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Trump taps Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court By Jordan Fabian of Kavanaugh, a politically con- and Lydia Wheeler nected judge on the influential U.S. The Hill Court of Appeals for the District of President Trump on Monday Columbia Circuit, after a suspense- selected Brett Kavanaugh as his ful day that resembled the lead-up nominee to replace Justice Anthony to his first Supreme Court pick, Kennedy on the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch. setting up a fierce confirmation “There is no one in America battle as he seeks to cement con- more qualified for this position servative control of the nation’s and no one more deserving,” said highest court. Trump, who expressed confidence Trump announced the selection Kavanaugh will set aside his polit- ical views “to do what the law and the Constitution require.” My Point Kavanaugh was introduced during a reality TV-style event in the East Room of the White House, of View the same way Trump unveiled By Rolando Larraz Gorsuch. Another drama day at the doc- The president sought to build tor’s office: this doctor, after seeing drama up until the end, refusing me four previous times, tells me to announce his pick until five “You look familiar — have I seen minutes after he started speaking. you before?” (See Kavanaugh, Page 3) I felt like telling the doctor that she probably saw my photograph on the wall of the post office, but then I remembered that post offices no longer post the photos of the most Who really is Calvin Leslie? wanted on its walls because the By Rolando Larraz His name is Calvin Leslie, or criminals have rights and it is not Las Vegas Tribune at least that is how he is known in fair to publicize their photograph The name “Families of the the area of downtown Las Vegas, and ruin their family’s name with- Wrongfully Convicted Research but many wonder how truthful that out consulting with them first. Center” sounds very touching and is because we have asked around I thought about telling her that very noble, but many wonder if the about who has been the recipient of she may have seen my picture with intentions of the man who claims to Leslie’s “generosity” and we have President Donald Trump when he be the head of that organization in not found anyone as yet. was here last week, but I was afraid Las Vegas are truly touching and He, as any good “talker,” talks she might not be a Trump fan and noble. big and claims to “have direct ac- prescribe something that might kill He also claims to be a fighter for cess” to many public and elected me; besides Michael McDonald, the the Las Vegas homeless people and officials dealing on a first-name Chairman of the State Republican represents an organization known as basis with all of them. Party, may believe me and may C&L Management LLC with a logo A Wednesday, January 17, 2010 be forced to incur extra expenses that reads “We are here to serve Las Vegas Sun article caught our trying to find out how Las Vegas and accommodate The Homeless,” attention as we looked deeper Tribune managed to “sneak” in to but no one has seen him speaking into this “downtown character” be close to President Trump, which to any of the number of downtown who has touched base with a local he would not at all like or want to homeless people that have become downtown business eight years be true. pests to the area businesses, nor has and five months after that article I just opted for refreshing her anyone seen him in the area or even was written. memory by saying that she has close to any of them. (See Calvin Leslie, Page 5) seen me six times before and that she should remember me because she prescribed me some pills for my bad humor. Another gap in candidate Rosen’s resume From the doctors office, I then By Thomas Mitchell between 1995 and 2005. The of- Rosen told a radio station in had another encounter that is worth First, Democratic Rep. Jacky fice responded a week later saying November that she “raised my being publicized for it is kind of like Rosen boasted of getting a degree no such records existed. “Those family, I built a business – a woman what I said in the first paragraph in computer science, which did not registrations are necessary for any in technology.” with the doctor and the rights of exist at the time; now, no evidence business owners in Nevada,” the When the Reno Gazette Journal the criminal. can be found that she ever had a Daily Caller noted. asked her campaign about this A neighbor’s business was ran- business license for her frequently Rosen is running for Republican discrepancy, a representative said sacked by criminals who burglar- touted consulting business. Sen. Dean Heller’s seat. Rosen “did not keep these kinds of ized their store, and through one of According to the Daily Caller, The Daily Caller reported forms from roughly two decades my sources on the streets, I learned a public records request was filed Rosen has routinely flaunted her ago.” the location of where the stolen in