Washington. But hewas apprehended near Madison,Wis. CNN covered McVay’s arrestand scheme, but some other na-tional news outlets, including TheWashington Post and New YorkTimes, appear to have skipped the

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Chilling details behind Trump assassination plot

But the implications are serious.Agents said Sandford told them

he had been in the U.S. for about ayear and a half, and complaint filedMonday in U.S. District Court inNevada shows he was living as anillegal alien in New Jersey.

Sandford drove to the San Ber-nardino, California, area beforecoming to Las Vegas on June 16,where he told officers he was con-vinced he would die in the assassi-nation attempt. He said he also re-

served a ticket for a Trump rally inPhoenix, scheduled for later Satur-day, as a backup plan.

The criminal complaint saidSandford was arrested after grab-bing the handle of an officer’s gunwhile trying to remove it from aholster.

Sanford told authorities that hewent to the Battlefield Vegas shoot-ing range the day before the rallyand fired 20 rounds from a 9mmGlock pistol to learn how to use it.

Police detectives who visited therange spoke with an employee whoconfirmed that he providedSandford shooting lessons, accord-ing to the complaint signed by Se-cret Service Special Agent JosephHall.

And according to court docu-ments, he said if he were releasedtomorrow, he’d try to kill Trumpagain.

Gregg Donovan was amongabout 1,500 gathered Saturday tosee Trump at the Treasure Islandcasino on the Las Vegas Strip. Forthe event, he donned the top hat andred jacket that made him recogniz-able in his former job as swankyBeverly Hills’ official greeter formore than a decade.

Donovan said he didn’t knowabout the charge against Sanforduntil he saw news reports. But herecognized him because the two hadstood in line together for nine hourswaiting to get into the Trump event.Sanford even held Donovan’s spotin line for a bathroom break.

“I was No. 5, and he was No. 4,”

Donovan said.They spoke, Donovan said,

though Sanford didn’t say muchand seemed “strange.” Donovandidn’t elaborate on what madeSanford seem odd.

After waiting, they passedthrough metal detectors manned bySecret Service, police and casinosecurity officials.

Federal Magistrate JudgeGeorge Foley said in court Mondaythat Sandford was a potential dan-ger to the community and a flightrisk. Sandford wore leg irons andappeared to tremble during the hear-ing.

Heather Fraley, his assignedpublic defender, said Sandford ap-peared to be competent. She said hehadn’t been diagnosed with a men-tal illness but that he has autism andpreviously attempted suicide. Hedoesn’t have a job.

Sandford was charged with anact of violence on restrictedgrounds. He was denied bail dur-ing a court appearance later in theday.

story altogether.McVay was sentenced to death

in 2014 for killing the South Da-kota woman and hanged himself inhis prison cell five months later.

From Trump’s perspective,Sandford doesn’t fit neatly into hiscampaign narrative. The billionairehas positioned himself as a staunchdefender of the Second Amend-ment, so he certainly won’t use thefailed assassination attempt to pushfor gun control. Sandford is an ille-gal immigrant — and Trump is allabout deporting illegal aliens — butthe candidate’s focus is on build-ing a wall to keep out Mexicans andbarring foreign Muslims from en-tering the United States. A Britonwho overstayed his visa isn’t a verygood poster boy for the cause.

If Trump wanted to make thisepisode big news, he could do it.He’s proven his ability to set theagenda over and over again. But hedoesn’t seem interested, and themedia doesn’t either. Indeed, toboth sides, that could simply bebecause they don’t want to give apoorly conceived assassination plotmore attention than it’s due.

But some on the right see adouble-standard at play. The con-servative news site Hot Air posed ahypothetical on Tuesday:

Can you imagine the coveragewe’d be seeing if someone had at-tempted to shoot Hillary Clinton?The same could be said if it hadhappened with Barack Obama inthe summer of 2008. Questionswould be debated on air for weeks

on end about the evil lurking in thehearts of men and why someonewould be so desperate to prevent theelection of the first black or femalepresident. But when someone plotsfor more than a year to kill Trump,travels across the country to find anopportunity and then launches hisattempt, it creates barely a ripple inthe media pond.

Then there’s this common sen-timent from Trump supporters:

How much do journalists hateTrump? They’re willing to giveGlenn Beck & Brad Thor a pass onrhetoric that led to an assassinationattempt. — Patrick Henrys Ghost(@Pissed_Pat) June 21, 2016

.@glennbeck and @BradThorinspired assassination attempt onDonald Trump: https://t.co/mkEuu8MAO7 — TheLastRefuge(@TheLastRefuge2) June 20, 2016

@theblaze He must be a fan of@glennbeck, much like Byron Wil-liams was. Remeber Byron Will-iams? https://t.co/KXdwGYcj8e —Tea Party American(@BarryWirth) June 20, 2016

Glenn Beck, a prominent conser-vative commentator who opposesTrump, was recently suspended fora week by SiriusXM after BradThor, who writes political thrillers,made comments on Beck’s radioprogram that some listeners inter-preted as a call for Trump to be as-sassinated.

“If Congress won’t remove himfrom office, what patriot will stepup and do that — if, if, he overstepshis mandate as president?” Thorsaid.

Thor and Beck both said laterthat the remark was not about as-sassinating Trump.

But for anyone already con-vinced that the media hates Trump,the coverage of Sandford’s assassi-nation attempt (or lack thereof) willprobably only strengthen their be-lief.


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They also note the threatsagainst fossil fuel companies raisesserious First Amendment implica-tions when one side of the debatecan be subject to expense investi-gations the debate is serious chilled.“As expressed by Justice Brandeis,

Climate(Continued from Page 1) it has been a foundational principle

that when faced with ‘danger flow-ing from speech... the remedy to beapplied is more speech, not en-forced silence,’” the letter says.

The letter concludes by tellingthe other attorneys general: “Stoppolicing viewpoints.”

By The Horn editorial team(HORN NEWS) — What a cen-

tury we live in, where one of thebiggest issues facing us is the ques-tion on which bathrooms one canuse.

What is lost in the all-consum-ing media and political frenzy sur-rounding the debate is a simplequestion:

How many people are affectedby these highly publicized federalgovernment decisions?

The answer is — no one reallyknows.

The Williams Institute estimatesthat the transgender communitymakes up a minuscule 0.3 percentof the American population, a totalof 700,000 people.

That’s one of the highest esti-mates available. An analysis by theU.S. Census Bureau identified lessthan 89,000 adults have changedtheir name and/or sexual identity inthe United States between 1939 and2010.

Consider that again. The bestestimate of a U.S. Census Bureauhas says that approximately 1,250individuals change their birth gen-der annually.

Still, last month PresidentBarack Obama couldn’t help him-self.

Obama thrust his administrationinto this ridiculous debate aboutwho gets to use which bathroom,comparing the bickering overwhat’s appropriate to the civil rightsfight of the 1960s.

In response to North Carolina’sHouse Bill 2, which in part dealswith transgender bathroom access,Obama ordered public schools toallow any student to use any bath-room they say matches their gen-

The bathroom debate: Why Trump is right

der identity. His administrationthreatened the funding of anyonewho doesn’t fall in line.

There have been uproars fromconservatives concerned for thesafety of opening up our restroomsto anyone who wants to enter, andrebuttals from Democrats.

Mainstream news talking headshave latched on, and angrily bickerback and forth over the issue.

Frankly, it’s ridiculous.No matter which side of the de-

bate you land on, one must acceptthat the transgender population ofAmerica is not the only communitythat struggles with issues involvingpublic restrooms.

According to Crohn’s & ColitisFoundation of America, about 1.4million Americans suffer fromCrohn’s disease, a painful diseasethat effects the frequency of bath-room trips. And yet — as terribleas their illness is — no one is sug-gesting we restructure the entirebathroom infrastructure of theUnited States.

In 2004, there were as many as5 million people with dwarfism liv-ing in the United States as of 2004,according to Encyclopedia.com.One must assume that, because ofthe height differences betweenthose with dwarfism and the aver-age adult, there must be difficultiesinvolved with using publicrestrooms.

There are many other ailments

impacting a person’s use of thebathroom, but for some reason weare only debating the one that af-fects at most 0.3 percent of Ameri-cans.

There will always be nichegroups with special needs and it isunrealistic to assume they can allbe accommodated with specialrules. So how is making this a na-tional debate constructive?

Here’s the fact — It would belogistically impossible and stagger-ingly expensive to federally man-date specific bathroom accommo-dations for every single person.

It’s impractical and expensive todo so, something private develop-ers have already recognized. InCharlotte, North Carolina, develop-ers cited cost as the reason behind

rejected the proposal of creatinggender neutral bathrooms.

“Right now in the building codeyou have, for example, ‘Assembly’— which would be a theater. Youhave to have a water closet or toi-let: one for every 125 men, one forevery 65 women. Now you includepeople who don’t fall under themale or female, how do you countthem?” Georgie Marquez of AndreMarquez Architects in Norfolk, Vir-ginia told CBN News, “It’s defi-nitely going to be more expensive,especially because are they goingto now have more toilets in the malebathrooms? It gets into the wholebiology of things.”

When asked about his opinionon the Today show, Trump said,“There have been very few com-plaints the way it is. People go, theyuse the bathroom that they feel isappropriate. There has been so littletrouble, and the problem with whathappened in North Carolina is thestrife and the economic punishmentthat they’re taking.”

And he’s right.When it comes to the

transgender bathroom issue, therehave been so few incidents whereit posed an issue, and so few Ameri-cans are affected, is it undeservingof federal attention.

Insisting on expensive andheavy handed federal governmentintervention is the exact problemwith big government.

It’s overreach, plain and simple.This is why local governments

exist. Let this debate go to towncouncils and county school dis-tricts. Leave this up to private busi-nesses to decide what cost effective,fair accommodation for their cus-tomers is.

The bathroom is not a place forthe federal government.


By Jonathan Swanand Jenn Marshall

The HillThere are signs that Donald

Trump’s campaign is evolving.A day after the firing of cam-

paign manager CoreyLewandowski, the Trump cam-paign on Tuesday launched a seriesof aggressive and coordinated at-tacks on Hillary Clinton. Going af-ter Clinton is nothing new forTrump, but the way his campaigndid represented a clear shift in tac-tics.

His press release strikes — morethan 10 of which were sent to na-tional media outlets within thespace of several hours — were no-table for their rapidity and wereheavy on statistics, displaying aconventional streak not often seenin the presumptive GOP presiden-tial nominee’s campaign. The me-dia releases came as Clinton waslambasting Trump’s economic poli-cies during a speech in Columbus,Ohio.

Trump’s tweets on Tuesday weremore policy-focused, and a numberwere written in a style that moreclosely resembled a politicalconsultant’s manner of talking.

“Hillary Clinton’s open bordersimmigration policies will drivedown wages for all Americans —and make everyone less safe,” onetweet from Trump’s account read.

Yet at the same time, Trump in aTuesday meeting with evangelicalleaders offered a signature personalsalvo at Clinton, the presumptiveDemocratic nominee, by question-ing her religious faith.

In recent days, Trump has saidhe has to be himself on the cam-paign trail and not “a phony likeHillary Clinton.” EstablishmentRepublicans, however, want him tobe more on message and keep thefocus on Clinton and specific is-sues. For the most part, that’s whatTrump did on Tuesday.

There aren’t many Capitol HillRepublicans who believe the 70-year-old Trump can fundamentallychange, but at least one of his high-profile supporters said Tuesday thathe’s optimistic the Trump campaigncan turn things around.

“It appears that there’s an effortto direct the campaign in a differ-ent way,” said Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who is chair of the SenateForeign Relations Committee andrumored to be in the running to beTrump’s vice presidential pick.

“It seems like it could be a ma-jor turning point, and that’s excit-ing if that’s what’s happening,”Corker added.

With Clinton and Trump’s unfa-vorable ratings so high, the winnerin November will likely be the can-didate who makes the race a refer-endum on their opponent.

A new CNN/ORC poll releasedthis week found that 56 percent ofrespondents are afraid of a Trumppresidency, compared to 46 percent

Trump’s campaign shows hints of change

for Clinton.The poll had some good news

for Trump despite a disastrous threeweeks: He has the edge overClinton on the economy, combat-ing terrorism and gun policies. Sheleads on immigration, foreignpolicy, women’s rights and trade.

A source close to Trump cam-paign aide Paul Manafort said,“Paul’s mission is to professional-ize the campaign, to build up thecommunications shop, the financeshop ... the political shop’s not interrible shape, but they need somemore people.”

“The fundraising especiallyneeds to pick up,” the source said,adding that Manafort’s hope wasnow that he has total control he’dbe able to make dramatic changes.

The source, who talks regularlyto Manafort, said the campaignchairman is keenly aware of howdire the situation has become in re-cent weeks, but he said the encour-aging thing from his perspective isthat Trump also recognizes that bigchanges need to be made.

“Trump himself has this superconfidence that he can come backfrom anything, but he knows he’sdug himself a hole,” the source said.

“If Trump can stay out of troublefor a while and have a strong con-vention, [the GOP establishmentand donor class] are going to comeback in and help the super-PACsthat are supporting him.

“Now I just gave you a big ‘if’of how he’ll conduct himself.”

More skeptical Republicans toldThe Hill that the panic aboutTrump’s campaign is spreading sofast that if polls don’t turn aroundthe GOP donor community couldshift almost entirely into a save-the-Senate project. Trump’s paltryfundraising numbers in Maystunned the political world whenthey became public Monday night,

and some Republicans are (ques-tioning why the presumptive GOPnominee is touting his own self-funding prowess while also askingfor resources.

“Nobody knows what to do,”said top Republican fundraiser LisaSpies, who spearheaded Jewish andwomen’s outreach for GOP nomi-nee Mitt Romney in 2012. “Doeshe want our money or not?”

Asked what Trump could do toturn around his financial situation,Spies said, “It’s actually verysimple. You ask for money.”

Trump’s campaign has just $1.3million cash on hand, which is $40million less than the Clinton cam-paign has in its account.

Trump fought back against thesenegative fundraising reports bysending out his first small-dollarfundraising email, promising hissupporters that he’ll be “personallymatching every dollar that comesin within the next 48 hours, up to$2 million.”

“If need be, there could be un-limited ‘cash on hand’ as I wouldput up my own money, as I have

already done through the primaries,spending over $50 million,” Trumpadded in a separate statement. “Ourcampaign is leaner and more effi-cient, like our government shouldbe.”

There are also private doubtswithin the senior ranks of Trump’scampaign that he’ll use his ownmoney to fund a general electioncampaign in which Clinton and herallies will likely spend more than$1 billion.

Manafort sought to reassurecampaign staff in a conference calllate Monday morning afterLewandowski’s sacking was al-ready dominating cable news net-works and social media. He toldthem the campaign would be ex-panding staff in battleground states,according to a senior source on thecall.

But Manafort didn’t color in thedetails about the staff expansion,and there’s been no substantivestaff-wide communication since,the source said.

Asked what he had gleanedabout the campaign’s new directionsince Lewandowski’s firing, theTrump campaign source told TheHill on Tuesday, “I wish I could bemore help; to be honest with you,since the conference call we hadyesterday morning there’s beennothing.”

“We don’t really have a commsdepartment,” the source said, vent-ing frustration at the lack of inter-nal communication. “It’s absolutechaos. It’s really frustrating.”

“We just announced an HR per-son, so we’re kind of maturing,” thesource added, sarcastically.


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(HORN NEWS) — A veteranPennsylvania congressman ChakaFattah — a longtime political allyof both former Secretary of StateHillary Clinton and PresidentBarack Obama — was convictedTuesday in a racketeering case thatlargely centered on various effortsto repay an illegal $1 million cam-paign loan from his unsuccessful2007 mayoral bid.

U.S. Rep. Fattah was foundguilty of all counts against him, in-cluding racketeering, fraud andmoney laundering.

The 59-year-old Democrat hadbeen in Congress since 1995 andserved on the powerful House Ap-propriations Committee. But he lost

Clinton pal convicted of corruption, racketeeringthe April primary and his bid for his12th term. His current term endsJan. 2.

Fattah had little reaction to theverdict, but he kept a smile on hisface as he conferred with his law-yers afterward.

He will remain free on bail. Ajudge set sentencing for Oct. 4.

Fattah told reporters as he wasleaving the courtroom: “Well, it’s atough day, but I do want to thankthe jurors for their service.” He saidhe will confer with his lawyers onthe next step.

Prosecutors said Fattah routedfederal grant money and nonprofitfunds through his consultants to payback the illegal loan.

His wife, Philadelphia TV newsanchor Renee Chenault-Fattah,took a leave after her husband’s in-dictment and then quit in February.She was cited in the case over thesham sale of her Porsche, whichprosecutors said was a bribe. Butshe was never charged with anywrongdoing, and she said the salewas legitimate.

In a related case, his son, Chaka“Chip” Fattah Jr., was convicted oncharges of bank and tax fraud andsentenced in February to five yearsin prison. A jury found he took partin a scheme as a subcontractor todefraud the Philadelphia school dis-trict.

Justice Department lawyerJonathan Kravis said in his closingargument that Chaka Fattah Sr. usedfederal grants and nonprofit fundsto enrich his family and friends.

Defense lawyers acknowledgedFattah might have gotten himself infinancial trouble after a costly may-oral bid, but they said any help from

friends amounted to gifts, notbribes.

Many of them came from co-defendant Herbert Vederman, awealthy friend who had dreams ofscoring an ambassadorship. U.S.Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, testi-fied that he never took the pitchfrom Fattah too seriously, eventhough Fattah once bent thepresident’s ear about it.

Fattah, a Democraticsuperdelegate, also endorsedClinton for president in February ofthis year.

Vederman helped supportFattah’s South African nanny andpaid $18,000 for a Porsche ownedby Fattah’s TV anchor wife.

“The nanny, the Porsche and thePoconos, they weren’t part of abribery scheme,” Fattah lawyerSamuel Silver argued in closings.“Those were all overreaches by theprosecution.”

The campaign loan was just oneof several schemes prosecutors out-lined during the trial. They sayFattah was aided in his endeavorsby current and former staffers whoran his district office or thenonprofits; by Vederman, who nowlives in Palm Beach, Florida; andby political consultants GregNaylor and Thomas Lindenfeld,who pleaded guilty.

The other co-defendants areBonnie Bowser, of Philadelphia,who ran his district office; KarenNicholas, of Williamstown, NewJersey, who ran the education non-profit Fattah started; and RobertBrand, of Philadelphia, a business-man married to a former Fattahstaffer. The jury on Tuesday cameback with a mixed verdict for them.

By Thomas MitchellIn 2015, newspapers continued

to see declines in circulation, rev-enue and number of employees,according to the Pew Research“State of the News Media 2016”report.

“Average weekday newspapercirculation, print and digital com-bined, fell another 7 percent in2015, the greatest decline since2010,” it says, while Sunday circu-lation also fell 4 percent. Total ad-vertising revenue for publiclytraded companies fell 8 percent forboth print and digital. The latestnewspaper newsroom employmentnumber, which are from 2014, re-veal a 10 percent reduction, themost since 2009. Newspaper em-ployment has dropped nearly 40percent in the past 20 years

As for newspapers’ oncevaunted value and penetration, aJanuary 2016 Pew Research Cen-ter survey found only 5 percent ofpeople described a newspaper as themost helpful source for informationabout the presidential election, trail-ing every other source.

That is all daily newspapers. Thereport is silent on community news-papers.

An article published June 1 byEditor & Publisher says communitypapers are thriving and have man-aged to avoid layoffs.

“You don’t hear about commu-nity papers going out of business.It’s not the doom and gloom thatmajor market papers face. At a re-cent press association meeting, Imet several people who say theystarted a (small) paper two or threeyears ago. I started one in 2008.Weekly and small dailies are faringbetter than our major counterparts,”the article quotes Chip Hutcheson,president of the National Newspa-per Association as saying.

Pew report shows daily newspaperdecline continuing, but E&P says

community papers thriving

A 2013 study conducted by TheReynolds Journalism Institute forNNA found 67 percent of residentsin small U.S. communities read lo-cal newspapers. Don Reynolds wasonce the owner of the Las Vegasdaily newspaper.

The NNA conducted an informalsurvey of its members in March andwas told almost 11 percent of pa-pers had an increase in circulation.


(WND) — Wayne LaPierre, theexecutive vice president of the Na-tional Rifle Association, took to theairwaves on Sunday to blast effortsby Senate Democrats to pass newgun-control legislation followinglast week’s terror massacre at Pulsenightclub in Orlando, arguingDemocrats need to “leave the goodguys alone,” while urging Ameri-cans to arm themselves becauseradical Islamists are “on the vergeof overwhelming us.”

