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Guthrie's sudden "resignation" was inevitable after alienation tour
State Superintendent James Guthrie's sudden departure on Good Friday shows how far his stock has dropped with a governor who only a year ago gushed about the first schools overseer ever appointed by the chief executive. First, this almost certainly was not Guthrie's choice.
Brooks arrested again
ANOTHER UPDATE: BARSTOW POLICE HAVE RELEASED DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. ATTACHED HERE. UPDATED: Here is a story and hard-to-watch video of the arrest hat tip to the Sun's Anjeanette Damon, who found both.) On the day he became the first assemblyman in Nevada history to be expelled, Steven Brooks was arrested near Barstow, CA.
Collins battles colleagues, staff over replacement for Brooks
UPDATED: I obtained more of the email chain that includes Tom Collins and Mary Miller having quite the testy exchange. Amazing stuff. Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins is insisting that the board consider a replacement for expelled Steven Brooks next week, but says he is meeting with resistance from colleagues and staffers.
Media outlets demand Brooks report be made public
In a letter from attorney Don Campbell citing the public records law, a variety of media outlets have asked the Legislature to release the independent counsel's report in the Steven Brooks matter. I've attached the letter here. I'd guess legislative lawyers will advise lawmakers not to release it. And then..... (Disclosure: Campbell is my lawyer.)
Brooks: "I'm the assemblyman of sorrow"
In four brief, surreal conversations, alternately heart-wrenching and frightening, shortly after he was expelled from the Assembly, Steven Brooks said he is "the assemblyman of sorrow," wondered why his colleagues "hate me so much" and declared he was going to "break the state" with a lawsuit worth at least $10 million.
Majestic letter to UNLV reflects surprise, latent anger
You may have read this story in the Las Vegas Sun about Majestic Realty and UNLV going separate ways on the stadium project. But UNLV only put out a news release late Wednesday after receiving a pretty brutal letter from Majestic's Craig Cavileer, which I have attached here, asking President Neal Smatresk to reconsider its decision. Hard to see how this project gets done now, but Don Snyder is the reverse David Copperfield of megaprojects: He seems to make them appear.
Brooks will be expelled, but opaque process, human toll will be remembered
In the end, or at least near the end, the volatile, scary and sad story of Steven Brooks came to an all-too predictable conclusion.
Brooks: Arrest speaker, majority leader
During a brief conversation this morning -- a follow-up to a 1:54 AM text -- Assemblyman Steven Brooks told me he wants Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick and Majority Leader William Horne not only barred from tonight's hearing on his fitness, but also arrested. Brooks said he is having a noon press conference at the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas. Bizarrely, he said the two Assembly leaders -- Horne chairs the select committee -- are guilty of the same crime as this man.
What the election sports book might look like
So the scenery-chewing Tick Segerblom, the state senator not satisfied with pot expansion and portable legislating, also is considering legalizing bets on federal (and maybe state) elections. Segerblom's bill draft, which is attached here, is specific to federal election betting. But he told Politico that he may consider betting on state elections as well. Imagine what the sports book might look like: 2014
Bloomberg's anti-gun group starts huge buy Tuesday to pressure Heller
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which is funded by New York's Michael Bloomberg, begins a statewide ad campaign Tuesday designed to induce Sen. Dean Heller to soften on guns. I doubt it will work -- Heller is not up until 2018, and despite his metamorphosis on other issues, I don't see him morphing much on guns. But the group is spending a small fortune for a buy through April 6 for ads personalized for Heller that look like this.