April with the Nevada secretary business credentials, claiming her “Jacky built a career as a com- property is; I called the police and of state asking for a copy of any one-woman shop consulted with her puter programmer and software explained the situation, telling them “Sole Proprietor Exemption” or former employer, Southwest Gas, developer for major companies where my neighbor’s merchandise “Sole Proprietor Registration” and Radiology Specialists, where in Southern Nevada, and she used was and asked if it would be OK if under Rosen or her maiden name JACKY ROSEN her husband was once a partner. (See Rosen, Page 4) we could go get it. The female officer that respond- ed to my call told me that I need to Trump pardons Oregon ranchers file a police report and allow the police to do their job; she told me that I (and that includes any other at center of the 40-day standoff person) could not go to that loca- By Timothy Cama tion and retrieve the stolen items The Hill because “those people have rights” President Trump on Tuesday and by us going there, we would be pardoned a pair of Oregon ranchers violating their right to privacy. whose arson conviction became Yes, you read it right; criminals a focus for opponents of federal apparently have rights protecting government land ownership. them from having their stolen goods Dwight Hammond, 76, and his taken back by the rightful owners, son Steven Hammond, 49, were even when there is no doubt who convicted in 2012 and sent to pris- the thieves are and what was stolen, on on arson charges. They had set which makes it look like the decent a series of fires on their ranch that hard-working citizen does not have spread to federal land. rights to his own property. Accord- The Hammonds’ case became ing to the lead detective in one case the inspiration for the 40-day armed I have been following, however, occupation of the Malheur National fingerprints may take up to one year Wildlife Refuge in 2016. The orga- to come back identified. nizers wanted to protest federal land That is what happens to honest ownership. (See My Point of View, Page 2) (See Hammond Pardon, Page 6) Thanks to the Trump pardon, the Hammond family is finally reunited. Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 Free speech issues ‘on the ballot’ in Nevada By Thomas Mitchell political. to inform women how they can The right to free speech includes Just the day before the court obtain state-subsidized abortions the right to not be compelled to ruled, again 5-4, that a California — at the same time petitioners try speak. law that required pro-life, reli- to dissuade women from choosing That includes not being required gious-oriented unlicensed preg- that option — the licensed notice to pay dues to a union whose polit- nancy centers to place extensive plainly ‘alters the content’ of peti- ical views might be different from disclaimers in their ads and on bill- tioners’ speech.” yours, not being required to adver- boards telling people about abortion A little more than a week earlier tise abortion availability at your services was an unconstitutional in a 7-2 ruling the court held Col- faith-based pregnancy counseling impingement on free speech. orado could not force cake shop service, not being required to use “Here, for example, licensed owner to make a special cake for a your cake baking talent to create a clinics must provide a govern- gay wedding. special cake or your flower arrang- ment-drafted script about the avail- Shortly thereafter, the court ing expertise for a gay wedding. Supreme Court hears the free speech case. ability of state-sponsored services, remanded a Washington case in- All of these have come down which they might not agree. and again that freedom of speech as well as contact information for volving a florist who declined to from a closely divided U.S. Su- “The First Amendment, made ‘includes both the right to speak how to obtain them” wrote Justice arrange flowers for a gay wedding, preme Court in the closing days of applicable to the States by the Four- freely and the right to refrain from Clarence Thomas in the majority citing the Colorado ruling. this year’s court calendar. teenth Amendment, forbids abridg- speaking at all.’” opinion. “One of those services The state of Nevada, under the This past week, the court ruled ment of the freedom of speech,” Public employee unions that is abortion — the very practice direction of Attorney General Adam that public employees could not be wrote Justice Samuel Alito in the advocate higher wages that re- that petitioners are devoted to Laxalt, had joined in both the public forced to pay dues to unions with 5-4 opinion. “We have held time quire higher taxes are intrinsically opposing. By requiring petitioners (See Free Speech, Page 4) My Point of View (Continued from Page 1) ble action on a request for a Special place one tire outside my garage, of the garage, Tony Roger left me a citizen when they believe Sher- Use Permit for a proposed “Short code enforcement would be all warning note because