“What we’re doing with this de-bate on the Hill right now, it’s likethey’re trying to stop a freight trainwith a piece of Kleenex,” LaPierresaid on CBS’ “Face The Nation.”

Senate Majority Leader MitchMcConnell, R-Ky., agreed to allowvotes Monday on gun-control pro-posals after Democrats, led by Sen.Chris Murphy, D-Conn., success-fully waged a filibuster last weekto force debate on the issue.

“It’s all being politicized with apolitically correct White House’snose and fingers in areas they don’tbelong,” said LaPierre.

The Senate is scheduled to voteon four proposals — two fromDemocrats and two from Republi-cans — that would try to prevent

Wayne LaPierre, the executive V.P. of the National Rifle Association, blasts Democrat plans for gun control.

NRA: Prepare for ‘overwhelming’ wave of terror

people on the terror watch list frompurchasing firearms and expandbackground checks for gun pur-chases to include gun shows and

mental-health history.“These two steps, banning ter-

rorists from buying guns and ex-panding background checks, are

hardly the end or the perfect solu-tion,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told NPR. “These measuresare a start — the most noncontro-versial, simple, straightforwardstart — and have to be accompa-nied by a ban on assault weapons.”

LaPierre insisted terrorists“don’t care about the law” and willattack “vulnerable” soft targets likeschools, malls and churches.

“Laws didn’t stop them in Bos-ton. Laws didn’t stop them in SanBernardino where you had everytype of a gun-control law you couldhave. And they didn’t stop them inParis, where people can’t even ownguns,” he said.

He warned of the need forAmericans to “face what’s coming”and to take necessary security pre-cautions.

“The fact is, we need vigilance,we need preparedness, we need afull court press on personal protec-tion. We need to be able to protectourselves,” he said.

Most Republican senators agree,saying the gun-control debate issimply shifting attention from thereal threat — the infiltration of theU.S. by Islamic terrorists.

“We should be focused on ter-rorism and stopping ISIS,” TedCruz, R-Texas, said in an interviewThursday. “Far too many Demo-crats and President Obama are re-fusing to get serious about stoppingradical Islamic terrorism in the faceof this Orlando attack.”

Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said the“sticking point” is Democrat effortsto convert the terror massacre intoa gun-control issue.

“They can use bombs. They canuse other things to kill people in theUnited States, as we all know,” Ses-sions told NBC News. “We are notgoing to eliminate guns in America,so people will be able to get a gunif they choose, and they can shootpeople.”

Democrats are busy pressuringvulnerable Republicans, like Sens.Rob Portman of Ohio, Kelly Ayotteof New Hampshire and Pat Toomeyof Pennsylvania, to help give themthe 60 votes needed to pass the leg-islation.

“It’s not enough for Republicansto simply let us vote. Democratscannot pass these gun-safety mea-sures by ourselves,” Sen. HarryReid, D-Nev., said in a floor speechThursday.

Trump to GOP leaders:‘Let me do my job’

By Rebecca SavranskyThe Hill

Presumptive GOP presidentialnominee Donald Trump on Sundayurged Republican leaders to stoptalking about him so much and fo-cus on their own work instead.

“If people, and especially, youknow, where people endorse me,Republican leaders, I think thathonestly they should go about theirbusiness and they should do a won-derful job and work on budgets andget the budgets down and get themilitary the types of money theyneed and lots of other things,” hesaid on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”

“And they shouldn’t be talkingso much. They should go out anddo their job. Let me do my job.”

Trump touted his success in theprimaries, saying he won the con-tests with the “largest vote ever.”

“I brought a lot of extra voters,a lot of voters, I guess up to 70 per-

cent or close to 70 percent,” he said.“We brought additional people

in that wouldn’t have been in if Iweren’t doing this and if I weren’trunning.”

Trump said he’s received a lotof support from politicians and theAmerican people.

“Unfortunately, the media justlikes to cover, really, a small num-ber of people that maybe havesomething to say,” he said. “I thinkthey should go about their work. Letme run for president. I think I’mgoing to do very well.”

In recent weeks, Republicanleaders have expressed concernabout some of their party’s pre-sumptive nominee’s comments.Some Republicans have said theydon’t plan to support the candidate.

Trump last week said he mayhave to “do it alone.”

He also called on Republicansto “get tougher” and urged them to

“just please be quiet.”“Just be quiet to the leaders be-

cause they have to get tougher; theyhave to get sharper; they have to getsmarter,” he said. “We have to haveour Republicans either stick to-gether or let me just do it by my-self.”


(WND) — Wayne LaPierre, theexecutive vice president of the Na-tional Rifle Association, took to theairwaves on Sunday to blast effortsby Senate Democrats to pass newgun-control legislation followinglast week’s terror massacre at Pulsenightclub in Orlando, arguingDemocrats need to “leave the goodguys alone,” while urging Ameri-cans to arm themselves becauseradical Islamists are “on the vergeof overwhelming us.”

“What we’re doing with this de-bate on the Hill right now, it’s likethey’re trying to stop a freight trainwith a piece of Kleenex,” LaPierresaid on CBS’ “Face The Nation.”

Senate Majority Leader MitchMcConnell, R-Ky., agreed to allowvotes Monday on gun-control pro-posals after Democrats, led by Sen.Chris Murphy, D-Conn., success-fully waged a filibuster last weekto force debate on the issue.

“It’s all being politicized with apolitically correct White House’snose and fingers in areas they don’tbelong,” said LaPierre.

The Senate is scheduled to voteon four proposals — two fromDemocrats and two from Republi-cans — that would try to prevent

Wayne LaPierre, the executive V.P. of the National Rifle Association, blasts Democrat plans for gun control.

NRA: Prepare for ‘overwhelming’ wave of terror

people on the terror watch list frompurchasing firearms and expandbackground checks for gun pur-chases to include gun shows and

mental-health history.“These two steps, banning ter-

rorists from buying guns and ex-panding background checks, are

hardly the end or the perfect solu-tion,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told NPR. “These measuresare a start — the most noncontro-versial, simple, straightforwardstart — and have to be accompa-nied by a ban on assault weapons.”

LaPierre insisted terrorists“don’t care about the law” and willattack “vulnerable” soft targets likeschools, malls and churches.

“Laws didn’t stop them in Bos-ton. Laws didn’t stop them in SanBernardino where you had everytype of a gun-control law you couldhave. And they didn’t stop them inParis, where people can’t even ownguns,” he said.

He warned of the need forAmericans to “face what’s coming”and to take necessary security pre-cautions.

“The fact is, we need vigilance,we need preparedness, we need afull court press on personal protec-tion. We need to be able to protectourselves,” he said.

Most Republican senators agree,saying the gun-control debate issimply shifting attention from thereal threat — the infiltration of theU.S. by Islamic terrorists.

“We should be focused on ter-rorism and stopping ISIS,” TedCruz, R-Texas, said in an interviewThursday. “Far too many Demo-crats and President Obama are re-fusing to get serious about stoppingradical Islamic terrorism in the faceof this Orlando attack.”

Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said the“sticking point” is Democrat effortsto convert the terror massacre intoa gun-control issue.

“They can use bombs. They canuse other things to kill people in theUnited States, as we all know,” Ses-sions told NBC News. “We are notgoing to eliminate guns in America,so people will be able to get a gunif they choose, and they can shootpeople.”

Democrats are busy pressuringvulnerable Republicans, like Sens.Rob Portman of Ohio, Kelly Ayotteof New Hampshire and Pat Toomeyof Pennsylvania, to help give themthe 60 votes needed to pass the leg-islation.

“It’s not enough for Republicansto simply let us vote. Democratscannot pass these gun-safety mea-sures by ourselves,” Sen. HarryReid, D-Nev., said in a floor speechThursday.

Trump to GOP leaders:‘Let me do my job’

By Rebecca SavranskyThe Hill

Presumptive GOP presidentialnominee Donald Trump on Sundayurged Republican leaders to stoptalking about him so much and fo-cus on their own work instead.

“If people, and especially, youknow, where people endorse me,Republican leaders, I think thathonestly they should go about theirbusiness and they should do a won-derful job and work on budgets andget the budgets down and get themilitary the types of money theyneed and lots of other things,” hesaid on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”

“And they shouldn’t be talkingso much. They should go out anddo their job. Let me do my job.”

Trump touted his success in theprimaries, saying he won the con-tests with the “largest vote ever.”

“I brought a lot of extra voters,a lot of voters, I guess up to 70 per-

cent or close to 70 percent,” he said.“We brought additional people

in that wouldn’t have been in if Iweren’t doing this and if I weren’trunning.”

Trump said he’s received a lotof support from politicians and theAmerican people.

“Unfortunately, the media justlikes to cover, really, a small num-ber of people that maybe havesomething to say,” he said. “I thinkthey should go about their work. Letme run for president. I think I’mgoing to do very well.”

In recent weeks, Republicanleaders have expressed concernabout some of their party’s pre-sumptive nominee’s comments.Some Republicans have said theydon’t plan to support the candidate.

Trump last week said he mayhave to “do it alone.”

He also called on Republicansto “get tougher” and urged them to

“just please be quiet.”“Just be quiet to the leaders be-

cause they have to get tougher; theyhave to get sharper; they have to getsmarter,” he said. “We have to haveour Republicans either stick to-gether or let me just do it by my-self.”


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By Thomas MitchellWhere were you in 1966?Personally, I was still a year

away from enlisting in the AirForce, using a student deferment toavoid the draft while figuring outthe Army draftees got shot at, butin the Air Force it was the officerswho got shot at.

But fodder is fodder.Sunday The New York Times

recounts the tales of some of the1,600 untrained airmen who weredispatched in January 1966 to pickup the debris that was left when aB-52 collided with its refuelingtanker and dropped its cargo of fournuclear bombs on the SpanishMediterranean coastal farming vil-lage of Palomares.

One landed in soft dirt and an-other in the sea, but two had theirhigh-explosives surrounding theirplutonium cores blast a hole in theearth, scattering radiative materialover many acres.

Here are a few telling excerptsfrom the very lengthy piece relat-ing the 50-year battle those menhave gone through:

“There was no talk about radia-tion or plutonium or anything else,”said Frank B. Thompson, a then 22-year-old trombone player who spentdays searching contaminated fieldswithout protective equipment oreven a change of clothes. “Theytold us it was safe, and we weredumb enough, I guess, to believethem.”

Mr. Thompson, 72, now has can-cer in his liver, a lung and a kidney.He pays $2,200 a month for treat-ment that would be free at a Veter-ans Affairs hospital if the Air Forcerecognized him as a victim of ra-diation...

Of 40 veterans who helped withthe cleanup who The New YorkTimes identified, 21 had cancer.Nine had died from it...

At the crash site, Mr. Slone, amilitary police officer at the time,said he was given a plastic bag andtold to pick up radioactive frag-ments with his bare hands. “Acouple times they checked me witha Geiger counter and it went clearoff the scale,” he said. “But theynever took my name, never fol-lowed up with me...”

The Air Force also denies anyharm was done to 500 other veter-ans who cleaned up a nearly iden-tical crash in Thule, Greenland, in1968. Those veterans tried to suethe Defense Department in 1995,but the case was dismissed becausefederal law shields the military fromnegligence claims by troops. All ofthe named plaintiffs have since diedof cancer...

“First they denied I was eventhere, then they denied there wasany radiation,” said Ronald R.Howell, 71, who recently had abrain tumor removed. “I submit aclaim, and they deny. I submit ap-peal, and they deny. Now I’m allout of appeals.” He sighed, thencontinued. “Pretty soon, we’ll all bedead and they will have succeededat covering this whole thing up...”

Plutonium does not emit the typeof penetrating radiation often asso-ciated with nuclear blasts, whichcauses immediately obvious healtheffects, such as burns. It shoots offalpha particles that travel only a fewinches and cannot penetrate theskin. Outside the body, scientistssay, it is relatively harmless, butspecks absorbed in the body, usu-ally through inhaling dust, shoot offa continuous shower of radioactiveparticles thousands of times aminute, gradually exacting damagethat can cause cancer and other dis-eases decades later...

The day after the crash, busloadsof troops started arriving fromUnited States bases, bringing radia-tion-detection equipment. WilliamJackson, a young Air Force lieuten-ant, helped with some of the firsttesting near the craters, using ahand-held alpha particle counterthat could measure up to two mil-lion alpha particles per minute.

“Almost everywhere we pointedthe machine it pegged at the high-est reading,” he said. “But we weretold that type of radiation would notpenetrate the skin. We were told itwas safe...”

The Air Force bought tons ofcontaminated tomatoes from localfields that the Spanish public re-fused to eat. To assure the publicthere was no danger, commanders

Some men doing the dustiest work were given coveralls and paper surgical masks for safety, but a laterreport by the Defense Nuclear Agency said, “It is doubtful that the use of the surgical mask served more thana psychological barrier.” (Air Force photo)

First they fought the wars, and thenthey fought the system... and lost!

fed the tomatoes to the troops.Though the risk from eating pluto-nium is much lower than the riskfrom inhaling it, it is still not safe...

To assure villagers their homeswere safe, the Air Force sent youngairmen into local houses with hand-held radiation detectors. Peter M.Ricard, then a 20-year-old cookwith no training on the equipment,remembers being told to performscans of anything locals wanted, butto keep his detector turned off.

“We were just supposed to feignour readings so we didn’t cause tur-moil with the natives,” he said inan interview. “I often think aboutthat now. I wasn’t too smart backthen. They say do it and you justsay, ‘Yes, sir.’”...

Troops started to get sick soonafter the cleanup ended. Healthymen in their 20s were crippled byjoint pain, headaches and weakness.Doctors said it was arthritis. Ayoung military policeman wasplagued by sinus swelling so acutethat he would bang his head on thefloor to distract himself from thepain. Doctors said it was allergies.

Several men got rashes orgrowths. An airman named NorisN. Paul had cysts severe enoughthat he spent six months in the hos-pital in 1967 getting skin grafts. Healso became infertile.

“No one knew what was wrongwith me,” Mr. Paul said.

A grocery supply clerk namedArthur Kindler, who had been socovered in plutonium while search-ing the tomato fields a few daysafter the blast that the Air Forcemade him wash off in the ocean andtook his clothes, got testicular can-cer and a rare lung infection thatnearly killed him four years afterthe crash. In the years since, he hashad cancer of his lymph nodes threetimes.

“It took me a long time to startto realize this maybe had to do withcleaning up the bombs,” Mr.Kindler, 74, said in an interviewfrom his home in Tuscon. “Youhave to understand, they told useverything was safe. We wereyoung. We trusted them. Whywould they lie?”

Mr. Kindler filed twice for helpfrom the Department of VeteransAffairs. “They always denied me,”he said. “Eventually, I just gaveup...”

On a recent rainy morning, NonaA. Watson, a retired science teacherin Buckhead, Ga., held open thedoor of a veterans medical centerin Atlanta for her husband, NolanF. Watson, who hobbled in, hisshuddering hand unable to steadyhis cane.

As a 22-year-old dog handler,Mr. Watson slept in the dirt just feetfrom one of the bomb craters theday after the blast. A year later, hewas racked by blinding headachesand hips so stiff he could barelywalk. At the time, he asked the De-partment of Veterans Affairs forhelp. He said he was turned away.For years he had problems withpainful joints, kidney stones andlocalized skin cancer. In 2002, hewas diagnosed with kidney cancer,and one of his kidneys was re-moved. In 2010, more cancershowed up in his remaining kidney.Recent abnormal blood tests sug-

gested leukemia.“I think it ruined my life,” he

said. “I was young, in good shape.But since that day, I’ve had prob-lems all the time.”

Mr. Watson, now 73, had filed aclaim with the veterans agency thatwas denied and he was in the pro-cess of appealing. Other veterans ofPalomares had warned him that itwas a waste of time. Only onePalomares veteran they knew of hadsucceeded in claiming harm fromradiation, and it took 10 years, atwhich point he was bedridden withstomach cancer. But Mr. Watsonwanted to come to the medical cen-ter to give personal testimony abouthis plutonium exposure.

In the center’s waiting room, hisnose began to bleed.

“I’m going to speak my piece,dang it.” Mr. Watson said. “Theyknow this whole thing is a lie.”

According to History.com, inOctober 2015 the U.S. agreed to fin-ish the 50-year-old cleanup of thesite in Palomares. The nuclear-con-taminated soil is to be disposed ofat a site in the United States. YuccaMountain perhaps?

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We at the Las Vegas Tribune are very lucky to have asmall group of dedicated individuals covering the courts,who respect, obey and follow the law above everything.

We are proud to go to work at the courthouse dressedproperly and acting as dignified as possible to give thecourt and the judges the respect we believe they deserve,even if we do not agree with their modus operandi.

However, due to misbehavier on the part of the judgesand the lack of respect from these judges to the court, theConstitution and the litigants, there are many things thatwe are questioning — and from now on are going to di-rect our attention to correct the hypocrisy of the legalsystem.

How can anyone in good faith be able to refer to judgesas “The Honorable,” or address them as “Your Honor”when some of those judges may not even know how tospell those words?

“All rise!” is what we all hear in court every time thejudge appears in the courtroom after we all sat there wait-ing for the judge to finish his/her coffee for twenty orthirty minutes, pretending to be on a “conference call”while everyone has been ordered to be in court at a spe-cific time.

We believe that if the judge wants to attend a confer-ence call, it should be before or after the court scheduledtime.

When the judges learn how to rule by the law, givingevery litigant the same opportunity they give to thosewho appear in proper person or with an attorney who isafraid to speak up so as not to upset the prosecutor or thejudge, then they earn the title of Your Honor.

When the judges start acting like normal people, rea-sonable and respectful, treating others as they like to betreated, they then will deserve the word Honorable be-fore their name.

It is a known fact that the judicial races are mainlyamong the local and sometimes the outside legal com-munity, and the majority of the people that appear in courtdo not know the name of the judge in their case, even ifthe name of the judge is displayed in big letters in frontof the entire audience and their election to the judicialseat depends on the campaign contributions of the lawfirms, individual attorneys and their staff that takes theelection as personally as they take a family member, evenif two weeks later they get fired.

We believe that it is time for judges to stop dependingon contributions from local law offices and contributionsfrom individuals that are looking to contribute to judicialcandidates they are able to control, manipulate and useopenly to their own benefit.

Anyone that gives contributions or supports any judgein any race, expecting favors in return, does not have anyrespect for that candidate — or judge, for that matter.

Perhaps the solution here would be to stop attorneysor law firms from donating to the judicial races so noconflict of interest could arise.

Maybe the Las Vegas Tribune should start getting intoa more active mode in the judicial elections and perhapsstart lobbying to the Nevada Legislature to change thejudicial election rules and create laws that prohibit attor-neys from donating to judges’ campaigns.

Another solution would be to prohibit the judges frombrain washing their staff; it’s one thing to be loyal to one’sboss, and another to cover up the criminal acts of thejudges they are working for, because at the end they maybe the ones who will pay the consequences for the judge’sactions.

There are several cases that come to mind, like that ofKirstin Lobato, where the judge and the prosecutor re-fused to allow important documentation to be brought tothe jury.

And Donovan Joseph, where the judge, herself a do-mestic violence victim, did not accept the fact that thedefendant’s DNA was not in the alleged victim and whois now doing prison time for a crime he did not commit— and the public defender refused to appeal the casebecause there was “no grounds for appeal.”

Dagmar Diaz, a young man with mental problems dueto an attack from gang members in the school yard, andthe judge ignored the prosecution’s deal and sentencedhim to three times more than what the law requires be-cause he did not know if ten years later Diaz would com-mit the same crime again.

While all these things are not corrected we should stopreferring to those people with the black robes as Honor-able or Your Honor, and most definitely we should nothave to rise when they walk into the courtroom.

EDITORIALSA government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson

Our Point of View

me with something like, “I’ll teachyou to hit your sister,” or “I’ll teachyou to lie.”

First of all, any child who reallydoes go around hitting a sibling ap-parently already knows how to dothat, and the same goes for those chil-dren who get caught in a lie.

Although I could criticize myfather’s way of expressing his inten-tion, it was not about words — hisor my sister’s; it was about the actu-ality of who did what, layered overwith the perception of who did what,

By MaramisThe 911 call placed by Omar

Mateen to more or less “brag’ aboutwhat he had just done at Pulse —the club in Orlando that he had cho-sen to “bear the burden” of death forwhat he apparently believed was theinexcusable act of the bombing ofSyria and Iraq by the United States— alerted us to the fact that he felt itwas his duty to help put an end tothat bombing and punish that “rep-resentative” group of citizens for thatact.

