Golf course guru Bill Walters once said he’s been lucky when it comes to his dealing with local governments. And that’s true, if you define “luck” as outrageous political influence, juiced by generous political contributions.
And those relationships and that money pays off. Take the Case of the Phantom Golf Course, for example. Back in [...]
By Steve Sebelius
So the city of Las Vegas has filed charges against Veronica Schmidt, the woman allegedly hopped up on Xanax who killed four people at a bus stop. The decision comes after the Clark County District Attorney’s office and the Attorney General’s office declined to prosecute Schmidt, saying the case couldn’t be won.
But the city, [...]
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Thursday, September 8, 2005
Journalists rise to the occasion
By Len Butcher
Just when my faith in journalism was at its lowest, backed by polls that ranked journalists with lowly lawyers as the two groups most disliked by the American public, along came Hurricane Katrina.
Not only did she create havoc along the Gulf states, but she seems to have stirred the souls of carefully groomed, well dressed, [...]
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