the automo- TRIBUNE iff Joe Lombardo when he was Term Rental Use” at a home that over it and they might even tow my biles are not supposed to touch the VOL. 20, NO. 20 saying — during the last election is two houses away from the me- vehicle away. grass, not even a quarter of an inch, FOUNDER — that the crime rate was down. chanic shop and no one remembers How do I know that? Because not even if the owner of the grass Rolando Larraz Down????? Yeah right! Ms. Tarkanian asking anyone or one time I left my car in front of cares or not. But the almighty Roger It has always been my belief holding a public meeting to allow a my friend’s home while I was in does care so I stopped visiting my PUBLISHER that how the law treats you is a “possible action” for that mechanic California and I got a ticket from friend. AND matter of luck and who one knows. shop or car wash; isn’t that ironic? Code enforcement — by a code I now park my car at the airport EDITOR IN CHIEF I have been writing about a family Where is code enforcement, where enforcement agent named Tony parking and I have nothing to worry Rolando Larraz that moved to a residential area to is Vicky, where is Lorie, where is Roger — for parking the car on a about, but next time I will place have peace and quiet; they have Lady Justice? public street with plates, insurance a Mexican flag on my car so the GENERAL MANAGER an automobile shop right in front There is a psychedelic yellow and legal all the way; some people American Gestapo will not com- Perly Viasmensky of their home that includes a car truck (formerly a U-Haul truck) are lucky and some are not, some plain about my cars. wash with the blessing of code with graffiti all over it and a license people are gracious and others are My name is Rolando Larraz, and MANAGING EDITOR Maramis Choufani enforcement and the city council; plate that expired twelve (12) years not. as always, I approved this column. another family was telling me that ago and no one seems to care about On another occasion and with * * * * * PRODUCTION they are planning to move to their it; they park that truck in the streets, the experience of the above para- Rolando Larraz is Editor in Don Snook work because there is less traffic in the alley all day long, and no one graph in mind, when I was going Chief of the Las Vegas Tribune. and it is more quiet than where they seems to care. 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July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 3 Five takeaways from Trump’s Supreme Court announcement By Niall Stanage It’s hardly a serious setback for McCon- The Hill nell — Kavanaugh’s record contains nothing President Trump put feverish speculation to discomfort him — but it does again expose to an end on Monday night when he nominat- the difficult wrinkles in the Trump-McCon- ed Brett Kavanaugh, a 53-year-old appellate nell relationship. judge from the District of Columbia Circuit, Beware the long paper trail to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh’s career, encompassing a Anthony Kennedy. stretch working for Kenneth Starr during Here are five big takeaways from the the Monica Lewinsky scandal as well as his announcement. service in the Bush White House, will have Trump was at his most conventional generated a lengthy paper trail. The president takes pleasure in transgress- This was one of the reasons why McCon- ing norms in other areas of political debate, nell is understood to have made the case for but the Supreme Court seems to bring out his other candidates — with less documentation most conventional side. marking their every move, there could be Last year’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch less chance for some unexpected revelation to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice upending the process. Antonin Scalia showed Trump playing by the Democrats will scour Kavanaugh’s record established rules with uncommon discipline. blocked the first iteration of his travel ban. invited to the White House ceremony; all looking for issues that might be able to fire The same was true on Monday, when he Battle lines are drawn, but what three declined. up their own base — and also ratchet up the nominated Kavanaugh with a speech that about red-state Dems? Their public statements since Kavanaugh pressure on the Republicans most likely to took in all the usual touchstones and never There was never any real doubt that, was announced have been circumspect. Don- vote against Kavanaugh: Sens. Susan Col- veered off script. It also included admiring whomever Trump picked, it would please his nelly said that he would “carefully review and lins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and comments from the purportedly anti-elitist base and outrage his liberal critics. consider” his record. Heitkamp and Manchin perhaps even Rand Paul (Ky.). Trump about his nominee’s educational and Some left-of-center organizations had struck a similar tone. The president and his Republican col- teaching background, which