One wonders if he actually believed that what hewas planning to do, and then did, would actually makea difference in the military strategy of this countryand cause that bombing to cease.

I remember when I was a little girl and my fatherbelieved I had done something unacceptable to him (Isay “believed,” because often my younger sister wouldtell him something that put all the blame on me), heacted upon that belief by punishing me in accord withhow he perceived the offence to be. He would oftenpreface whatever punishment he was going to give

layered over with my father’s way of deciding why Idid what I “did,” layered over with the question ofwhat to do about it, layered over with the intention ofpunishing the guilty (me) because of his beliefs, lay-ered over with his need to punish the guilty, layeredover with the hoped-for-outcome that the punishmentrendered will do its job as intended. In my case, it wasabout my father’s intention of teaching me not to hitmy sister or lie.

I say that it makes no sense at all to condemn an

MARAMIS CHOUFANI

the country. — the Northeast andMid-Atlantic states of Rhode Island,Pennsylvania, and Delaware; theSouth Atlantic states of Virginia andNorth and South Carolina; the Mid-western state of Wisconsin, and fivewestern states, including Colorado,New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, andOregon.

Of all those states, Nevada has themost stringent RPS and therefore wasimpacted the greatest in most cases.

Considine notes that RPS require-ments not only directly affect powerbills, but also everything from job

By Thomas MitchellIt is high time Nevada dumped its

ill-advised, pocket-picking, job-kill-ing renewable energy portfolio stan-dard (RPS).

By Nevada law by 2025 fully 25percent of all electrical power gen-erated in the state must come fromrenewable sources such as wind andsolar and geothermal, but thesepower sources are far more expen-sive than generating power withnatural gas and coal.

Nevada is not alone in its deci-sion to warp the power market un-der the delusion that “cleaner” power will stop therising seas and delay by a few minutes the frying ofthe planet — 28 other states and the District of Co-lumbia have adopted RPS laws.

Natural Resource Economics’ researcher TimothyConsidine recently delved into the economic impactof these laws in 12 states, including Nevada. The 98-page report has been posted on Nevada Policy Re-search Institute’s website.

Those 12 states included ones in four regions of

growth to business investment is also negatively af-fected by more costly power. The benefits of renew-able energy are far outweighed by that cost.

“Looking at Nevada specifically,” Considine writes,“the net cost of renewable standards are striking:

“—Energy prices are expected to climb by nearly15 percent in 2016.

“—Employment growth will be reduced by morethan 11,000 jobs in 2016 due to higher energy costs.

THOMAS MITCHELL

(See Maramis, Page 16)

(See Mitchell, Page 15)

Obeying the god we think we know, ordoing the right thing: Is there a difference?

All Rise...!

ON A PERSONAL NOTE

By Perly ViasmenskyThere is a very old saying that true friendship is

recognized when you are in a hospital bed or in jail.I personally know a case of a young man who is

incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, as hap-pens to hundreds of other people; prosecutors makespecial efforts to send innocent people to prison andallow the real criminals to continue trolling the streets,waiting to commit another heinous crime.

At the beginning of this young man’s nightmare,all his friends were calling to find out what actuallyhappened. I guess this is human nature, being inquisi-tive. Soon they found out, even his childhood friendsdropped him like a hot potato. Not even a short letterto lift his spirits and acknowledge he had not beenforgotten.

Those supposed friends even forgot to contact hismother once in awhile, knowing that the young manwas the only source of income for the good lady. Onlya simple telephone call would have encouraged his

mother to continue fighting against her pain and suf-fering.

They all forgot to send him a card for Christmas,New Years or on his birthday. In my most humble opin-ion, it takes very little to show some solidarity, consid-ering the point that in this era in which we are living,nobody is exempt from injustice. We never know whenour time will come.

Muhammad Ali said: “If you haven’t learned themeaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned any-thing.”

A true friend is not the one who is always ready togo party, have a good time and enjoy him or herself atthe expense of the inviting person. A true friend is theone who is always ready to go to your side, hold yourhand, give you total moral support and show real loveat a time of need.

With friends like those — who forget you — whoneeds enemies?

When friendship isno longer friendship

Nevada should drop itsrenewable energy mandate


(See Viasmensky, Page 15)

VIEW POINTSEditors note: The views expressed are entirely those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune.

Hillary caught up in deadly drug scandalBy Larry Klayman

I have always said that there isno crime that is beneath Bill andHillary Clinton, the Bonnie andClyde of American politics. Theyeven attempted to steal pricelessWhite House furniture on their wayout of office in January 2001, onlyto have to shamelessly return it oncecaught.

In the prior years, this duo wasassociated in even worse potentialcriminal acts — that is in manydeaths — from the “mysterious”murder or suicide of Vince Foster,who had been Hillary Clinton’s lawpartner and extra-marital boyfriendat the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock,Arkansas, before Bill and Hill as-cended to the throne of the presi-dency and “firstladyship,” and Fos-ter became “Hillary’s” deputyWhite House counsel. In addition,over 80 others, including materialwitnesses, wound up dead in theirworld record number of scandals,ranging from Whitewater toChinagate, Filegate, Travelgate,IRSgate and a host of others.

Even if the Clintons were notresponsible in some way for theseconvenient deaths, they wanted per-sons who were coming forward totestify about their crimes in variouslegal proceedings, such as grandjury proceedings, congressional in-vestigations and Judicial Watch’scases, to believe that they had pos-sibly killed witnesses and others.This was to convince them not totestify. How else to explain the listof over 80 dead persons left on theDefense Department chair of LindaTripp, the woman who kept thedress Slick Willey had stained dur-ing his “affair” with a White Houseintern, or the same list also left onthe chairs of White Housewhistleblowers who had come for-ward to me at Judicial Watch, the

group I founded and ran, to exposethe Bonnie and Clyde’s email ob-struction of justice caper in the1990s? These witnesses andwhistleblowers clearly feared fortheir lives. See my autobiography,“Whores: Why and How I Came toFight the Establishment.”

Now, as we enter the presiden-tial election season, an all new taleof death has implicated HillaryClinton, even if indirectly, with thedemise of innocent persons — thistime the victims of the deadly drugLevaquin, manufactured, marketedand sold by an equally corrupt andcompromised company, Johnson &Johnson (J&J).

There appears to be substantialevidence that Hillary Clinton, whilesecretary of state, was responsiblefor the nomination of a woman,who had given substantial contri-butions to the political campaignsof Hillary Clinton, as Food andDrug Administration (FDA) com-missioner. Her name is MargaretHamburg, and her husband, PeterBrown, also had his company, Re-naissance Technologies, contributeto the Clinton Foundation and otherso-called charities. Thus, it is likelythat Hillary got Hamburg, who hails

from New York City, her job.Buttressing this “unlikely coin-

cidence” is the fact that in a lawsuitI filed for victims of Hamburg’ssubsequent actions at the FDA (seewww.larryklayman.com), whichalleged criminal racketeering vio-lations through Hamburg’s andJ&J’s suppression of material infor-mation about the highly dangerouseffects of the antibiotic Levaquin,Hamburg is being represented by acriminal defense lawyer namedBeth Wilkinson. Wilkinson is thesame lawyer who has been defend-ing Hillary confidants and accom-plices, such as Cheryl Mills, BryanPagliano and many others in theongoing FBI investigation of the il-legal use of Hillary’s so-called pri-vate email server. Wilkinson hascounseled these accomplices to as-sert Fifth Amendment privilegesand improperly instructed witnessesnot to answer relevant questions, inthe recent depositions taken by Ju-dicial Watch over the secreting ofState Department records onHillary’s private email server in re-sponse to various FOIA requests. Inshort, the link between Hamburgand Hillary Clinton is substantial forthis and many other indicia too longto list in this column.

What makes this growing scan-dal even worse is the callous greedinvolved. It turns out that whileformer FDA Commissioner Ham-burg was in an alleged conspiracywith J&J (officials of which she hadput on various FDA advisoryboards), her husband’s hedge fundwas buying and holding over half abillion dollars in J&J stock. Thismaterial information was not fullydisclosed to various congressionalcommittees, which oversawHamburg’s confirmation as FDAcommissioner, and thus a fraud wasalso worked on Congress and thepublic.

During the course of her yearsat the FDA, Hamburg is alleged tohave hidden, along with the otherdefendants in the lawsuit, thatLevaquin was highly dangerousand life-threatening. Indeed, alongwith sudden death, a list of theseinjuries pled in our Amended Com-plaint can be found atwww.larryklayman.com. And it isno coincidence that shortly afterHamburg stepped down as FDAcommissioner, her husband’s hedgefund Renaissance began to dumpJ&J stock, knowing that the catwould later get out of the bag aboutthe deadly dangers of Levaquin.Indeed, this came to pass just a fewweeks ago when the post-HamburgFDA, likely in reaction to our law-suit and an ongoing FBI investiga-tion of Hamburg, finally issued thisstatement:

“The U.S. Food and Drug Ad-ministration is advising that the se-rious side effects associated withfluoroquinolone antibacterial drugsgenerally outweigh the benefits forpatients with acute sinusitis, acutebronchitis, and uncomplicated uri-nary tract infections who have othertreatment options. For patients withthese conditions, fluoroquinolonesshould be reserved for those whodo not have alternative treatmentoptions.

“An FDA safety review hasshown that fluoroquinolones whenused systemically (i.e. tablets, cap-sules, and injectable) are associatedwith disabling and potentially per-manent serious side effects that canoccur together. These side effectscan involve the tendons, muscles,joints, nerves, and central nervoussystem...”

Doctors, patients, the public andmy clients should have beenwarned about this while Hamburgwas FDA commissioner so manydeaths and the destruction of so

CHUCK MUTH

By Chuck MuthFirst and foremost, our #1 “Most

Wanted” RINO (Republican inName Only), State Sen. Tax HikeMike Roberson, went down inflames in the 3rd CongressionalDistrict GOP primary in absolutelyjaw-dropping fashion.

Roberson - who famously brokehis signed Taxpayer ProtectionPledge by ramming through RINOGov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.4 billiontax hike last year — should havewon this race in a cakewalk. He hadevery advantage... and then some!

He’s the sitting Senate MajorityLeader, with all the power and pres-tige that goes with that lofty posi-tion. He raised over $1 million forhis own campaign, with another $2million+ that came in as “indepen-dent expenditures.” Plus the full-throated endorsement and supportof the state’s governor.

He also had not one, not two, notthree, not four, not five, but SIX

conservative primary opponentssplitting up the anti-Roberson vote.And he was absolutely shamelessin lying about himself, lying abouthis voting record and lying abouthis opponents.

I mean, there was NO WAY forthis guy to lose, right?

Yet conservative, Tax Pledge-signer Danny Tarkanian — who

Roberson savaged and blisteredwith attack ads — whooped him by8 points! How embarrassing.

And especially embarrassing forSandoval, who continues to backone losing candidate after another.This guy’s endorsement is more likea kiss of death!

The loss was equally embarrass-ing for Roberson’s over-rated po-litical gurus, Mike Slanker andBilly Rogers, who despite havingall the king’s horses and all theking’s men — and over $3 millionto spend — barely got over 24 per-cent of the vote for their candidate.

That said, don’t allow the politi-cal malpractice of Slanker andRogers to take anything away fromTark. The man did exactly what heneeded to do...

He raised a lot of money for hiscampaign (though nowhere nearwhat Roberson raised) and he didit early. He hired competent, pro-fessional campaign staff and con-

LARRY KLAYMAN

many lives could have been pre-vented. Along with racketeeringviolations, there also were likelyinsider-trading securities law vio-lations.

This sordid tale over the dangersof Levaquin is not the first time thecorrupt manufacturer J&J has got-ten into serious trouble.

So, it would appear that againHillary Clinton is at the epicenterof a scandal of growing proportions.For money, as usual, it would ap-pear that Hillary greased the skidswith President Obama for Hamburgto become FDA commissioner, allin exchange for political and othercontributions. Now, according toFDA statistics, over 5,000 innocentvictims are dead with more dyingor severely injured, including myvictim clients.

I am sad to say that this comesas no surprise. This is the wayBonnie and Clyde operate. Selfishgreed and the rest of us be damned.Hillary, Hamburg, her husband,Peter Brown, Renaissance and J&Jnow have a lot to answer for.

* * * * *Larry Klayman, founder of Ju-

dicial Watch and Freedom Watch,is known for his strong public in-terest advocacy in furtherance ofethics in government and individualfreedoms and liberties. During histenure at Judicial Watch, he ob-tained a court ruling that BillClinton committed a crime, the firstlawyer ever to have done so againstan American president. In 2004,Larry ran for the U.S. Senate as aRepublican in Florida’s primary.After the race ended, he foundedFreedom Watch. Larry is a frequentcommentator on television and ra-dio, as well as a weekly columnist,on Friday, for WND.com. He hasbeen credited as being the inspira-tion for the Tea Party movement.

Larry Klayman sees web of corruption surrounding FDA-approved Levaquin

sultants. He wasn’t afraid to take offthe gloves and go toe-to-toe withTax Hike Mike, weathered the on-slaught of attacks, and gave everybit as good as he got.

Well done, and a well-deservedvictory. On to the general vs. HarryReid’s hand-picked candidate.

Oh, and by the way...Assemblywoman Michele

Fiore, who came in third in thisrace, sent out today one of theclassiest, most-gracious congratu-latory emails to Danny that you’dever want to see. No wonder somany of us conservatives love thisbabe. It’s too bad only one of themcould have won this race.

SO LONG, ST. ERV!In the most hotly contested GOP

state senate primary, tax-hikingRINO Assemblyman Erv Nelsongot spanked by AssemblywomanVictoria Seaman, 63–37 percent.

Erv had a lot of nerve. He ranfor the assembly in 2014 as a “Scott

Post-Primary Wrap-up: So Long, Tax Hike Mike!Walker conservative.” He loudlyand proudly proclaimed his oppo-sition to raising taxes. But then heshamefully flip-flopped when itcame time to vote for the largest taxhike in Nevada history last year.

But he didn’t just break his word.He stood up on the floor of the As-sembly, mounted his high horse anddelivered a shameful, self-serving,holier-than-thou speech rationaliz-ing how hood-winking his votersand betraying all the Republicanswho supported him was a noblething.

A speech that to this day sends atingle up liberal blogger JonRalston’s leg.

Nelson then cowardly decidednot to run for re-election and facethe voters he stabbed in the back.Instead he moved into a differentdistrict and ran for the state senatewith the full backing of Sandoval,a pot-load of money, and a disgrace-


(See Muth, Page 17)

CLARK FEELEY

(See Feeley, Page 16)

By Clark FeeleyRadio Show Host and Producer

The Heard was established as anInternet radio show that was look-ing for solutions to problems. Theshow airs daily onradiotribune.com at 2:00 p.m. Weall know what the problems are,and the important concept of theshow is to keep track of solutions.And as a matter of disclosure,radiotribune.com is owned andoperated by the Las Vegas Tribunenewspaper.

The number one solution was anidea to eliminate the political par-ties. They are corrupt organizationsthat have sold out to special inter-ests. As soon as We the People electsomeone, they immediately arebought off by the power of the par-ties and they stop representing thepeople that elected them.

This election cycle has exposedthe corruption of the political par-ties. Both parties are going crazy.The Republican National Commit-

RNC is scared to death of Donald Trump

tee (RNC) is scared to death ofDonald J. Trump.

He won way more votes of thepeople then anyone else ever has inthe Republican Party. That shouldbe something that an honest partywould be cheering. The Republicanestablishment actions have proventhat they are not an honest party.

The Democratic National Com-mittee (DNC) was stuck on Hillary

Clinton for some weird reason.Leaders knew that she had morebaggage than anyone seeking thepresidency has ever had. Theyneeded a plan to distract from thetruth of what Hillary is.

Bernie Sanders became the plan.This was a candidate that was noteven a Democrat, but an Indepen-dent. However, that was not impor-tant to the DNC. They needed any-one that would be so bad andunelectable that the contrast wouldmake Hillary look good. That wasthe plan and the hope. The truthbecame obvious that Hillary is sobad that nothing would make herlook good. If the DNC had not beenas corrupt as they are, Bernie mighthave won. Debbie WassermanShultz explained it well when shebabbled that the “Super Delegates”were to prevent any grassrootsmovement from gaining anystrength in the DNC like the TeaParty. The “Super Delegates” wereto prevent the voters from having

any say in who the DNC wouldnominate. The DNC is corrupt.

Now Donald J. Trump is hint-ing at the best solution that theHeard listeners has put forth. AtSaturday’s rally at the Treasure Is-land, Trump made it clear that hisagenda was to support the RNC byraising money for all the Republi-can candidates for the US Senateand Congress. The RNC should beapplauding the correct attitude ofTrump.

However, the entrenched estab-lishment leaders are used to beingin charge and their influence is be-coming less and less by the day. Thetruth is coming out. Trump statedon stage Saturday that he could goit alone if the party did not supporthim. That statement is the solutionnot only to this election but forAmerican Politics and the make-upof the Government.

Dictators believe that their sub-jects are too stupid and they needto be controlled or they will ruin the

country. They outlaw the media andany activity contrary to what thedictator wants will be met with jailor death. People are controlled withan iron fist. Saddam Hussein exter-minated hundreds of thousands ofrevolutionis-leaning subjects.

Other Mideast dictatorshipshave done the same.

The United States was foundedwith the idea that a Constitutionwith checks and balances wouldcontain the over reach of Govern-ment. Well the abuse of power andcorruption has become the system.Dictators have a point in that peopleare dumb. Take Nancy Pelosi, aformer leader of the House, as anexample. Now take Paul Ryan, thecurrent leader’s reluctance to acceptthat Donald J. Trump may just bethe best thing that has happened tothis country. Leaders like Ryan andPelosi have identified the problemthrough their incompetence. Dicta-tors do not have to put up with

VIEW POINTSEditors note: The views expressed are entirely those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune.

Hillary caught up in deadly drug scandalBy Larry Klayman

I have always said that there isno crime that is beneath Bill andHillary Clinton, the Bonnie andClyde of American politics. Theyeven attempted to steal pricelessWhite House furniture on their wayout of office in January 2001, onlyto have to shamelessly return it oncecaught.

In the prior years, this duo wasassociated in even worse potentialcriminal acts — that is in manydeaths — from the “mysterious”murder or suicide of Vince Foster,who had been Hillary Clinton’s lawpartner and extra-marital boyfriendat the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock,Arkansas, before Bill and Hill as-cended to the throne of the presi-dency and “firstladyship,” and Fos-ter became “Hillary’s” deputyWhite House counsel. In addition,over 80 others, including materialwitnesses, wound up dead in theirworld record number of scandals,ranging from Whitewater toChinagate, Filegate, Travelgate,IRSgate and a host of others.

Even if the Clintons were notresponsible in some way for theseconvenient deaths, they wanted per-sons who were coming forward totestify about their crimes in variouslegal proceedings, such as grandjury proceedings, congressional in-vestigations and Judicial Watch’scases, to believe that they had pos-sibly killed witnesses and others.This was to convince them not totestify. How else to explain the listof over 80 dead persons left on theDefense Department chair of LindaTripp, the woman who kept thedress Slick Willey had stained dur-ing his “affair” with a White Houseintern, or the same list also left onthe chairs of White Housewhistleblowers who had come for-ward to me at Judicial Watch, the

group I founded and ran, to exposethe Bonnie and Clyde’s email ob-struction of justice caper in the1990s? These witnesses andwhistleblowers clearly feared fortheir lives. See my autobiography,“Whores: Why and How I Came toFight the Establishment.”

Now, as we enter the presiden-tial election season, an all new taleof death has implicated HillaryClinton, even if indirectly, with thedemise of innocent persons — thistime the victims of the deadly drugLevaquin, manufactured, marketedand sold by an equally corrupt andcompromised company, Johnson &Johnson (J&J).

There appears to be substantialevidence that Hillary Clinton, whilesecretary of state, was responsiblefor the nomination of a woman,who had given substantial contri-butions to the political campaignsof Hillary Clinton, as Food andDrug Administration (FDA) com-missioner. Her name is MargaretHamburg, and her husband, PeterBrown, also had his company, Re-naissance Technologies, contributeto the Clinton Foundation and otherso-called charities. Thus, it is likelythat Hillary got Hamburg, who hails

from New York City, her job.Buttressing this “unlikely coin-

cidence” is the fact that in a lawsuitI filed for victims of Hamburg’ssubsequent actions at the FDA (seewww.larryklayman.com), whichalleged criminal racketeering vio-lations through Hamburg’s andJ&J’s suppression of material infor-mation about the highly dangerouseffects of the antibiotic Levaquin,Hamburg is being represented by acriminal defense lawyer namedBeth Wilkinson. Wilkinson is thesame lawyer who has been defend-ing Hillary confidants and accom-plices, such as Cheryl Mills, BryanPagliano and many others in theongoing FBI investigation of the il-legal use of Hillary’s so-called pri-vate email server. Wilkinson hascounseled these accomplices to as-sert Fifth Amendment privilegesand improperly instructed witnessesnot to answer relevant questions, inthe recent depositions taken by Ju-dicial Watch over the secreting ofState Department records onHillary’s private email server in re-sponse to various FOIA requests. Inshort, the link between Hamburgand Hillary Clinton is substantial forthis and many other indicia too longto list in this column.

