Marilyn Kirkpatrick Archives

Former Democratic Assemblyman Arrested For DUI Following Police Pursuit

June 27, 2024 1:45 pm

Former Democratic Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been arrested for DUI after a car chase involving him and the Las Vegas Metropolitan police earlier this morning. 8 News Now reports: According to police sources, Brooks was taken into custody following a police pursuit that started near Sahara Avenue and Paradise...

Could Gypsum Resources Lawsuit Financially Imperil Clark County?

April 16, 2024 3:19 pmApril 17, 2024 1:36 pm

In an ongoing and important case involving Clark County, several Democratic Clark County Commissioners and county employees, a final evidentiary hearing in Gypsum Resource LLC V. Clark County et al (see below), has been scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the Clark County District Court House. Presiding over the case is...

Washoe Commissioners Extinguish Cannabis Lounges

July 12, 2023 10:36 am

On a party line vote, cannabis lounges went “up in smoke” at Tuesday’s Washoe County Commission meeting with Republican Commissioners Jeanne Herman, Mike Clark and Clara Andriola voted to reject lounges, while Democratic commissioners Alexis Hill and Mariluz Garcia voted in support of lounges. According to Channel 4: Cannabis lounges...

OPINION: Taxpayers On The Hook For Millions To Rename Airport After Harry Reid

October 6, 2022 3:22 pm

When the Clark County Commission voted to rename the McCarran International Airport to honor U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, county leaders promised it wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime. A review of public records, however, shows Commissioners Tick Segerblom, Justin Jones and the rest of the name-change advocates lied. Private funds currently cover only a...

Commissioner Tick Segerblom Under Investigation By OSHA for Going Maskless at County Meeting

January 25, 2022 2:22 pmJanuary 26, 2022 3:37 pm

On September 21, 2021 the Democratic Clark County Commissioners held a regularly scheduled meeting at which mask rules were strictly enforced. After the first segment of the meeting, they held a break—and that’s when all hell broke loose. Two members of the audience refused to wear their masks. Security threatened...