encompasses announced plans for protest rallies before How those senators vote could be vital for leagues want Kavanaugh confirmed as fast as Yale, Harvard and Georgetown. Trump announced his choice, seeing all the their own chances for reelection. possible, knowing that November’s midterm The pick itself is an orthodox, if conser- shortlisted candidates as hard-line conserva- Given the razor-thin math in the Senate — elections pose serious challenges. vative, one. Kavanaugh is well-regarded in tives who could threaten abortion rights and Republicans have a 50-49 advantage in the Democrats will dig in, in the hope of D.C. legal circles. He worked for the adminis- other hot-button issues. absence of the seriously ill Sen. John McCain frustrating that effort. tration of President George W. Bush and was Several potential 2020 presidential con- (R-Ariz.) — they could also be crucial to Trump kept a secret on the list of 25 potential candidates drawn tenders spoke at a rally outside the Supreme whether Kavanaugh is ultimately confirmed. The president is often blasted for a lack up by the conservative Federalist Society in Court, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren A rebuke to McConnell of discipline, a critique that is voiced — at conjunction with the White House. (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Cory Tensions between Trump loyalists and least in private — by many members of his Even Republicans who are often deeply Booker (D-N.J.). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell own party. critical of Trump praised the choice. The political calculus here is clear: all (R-Ky.) are rarely far from the surface. There was no evidence of that when it “A conservative can be a fierce critic the political incentives for 2020 Democratic They emerged again here. Despite Kava- came to the Kavanaugh nomination. of Trump on many key matters and still contenders favor opposing Trump’s pick as naugh’s establishment credentials, McCon- The normally loquacious president said acknowledge he made an outstanding [Su- fiercely as possible, since anything less would nell was reported to have advocated for two little in the days leading up to making his preme Court] pick,” tweeted one such critic, likely be treated with suspicion by the party’s other figures on Trump’s shortlist, Thomas pick, beyond positive generalizations about Peter Wehner, a veteran of several past GOP grass-roots supporters. Hardiman and Raymond Kethledge, arguing his shortlist. His leak-prone administration administrations. The dynamics are much more complicated that they could be easily and promptly con- offered no clues. “The Rule of Law is our nation’s proud for Senate Democrats running for reelection firmed by the Senate. In the end, the first reports that Kavanaugh heritage,” Trump said at the White House. “It in states Trump won by significant margins His intervention roiled some of those had been chosen came only minutes before is the cornerstone of our freedom. It is what in 2016. close to Trump, who believed Kavanaugh had the judge joined the president in the East guarantees equal justice.” Three of those senators — Indiana’s Joe almost had his hands on the prize when Mc- Room of the White House. This was a very different face of the presi- Donnelly, North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp Connell intervened. From the same quarters, It was an unusual display of restraint dent who, in the first weeks of his presidency, and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin — voted there was satisfaction that the president in — and, in the eyes of many in the GOP, a had lambasted the “so-called judge” who to confirm Gorsuch last year. All three were the end bucked the majority leader’s advice. welcome one. Kavanaugh (Continued from Page 1) John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) prolonged that also targeted vulnerable Dem- ocratic senators in November’s Kennedy served as the swing That is when Kavanaugh, his wife absence. ocrats. JCN said it budgeted $10 midterms. vote in a number of LGBT rights and two daughters walked down a Kennedy was often the swing million to get Trump’s latest nomi- Liberal groups, fearing a re- cases, most notably by writing long corridor and onto the podium. vote in a series of 5-4 decisions, and nee confirmed, and the conservative versal of cases that legalized and the opinion in 2015 that legalized Dozens of Republican senators, Trump and the GOP Senate have group Americans for Prosperity, affirmed the right to an abortion, are same-sex marriage nationwide, as top administration officials and a chance at changing the court’s which is funded by GOP mega-do- fighting back and putting pressure well as cases on gun rights, immi- outside allies, such as conservative direction for decades to come with nors Charles and David Koch, said on moderate Republicans such as gration and voting rights. talk show host Laura Ingraham the pick. it planned spend at least $1 million, Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and