What makes this growing scan-dal even worse is the callous greedinvolved. It turns out that whileformer FDA Commissioner Ham-burg was in an alleged conspiracywith J&J (officials of which she hadput on various FDA advisoryboards), her husband’s hedge fundwas buying and holding over half abillion dollars in J&J stock. Thismaterial information was not fullydisclosed to various congressionalcommittees, which oversawHamburg’s confirmation as FDAcommissioner, and thus a fraud wasalso worked on Congress and thepublic.

During the course of her yearsat the FDA, Hamburg is alleged tohave hidden, along with the otherdefendants in the lawsuit, thatLevaquin was highly dangerousand life-threatening. Indeed, alongwith sudden death, a list of theseinjuries pled in our Amended Com-plaint can be found atwww.larryklayman.com. And it isno coincidence that shortly afterHamburg stepped down as FDAcommissioner, her husband’s hedgefund Renaissance began to dumpJ&J stock, knowing that the catwould later get out of the bag aboutthe deadly dangers of Levaquin.Indeed, this came to pass just a fewweeks ago when the post-HamburgFDA, likely in reaction to our law-suit and an ongoing FBI investiga-tion of Hamburg, finally issued thisstatement:

“The U.S. Food and Drug Ad-ministration is advising that the se-rious side effects associated withfluoroquinolone antibacterial drugsgenerally outweigh the benefits forpatients with acute sinusitis, acutebronchitis, and uncomplicated uri-nary tract infections who have othertreatment options. For patients withthese conditions, fluoroquinolonesshould be reserved for those whodo not have alternative treatmentoptions.

“An FDA safety review hasshown that fluoroquinolones whenused systemically (i.e. tablets, cap-sules, and injectable) are associatedwith disabling and potentially per-manent serious side effects that canoccur together. These side effectscan involve the tendons, muscles,joints, nerves, and central nervoussystem...”

Doctors, patients, the public andmy clients should have beenwarned about this while Hamburgwas FDA commissioner so manydeaths and the destruction of so

CHUCK MUTH

By Chuck MuthFirst and foremost, our #1 “Most

Wanted” RINO (Republican inName Only), State Sen. Tax HikeMike Roberson, went down inflames in the 3rd CongressionalDistrict GOP primary in absolutelyjaw-dropping fashion.

Roberson - who famously brokehis signed Taxpayer ProtectionPledge by ramming through RINOGov. Brian Sandoval’s $1.4 billiontax hike last year — should havewon this race in a cakewalk. He hadevery advantage... and then some!

He’s the sitting Senate MajorityLeader, with all the power and pres-tige that goes with that lofty posi-tion. He raised over $1 million forhis own campaign, with another $2million+ that came in as “indepen-dent expenditures.” Plus the full-throated endorsement and supportof the state’s governor.

He also had not one, not two, notthree, not four, not five, but SIX

conservative primary opponentssplitting up the anti-Roberson vote.And he was absolutely shamelessin lying about himself, lying abouthis voting record and lying abouthis opponents.

I mean, there was NO WAY forthis guy to lose, right?

Yet conservative, Tax Pledge-signer Danny Tarkanian — who

Roberson savaged and blisteredwith attack ads — whooped him by8 points! How embarrassing.

And especially embarrassing forSandoval, who continues to backone losing candidate after another.This guy’s endorsement is more likea kiss of death!

The loss was equally embarrass-ing for Roberson’s over-rated po-litical gurus, Mike Slanker andBilly Rogers, who despite havingall the king’s horses and all theking’s men — and over $3 millionto spend — barely got over 24 per-cent of the vote for their candidate.

That said, don’t allow the politi-cal malpractice of Slanker andRogers to take anything away fromTark. The man did exactly what heneeded to do...

He raised a lot of money for hiscampaign (though nowhere nearwhat Roberson raised) and he didit early. He hired competent, pro-fessional campaign staff and con-

LARRY KLAYMAN

many lives could have been pre-vented. Along with racketeeringviolations, there also were likelyinsider-trading securities law vio-lations.

This sordid tale over the dangersof Levaquin is not the first time thecorrupt manufacturer J&J has got-ten into serious trouble.

So, it would appear that againHillary Clinton is at the epicenterof a scandal of growing proportions.For money, as usual, it would ap-pear that Hillary greased the skidswith President Obama for Hamburgto become FDA commissioner, allin exchange for political and othercontributions. Now, according toFDA statistics, over 5,000 innocentvictims are dead with more dyingor severely injured, including myvictim clients.

I am sad to say that this comesas no surprise. This is the wayBonnie and Clyde operate. Selfishgreed and the rest of us be damned.Hillary, Hamburg, her husband,Peter Brown, Renaissance and J&Jnow have a lot to answer for.

* * * * *Larry Klayman, founder of Ju-

dicial Watch and Freedom Watch,is known for his strong public in-terest advocacy in furtherance ofethics in government and individualfreedoms and liberties. During histenure at Judicial Watch, he ob-tained a court ruling that BillClinton committed a crime, the firstlawyer ever to have done so againstan American president. In 2004,Larry ran for the U.S. Senate as aRepublican in Florida’s primary.After the race ended, he foundedFreedom Watch. Larry is a frequentcommentator on television and ra-dio, as well as a weekly columnist,on Friday, for WND.com. He hasbeen credited as being the inspira-tion for the Tea Party movement.

Larry Klayman sees web of corruption surrounding FDA-approved Levaquin

sultants. He wasn’t afraid to take offthe gloves and go toe-to-toe withTax Hike Mike, weathered the on-slaught of attacks, and gave everybit as good as he got.

Well done, and a well-deservedvictory. On to the general vs. HarryReid’s hand-picked candidate.

Oh, and by the way...Assemblywoman Michele

Fiore, who came in third in thisrace, sent out today one of theclassiest, most-gracious congratu-latory emails to Danny that you’dever want to see. No wonder somany of us conservatives love thisbabe. It’s too bad only one of themcould have won this race.

SO LONG, ST. ERV!In the most hotly contested GOP

state senate primary, tax-hikingRINO Assemblyman Erv Nelsongot spanked by AssemblywomanVictoria Seaman, 63–37 percent.

Erv had a lot of nerve. He ranfor the assembly in 2014 as a “Scott

Post-Primary Wrap-up: So Long, Tax Hike Mike!Walker conservative.” He loudlyand proudly proclaimed his oppo-sition to raising taxes. But then heshamefully flip-flopped when itcame time to vote for the largest taxhike in Nevada history last year.

But he didn’t just break his word.He stood up on the floor of the As-sembly, mounted his high horse anddelivered a shameful, self-serving,holier-than-thou speech rationaliz-ing how hood-winking his votersand betraying all the Republicanswho supported him was a noblething.

A speech that to this day sends atingle up liberal blogger JonRalston’s leg.

Nelson then cowardly decidednot to run for re-election and facethe voters he stabbed in the back.Instead he moved into a differentdistrict and ran for the state senatewith the full backing of Sandoval,a pot-load of money, and a disgrace-

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(See Muth, Page 17)

CLARK FEELEY

(See Feeley, Page 16)

By Clark FeeleyRadio Show Host and Producer

The Heard was established as anInternet radio show that was look-ing for solutions to problems. Theshow airs daily onradiotribune.com at 2:00 p.m. Weall know what the problems are,and the important concept of theshow is to keep track of solutions.And as a matter of disclosure,radiotribune.com is owned andoperated by the Las Vegas Tribunenewspaper.

The number one solution was anidea to eliminate the political par-ties. They are corrupt organizationsthat have sold out to special inter-ests. As soon as We the People electsomeone, they immediately arebought off by the power of the par-ties and they stop representing thepeople that elected them.

This election cycle has exposedthe corruption of the political par-ties. Both parties are going crazy.The Republican National Commit-

RNC is scared to death of Donald Trump

tee (RNC) is scared to death ofDonald J. Trump.

He won way more votes of thepeople then anyone else ever has inthe Republican Party. That shouldbe something that an honest partywould be cheering. The Republicanestablishment actions have proventhat they are not an honest party.

The Democratic National Com-mittee (DNC) was stuck on Hillary

Clinton for some weird reason.Leaders knew that she had morebaggage than anyone seeking thepresidency has ever had. Theyneeded a plan to distract from thetruth of what Hillary is.

Bernie Sanders became the plan.This was a candidate that was noteven a Democrat, but an Indepen-dent. However, that was not impor-tant to the DNC. They needed any-one that would be so bad andunelectable that the contrast wouldmake Hillary look good. That wasthe plan and the hope. The truthbecame obvious that Hillary is sobad that nothing would make herlook good. If the DNC had not beenas corrupt as they are, Bernie mighthave won. Debbie WassermanShultz explained it well when shebabbled that the “Super Delegates”were to prevent any grassrootsmovement from gaining anystrength in the DNC like the TeaParty. The “Super Delegates” wereto prevent the voters from having

any say in who the DNC wouldnominate. The DNC is corrupt.

Now Donald J. Trump is hint-ing at the best solution that theHeard listeners has put forth. AtSaturday’s rally at the Treasure Is-land, Trump made it clear that hisagenda was to support the RNC byraising money for all the Republi-can candidates for the US Senateand Congress. The RNC should beapplauding the correct attitude ofTrump.

However, the entrenched estab-lishment leaders are used to beingin charge and their influence is be-coming less and less by the day. Thetruth is coming out. Trump statedon stage Saturday that he could goit alone if the party did not supporthim. That statement is the solutionnot only to this election but forAmerican Politics and the make-upof the Government.

Dictators believe that their sub-jects are too stupid and they needto be controlled or they will ruin the

country. They outlaw the media andany activity contrary to what thedictator wants will be met with jailor death. People are controlled withan iron fist. Saddam Hussein exter-minated hundreds of thousands ofrevolutionis-leaning subjects.

Other Mideast dictatorshipshave done the same.

The United States was foundedwith the idea that a Constitutionwith checks and balances wouldcontain the over reach of Govern-ment. Well the abuse of power andcorruption has become the system.Dictators have a point in that peopleare dumb. Take Nancy Pelosi, aformer leader of the House, as anexample. Now take Paul Ryan, thecurrent leader’s reluctance to acceptthat Donald J. Trump may just bethe best thing that has happened tothis country. Leaders like Ryan andPelosi have identified the problemthrough their incompetence. Dicta-tors do not have to put up with

By Norman JahnI went to a musical performance

Saturday night. The venue was anold theater that is slowly being re-stored. It is 86 years old. The band(Bluegrass) consisted of six mem-bers. They were talented and per-formed well. I kept thinking thatthere should have been more peoplewatching because the quality of theshow exceeded my expectationsand, for a small town, this shouldhave been more well-attended. Iwould guess that there were fewerthan 20 people in a theater whichcould hold hundreds.

I started thinking about showingyour TRUE COLORS (doing yourlevel best) even when you are dis-appointed by the crowd. It must bedifficult to get into the mood whenyou see so few people in the crowd.Why put out your best performancewhen you can get away with‘sloughing’ a little and save yourenergy and passion for nights whenthe crowd is rocking and singingalong and dancing in the aisles?

What level of intensity would theplayers have had when Golden Stateand Cleveland played their ‘Game9’ if the only fans were the coachesand teammates? Even with the op-portunity to win an NBA Champi-onship (and large amounts ofmoney) does anyone believe thatthey didn’t at least try to play at theirgreatest (LA Lakers called itShowtime) because of all of the at-tention and adoration from theirfans? I’m convinced that even pro-fessionals (not necessarily an accu-rate descriptor of our police) rise toanother level and achieve great re-sults when they are motivated andwhen the playing environment issupportive and outright ‘rabid’ (NotCharles Hank) in their passion fortheir team (or band or police depart-ment).

Mike Zahara wrote on thewebsite www.watchdogwag.comabout the FBI and comments madeabout possible ‘de-policing’ in theLVMPD as contributors toward[the] spike in crime. Zahara sup-

ports his boys in Metro’s currentadministration, which is hard for meto figure. He adores UndersheriffKevin McMahill — even though heknows the history of McMahill’searly days with the LVMPD. In onebreath he teases ‘Tubby Todd’(Fasulo) but then groups the boystogether and praises them. He wasvehemently opposed to past sheriff(Doug Gillespie) and regularly criti-cized him. Mike is free to have hisopinion and ‘puff up’ in responseto comments by the FBI and main-tain that there are reasons other than‘de-policing’ that may impact crimein Clark County, but I have anotheroption for him to consider.

Metro officer MORALE hasbeen nearly totally destroyed by thepast and the current administra-tions! Cops can ‘slough’ off callsand be less proactive for many rea-sons other than the Ferguson Effectand criticisms from many differentlevels of government and frommany sources. Cops who are notfeeling the support of ‘raving fans’can easily do less work and give itless effort. Just like the band I citedat the beginning of thiscolumn...What do you do when noone is watching? That is actuallyone of my favorite definitions of‘integrity’ and I know there is vir-tually no way to force cops to work.Some are lazy. Some are cowards— afraid of their own shadows. I

COMMENTARIESEditors note: The views expressed are entirely those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune.

True Colors: OUR police serving at their best

“—Economic growth will be reduced by more than$1.7 billion in 2016.

“The impact of such renewable standards is clearlydramatic — draining vitality out of Nevadans’ effortsto fully recover from years of sluggish economicgrowth.”

And those impacts are projected to continue, withminor declines in impact, until at least 2040.

That 15 percent increase in power costs was thehighest of any of the 12 states examined, and remainsamong the highest through 2025. The number of jobskilled is also the highest, when calculated as a per-centage of the current labor force.

Every job sector in Nevada would see jobs lost dueto higher costs, except one, utilities, of course. Theservice sector, which includes gaming, would be thehardest hit, bearing two-thirds of the job losses.

In 2013, Nevada generated more than 36.4 millionmegawatt-hours of electricity, with 68 percent com-ing from natural gas, 14 percent from coal, slightlymore than 7.3 percent from geothermal, and 7.4 per-cent from hydroelectricity — much of the latter usedby California. Solar power accounted for 2 percent of

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experienced far too many who arejust biding their time (trying to sur-vive Metro’s ability to target anddestroy their own) to get a fat re-tirement check. There is not goingto be a passion for CRIME FIGHT-ING when it is viewed as too riskyfor your career.

As a police chief, I had a chanceto try to ‘reform’ a police depart-ment from one that was self-serv-ing to one that gave the best pos-sible service to the public (therereally wasn’t much crime to fight)instead of posturing for politicalreasons or resisting change. In alittle over three years, I failed to seethe changes that I had hoped for.Even a police chief can’t force copsto do their jobs (primarily fightingcrime) because there are so manycomplications and distractions (i.e.,unions, politicians, special interestgroups, allegations made to derailthe proposed changes).

My argument to Zahara and anyothers who claim Metro has not‘slowed’ their crime fighting is thatthey look to other causes such aslack of motivation, lack of recog-nition, perceived favoritism or un-fairness caused by the police lead-ership! You can get stories to back


total generation and wind contributed 0.7 percent.The study calculates that in order to meet its RPS,

Nevada must increase its solar and wind power outputby more than 87 percent.

“The increases in average electricity costs from newRPS capacity additions are 32.85 percent in 2016, ris-ing to 37.58 percent in 2020, 37.33 percent in 2025,and 21.32 percent in 2040,” Considine relates. “Withlegacy costs average electricity rates in Nevada increase14.77 percent in 2016 due to renewable energy portfo-lio standards. After 2016, rates increase 15.6 percentin 2020, more than 15 percent in 2025, and 9-13 per-cent from 2030 to 2040.”

The total cost per ton of carbon dioxide avoided inNevada amounts to nearly $77 a ton. The Environmen-tal Protection Agency estimates the social value ofcarbon reduction to be about $36 per ton.

Is this trip really necessary?* * * * *

Thomas Mitchell is a former newspaper editor whonow writes conservative/libertarian columns for weeklypapers in Nevada. You may email Mitchell [email protected]. He blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.

* * * * *Some people call me nuts, oth-

ers call me incompetent, and manyothers call me cynical, but I amgoing to continue saying that thecure for cancer has been discoveredand covered up for the benefit ofBig Pharma, oncologists, medicalpersonnel, the American CancerSociety and many other County’sCancer Societies in the nation prof-iting from the tremendous amountof money cancer treatments pro-duce.

I am totally convinced that ifmany years ago they found the curefor tuberculosis and poliomyelitis,after so many years collectingmoney for research for the cure ofcancer, there must be a genius doc-tor who had come up with the cure;

Viasmensky(Continued from Page 13) but sad to say, if they come out with

the fact of cure, many oncologistswould be out of business, as wellas all their personal assistants,nurses, donations to the cancer so-cieties, and a great loss to BigPharma.

There is no question about it asfar as I’m concerned: when it comesto either making money or savinglives, nobody cares how manypeople die on a daily basis: Thename of the game is simplyMONEY.

* * * * *Perly Viasmensky is the General

Manager of the Las Vegas Tribune.She writes a weekly column in thisnewspaper. To contact PerlyViasmensky, email her atp v i a s m e n s k y @ l a s v e g a stribune.com.

NORMAN JAHN

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up my position from hundreds ofcurrent and former members ofMetro. The changes/disbanding ofthe ‘specialty’ units (Gangs) are notthe total reason for the decliningmorale. It has been spiraling downfor years. I believe Sheriff Gillespiefired more police officers than anysheriff in the history of the LVMPD— maybe more than all sheriffscombined! He and his ‘boys’ set thestage for the current departmentwhich is NOT operating at maxi-mum levels of performance.

Many officers have the skills andthe training to show their True Col-ors in times of stress and the cur-rent crisis of confidence and theyare still giving it their best. Unfor-tunately, others are making excusesand pouting (without justification)and really don’t care what is hap-pening with crime on the Strip orin the Las Vegas Valley. The work-ing cops are not ‘slowing down’because of budget cuts or reducedspending on the police by the Cityand County. They are more con-cerned with things on a ‘micro’level — and are asking what is in itfor me or what hazards will I faceif I give my maximum effort as of-ten as possible? I guess they are not

going to perform at their best un-less it is ‘Showtime’ and they aregoing to be directly rewarded forit.

I simply don’t feel sorry forSheriff Lombardo or his croniesbecause of things like ‘statistics’and budget problems (that ‘half-bil-lion dollar beast known asLVMPD).

If there was a way to give thecops a dose of Larry Burns’ LEAD-ERSHIP (passion, professionalism,praise, people skills) we would seesignificant improvement.

It is not easy to pilot a large shipup the river. There is no magicalsolution that will reduce or elimi-nate crime. Life (and death) areabout more than statistics andspeculation. You wanted the job(Mr. Lombardo), so carry on andquit the whining!

* * * * *Norm Jahn served with the

LVMPD for over 21 years andachieved the rank of lieutenant. Healso served as a police chief in Wis-consin for over three years. Jahnhas been a university professor andalso taught in the criminal justiceprogram at the College of South-ern Nevada for over a decade.

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Feeley(Continued from Page 14)dumb people.

Dictators also control with aniron fist the military. If they lose thatcontrol their days are numbered anda coup will result. The FrenchRevolution is an example of a Kingliterally losing his head.

We have heard for decades thatthis country needs a businessmanas a leader. The problem with thatwish is that no businessman wouldput up with running a country madeup of stupid people. Company lead-ers are awarded their positions asan owner or as someone selected forthe job by owners. They have toperform successfully or they will bereplaced.

Owners want results. The num-bers tell the story and they rate theaccomplishments of the leader. Agood owner selects their choice fora leader and then they let theirchoice do their job without secondguessing or interference. As long asthe numbers are going in the rightdirection, everything is good. Whenthey go bad the days of the leadermay be numbered. The differencebetween a company leader and adictator is the company does notcontrol a military. No matter howbad the numbers are to a dictator,he will survive as long as he con-trols the guns.

The solution to this country sur-viving dumb people is a combina-tion of the way businesses are runand a dictatorship. A true leaderneeds some time to function with-out interference. Our two-party sys-tem guarantees failure. No com-pany could survive if half the

people would oppose everythingthe leader does. Add in the lyingmainstream media and you are wellon the way to a failed Government.

Trump is right. I’ll do it myself.He has been proven right on justabout everything he has done. Hejeopardizes the current positions ofthe establishment because theyhave been wrong on just about ev-erything they have done. The Con-gress and Senate are controlled byspecial interests and their perfor-mance on behalf of the people isdeplorable.

The solution is to eliminate allinterference starting with the politi-cal parties. Then eliminate the Con-gress and Senate. The FoundingFathers thought they were creatingchecks and balances. What has re-sulted is turmoil caused by a bunchof elected people without commonsense. They have an agenda dictatedby the establishment controlled byspecial interests. The fifty Statesshould elect one non-partisan rep-resentative that will serve similar toa board of directors. This memberwill make suggestions to the Presi-dent. Such a system would greatlydiminish the size of the Govern-ment. The President’s performancewill be determined by the numbersand his re-election will depend onthem. Such a Government would berun like a business.

Dictators have the control of themilitary. With the title of Com-mander in Chief, the US Presidenttechnically controls the military.

That fact has been misguidedsince the founding of our Govern-ment and what has resulted is the

possibility of having a Commanderin Chief that knows literally noth-ing about military leadership. Casein point, Barack Obama. The USnow has a vastly diminished mili-tary capability with outdated equip-ment. Purchases of new equipmentdepend upon the political clout ofmanufacturer’s special interest lob-byists, and military leaders input isignored. We build airplanes thatwon’t fly.

Our wars and equipment arecontrolled by politics and that willfail. Our military needs to be con-

trolled by a leader that has provenhimself to be militarily qualified.The last person that should haveauthority over the military is aPresident lacking any experience.Our military leader needs to berated by people that have risenthrough the ranks and were ap-pointed by the same.

The people of the country shouldnot lament over this solution be-cause public opinion of the leader’sperformance will be subject to scru-tiny. Just like the President, his ac-complishments will support his po-

sition or not. Changes can andshould be made.

This solution is common senseand we, the Heard, must support amovement that supports an agendato make this country great again.Politics must be eliminated. All thenegativity about Trump is comingthrough politics. Give the business-man a chance and we will look atthe numbers. They will dictate whatis done in the future. Existing num-bers prove that a community orga-nizer, politics, and special interestsdo not work.

comes of actual wars we’ve had tolive through. And maybe the endresult of such personal battles mighteven yield better results if the op-ponents in the ring stopped them-selves before the first round everbegan, realizing they might be bet-ter off talking about their differ-ences or disputes than swingingaimlessly at what they perceivedwas an enemy that had to be van-quished in order for them to “win”or make any change for the betterat all.

In my case, I was never allowedto have a discussion with my fatherabout what happened, or why Imight have done something; Imerely had to listen to him, take mypunishment — deserved or not —and then try not to wreak his wrathagain. And yet, that’s not to say thatmy father was a bad father, or waswrong to expect more of me thanhe expected of others, or that I hatedhim. He did what he felt he had todo and apparently in the only wayhe knew how.

I would imagine that unless oneis hypnotized, brain-washed, or in-sane, most people trying to achievean end for what they believe is anoteworthy cause, intend to makethe world — and especially theirown corner of it — a better place

innocent person as being guilty,then inflict a punishment upon thatperson, ostensibly for the expresspurpose of teaching them not toever do that again (when theyhaven’t even done that in the firstplace). There was no justice.

Sometimes, because my fatherwas a harsh disciplinarian, hewould inflict a harsh punishmentupon me for what he perceived Ihad done, and that was apparentlyacceptable in our home — maybebecause my father really believedthat was the way to do things, ormaybe because it was what helearned from his own parents, ormaybe it was what every other fa-ther he knew did, or maybe it wasjust how he was feeling at the time,and needed to take it out on some-one. After all, someone did some-thing worthy of punishment, I wasthe likely suspect, and somethinghad to be done; not doing some-thing might make it seem that myfather was weak or not in charge.

We’ve heard it said that ratherthan have wars, the heads of thecountries involved should just getin the ring together and duke it out.That’s always said tongue-in-cheekof course, but the outcome of thatcouldn’t be any worse than the out-

Maramis(Continued from Page 13) for their having taken a stand.

Whether it’s stopping one or morecountries from swooping in and justtaking over in order that we mightcontinue to enjoy the freedoms wehave (“...there is a time foreverything...a time for war...”), orwhether it’s petitioning Congressfor a better way, or even marchingor rallying or peacefully protesting,those who see the need for changeand feel moved to do somethingabout it, must do what they mustdo. And, what we therefore allowfor ourselves, we must allow foreveryone.

But that does not mean that theWAY some people express them-selves on their way to “doing some-thing about it” is right or even ac-ceptable.

We intervene when we knowparents use abusive methods tomake their children obey, and wehave laws about how to deal withdisputes and accusations and don’tallow “dark justice” (taking thingsinto our own hands as they say, to“hang ‘em first and ask questionslater”). Yet no matter how far we’vecome, we can’t seem to get past“God” commanding “believers” tokill the infidels (those who don’tbelieve as the radical, or terrorist,Islamists do) because it is written

in their book that such must be so.Running the country is a diffi-

cult enough task; imagine trying torun the world! Who would be rightand who would be wrong? Whowould be the highest authority, andwhy should anyone follow that au-thority? Especially difficult wouldbe figuring out just how God wouldfit into all of this. And If indeedthere are different gods, whose godwould be the one to follow?

I am certainly not the voice ofauthority, yet I do believe God is.Of course, if one doesn’t believe inGod, then that doesn’t mean any-thing; and even if one does believein God, how does a country thatbelieves in separation of church andstate (not that God and “church” arethe same thing) then allow God intothe mix when it comes to runningits country and dealing with theworld?

Right now, we have those whobelieve that no matter what Godsaid, it is up to them to obey. Andhow peaceful this world could be ifeveryone really felt that way. Theproblem, however, lies in the mes-sage: What exactly is that message?

Well, consider the entity deliv-ering the message. Is it for ALL? Isit filled with Truth, beauty andgoodness? Does it feel loving? If

God’s message was directed at yourown mother or children, yourspouse, the poorest person in townor the richest king, would they allhave access to the same outcomeof eternal life and happiness? Wemust first understand what is avail-able to us all before we can evensuggest anyone else embrace it.

It cannot be otherwise. We areall one family under one God, orelse God is just as confused as weare, and shows up one way here,another way there, this way now,and that way later. If God is indeedour source (who can be higher?),that means one, and that one doesnot change. We can state what wewant God to tell us to do and do it;or we can keep working at learningwho God (by any other name) is andrejoice when we all find him.

Obeying the god we think weknow, or doing the right thing: Isthere a difference?

You bet! All we really have todo is stop trying to own God. He’sthe God of all!

* * * * *Maramis Choufani is the Man-

aging Editor of the Las Vegas Tri-bune. She writes a weekly columnin this newspaper. To contactMaramis, email her [email protected].


ful willingness to lie through histeeth about his voting record.

Fortunately, after this embar-rassing loss we can probably sticka fork in this RINO’s political ca-reer.

The bad news for conservatives,however, is that Seaman is a terri-bly flawed and untrustworthy can-didate. Although she did voteagainst the $1.4 billion tax hike, shenevertheless voted for 9 other lessertax/fee hikes last year despite sign-ing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

And for this race, she flip-flopped and refused to re-sign thePledge.

My fear is she’ll now again tryto cozy up to Majority Leader TaxHike Mike (like she did during thesession last year) and “go moder-ate” for the general election whereshe’ll face a solid, well-fundedDemocrat in a district with a prettysignificant Democrat voter registra-tion advantage.

Indeed, there’s a good chanceRepublicans will ultimately losethis seat — and maybe their 11-10majority.

But for now, Seaman dischargedSt. Erv... and that’s something tocelebrate!

SO LONG, PK!SO LONG, GLENN!

Going into yesterday’s primaryelection, conservatives had alreadychalked up four victories against the13 tax-hiking RINO’s in the stateAssembly without firing a shot.

In addition to Nelson quitting torun for the state Senate, Assembly-men Pat “The Appeaser” Hickey,Randy “Kirner Tax” Kirner andLynn “The Bug Man” Stewart allquit rather than face voters.

Republican voters took out twomore in the primary.

Tax-hiking RINO AssemblymanP.K. O’Neill only got 26 percent ofthe vote and went down in flamesto conservative Tax Pledge-signerAl Kramer up in Carson City.

And appointed-not-elected tax-hiking RINO Assemblyman GlennTrowbridge got his hat handed tohim big time by conservative TaxPledge-signer Jim Marchant inClark County.

Two other tax-hiking RINO’sgot by by the skin of their teeth.

Assemblyman David Gardner inClark County only beat conserva-tive challenger Diana Orrock 45-37percent because a third, self-cen-tered spoiler candidate in the race,Minddie Lloyd, siphoned off 17percent of the anti-Gardner vote.

And tax-hiking RINO Assem-blyman Stephen “Snow Job”Silberkraus won by only 253 votesthanks in part to...

(a) The post office mysteriously“losing” two of conservative chal-lenger Amy Groves’ three mailpieces, and delivering the third oneTHREE WEEKS late, and...

(b) Silberkraus setting up a fakePAC and swamping the district witha half-dozen last minute hit piecesfalsely accusing Groves of beingsupported by the Democrats, eventhough SHE, not him, was endorsedby the Nevada Republican Party inthe race.

What a lying rat-b**tard.Groves was also attacked, unbe-

lievably, with two hit pieces in the

Muth(Continued from Page 14) GOP primary by the DEMOCRAT

candidate in the race, who clearlysaw that Groves would have beenthe tougher Republican candidate inthe general election.

That was the toughest loss of thenight for me. Groves would havebeen GREAT in Carson City.

But the reckoning isn’t overyet...

ON TO THE GENERALFor those of you keeping score,

we started with 13 turncoat Repub-licans in the Assembly who votedfor the largest tax hike in history.Four quit, and two were defeatedin primaries.

So half of them are now gone.But it ain’t over yet...Out in Nye County, tax-hiking

RINO Assembly James “The BigSelloutski” Oscarson raised a jaw-dropping $140,000 from Gov. BrianSandoval and other special interestsas thanks for breaking his word andbetraying the trust of his constitu-ents.

His conservative Tax-Pledge-signer challenger, Tina Trenner,barely raised over $10,000. A 14-1fundraising disadvantage.

Yet The Big Selloutski won byonly 133 votes!

And if not for another self-cen-tered, spoiler candidate who got inthe race, Rusty Stanberry — whosiphoned off 433 anti-Oscarsonvotes — The Big Selloutski wouldhave been toast.

But he still may be...Waiting in the wings for the gen-

eral election is brothel owner/tele-vision reality star Dennis Hof, whowill be on the ballot in Novemberrunning as the Libertarian candi-date.

And with Nye County being lib-ertarian-leaning Ron & Rand PaulCountry, Hof — with his money, hiscelebrity, his girls and his soapbox— could very well win in Novem-ber since there’s no Democrat run-ning.

In fact, let’s get the ball rollingright now with Citizen OutreachPAC’s first general election en-dorsement...

Dennis Hof for Assembly Dis-trict 36.

And I know some of you aregoing to hate me for this, but aman’s gotta do what a man’s gottado...

Gardner, Silberkraus and tax-hiking RINO Derek Armstrongmay have eked out primary victo-ries last night, but they ain’t out ofthe woods yet.

All three are in Democrat-ma-jority districts.

All three face serious, organized,well-funded general election oppo-nents.

And I won’t lift a finger to helpany of them.

Indeed, I might very well end upsupporting the Democrat candi-dates, because I simply cannot bringmyself to support such lying sacksof tax-hiking...

I mean, if a man’s word is nogood, the man is no good. And thosethree are rotten to the core.

So in the final analysis, it’s quitepossible that four more of the tax-hiking RINOs will lose their seatsin November.

Which will leave only tax-hik-ing RINO Speaker John Hambrick,

tax-hiking RINO Majority LeaderPaul Anderson and tax-hikingRINO Assemblywoman MelissaWoodbury out of the13 turncoatAssembly Republicans still in theLegislature.

A reckoning richly deserved.So let it be written, so let it be

done.OTHER ASSEMBLY RACES

—In Assembly District 26 inWashoe County, conservative TaxPledge-signer Lisa Krasner — whoonly lost to RINO “Kirner Tax”Kirner in 2014 by 11 votes — de-feated Sandoval’s endorsed candi-date. And since no Democrat orthird-party candidate filed in thatrace, she automatically wins theseat!

—In Assembly District 35, con-servative Tax Pledge-signer Assem-blyman Brent Jones held on anddefeated Sandoval’s endorsed can-didate in a brutal, five-way primary.

—And in Assembly District 4,conservative Tax Pledge-signer Ri-chard McArthur beat Sandoval’sendorsed candidate.

Frankly, under the circum-stances, I’m hoping Sandovalcomes out and endorses HillaryClinton for president!

OTHER RACESOF INTEREST

In the GOP primary for U.S.Senate, Congressman/Doctor/Brigadier General Joe Heck abso-lutely crushed, 65-22 percent, gad-fly challenger Sharron Angle, who,in the campaign, disgustingly mis-directed people looking for Heck’s

campaign website to a porn site.He beat her in EVERY county.Now on to the general with the

only real hope Republicans have ofwinning a Democrat seat — andHarry Reid’s seat at that!

And let’s just pray this is the lasttime we ever see Angle’s name ona Nevada ballot.

In a state Senate race up in Reno,former Sandoval chief-of-staffHeidi Gansert, a mushy moderatefrom Jump Street, won a somewhatless-than-impressive race againstbusinessman Eugene Hoover,which could mean she’s vulnerableto a tough Democrat challenge inthe fall.

Hoover, the conservative chal-lenger, tried to make everyonehappy by voicing opposition to taxhikes but refusing to sign the Tax-payer Protection Pledge — a litmustest for me and a lot of other con-servatives who are sick and tired ofcandidates who talk out of bothsides of their mouths.

For many of us, if you don’t takethe Pledge, take a walk.

Hoover still has a promising fu-ture in politics if he wants it. Let’shope this experience teaches himthat the only things in the middleof the road are “yellow stripes anddead armadillos.” Take a stand forwhat you believe and put your JohnHancock where your rhetoric is.

In Douglas County, two conser-vative challenger candidates run-ning for county commission - DaveNelson and Larry Walsh - reachedout to me via campaign supporter

Tom Starrett a few weeks ago andasked if they could sign the Tax-payer Protection Pledge eventhough they weren’t running forCongress or the Legislature.

I said ABSOLUTELY... and hap-pily added their names to our onlinelist of Pledge signers.

Nelson and Walsh were chal-lenging two incumbent countycommissioners who were wobblyon possible local tax hikes. And notonly did Nelson and Walsh sign theTax Pledge, they RAN ON IT.

When the smoke cleared lastnight, both won handily!

Nelson 56-44 percent and Walsh58-42 percent. Plus, I’m told, thishas shifted the commission make-up from 4-1 tax chumps to 3-2 taxchamps. Way to go, guys! Con-gratulations.

And finally...In the District Court, Depart-

ment 20 race in Clark County,Judge Eric Johnson — who a fewweeks ago ruled against the ACLUin a lawsuit trying to kill Nevada’snew school voucher program —won the primary but didn’t get overthe 50 percent needed to avoid arun-off in November.

Still, better to go into the gen-eral as the primary winner than not!Citizen Outreach PAC will continueto support Judge Johnson.

* * * * *Chuck Muth is president of Citi-

zen Outreach, a non-profit publicpolicy grassroots advocacy organi-zation. He may be reached by emailat [email protected].

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night long at the Jurassic NightSwim with games and poolside en-tertainment.

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Sharks vs. Dinosaurs: The ulti-mate battle of the beasts compet-ing for guests’ attention will takeplace poolside at The Tank, wherethe fan-favorite classic will bescreened.Olympic Night Swim (August 5)

Go for the gold! Celebrate theopening of the Summer 2016Olympics poolside with drink spe-cials and giveaways.

Family Movie Night: Pixels(August 19, 8 p.m. Start Time)

What happens when your favor-ite arcade games come to life? Findout at the special screening of Pix-els at The Tank!Swimsuits and Hometown Roots

Night Swim (August 26)Gotta support the team! Guests

who don their favorite team’s jer-sey are eligible to compete in thecompetition with food and drinkspecials offered.Bikinis and Martinis Night Swim

(September 2)Come live life on the edge with

Marty the Party Shark as he servesup tasty drink specials.

Baywatch Night Swim(September 16)

Bust out the lifeguard attire forBaywatch Night Swim, featuringentertainment and games thatwould make The Hoff jealous.

Bikefest Night Swim(September 30)

Motor in on Bikefest NightSwim and enjoy classic rock, do-mestic beer specials, and more.

The award-winning GoldenNugget Las Vegas pool, also known

July 4th Independence DayWeekend Specials!

—July 1–4—11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.—Specialty Menu — featuring:

Chili Mac, BBQ Chicken Salad,Grilled Flatiron Steak and a deca-dent ‘S’more Than a Feeling’ des-sert.

—Specials start at $8All Month at Crossroads —

Kids Eat Free! Kids under the ageof 12 eat breakfast and lunch forfree throughout the month of July.

—7 a.m.–4 p.m.—Monday–Friday—With the purchase of a full

priced entrÈe—No other discounts or specials

apply. Management reserves allrights.

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TACOS EATING CONTESTAT PALMS CASINO RESORT

The 6th Annual Gringo BanditoChronic Tacos Eating Contest is go-ing down at Palms Casino Resortin Las Vegas on Friday, July 29.Gringo Bandito, the hot sauce cre-ated by Dexter Holland, andChronic Tacos, the California-in-

spired Mexican Grill, havepartnered once again to host therecord-breaking event taking placethis year at Ditch Fridays, the popu-lar bash, at Palms Pool & Dayclub.

—The event brings a mix ofmusic, lively patrons, and, yes, lotsof taco eating. There are two com-petition categories: amateur andprofessional.

—The amateurs will battleagainst each other as well as againstJason Acuña, Jackass’ Wee Man, towin amateur bragging rights andcash prizes. The professional tierdraws competitive eaters fromaround the world, including two-time champion Takeru Kobayashi.Last year the world famousKobayashi won the contest and seta new world record by eating morethan 140 tacos in under tenminutes.“Our annual taco eatingcontest has drawn competitive eat-ers from all over the world andwe’re excited to bring this year’sevent to the Palms in Las Vegaswhere we have had a location forover three years,” said ChronicTacos CEO Michael Mohammed.“Each year this event has grown, itis such a fun and unique experienceto be a part of for both us andGringo Bandito.”

—“It’s great for Gringo Banditoto be partnering again with ChronicTacos to bring on the biggest tacoeating contest in the world!” saidDexter Holland, Founder of GringoBandito.

The world taco eating record-breaking event is open to the pub-lic, and runs from 1 until 3 p.m. atDitch Fridays on July 29 at PalmsPool & Dayclub.

* * * * *Mike Kermani is an entertain-

ment writer for the Las Vegas Tri-bune newspaper. He writes a weeklycolumn in this newspaper. To con-tact Mike Kermani, emailmkermani@ lasvegas tribune.com


Person, or call 702-632-7600.—Tickets include non-alcoholic

beverages, coffee, and iced tea.July 9 and July 23 — ‘No Re-

grets’ Brunch at Crossroads. Regretnothing and keep the party going...Hangovers only last a day. Memo-ries last forever with all-you-can-drink mimosas and loaded vodkadrinks.

—1 p.m.–3 p.m.—No Cover—Live entertainment by Paul

Charles Band—Specialty brunch menu start-

ing at $4—Prizes and GiveawaysJuly 15 — ‘Late Night’ Dine-In

Movie at Crossroads. Sit back, re-lax and pass the popcorn with aspooky showing of Friday the 13th.

—Midnight–3 a.m.—No Cover—18+—Prizes and GiveawaysJuly 18 — Strip Searched Com-

edy at Crossroads. Share somelaughs with our monthly comedynight this summer hosted by AlexJustalex.

—Doors: 8 p.m.; Show: 9 p.m.—$5 cover—18+—Food and beverage specials

starting at $4—Purchase tickets online, In-

Person, or call 702-632-7600July Promotions:

Night Swims return to The Tankat Golden Nugget Las Vegas

This Weekin Las Vegas

By Mike Kermani


Article and photos submittedby Sam Wagmeister

Each Father’s Day, Brazilian transplantNelson Sardelli, who came to the UnitedStates 61 years ago as an aspiring gun-sling-ing movie cowboy, assembles all comersfrom his sphere of Las Vegas entertainers...big names and those who should be... for aknockout show at the Nevada Veterans Home.