In a statement following the and Trump personal lawyer Rudy While Kavanaugh was seen as a teeing the confirmation fight up to Lisa Murkowski (Alaska.) announcement, Senate Majority Giuliani, mingled afterward in the safer choice than the more conser- be the most expensive Supreme “The balance of the Supreme Leader Mitch McConnell (R- main entrance hall for a reception vative Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Court battle the country has ever Court is at stake — we cannot allow Ky.) called Kavanaugh a “superb while a Marine Corps band played his long paper trail, as well as his seen. it to be tilted against the constitu- choice” who should be confirmed a rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “I decisions in key ObamaCare and All three Democratic senators tional right to access abortion,” with bipartisan support. Wish.” surveillance cases, led some GOP who voted for Gorsuch — Joe said Dawn Laguens, executive “This is an opportunity for sen- The celebration underscored Re- senators to warn Trump against Manchin (W.Va.), Heidi Heitkamp vice president of the Planned Par- ators to put partisanship aside and publican hopes about the direction choosing him. (N.D.) and Joe Donnelly (Ind.) — enthood Foundation for America. consider his legal qualifications of the court under Trump. He faced a three-year confirma- declined invitations to attend the But Trump’s nominee could with the fairness, respect, and By selecting Kavanaugh, the tion battle in the Senate when Bush White House event, their offices change a whole lot more than seriousness that a Supreme Court president is replacing a swing vote nominated him to the D.C. Circuit. said. The three are all considered the landmark Roe v. Wade abor- nomination ought to command,” on the bench with a dyed-in-the- He was eventually confirmed by a among the most vulnerable Dem- tion-rights decision. he said. wool conservative. Kennedy sided vote of 57-36, with just four Dem- with liberals in key decisions on ocrats supporting him. Sen. Tom abortion and gay rights, issues that Carper (Del.) is the only Democrat will be flash points in the Kavana- still serving who supported Kava- ugh’s confirmation battle. naugh. “If confirmed by the Senate, White House officials told re- MOVING? MOVING? I will keep an open mind in ev- porters after the event they still ery case,” said Kavanaugh, who expect Kavanaugh to be confirmed added that he was “humbled” and by the time the Supreme Court’s new session begins in the fall. “grateful” for being nominated to NEED A TRUCK? NEED A TRUCK? “Yes,” White House legislative the court. affairs director Marc Short said Kavanaugh, 53, earned the when asked if he is confident Ka- nod despite his work as a White vanaugh will be in place by Oct. 1. House aide under former President “I frequently have doubts about George W. Bush, a frequent target the pace of the United States Sen- of Trump’s criticism. ate, but is it our expectation that A former clerk to Kennedy, we’re gonna have this done by Oct. Kavanaugh was long seen as a 1? Yes,” he added. front-runner to replace his former The president had spent the last boss and had the support of White week whittling down his list of House counsel Don McGahn, who contenders from an initial group played a key role in the selection of 25 conservative legal figures to process, and other GOP legal power four federal appeals court judges: players. Kavanaugh, Barrett, Raymond Kavanaugh also graduated from Kethledge and Thomas Hardiman. Yale University and Yale Law Trump did not make his final School, qualifications that sources decision until Sunday, one day be- close to the process said appealed fore the announcement ceremony, to Trump. according to a source familiar with Kavanaugh worked for Kenneth the process. That is when Trump Starr, the independent counsel who called Kavanaugh to inform him he investigated former President Clin- received the nomination. ton in the 1990s, and once argued Outside groups are preparing that a president could be impeached to wage an expensive war over the for lying to his staff or misleading nomination on television airwaves the public, which could have ripple and in battleground states ahead effects for the Russia investigation. of the fall midterm elections, in But in his legal writings, Kava- which the court battle has become naugh later argued the president a top issue. should be shielded from the de- The conservative Judicial Crisis mands of criminal and civil investi- Network (JCN) plans to launch a gations because they interfere with $1.4 million ad campaign Monday Your friendly neighborhood dealer at: Your friendly neighborhood dealer at: his official duties — an opinion that night following the announcement. might appeal to Trump given the The ads will air on national cable prolonged investigation by special networks, online and in four red 716 South 10th Street 716 South 10th Street counsel Robert Mueller. states — Alabama, Indiana, North The White House is gearing up Dakota and West Virginia — where (Near the corner of 10th and Charleston) (Near the corner of 10th and Charleston) for a tough confirmation process in Democrats hold Senate seats. a Senate where Republicans have a The ads follow a seven-figure razor-thin 51-49 majority that has national and digital advertising (702) 262-0703 (702) 262-0703 been reduced to 50-49 with Sen. campaign JCN launched last month