Retiring military veterans have foundNevada’s low cost of living, exceptional en-tertainment and recreational opportunities,and the absence of bone-chilling winterweather an ideal retirement haven. Hundredsof organizations have sprung up providingsupport and thanks to these vets.

Nevada Veterans Home is a 24-hourskilled nursing facility with 180 beds with24 dedicated to Alzheimer’s and dementia pa-tients. The home runs at approximately 98percent capacity and is Medicare/Medicaidcertified and licensed by the State of Nevada.

Sardelli, the perennial host of the event,who was at the losing end of a nasty 24-hourbug, enlisted local actor, singer and musicianPaul Campanella to pinch hit. Campanella,who is currently appearing in A Few GoodMen at the Onyx Theater, got the party startedin the dining-room-turned-showroom for theveterans and their families with the rousing“Let the Good Times Roll,” followed bySpeakeasy Swinger Jeanne Brei’s dedicationto the current presidential campaign, “It’s aSin to Tell a Lie.”

The near capacity crowd of veterans, mostin wheelchairs and assisted with walkers,wore the badges of their military yearsproudly with the branches of their service orconflicts engaged in on baseball caps: WorldWar II, Navy, Viet Nam Veteran, Korea and

Entertainers visit the NevadaVeteran’s Home for 13th year

more. They showed their appreciation aftereach performer with applause muffled a bitby the decades that had sapped their strength.Tears appeared when familiar songs broughtback memories:

One after another, performers took thestage singing, swinging, entertaining and per-forming as legs that could no longer supporttheir bodies still summoned the strength tolightly tap out the familiar tunes.

Retired Las Vegas headliner, magicianLance Burton, who has been receiving ravereviews for his film festival hit movie, “BillyTopit, Master Magician” was up to his old“tricks” with sleight of hand and card tricksto the delight... and the usual amazement...of the crowd.

Musical director and drummer, Gary Olds,a California resident, assembled an all-starband for the occasion: David Richardson,who performs with Celine Dion and SantaFe Fat City Horns on keyboard; jazz guitar-ist Steve Cantor who has performed withLesley Gore, Rich Little, The Drifters, DebbieReynolds and currently serves as SonnyTurner’s musical director; bass player DannyDemorales and Dr. George Ritter on saxo-phone. The band’s quality and professional-ism was exhibited by accompanying the vo-calists to near perfection without having theopportunity for a rehearsal.

Others who performed included vocalistsAllen Tramont, Brian Nathan Wine, BarbaraBrighton, Kay Wade, Ronnie Rose anddaughter Jenna Rose, Genevieve, Ms. SeniorNevada 2015-16 Joan Schaumburg, GeorgeBugatti, Mark Love and Judy Garland trib-ute artist Denise Rose who sang “SomewhereOver the Rainbow” with Jack Heard sittingringside. Heard served as a publicist for

Genevieve Dew and Dr George RitterGarland’s MGM film, “Meet Me in St.Louis.”

Also on the bill were 15-year old classi-cal guitarist Aria, and magician/comedian

Fielding West.One volunteer who asked not to be iden-

tified commented, “We (the volunteers) lookforward to this as much as the residents do!”

Aria

Jenna RoseJudy Garland tribute artist Denise Rose performs “Over the Rainbow” to audience member Jack Heard,

publicist for Garland’s MGM movie “Meet Me in St Louis.”

Barbara Brighton

Pete Barbutti George Bugatti

Paul CampanellaJeanne Brei


The performers in the “God Bless America” finale, from left to right are: Joan Schaumburg, Genevieve, Allen Tramont, Danny Demorales, Gary Olds, Jeanne Brei, David Richardson, Denise Rose, Lou Toomin†and Dr. George Ritter.

13th annual Father’s Day entertainers’ gift to Veterans

Dr. Wil KromMagician Lance Burton finds a multicolor scarf in one man’s shirt.

Kay Wade Fielding West

Joan Schaumburg — Ms Senior Nevada 2015-16

Mark Love

Ronnie Rose

Allen Tramont

By Jerry FinkLas Vegas Tribune

FIRST FULL NORTHAMERICAN TOUR

IN 12 YEARSLegendary U.K. band Culture

Club will bring their U.S. tour toThe Pearl Concert Theater insidePalms Casino Resort on Aug. 21,2016 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $70,plus any additional service fees andgo on sale Friday, April 15 at 10a.m.

Of all the exciting groups tocome out of the alternative musicscene in the early 80’s, Culture Clubbecame the first to achieve arenaheadline status. They achievedstunning success by racking upseven straight Top 10 hits in theU.K. and nine Top 10 singles in theU.S., Culture Club became a cul-tural phenomenon and an award-winning, chart-topping group.

Central to the band’s appeal wasthe flamboyant front man BoyGeorge, whose cross-dressing andheavy make-up created an imagewhich was completely unique onthe pop scene. George was alsonoted for his biting wit and fre-quently came up with cutting quipsthat won Culture Club media expo-sure on both sides of the Atlantic.

Culture Club grew out of theashes of ‘Sex Gang Children,’formed by George and bassistMikey Craig. Drummer Jon Mossand guitarist Roy Hay came onboard, and by 1981 the band hadbeen renamed. Early in 1982 a dealwas signed with Virgin Records, butsuccess eluded them until the re-lease of their third single in the au-tumn, the massive breakthrough hit“Do You Really Want To Hurt Me.”Shortly after this, Culture Club’sdebut album Kissing To Be Clever,climbed to No.5 on the U.K. charts,while another non-album single“Time (Clock Of The Heart)”reached No.3.

The band’s U.S. success fol-lowed early in 1983 with the albumand both singles riding high in thecharts. A third single “I’ll Tumble4 Ya” was taken from the album inthe U.S., providing additional Top10 success. By the time their sec-ond album Colour By Numbers wasreleased in autumn 1983, CultureClub were the most popular popgroup in the world. Colour ByNumbers spawned “Karma Chame-leon” a transatlantic No.1, whichsold more than 5 million copiesworldwide.

Culture Club reunited in 1998,

Culture Club bring original lineup to the Pearl

releasing the two-disc set VH1 Sto-rytellers/Greatest Hits. The firstcaptures the band live in the VH1studios tackling both old and newmaterial while the second is a com-pilation of re-mastered hits. Theband also had a No.4 hit in the U.K.that year with “I Just Wanna BeLoved.”

Doors at The Pearl will open at7 p.m. and show time is 8 p.m. ThePearl Box Office is open daily fromnoon until 7 p.m. with extendedhours on select event days. FollowThe Pearl on Twitter at@PearlatPalms or on Facebook forconcert announcements, event in-formation and exclusive venuepresale information.

* * * * *BRITNEY SPEARS

ADDS NEWPERFORMANCE DATESTickets are now on sale for

Britney Spears’ 14 added perfor-mance dates, October through Feb-ruary, at The AXIS at Planet Holly-wood.

The international superstar re-cently opened the “2016 BillboardMusic Awards,” where she per-formed a medley of her greatest hitsand was honored with the Millen-nium Award, which recognizes out-standing career achievements andinfluence in the music industry.

The additional 14 performancesare:

October 2016: Friday, October21; Saturday, October 22; Wednes-day, October 26; Friday, October28; Saturday, October 29

November 2016: Wednesday,November 2; Friday, November 4;Saturday, November 5; Wednesday,November 9; Friday, November 11;Saturday, November 12; Wednes-day, November 16; Friday, Novem-ber 18; Saturday, November 19

January 2017: Friday, January13; Saturday, January 14; Wednes-day, January 18; Friday, January 20;Saturday, January 21; Wednesday,January 25; Friday, January 27;Saturday, January 28

February 2017: Wednesday,February 1; Friday, February 3; Sat-urday, February 4

Tickets for the following previ-ously announced performances arealso on sale now:

June 2016: Wednesday, June22; Friday, June 24; Saturday, June25; Wednesday, June 29

July 2016: Friday, July 1; Sat-urday, July 2; Wednesday, July 6;Friday, July 8; Saturday, July 9;Wednesday, July 13

August 2016: Wednesday, Au-gust 17; Friday, August 19; Satur-day, August 20; Wednesday, August24; Friday, August 26; Saturday,August 27; Wednesday, August 31

September 2016: Friday, Sep-tember 2; Saturday, September 3;Wednesday, September 7; Friday,September 9; Saturday, September10

Since opening in Dec. 2013,“Britney: Piece of Me” has receivedrave reviews from both critics andfans alike, with the show beingvoted the “Best Overall Show” and“Best Bachelorette Party” by read-ers of the Las Vegas Review-Jour-nal in 2015. The record-settingshow is sold out on a regular basis,and has been seen by over 500,000guests.

Dazzling fans with show-stop-ping performances for more than 15years, Britney has truly brought hermost spectacular show to Las Ve-gas.

Britney was the first artist-in-residence housed in The AXIS atPlanet Hollywood Resort & Casino,which features one of the largestindoor video and projection instal-lations in the world. With its inno-vative layout and exclusive tableand bottle service provided byDrai’s Management Group, TheAXIS is set apart from any othervenue in Las Vegas. The smaller,more intimately sized theater allowsBritney’s fans to see her as they’venever seen her before.

General ticket prices range from

$59 to $229, plus service fees, andmay be purchased online atBritneyPieceofMe.com or in-per-son The AXIS box office. Prices forVIP packages vary depending uponthe show date. All shows begin at 9p.m.

* * * * *RED MERCURY

ENTERTAINMENTPRESENTED LATIN

EVENTS JULY 16Red Mercury Entertainment

Latín Events presented Banda elRecodo, La Séptima Banda,Cumbre Nortena, Brio Norteno,Christian Nava, Samuel Aguirreand Equipo Imperial live perfor-mance at Westgate Las Vegas Re-sort & Casino Event Center, Satur-day, July 16.

Banda el Recodo is not only oneof Mexico’s most successful banda,but one of the most eclectic. Overthe past four decades, the group hasperformed a mixture of Latin dancetunes, jazz swing, and classical mu-sic.

The first banda to be recorded,La Banda el Recodo has recordedmore than 178 records and hasbrought its music from the barriosof Mexico to the international stage.

Also known as BandaSinaloense el Recodo de Don CruzLizárraga, the band has performedwith such popular artists as JuanGabriel and Michael Concepción.The ensemble consists of four clari-nets, three trumpets, a tambora,which is a bass drum with a cym-bal on top, a tarola snare drum, atuba (Sousaphone style), threetrombones, two alto horns (referredto as saxores or amonias inMexico), and two singers.

La Séptima Banda is a large 17-piece band which plays a variety ofregional Mexican music, frombandas and cumbias to rancherasand their specialty, narcocorridos.The band released four indepen-dently issued albums and their firstrecording was in collaboration withEnigma Norteño on the single“Narco de Narcos.” The band’s own


debut album, Segurito Segurito,prefaced by the single “Bonito yBello.”

Cumbre Norteña is a musicalgroup formed in 2000 in Los An-geles, California, by five youngmusicians eager to make it to thetop. Band members include: José A.Lechuga as lead vocalist and basssaxophone; Alex Montes on accor-dion; Miguel A. Juarez on drums;Juan Prado on saxophone; and José‘May’ Llamas as back up vocalistand electric bass.

Conjunto Brio Norteño is a mu-sical group of “Norteño Al EstiloSax y Accordion” genre. They be-gan their career in 2010 in the SanFernando Valley of California com-posed of: Eberardo Rosales on ac-cordion; Arturo Sanchez on bajosexto and vocals; Angel Landeroson vocals; Raymundo Gomez onelectric bass; Noe Fernandez onsax; and Gerardo Ontiveros ondrums. To this day they have fivemusical productions which con-tinue to open many doors for them.

Christian Nava is on the vergeof breaking out to become one ofthe most solidified artists acrossLatin music. With his fresh, youth-ful style, the regional Mexicansinger/songwriter has captured theattention and avid interest of fansacross the globe. Born in Napa,California, with roots inMichoacan, Christian has kept theessence of the traditional regionalMexican sound, while diversifyingwith influences from Reggaeton,Pop and Spanish Rock. ChristianNava’s debut album Volver aMirarte with singles, “AsÌ Cómo TeAmo” and “Volver a Mirarte,” haveaccumulated significant supportand play on YouTube.

Other local Las Vegas musiciansthat performed on July 16 wereSamuel Aguirre and Equipo Impe-rial.

Jerry Fink is an entertainmentcolumnist for the Las Vegas Tribunenewspaper and writes a weekly col-umn. To contact Fink, email him atjfink@ lasvegastribune.com.

&HEALTH LIFESTYLESBy Sandy Zimmerman

Las Vegas TribunePhotos by “Altered Minds”

Most people had heard of the Nobel Prizewinning psychologist Dr. Nathaniel Shellner(Oscar Nominee Judd Hirsch) but very fewwere aware of the person behind the award.He was not the man everyone admired.

Once Dr. Shellner and his family begantheir introspective journey into the past, oncethose doors were opened, his children con-tinued to probe while the startling facts werefinally exposed and the unbelievable truthscould not be denied.

Dr. Shellner’s career involved more thanbeing a psychologist working with trauma-tized patients in refugee camps, he delvedfarther into experiments with his own adaptedchildren.

How could a man experiment on his ownchildren?

When we look at a man, how can we tellwhat he is really like beyond his façade.

Discussing the past awakened hischildren’s repressed memories, this was atime to put the puzzle together and understandthe pieces of their lives.

The family were not reminiscing the happytimes of the past, they faced the harsh, true

“Altered Minds”: The person behind the award


facts of betrayal by their father. Could thechildren forgive their father even if they couldnot forget what he did?

Some doctors feel the findings of an ex-periment outweigh the severity and brutalityof the experiment but to use their ownadopted children, that is a new low.

Stand-out performance by Tommy (RyanO’ Nan) as he kept switching from psychoticstate to normal at a moment’s notice. Whenhe held the long icicle, Tommy seemed readyto attack his family during this very dramaticmoment.

Some of the film’s questions: “How com-mon do you think family secrets are? Do youbelieve family secrets should be exposedwhen everyone is of age or should sleepingdogs lie? Would the Shellner’s benefit fromfamily therapy or are they too far gone?

Dr. Shellner’s (Oscar Nominee JuddHirsch-Independence Day: Resurgence),family included his wife Lillian (CarolineLagerfelt) and their five children Tommy(Ryan O’ Nan-“Ray Donovan”), Julie (JaimeRay Newman-“Bates Motel”), Harry (C. S.Lee-“Dexter”), Sylvia Jake Miller (SashaShellner), Lily Pilblad (Sylvia Shellner) andas young Tommy (Hayden Signoretti).

“Altered Minds” (originally titled The Red

Robin) is a 2015 psychological film directedby Michael Z. Wechsler.

For those interested in the more commonpsychological wounds we all sustain in dailylife and what we can do about them, checkout Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection,Guilt, Failure and Other Everyday Hurts(Plume, 2014).

“Altered States” film is available on Blu-ray, DVD from eOne, On Demand, and allcarriers. Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/YOFei0rkGDk

* * * * *Award winning Sandy Zimmerman is a

syndicated columnist featuring Show andDining reviews, travel, cars, health, luxuryand more. Sandy is talk show host of the LasVegas Today Show programs and Discoverthe Ultimate Vacation travel specials. If youwant to suggest topics for articles, have com-ments or any questions please contact Sandyat (702)-731-6491 or email her [email protected]. SUGGES-TIONS: Do you have a fave Las Vegas showor restaurant? Let us know and you may wina free show or other prizes. Please send thereasons for your choice, your name, tele-phone number and [email protected].

CITY BEAT / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / June 22-28, 2016

Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas raises awareness about water safety byparticipating in ‘The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson,’ June 24

Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas has an-nounced that for the third consecu-tive year, the iconic water park willbe an official host venue in the glo-bal record attempt for The World’sLargest Swimming Lesson (WLSL)on Friday, June 24 at 9:30 a.m.Check-in will begin at 9 a.m.

Tens of thousands of kids andadults at aquatic facilities aroundthe world will unite to set a newGuinness World Record™ whileraising awareness about the impor-tance of water safety and drowningprevention.

Team WLSL holds the currentGuinness World Record™ for thelargest simultaneous swimming les-son with 36,564 participants repre-senting 22 different countries but ishoping to better that number thisyear.

“This is a fantastic event and weare thrilled to again be a part of thisworld record-setting initiative,”said Takuya Ohki, general managerat Wet‘n’Wild Las Vegas. “Our parkis a committed member of the Ne-vada Drowning Association andSouthern Nevada Drowning Pre-vention Coalition, and we are proudof our position in the communityto be able to help raise awarenessabout the importance of watersafety.”

“The great thing about attendingthe event at Wet’n’Wild Las Vegasis that participants can enjoy theparks world-class slides and attrac-tions for free following the lesson.”

Tragically, drowning remainsthe leading cause of unintended in-jury related death for children ages1-5, and the second leading causeof accidental death for children un-der 14. Research shows, participat-ing in formal swimming lessons canreduce the risk of drowning by 88percent among children ages 1 to4, yet many kids don’t receive for-mal swimming or water safetytraining.

To participate, each child mustbe accompanied by a parent orguardian. The WLSL covers a 30-minute, basic swim lesson that willbe held in the Red Rock Bay attrac-tion.

To register, visit the websitewww.wetnwildlasvegas.com andclick on the World’s Largest Swim-ming Lesson event page. Availabil-ity is on first come, first served ba-sis. Once the maximum 400 peopleare reached, registration will close.Each child who participates musthave a parent assisting for one-on-one attention. Participants will beable to enjoy the water parks morethan 25 slides and attractions afterthe lesson, and will receive a cer-tificate of participation.

To learn more about the 2016WLSL, visit WLSL.org.

Wet‘n’Wild Las Vegas is locatedat 7055 S. Fort Apache Road nearI-215 and Sunset Road. For infor-mation about season passes, groupsales or sponsorships, call 702-979-1600 or visit the websitewww.wetnwildlasvegas.com.

* * * * *Summerland hosts the

Las Vegas’ largest4th of July Parade

The entire Las Vegas valley isinvited to celebrate IndependenceDay at the 22nd annual SummerlinCouncil Patriotic Parade, SouthernNevada’s largest and most colorfulFourth of July parade. This year,Senator Dean Heller and Lt. Gov-ernor Mark Hutchison will kick offthe procession. Parade grand mar-shals are Brigadier General JeannieM. Leavitt, 57th Wing Commander,

Participants receive free park entry for the remainder of the day after lesson is complete.

Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada andChief Master Sergeant Shawn L.Drinkard, Command Chief MasterSergeant, 57th Wing, Nellis AirForce Base, Nevada. More than35,000 people are expected to at-tend the parade.

The parade features more than70 entries, including traditionalfloats, Macy’s-style giant inflatableballoons, American military heroes,bands, musical groups and a vari-ety of kids’ favorite storybook andcartoon characters. More than 2,500people are participating in the pa-rade and more than 500 volunteersfrom dozens of local schools andcommunity groups are assistingwith parade operations.

This year, several new entriesare added to the parade roster, in-cluding “Avengers: America’sMighty Heroes,” “The FourthAwakens—Tribute to Star Wars,”“Pac Man Fever,” “Dream Big withthe Princesses” and “FerrisBueller’s Independence Day Off.”More than 16,000 cubic feet of he-lium will be used for more than 25giant inflatables.

Returning to the parade includefan favorites “Aladdin’s Magic Car-pet” float featuring charactersriding a flying carpet; “The Great-est Generation” push-float; “FrozenFun” float complete with live char-acters and snow; “Monsters Univer-sity” push-float; Neon City Garri-son Star Wars costuming club;Danza Del Carrizo Native Ameri-can performing group; the PaloVerde and Spring Valley HighSchool marching bands; and “ASalute to the Military” float featur-ing service men and women fromNellis Air Force Base. Members ofthe American Legion, MarineCorps League and the Military Or-der of the Purple Heart will also par-ticipate in the festivities.

The parade is organized by TheSummerlin Council, the non-profitarm of the Summerlin CommunityAssociation dedicated to the social,educational and recreational enrich-ment of residents. The parade isopen to the public. Everyone is en-couraged to arrive early, bringwater and wear sunscreen.

Title Sponsor is The HowardHughes Corporation/Summerlin.Premier Sponsor is QI Security Ser-vices. Major sponsors includeChildren’s Medical Center atSummerlin Hospital; Station Casi-nos; City of Las Vegas Parks andRecreation; Realty One Group;Design Works Custom Painting,Inc.; Par 3 Landscape and Mainte-nance; Southwest Medical; TheAlexander Dawson School; andDowntown Summerlin.

WHEN: Monday, July 4, 20169–11 a.m. Escort division com-mences at 8:30 a.m.

The parade begins at the cornerof Hillpointe Rd. and Hills CenterDr. in The Trails village ofSummerlin. Participants travelsouth toward Village Center Circle,then west on Trailwood Drive. Theparade ends prior to the corner ofTrailwood Drive and Spring GateLane.

* * * * *Forgotten Not Gone

#22DamnMany CampaignOpen House Event

Forgotten Not Gone launched

the “#22DamnMany campaign” inJanuary of 2016. The campaign’spurpose is to end 22 Daily Veteransuicides by using recumbent trikesas one form of therapy. Our goal isto get Veterans out of the Isolationand avoid Depression riding recum-bent trikes 2,222 miles by Veteran’sday November 2016. Each monthon the 22nd, after completing 222miles, Forgotten Not Gone willpartner with the community to raiseawareness and provide practicalsolutions to end the 22 Daily Vet-eran Suicides.

On June 22, 2016, the“#22DamnMany campaign starts at7:30 am and concludes at 10:30 amraising awareness at the VA South-ern Nevada Healthcare System lo-cated at 6900 North Pecos Road N.Las Vegas, NV 89086. Followingthe event, The Float Centers of Ne-vada owner, Travis McQueen, hasgraciously donated 4 Free Float ses-sions for our Veterans starting atNoon and ending at 2 pm for 2hours of Healing located at 5875 SRainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV89118. Floating is a revolutionarytherapeutic experience that offers anatural place for relieving pain, im-proving sleep and resetting balancefor mind and body. For more infor-mation on Flotation Therapy, visitonline www.FloatCentersNv.comor call (702) 202-0181.

Forgotten Not Gone will hold anOpen House Mixer starting 4 pmand ending at 8 pm located at 3355Clayton St. #15, N. Las Vegas, NV89032. At 6 pm one of our Specialpartners Cristina Alfonso fromBlissful Vets will be discussing theneed for Veterans to have Educa-tion and safe access to MedicinalCannabis. Also, our Proud SponsorCharles Carte Retired U.S.M.C.

Major and creator of AnxietX, willshare with us the exciting update onthe natural supplement that workson the neuro-adrenal to encouragea calm and focused energy.

Food Truck ExtraordinaireStripchezze will be on scene serv-ing up Cheesy Goodness. Drinkskindly donated by New York Selt-zer.

* * * * *

Pizza Factory Las VegasCelebrates Customers with

Complimentary PizzaPizza Factory Las Vegas is

showing their support for their loyalpie-loving fans in the communityby dedicating a day of free pizza.The iconic local pizzeria celebratestheir customers with a day filled ofpizza, prizes and fun.

Coining June 25th as their own“Customer Appreciation Day,” theneighborhood pizza parlor is giv-ing away free pizza to give recog-nition to their loyal fans in the com-munity. Since opening its doors,Pizza Factory Las Vegas has felt thelove from the South Highlandscommunity and would like to showtheir gratitude by giving compli-mentary pies out for a day of cel-ebration.

The Customer Appreciation Dayis open to the public to share a pieceof the Pizza Factory pie at the PizzaFactory Las Vegas at 10420 S.Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, Saturday,June 25th at 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

* * * * *City Beat is a compilation of

news and views of our editorial andwriting team, along with readersubmissions and topics. Readersare invited to suggest a local topicor any other items of interest.

CITY BEATPage 24 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / June 22-28, 2016

Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas raises awareness about water safety byparticipating in ‘The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson,’ June 24

Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas has an-nounced that for the third consecu-tive year, the iconic water park willbe an official host venue in the glo-bal record attempt for The World’sLargest Swimming Lesson (WLSL)on Friday, June 24 at 9:30 a.m.Check-in will begin at 9 a.m.

Tens of thousands of kids andadults at aquatic facilities aroundthe world will unite to set a newGuinness World Record™ whileraising awareness about the impor-tance of water safety and drowningprevention.

Team WLSL holds the currentGuinness World Record™ for thelargest simultaneous swimming les-son with 36,564 participants repre-senting 22 different countries but ishoping to better that number thisyear.

“This is a fantastic event and weare thrilled to again be a part of thisworld record-setting initiative,”said Takuya Ohki, general managerat Wet‘n’Wild Las Vegas. “Our parkis a committed member of the Ne-vada Drowning Association andSouthern Nevada Drowning Pre-vention Coalition, and we are proudof our position in the communityto be able to help raise awarenessabout the importance of watersafety.”

“The great thing about attendingthe event at Wet’n’Wild Las Vegasis that participants can enjoy theparks world-class slides and attrac-tions for free following the lesson.”

Tragically, drowning remainsthe leading cause of unintended in-jury related death for children ages1-5, and the second leading causeof accidental death for children un-der 14. Research shows, participat-ing in formal swimming lessons canreduce the risk of drowning by 88percent among children ages 1 to4, yet many kids don’t receive for-mal swimming or water safetytraining.

To participate, each child mustbe accompanied by a parent orguardian. The WLSL covers a 30-minute, basic swim lesson that willbe held in the Red Rock Bay attrac-tion.

To register, visit the websitewww.wetnwildlasvegas.com andclick on the World’s Largest Swim-ming Lesson event page. Availabil-ity is on first come, first served ba-sis. Once the maximum 400 peopleare reached, registration will close.Each child who participates musthave a parent assisting for one-on-one attention. Participants will beable to enjoy the water parks morethan 25 slides and attractions afterthe lesson, and will receive a cer-tificate of participation.

To learn more about the 2016WLSL, visit WLSL.org.

Wet‘n’Wild Las Vegas is locatedat 7055 S. Fort Apache Road nearI-215 and Sunset Road. For infor-mation about season passes, groupsales or sponsorships, call 702-979-1600 or visit the websitewww.wetnwildlasvegas.com.

* * * * *Summerland hosts the

Las Vegas’ largest4th of July Parade

The entire Las Vegas valley isinvited to celebrate IndependenceDay at the 22nd annual SummerlinCouncil Patriotic Parade, SouthernNevada’s largest and most colorfulFourth of July parade. This year,Senator Dean Heller and Lt. Gov-ernor Mark Hutchison will kick offthe procession. Parade grand mar-shals are Brigadier General JeannieM. Leavitt, 57th Wing Commander,

Participants receive free park entry for the remainder of the day after lesson is complete.

Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada andChief Master Sergeant Shawn L.Drinkard, Command Chief MasterSergeant, 57th Wing, Nellis AirForce Base, Nevada. More than35,000 people are expected to at-tend the parade.

The parade features more than70 entries, including traditionalfloats, Macy’s-style giant inflatableballoons, American military heroes,bands, musical groups and a vari-ety of kids’ favorite storybook andcartoon characters. More than 2,500people are participating in the pa-rade and more than 500 volunteersfrom dozens of local schools andcommunity groups are assistingwith parade operations.

This year, several new entriesare added to the parade roster, in-cluding “Avengers: America’sMighty Heroes,” “The FourthAwakens—Tribute to Star Wars,”“Pac Man Fever,” “Dream Big withthe Princesses” and “FerrisBueller’s Independence Day Off.”More than 16,000 cubic feet of he-lium will be used for more than 25giant inflatables.

Returning to the parade includefan favorites “Aladdin’s Magic Car-pet” float featuring charactersriding a flying carpet; “The Great-est Generation” push-float; “FrozenFun” float complete with live char-acters and snow; “Monsters Univer-sity” push-float; Neon City Garri-son Star Wars costuming club;Danza Del Carrizo Native Ameri-can performing group; the PaloVerde and Spring Valley HighSchool marching bands; and “ASalute to the Military” float featur-ing service men and women fromNellis Air Force Base. Members ofthe American Legion, MarineCorps League and the Military Or-der of the Purple Heart will also par-ticipate in the festivities.

The parade is organized by TheSummerlin Council, the non-profitarm of the Summerlin CommunityAssociation dedicated to the social,educational and recreational enrich-ment of residents. The parade isopen to the public. Everyone is en-couraged to arrive early, bringwater and wear sunscreen.

Title Sponsor is The HowardHughes Corporation/Summerlin.Premier Sponsor is QI Security Ser-vices. Major sponsors includeChildren’s Medical Center atSummerlin Hospital; Station Casi-nos; City of Las Vegas Parks andRecreation; Realty One Group;Design Works Custom Painting,Inc.; Par 3 Landscape and Mainte-nance; Southwest Medical; TheAlexander Dawson School; andDowntown Summerlin.

WHEN: Monday, July 4, 20169–11 a.m. Escort division com-mences at 8:30 a.m.

The parade begins at the cornerof Hillpointe Rd. and Hills CenterDr. in The Trails village ofSummerlin. Participants travelsouth toward Village Center Circle,then west on Trailwood Drive. Theparade ends prior to the corner ofTrailwood Drive and Spring GateLane.

* * * * *Forgotten Not Gone

#22DamnMany CampaignOpen House Event

Forgotten Not Gone launched

the “#22DamnMany campaign” inJanuary of 2016. The campaign’spurpose is to end 22 Daily Veteransuicides by using recumbent trikesas one form of therapy. Our goal isto get Veterans out of the Isolationand avoid Depression riding recum-bent trikes 2,222 miles by Veteran’sday November 2016. Each monthon the 22nd, after completing 222miles, Forgotten Not Gone willpartner with the community to raiseawareness and provide practicalsolutions to end the 22 Daily Vet-eran Suicides.

On June 22, 2016, the“#22DamnMany campaign starts at7:30 am and concludes at 10:30 amraising awareness at the VA South-ern Nevada Healthcare System lo-cated at 6900 North Pecos Road N.Las Vegas, NV 89086. Followingthe event, The Float Centers of Ne-vada owner, Travis McQueen, hasgraciously donated 4 Free Float ses-sions for our Veterans starting atNoon and ending at 2 pm for 2hours of Healing located at 5875 SRainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV89118. Floating is a revolutionarytherapeutic experience that offers anatural place for relieving pain, im-proving sleep and resetting balancefor mind and body. For more infor-mation on Flotation Therapy, visitonline www.FloatCentersNv.comor call (702) 202-0181.

Forgotten Not Gone will hold anOpen House Mixer starting 4 pmand ending at 8 pm located at 3355Clayton St. #15, N. Las Vegas, NV89032. At 6 pm one of our Specialpartners Cristina Alfonso fromBlissful Vets will be discussing theneed for Veterans to have Educa-tion and safe access to MedicinalCannabis. Also, our Proud SponsorCharles Carte Retired U.S.M.C.

Major and creator of AnxietX, willshare with us the exciting update onthe natural supplement that workson the neuro-adrenal to encouragea calm and focused energy.

Food Truck ExtraordinaireStripchezze will be on scene serv-ing up Cheesy Goodness. Drinkskindly donated by New York Selt-zer.

* * * * *

Pizza Factory Las VegasCelebrates Customers with

Complimentary PizzaPizza Factory Las Vegas is

showing their support for their loyalpie-loving fans in the communityby dedicating a day of free pizza.The iconic local pizzeria celebratestheir customers with a day filled ofpizza, prizes and fun.

Coining June 25th as their own“Customer Appreciation Day,” theneighborhood pizza parlor is giv-ing away free pizza to give recog-nition to their loyal fans in the com-munity. Since opening its doors,Pizza Factory Las Vegas has felt thelove from the South Highlandscommunity and would like to showtheir gratitude by giving compli-mentary pies out for a day of cel-ebration.

The Customer Appreciation Dayis open to the public to share a pieceof the Pizza Factory pie at the PizzaFactory Las Vegas at 10420 S.Decatur Blvd, Las Vegas, Saturday,June 25th at 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

* * * * *City Beat is a compilation of

news and views of our editorial andwriting team, along with readersubmissions and topics. Readersare invited to suggest a local topicor any other items of interest.


Are You an Opportunistic Leader?

DOUG DICKERSON

By Doug DickersonYour big opportunity may be

right where you are now. — Napo-leon Hill

In Bits & Pieces a number ofyears back the story is told of anenergetic young man who beganwork as a clerk in a hardware store.Like many old- time hardwarestores, the inventory included thou-sands of dollars’ worth of items thatwere obsolete or seldom called forby customers. The young man wassmart enough to know that no thriv-ing business could carry such aninventory and still show a healthyprofit. He proposed a sale to get ridof the stuff. The owner was reluc-tant but finally agreed to let him setup a table in the middle of the storeand try to sell off a few of the old-est items. Every product was pricedat ten cents. The sale was a successand the young fellow got permis-sion to run a second sale. It, too,went over just as well as the first.This gave the young clerk an idea.Why not open a store that wouldsell only nickel and dime items? Hecould run the store and his bosscould supply the capital.

The young man’s boss was notenthusiastic. “The plan will neverwork,” he said, “because you can’tfind enough items to sell at a nickeland a dime.” The young man wasdisappointed but eventually wentahead on his own and made a for-tune out of the idea. His name wasF.W. Woolworth.

Years later his old boss la-mented, “As near as I can figure it,every word I used in turningWoolworth down has cost me abouta million dollars!”

When thinking of an opportunis-

tic person what mental imagecomes to mind? For some it’s animage of a person seizing a momentin time to be unscrupulous or devi-ous. But I’d like to frame it from adifferent perspective.

As a leader with influence youhave many opportunities that comeyour way and not all of them haveto do with what you gain. Often it’sabout what you can give. Here arefive characteristics of opportunis-tic leaders.

Opportunistic leaders taketime to listen

This point might stand in con-trast to the “leader” in the organi-zation who is more accustomed totalking and being heard. But oppor-tunistic leaders understand thevalue of listening to his or herpeople. The best leaders know thatit’s not always about what you haveto say that is important but in whatyou hear. Be an opportunistic leaderand tune in to those around you.You might just learn something.

Opportunistic leaders lookfor ways to serve

Leaders who make their mark onthe world do so by finding ways to

By Michael A. AunThe most successful leaders

across the globe keep the axe sharp-ened. Most importantly — they lis-ten.

How would you like to be oper-ated on by a surgeon who hasn’tbeen to a continuing education classfor the past ten years?

Would you trust your life tosomeone who is working with out-dated medical tools, be it equipmentor knowledge? Of course not, sowhy would you trust a leader whohasn’t taken the time to stay on topof his or her game?

The great textile firm, Milliken& Company, has plants all over theworld. They are textile producersand are some of the best at whatthey do on the planet.

Milliken requires 40-hours ofcontinuing education from all oftheir employees each and everyyear. Milliken provides the oppor-tunities. Organizations like Toast-masters have a strong foothold inmany corporate environmentswhere continuing education is inorder.

Milliken has what it chooses tocall its P-O-E program, the Pursuitof Excellence. Many of America’sgreat speakers have been on thestage in front of Milliken audiences.I have addressed many of theirplants throughout the southeasternUnited States. Another popularspeaker who has based many of hiswritings on Milliken was Tom Pe-ters.

What makes Milliken unique?Surely their engineers are not nec-essarily the highest paid in theworld. However, they are consid-ered the best educated and besttrained. Another thing that makesMilliken special is that they alsorequire continuing education out oftheir clients. That’s right. If youwant to be a client, you have to goto the Spartanburg, S.C. CustomerService facility and they will teachyou how to be a good customer.

Do what? Yes, they teach youhow to buy their products. They

Do you pursue excellence?

show you how to get the most foryour textile investment. They showthe pitfalls of a wrong choice aswell as the benefits of a good deci-sion.

Milliken sells anything textilerelated. The cloth that is used tomake seat covers in an automobileis an example. Milliken had theChrysler people in one day and theywere teaching them what good cus-tomer behavior ought to look like,showing them ways to capitalize ontheir relationship.

The magic of Milliken’s ap-proach is to ask the customer lotsof questions and to get lots of feed-back. When Chrysler was in, theywere explaining to Milliken thatthey could save 19 percent-21 per-cent in labor costs if they could onlyget the fabric shaped differently.

Milliken would purchase clothin perforated reams that looked likerectangles. Each rectangle wouldultimately be turned into an oval,which would eventually become abucket seat cover in a Chrysler au-tomobile.

During one session withMilliken, the Chrysler people sug-gested a manner by which theycould save considerable resources.“If we could get the fabric alreadyin an oval, it could save us 19 per-cent to 21 precent in labor costs.”

Because Milliken took the timeto listen to its client, they were able

to tool their plant in such a way asto deliver the cloth in the mannerin which Chrysler wanted it.

This, however, left Milliken withan interesting opportunity. Whatwas it going to do with the floss orthe triangles of cloth in between theteeth? Milliken turned that into a$50 million dollar-a-year rag indus-try... simply by listening to the cus-tomer. Great leaders in great com-panies like Milliken are great lis-teners and they sharpen the saw.

One of the things I learned aboutRoger Milliken when I met him inthe early eighties was that he ledby example. He was right there inthe audience of many of the con-tinuing education programs that herequired his employees to attend.

Thriving leaders serve as boththe messenger and the message.They are the example of what goodbehavior in the leadership arenashould look like.

They envision goals for them-selves and for their people, but theyare careful to make their people’sgoals part of their own. They lettheir people define those goals andtake ownership of them.

These blooming leaders enjoythe process of motivating people tomove to a higher plain. While com-munication skills are the primaryfactor in organizations like Toast-masters, good leadership qualitiesalso come to the forefront, as theyare critical to good communicationskills.

Prosperous leadership is aboutmanaging our own behavior betterso that others can define their pa-rameters by our own. When we arein charge of our own management,we have ourselves to answer to.

Effective leaders know the valueof achieving working unity withinthe ranks. They can spot problemareas before they become problems.They pursue excellence. Do you?

Michael Aun is a syndicated col-umnist and writes a weekly columnfor this newspaper. To contactMichael Aun, email him [email protected].

serve others and causes greater thanthemselves. This can be done in somany ways and on so many differ-ent levels large and small. This op-portunistic leader is less concernedabout the limelight and simply findsjoy in serving others and makingtheir small corner of the world abetter place to live. In what waysare you serving those around you?

Opportunistic leaders arealways growing

Opportunistic leaders have ahealthy appetite for personal growthand development. It’s understoodtherefore that it won’t happen bychance or without being intentional.What personal growth and devel-opment and leadership books areyou reading? How about magazineslike Success (my favorite) and otherresources to help you sharpen yourleadership skills? Opportunisticleaders are always striving to bebetter and make their personalgrowth and development a priority.Opportunistic leaders build

relationshipsA good leader understands the

value of relationships and will makebuilding them a priority. An oppor-tunistic leader knows that strong re-lationships are the foundation of his

organization and it contributes to ahealthy culture. As good of a ben-efit as that is; it’s even nicer for yourpeople to know that you care aboutthem as a person and that you seetheir worth not just for what theydo but simply for who they are.

Opportunistic leaders arewilling to take risks

Some might argue that risk-tak-ing is throwing caution to the wind,but I beg to differ. Opportunisticleaders realize that this brief mo-ment in time spent on earth is but avapor and every moment is a giftfrom God to make a difference.Mark Twain said, “Twenty yearsfrom now you will be more disap-pointed by the things you didn’t dothan by the ones you did.” I believeit’s true.

Opportunistic leaders are not init for themselves. They are lookingfor ways to leave their mark on theworld and to add value to othersalong the way.

Have you found your next op-portunity?

Doug Dickerson is a syndicatedcolumnist. He writes a weekly col-umn for this newspaper. To contactDoug Dickerson, email him atddickerson@ lasvegastribune.com.

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SOCIAL SECURITY AWARENESS

By Austin SmithRecent changes to Social Secu-

rity have stirred up a lot of debate,with critics bemoaning the loss ofthe file-and-suspend strategy andthe ability to file as a spouse first.Yet regardless of how you feelabout the changes, one confusingaspect about the impending loss ofthese Social Security strategies isexactly when they will disappear —and who will get grandfathered inand still be able to use them goingforward.

Grandfathering: anunexpected break

In the past, Social Securitychanges have often come with littlewarning at all and have taken ef-fect immediately. That has left thosewho didn’t take advantage of keystrategies out of luck. For instance,back in 2011, the Social SecurityAdministration eliminated the abil-ity for those who had claimed So-cial Security benefits more than 12months in the past to withdraw theirprevious application. This strategyhad allowed people to get a “do-over” by paying back past benefits— interest-free — and then poten-tially refiling at a later date to gethigher monthly payments goingforward. The SSA didn’t grandfa-ther anyone or give a grace period,drawing criticism from those whohad planned to take advantage ofthe provision at a later date.

With the latest Social Securitychanges, though, there aregrandfathering provisions. They’redifferent for each strategy, and theydon’t cover everyone. But they docover a fairly broad set of circum-stances that will give those who doqualify a considerable amount offlexibility in moving forward withtheir Social Security strategy.