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Your friendly neighborhood dealer at: Your friendly neighborhood dealer at: 716 South 10th Street 716 South 10th Street (Near the corner of 10th and Charleston) (Near the corner of 10th and Charleston) (702) 262-0703 (702) 262-0703 Page 4 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 Dems break with left on ICE By Jordain Carney The Hill Senate Democratic candidates are breaking with progressives who are calling for the abolishment of ICE. The push to nix Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has gained steam among the party’s resurgent liberal base in response President Trump’s immigration policies that led to the separation of thousands of immigrant families along the U.S.-Mexico border. House candidate Alexandria Are drug companies giving Ocasio-Cortez brought the issue into the national spotlight with her shocking defeat of Rep. Joseph us the straight dope Crowley (D) in last month’s New right now.” and energize the base, and centrist York primary. And some of the A spokesperson for Rep. Kyrsten Democrats focused on the 2018 on high drug prices? party’s 2020 presidential hopefuls, Sinema (D-Ariz.), who’s running to midterm elections, where the party By Chuck Muth man’s English. And the bottom including Sens. Kirsten Gilli- fill the seat being vacated by GOP is trying to hold seats in several President Trump, Congress and line is… brand (N.Y.) and Elizabeth Warren Sen. Jeff Flake, didn’t respond to a states that Trump won in 2016. state legislatures across the country “This report shows that NIH (Mass.), have rallied behind the request for comment on Monday. Democrats in red and purple have been talking about the often (National Institutes of Health) effort to dismantle ICE. But the Democratic Senate hope- states are getting some cover from ridiculously high cost of prescrip- funding contributed to published But Democratic candidates ful told an Arizona TV station last leadership, their rank-and-file tion drugs in the United States and research associated with EVERY locked in tight races that will likely week that getting rid of ICE “isn’t colleagues and other well-known what to do about them. ONE (my emphasis) of the 120 determine which party controls the realistic and doesn’t make sense.” figures in the party who have de- And while far too many people new drugs approved by the Food Senate next year are stopping short Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), clined to endorse calls to abolish aren’t paying attention to this situ- and Drug Administration from of embracing the idea as they try to who will face off against Sen. Ted the immigration agency. ation because their out-of-pocket 2010-2016.” win over moderate voters. Cruz (R), has gone against the Senate Minority Leader Charles liability is limited to paying a To the tune of… $100 BILLION! “No, I don’t think we should,” grain. He’s expressed a willingness Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters relatively small co-pay regardless And since NIH is a government Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.), a vulnerable to consider abolishing ICE. following Ocasio-Cortez’s primary of the drug’s full price, the rising agency that is taxpayer-funded, we Democrat seeking reelection, said “If it’s reorganizing the Depart- victory that he believed ICE should cost for government health care all have a stake in this. on Monday when asked if he agreed ment of Homeland Security and be reformed. Sen. Doug Jones programs such as Medicare and That money is primarily used with calls to abolish ICE. changing the functions of ICE, (Ala.) — a red-state Democrat up Medicaid could come back to bite for basic drug discovery research. And it’s not just Senate incum- having greater accountability, for reelection in 2020 — told CNN all of us in the form of higher taxes. New drugs “are then transferred to bents who are unwilling to commit abolishing that agency altogether, on Sunday that he wasn’t in favor For their part, pharmaceutical the private sector for development,” to scrapping the agency. that’s fine,” he told a Texas radio of abolishing ICE. companies maintain the high prices including “obtaining regulatory Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), a station. “But there will still have to Meanwhile, Jeh Johnson, who are necessary to recoup the research approval, and establishing the progressive lawmaker hoping to be enforcement of our immigration served as secretary of Homeland done to identify and develop new manufacturing, control, distribu- defeat Sen. Dean Heller (R), isn’t laws in this country.” Security under former President drugs. And it’s been an effective tion, and marketing required to endorsing the push to abolish ICE. Those comments follow an Obama, is warning Democrats that argument. But is it true? commercialize” a new drug. When asked about the issue on interaction with O’Rourke at an pivoting to abolish ICE could pro- Well, according to a Johns Hop- So yes, the pharmaceutical in- Monday, a spokeswoman for her event last week at which a woman vide political fodder to Republicans kins study published late last year, dustry does have a skin in the game campaign pointed to a recent CNN told him ICE is a “terroristic orga- who are eager to paint them as weak not exactly. of bringing a new drug to market, interview, where Rosen said ICE nization” and compared it to the on border security. Now, even though Johns Hop- but nowhere near as big a skin as its “does a lot of other things people “Gestapo.” “The reality is that abolishing kins is a highly regarded research PR machine would have the public don’t realize,” and Congress should The spiraling fight over ICE ICE is not a serious policy proposal; institute, some of you are out there believe. instead “ask the president to stop highlights divisions between pro- it’s about as serious as the claim that saying, “Yeah, but what method- Again, as the study shows, it was his reckless and harmful policies gressives who want to play hardball (See ICE Division, Page 5) ologies did they use to reach their the NIH and other academic insti- conclusions?” So here’s just a tutions that funded and discovered Free Speech snippet to alleviate any doubts… these new, often life-saving drugs (Continued from Page 2) “PubMed searches were per- — all 120 of them from 2010-2016. employee union case and the California abortion law it comes to their reproductive health care. I still have formed for each drug using an The limited role of and expense to case on the winning side. concerns over the lack of information given by these ontology of drug name synonyms the pharmaceutical companies was Laxalt’s office put out a press release about the crisis pregnancy centers and the harm it can cause.” in ChEMBL and the National for the government approval pro- California law ruling stating: “The ruling, which Sisolak continued, “As governor, I will fight to Center for Biotechnology Informa- cess, manufacturing and marketing. rests exclusively on free speech grounds, does not protect a woman’s constitutional reproductive rights tion Query Translation. PubMed Now, if the pharmaceutical com- affect abortion providers; it neither requires them to and her consistent access to comprehensive care. Adam searches for molecular targets were panies were paying for everything change their practices nor infringes on their ability to Laxalt has shown repeatedly that he will pursue an performed using Boolean search out of their own pockets, they’d provide abortions. The Supreme Court correctly held anti-choice agenda that will roll back the clock on terms and NCBI Query Transla- have a strong free-market case for that compelling private organizations to promote the women’s rights and bring Nevada down a dangerous tion. The PubMed Indentifier was keeping the government out of government’s preferred message under those circum- path.” recorded for each publication it. But since these companies are stances is inconsistent with the First Amendment. This This has nothing to do with abortion rights and only identified in the search.” benefitting from a huge expenditure is an important holding ensuring that the government to do with speech rights. So there ya go! Who could argue of taxpayer dollars, sorry Charlie, cannot simply force private speakers with whom it This point was lost on Democratic Rep. Jacky with that, right? but the public — through its elected disagrees to also promote the government’s preferred Rosen who is running for Republican Dean Heller’s Fortunately, other parts of the representatives — deserves to have message, especially when there are other ways for Senate seat. 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Get first month box rent FREE with any U-Haul truck rental July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 5 NATO, under fi re from Trump, to Trumpet its heightened readiness Pressure from the U.S. and aggression from Russia push military alliance to sharpen its operational focus By Daniel Michaels NATO has boosted cooperation Wall Street Journal with the European Union. The two BRUSSELS—Broadsides alliances want to improve troops’ against NATO from U.S. Presi- ability to move around Europe in dent Donald Trump on European peacetime and ensure EU mem- defense spending—and worries bers’ security spending outside of about Russia’s resurgence—have NATO activities fi ts with alliance sped a transformation that has put priorities. the trans-Atlantic military alliance Over recent months NATO on its best operational footing in members have agreed to expand years. the alliance’s command structure Offi cials and diplomats at