File-and-suspend andthe six month rule

For the file and suspend strategy,the new law set a 180-day time limitfrom the date of passage of the lawduring which anyone who qualifiescan start using the strategy. Anyonewho has already filed and sus-pended or who does so within thattime frame will be able to benefitfrom the strategy on an ongoingbasis into the future. That 180-dayperiod ended on April 30, 2016, ef-fectively closing the door for thosewho want to initiate the strategyafter that date.

To use the file-and-suspendstrategy, you need to have reachedfull retirement age. If you won’treach your 66th birthday by nextApril, then you won’t begrandfathered in. Technicallyspeaking, you’ll still be allowed tosuspend your benefits after that dateif you want, but if you do, then noone in your family will be able toreceive family benefits based onyour work record while your ben-efits are suspended.

For those who will be 66 or olderby next April, the key is to makesure you get your benefits sus-pended in time. Only suspensionsdone before the deadline will avoidthe negative consequences of thelaw change. If you suspend, how-ever, then you open the door forfamily members to benefit well intothe future.

Social Security changes: Are you grandfathered in?


Filing as a spouse first andthe 62nd birthday rule

The filing-as-a-spouse-firststrategy is also disappearing, but itsgrandfathering provisions involvea much longer time period. Undercurrent law, if you haven’t reachedfull retirement age, then when youfile a claim for spousal benefits,you’re automatically deemed tohave claimed your own retirementbenefits as well. If you have reachedfull retirement age, however, youcan make a restricted application toreceive only your spousal benefits.That lets your own retirement ben-efit grow.

The new law extends the auto-matic deeming provision up to age70, wiping out the benefit of a re-stricted application. It comes witha fairly generous grandfatheringprovision that applies to anyone

(See Smith, Page 28)

Seven surprises that shrink your Social Security checkBy Kelli B. Grant

When Social Security paymentsform the backbone of your monthlybudget — as they do for many re-tirees — it would be nice to accu-rately anticipate how much you’llget.

Unfortunately, that’s just not thecase. In a survey released Thursdayfrom Nationwide Retirement Insti-tute, 29 percent of retirees say theirbenefit ended up being less or muchless than expected.

Consumers who had been retiredfor 10 years or more were morelikely to say their benefit was lowerthan expected. The survey was con-ducted in February. Results werefrom 909 adults age 50 or older,roughly two-thirds retired.

Current workers seem to be set-ting themselves up for a similarupset. A quarter of the survey re-spondents yet to retire aren’t surehow much their benefit will be.Those preretirees expect to get anaverage monthly Social Securitybenefit of $1,610, which is $232more than the mean recent retireesreported actually receiving.

“They’re just guessing whatthey’re going to receive,” said DaveGiertz, president of sales and dis-tribution for Nationwide.

Here’s why your benefit mightbe smaller than expected:

GuessworkUntil you actually apply for So-

cial Security, anticipated benefitsare just estimates, according to theSocial Security Administration. Butthat doesn’t mean you can’t makea more educated guess.

Using an online calculator ortalking with a financial advisor canhelp you better determine your ben-efit and claiming strategies, Giertzsaid. The government also offersestimated benefits and earningstracking for consumers who sign upfor a “My Social Security” account.

Bad recordsIt’s possible that your Social

Security earnings record isn’t cor-rect, said certified financial plannerJanet A. Stanzak, principal at Finan-cial Empowerment in Bloomington,Minnesota. Because your Social Se-curity benefit is based on your workrecord, any error of misreported ormissing earnings could result in youreceiving less.

“Keep a record of your earningsthroughout your work career so youhave something you can look backon,” she said. Monitor your SocialSecurity statement to make sureyour work record and earnings areaccurate, and hang on to proof —ideally tax returns or W2s — thatcould be used to amend any errors.

Early claimingAmong Nationwide’s survey re-

spondents, recent retirees begancollecting Social Security at a meanage of 62. “There seems to be atheme,” said Giertz.

While claiming early can be asmart financial decision in certainsituations — whether you’re in poorhealth, have underage kids thatcould boost your payout or just needthe cash — doing so does reduceyour monthly benefit. (That’s whyadvisors generally suggest waitingas long as possible to file.)

Depending on your full retire-ment age and how early you claim,


the reduction could shave off asmuch as 30 percent.

Work offset“If you’re working, you abso-

lutely should think long and hardbefore you take Social Security,”

said certified financial plannerClark Randall, founder of FinancialEnlightenment in Dallas. “It’s verypunitive if you’re making anymoney at all.”

In 2016, a retiree younger than (See Grant, Page 28)

full retirement age would see hisSocial Security benefit reduced by$1 for every $2 he earns above$15,720. In the year you reach fullretirement age, benefits are reducedby $1 for every $3 earned above thelimit of $41,880.

This dip is temporary, at least.From the month you reach full re-tirement age, there are no benefitreductions for working, Clark said.

Medicare premiums“Medicare premiums [for parts

B and D] are the most consistentlywithheld payments on Social Secu-rity,” said Stanzak. That’s not a sur-prise for most retirees, but what canbe jarring is how much is withheld.

Part B premiums for 2016 runas little as $121.80 per month or asmuch as $389.80, depending on themodified adjusted gross income re-ported on your 2014 tax return.Moves like exercising stock op-tions, doing a Roth IRA conversion

or selling valuable real estate couldtrigger an unexpected jump in costsin a future year, she said.

“The best you can do is get itadjusted going forward,” Stanzaksaid. Consumers can file an appealnoting that their high-income yearwas an aberration, or that other cir-cumstances such as divorce havereduced your income.

PensionsSome pensions — including

those for many government em-ployees, teachers and railroad em-ployees — don’t pay into SocialSecurity. Depending on the rest ofyour work record, certain provi-sions may kick in that reduce yourbenefit by up to 50 percent, or evencompletely wipe out spousal andsurvivor benefits.

GarnishmentIf you’re behind on debts, some

of your monthly benefit may be up


for grabs. The government canwithhold a portion of Social Secu-rity benefits to pay certain debtsincluding back taxes, delinquentfederal student loans, alimony andchild support, Randall said.

While it won’t reduce the sizeof your check, per se, collectors ofother debts may also be able to ac-cess some of your benefits oncedeposited into your bank account.Depending on how you receive thefunds, banks may automaticallyprotect two months’ worth of ben-efits, he said.

* * * * *Kelli B. Grant is a Personal Fi-

nance and Consumer Spending Re-porter for CNBC.

Grant(Continued from Page 27)

By Pat Garofalo“It’s time we finally made So-

cial Security more generous and in-creased its benefits so that today’sretirees and future generations getthe dignified retirement that they’veearned.”

No, that wasn’t Sen. BernieSanders, who has made expandingSocial Security a key plank in hisunexpectedly strong (if still ulti-mately doomed) run for the Demo-cratic presidential nomination. Itwasn’t even one of the progressivestalwarts, such as Sen. ElizabethWarren, who have been beating thedrum to put Social Security expan-sion on the table for some time.

It was actually President BarackObama.

During a speech in Elkhart, In-

Obama calls to expand social securitydiana, defending the economicrecord of his administration — andthat of Democrats writ large —Obama not only made the case thathis party is the one to trust with thestewardship of American pocket-books, but finally got on board withthe push his party has been makingwhen it comes to bolsteringAmerica’s federal retirement pro-gram.

It wasn’t all that long ago thatObama was actually on the oppo-site side of this fence, calling for aso-called grand bargain with con-gressional Republicans that wouldhave cut Social Security. But, oh,how times change. (Or perhaps, asmany have surmised, Obamawasn’t actually interested in cuttingthe program at all; he only offeredup the idea in an effort to make theRepublicans look extreme whenthey inevitably rejected his gener-ously non-progressive proposal.)

In the meantime, most of the restof his party wound up going in theother direction. The effort to inject

expanded Social Security right intothe Democratic mainstream culmi-nated last year when all but twoSenate Democrats put themselveson the record in favor of such achange.

Democrats surely realize that thepolitics on this are pretty good. Cutsto Social Security are deeply un-popular, and efforts to expand itgain widespread support, depend-ing on which poll you’re lookingat. This is something presumptiveRepublican presidential nomineeDonald Trump realizes too, sayingin an meeting with Speaker PaulRyan, according to Bloomberg Poli-tics, “There’s no way a Republicanis going to beat a Democrat whenthe Republican is saying, ‘We’regoing to cut your Social Security’and the Democrat is saying, ‘We’regoing to keep it and give youmore.’”

But politics aside, there are goodpolicy reasons to take a good hardlook at expanding Social Security.America is barreling toward a re-

tirement crisis; the system of yes-teryear, built on public pensions,has all but disappeared, replaced byan inadequate system of 401(k)s forthose who are fortunate enough tohave any retirement benefits at all.And according to the National In-stitute on Retirement Security,nearly half of working-age house-holds are in the camp of having noretirement account assets, period;this includes almost one in fivenear-retirement households.

Thus Social Security is left as thelast firewall against senior poverty.And its importance as an anti-pov-erty tool really can’t be overstated:Nearly 15 million seniors currentlydepend on the program to clear thepoverty line.

Yes, of course, there is the mat-ter of Social Security’s finances.But don’t be fooled into thinkingit’s time for us to light our collec-tive hair on fire regarding the fu-ture of the program. According tothe 2015 Social Security trusteesreport, the program can pay full

benefits until 2034 and nearly 80percent of benefits thereafter. Andall of the plans put forward to ex-pand it include additional revenuethat set the whole thing on firm fi-nancial footing going forward.

The details of an expansion vary,of course. Some plans call for anacross-the-board benefits bumpwhile others would only provide aboost to certain individuals, such asthe very old. For now, though, I’mcontent with the Democratic lead-ership — from Obama to likelypresidential nominee HillaryClinton to the heaviest hitters in theSenate — acknowledging that ex-panding Social Security isn’t just apipe dream but something thatneeds to be on the table to helpameliorate a potentially loomingfiasco.

Pat Garofalo is assistant man-aging editor for opinion at U.S.News & World Report. Email himat [email protected] and fol-low him on Twitter at@Pat_Garofalo.

who reaches age 62 by Dec. 31,2015. Anyone who meets the agerequirement on that date can file arestricted application at any time inthe future, without anything simi-lar to the 180-day provision of thefile-and-suspend grandfatheringclause applying.

The interesting thing about thisgrandfathering provision is that itcovers something that might nothappen for years. If you’ve justturned 62, then you wouldn’t beable to take advantage of filing as aspouse first for nearly four yearsuntil you hit age 66. That givesthose in their early 60s a lot of flex-ibility that the file-and-suspendgrandfathering rules didn’t.

Think fastThe grandfathering rules cover-

ing Social Security’s recent changesdon’t necessarily require immedi-ate action. Yet you can’t afford toignore them, because in some cases,you do need to do something to takeadvantage of the strategies beforethey disappear.The $15,978 Social Security

bonus most retireescompletely overlook

One little-known Social Securitysecret in particular could help en-sure a boost in your retirement in-come. In fact, one MarketWatch re-porter argues that if more Ameri-cans knew about this, the govern-ment would have to shell out anextra $10 billion annually. For ex-ample: one easy, 17-minute trickcould pay you as much as $15,978more... each year! Once you learnhow to take advantage of all theseloopholes, we think you could re-tire confidently with the peace ofmind we’re all after.

Smith(Continued from Page 26)

By Dr. Nina Radcliff, MDPart three of a three-part series

More boys than girls are bornevery year in the U.S. And, the factsare — from the young to the old —females are healthier than males.Men lead women in the 15 topcauses of death except forAlzheimer’s disease, which manyexperts attribute to the fact that mendie almost six years earlier thanwomen, on average.

For the past several weeks I havebeen underscoring and spotlightingthese facts to improve understand-ing as we commit to making ahealthy difference. And vital tothese understandings is recognizingthatmany of the major health risksthat our boys and men face todaycan be prevented and treated withearly diagnosis. It is not just a man’sissue and we all need to take an ac-tive role.

In Parts 1 and 2, we reviewedthe importance of routine examsand screenings, along with reduc-ing and managing stress, depres-sion, and alcohol use, while im-proving connectedness. We dis-cussed how our cultural male codehas impacted men’s health; theuniqueness of men’s view of healthversus women; as well as the com-pelling statistics we need to keepmen’s health at the forefront of re-search and awareness, at home andnationally.

Type 2 DiabetesDuring the past 15 years, the in-

cidence of Type 2 diabetes in menhas increased at an astonishing rate.While the reasons for this are notcompletely understood, what we doknow is that making healthy foodchoices, staying at a healthy weight,moving more every day, and tak-ing medications as prescribed evenwhen you feel you are doing fine,make all the difference in the world.

Uncontrolled diabetes has dev-astating consequences—blindness,stroke, heart disease, kidney failure,amputations, and nerve injury. Thegood news is that when properlymanaged, these complications, aswell as hospital admissions, can beminimized and diabetics can livelonger and healthier lives.

Get ZZZ’s, and AroundAge 30, Check

Testosterone LevelsGood sleep is vital. Not only

does it improve our mood, the abil-ity to concentrate, and be our bestthe following day, it is an essentialcomponent of a healthy lifestyle.However, sleep disturbances affectnearly 90 million American adults!And the cause of insomnia in menoften varies significantly from thecauses of insomnia in women.

Low levels of testosterone —which are associated with malemenopause, or andropause — cancontribute to sleep apnea in men.Sleep apnea describes the interrup-tion of or difficulty breathing dur-ing sleep. It manifests as loud snor-ing or complete cessation of breath-ing and resultant awakenings of theperson with sleep apnea and, too,those who sleep next to them. If yousnore, make an appointment withyour healthcare provider to discussways in which you can achieve a“sound” sleep.

Additionally, getting a goodnight of sleep often requires man-aging chronic physical and mentalillnesses such as heart and lung dis-ease, chronic pain issues, anxiety,and depression as well as improv-ing our sleep hygiene—the routinesand rituals we undergo before fall-ing asleep. Make sure to avoidstimulants such as coffee later in theday, turn down the lights to allowthe sleep hormone melanin to rise,and engage in relaxing activities.Again, if sleep problems persistdespite these efforts, speak to yourhealthcare provider.

Coronary artery diseaseHalf of all men who die sud-

denly of coronary heart diseasehave no previous symptoms.Knowing your risk factors—highblood pressure, elevated blood cho-lesterol levels, diabetes mellitus, afamily history of premature heartdisease, and smoking—allows forrisk assessment and early screening.It can save lives.

Coronary artery disease is whencholesterol-laden plaques build upinside heart vessel walls and im-pedes blood flow and oxygen-de-livery to the heart. Over time,chronic oxygen-deprivation canimpair the heart’s ability to effec-tively pump blood. And, too, if aplaque ruptures, due to the shear-ing stress of blood flow, completeocclusion can happen. Cell death,or myocardial infarction (MI), oc-curs within a matter of minutes.

Your healthcare provider mayorder an electrocardiogram to estab-lish a baseline and/or screen forheart disease. Certain findings maywarrant stress testing — your heartis induced to work harder (stressed)while parameters such as heartrhythm and rate, blood pressure,and breathing are measured. And ifthere is suspicion that you have ablocked coronary artery, a cardiaccatheterization is performed to vi-sualize the heart vessels and, iffound, plaques may be “busted up”and stents placed to support the ves-sel wall. In some situations, coro-nary artery bypass surgery may beappropriate.

Women surpass men in askingfor help with their health. Expertsbelieve that a contributing factor isour boys and men have been raised

in a culture “to be emotionally re-strained, keeping things close to thevest, being in control, independent,competitive and to endure.” Andalthough research shows that themajority of men only seek medical

Men’s Health Week:counsel when under duress from afamily member (or when their con-dition has deteriorated to a severestate), there is an upside — we canencourage the men in our lives totake steps for better health. To the

What YouNeed ToKnow

By Dr Nina Radcliff


Championing Boy’s andMen’s Good Health —Turn the Volume Up!

men reading, the words stated byMahatma Gandhi are wise, indeed:“You must be the change you wishto see in the world.” Let’s remainvanguards for our men, and I agree,whatever changes we would like toeffect in our society has to beginwith us. Turn the volume up!

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mation only and should not be usedfor the diagnosis or treatment ofmedical conditions and cannot sub-stitute for the advice from yourmedical professional. Dr. Nina hasused all reasonable care in compil-ing the current information but itmay not apply to you and yoursymptoms. Always consult a doctoror other health care professional fordiagnosis and treatment of medicalconditions.

Global warming could claim polar bears as a casualty within a century and has already forced the Golden Toad, Bramble Cay Melomy and other wildlife species into extinction.

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Dear EarthTalk: Have anywildlife species gone extinct al-ready as a result of global warm-ing, and which are most at riskmoving forward? — MelissaZwicker, Bern, NC

Global warming is definitely al-ready taking its toll on wildlifearound the world. Rising tempera-tures are changing weather and veg-etation patterns from pole to pole,forcing animals of just about everystripe to migrate to new areas inorder to survive. But not every spe-cies is able to just get up and go,with animals dependent on narrowtemperature ranges or specific habi-tats at most risk.

“The rapid nature of climatechange is likely to exceed the abil-ity of many species to migrate oradjust,” reports the non-profit Na-ture Conservancy. “Experts predictthat one-fourth of Earth’s specieswill be headed for extinction by2050 if the warming trend contin-ues at its current rate.”

A recent study from researchersat the University of Connecticutfound that one in six species couldgo extinct if global warming con-tinues unabated. If the world cankeep its emissions to limits agreedupon last year at the Paris climatesummit, one in 20 species could goextinct.

And the purge has already be-gun. The death of the last GoldenToad in Central America in 1999marked the first documented ex-tinction as a result of climatechange. And more recently re-searchers in Australia reported thedisappearance of the first mamma-lian species, the Bramble Caymelomy, as a direct result of globalwarming. This rat-like mammal,endemic to one small island off ofAustralia’s Great Barrier Reef, waslast seen in 2009. In the interim, 97percent of the melomy’s habitat hasbeen lost to rising sea level. An ex-tensive survey of the small islandit inhabited in 2014 turned up nomore of them, leading researchersto declare the species extinct.

Biologists believe that un-checked warming will likely causethe polar bear to lose its battle withexistence within a century, whilecoral reefs across the tropics mightnot even last that long. Fish andother marine wildlife dependent oncoral reefs, such as the orange-spot-ted filefish, will likely go the wayof the dodo as well. Researchers arealso worried about everything fromNorth Atlantic cod to Antarctica’sAdélie penguins to Africa’s Quivertree to Hawaii’s Haleakalsilversword, among thousands ofother animal and plant species at

risk. Wildlife native to Australia andNew Zealand remain particularlyvulnerable, given they have lessroom to roam as temperatures con-tinue to rise.

“The risk if we continue on ourcurrent trajectory is very high. Ifyou look out your window and

count six species and think that oneof those will potentially disappear,that’s quite profound,” says MarkUrban, a co-author on the Univer-sity of Connecticut study. “Thoselosses would affect our economy,

our cultures, our food security, ourhealth. It really compels us to act.”

“This isn’t just doom and gloom.We still have time. Extinctions cantake a long time. There are pro-cesses that could be important in


mediating these effects, for ex-ample evolution, but we really needto very quickly start to understandthese risks in a much more sophis-ticated way,” concludes Urban.

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By Sandy ZimmermanLas Vegas Tribune

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Executive Chef Margaret J.Davis surprises guests with heroriginal culinary creations even forbreakfast, a menu offering severalchoices or the usual eggs and ba-con.

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She cooked Brisket of roast beeffour hours in the oven to prepareHash for breakfast with Celery,Carrots and Parsnip, TomatoChipotle, Red Pepper Sauce andEggs cooked to your choice ofdoneness.

Crab Cakes are my favorite ap-petizer or meal but I have nevertried herbed Salmon Belly or Aba-lone Cakes before staying at theBrewery Gulch Inn. The largeSalmon Belly Cakes tasted so ten-der and crispy along with their won-derful all-you-can-eat dinner andwine tasting including BalsamicRoast Roma Tomatoes, Corn Pud-ding with Cheddar Cheese andCandy Cap Mushrooms, steamedHaricots Vert with AgrumatoLemon Olive Oil, Passion FruitMousse Cups and Hearth ItalianBread with Sweet Butter. What ameal!

Chef Margaret calls the Inn,“Relaxed yet refined.” Whether youare planning a getaway for two,elopement, wedding, special event,party or meeting, call 707-937-4752. The Brewery Gulch, 9401North Highway 1, the coastal high-way, Mendocino, California. Formore information visit the websitewww.BreweryGulchInn.com.

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