the and ensure robust numbers of North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- battle-ready troops are on standby. tion hope to convey that message Under pressure from Mr. Trump, it at a summit next week. Many fear will also assume a greater role in Mr. Trump will attack the alliance, fi ghting terrorism, not previously as he did at a NATO gathering a role for the organization. last year, or condemn the broader At the summit, leaders are slated Western multilateral order, as he to endorse many of these plans, did at a Group of Seven meeting NATO troops took part in a massive amphibious landing during the Exercise Baltic Operations, a NATO which were formally agreed last month at the defense ministers’ last month. maritime-focused military multinational exercise on June 4 in Nemirseta on the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. meeting. The list of achievements Mr. Trump has publicly and as roads and bridges to support gling to adapt to new hybrid and Since 2014, overall military and plans means NATO offi cials privately chastised allies for in- military equipment. asymmetric warfare tactics Russia spending by NATO members has believe they can present a story of sufficient military spending and Eight members are expected to has employed recently. risen every year. The impetus was substance next week. not adequately sharing the cost of hit their spending targets by year- More worrying for many Russia’s annexation earlier that NATO Secretary-General Jens protecting Europe—most recently end, and at least 16 are on a path in NATO, however, is that the year of Crimea from Ukraine and Stoltenberg is likely at the summit to get there. In real terms, defense strengthening in the alliance’s Moscow’s stoking of military un- in a series of letters last month to to give Mr. Trump much credit outlays by NATO’s European mem- military capabilities is coming at rest in Ukraine’s east—along with European leaders. for the alliance’s shift, as he did bers last year hit their highest level a time when its political cohesion longtime pressure from Washing- Only four of NATO’s 27 Euro- at a White House meeting in May. pean members met defense-budget since 2010. is eroding under Mr. Trump, who ton, which Mr. Trump ratcheted up. There, he said Mr. Trump’s “lead- targets last year, while under Mr. “We’re going in the right direc- has publicly questioned the U.S. Alongside the uptick in spend- ership has been important, and it Trump, U.S. defense spending on tion,” U.S. Ambassador to NATO commitment to defending Euro- ing, NATO has sharpened its op- has had a real impact” in increasing Europe has more than doubled. Kay Bailey Hutchison said last pean allies. erational focus to counter a newly allied spending. Yet signs of improvement are month. “All of our allies are doing “This is a less unifi ed NATO reassertive Russia. In response Mr. Trump told a rally in Mon- evident. The number of troops something.” than it was before the arrival of Mr. to the Crimea annexation, NATO tana on Thursday that Mr. Stol- ready to deploy is rising and their Still, European defense spending Trump,” said Tomáš Valášek, a for- created a 5,000-troop spearhead tenberg “is Trump’s biggest fan” readiness is increasing, alliance today is roughly 7 percent lower mer Slovak ambassador to NATO force that can deploy to trouble because of the spending increase. offi cials say. than a decade ago in constant dol- who now runs Carnegie Europe, a spots within days. It has developed Analysts say Mr. Stoltenberg NATO is conducting maneuvers lars and many NATO militaries are think tank. “It’s obviously a less new strategies for responding to un- has developed a good relationship to show it can mobilize forces either unready to deploy quickly in effective deterrence.” conventional warfare like Russia’s with Mr. Trump and has capitalized quickly, putting troops from one an emergency or overstretched with During much of the Cold War, methods in Ukraine. on this to speed change in alliance country under command of another foreign missions. NATO planners knew their conven- In less than two years it agreed structures and plans. to boost integration and working to The alliance, created to counter tional forces could be overwhelmed and implemented a plan that last “Everything is in place for improve basic infrastructure such the Soviet Union threat, is strug- by the Soviet Bloc’s superior num- year put 4,600 allied troops in a more positive scenario,” said bers and so relied on the threat of Poland and the Baltic States, along NATO Assistant Secretary-General nuclear retaliation to deter aggres- NATO’s border with Russia—a for Defense Investment Camille Immigration and the economy sion. Today, Russian forces are far much faster pace than the alliance Grand. “Then it’s just a question are voters’ top issue priorities smaller and NATO is larger. had worked at over previous years. of how things play out on the day.” By Julia Manchester has dominated the news cycle, as The Hill migrant children remain separated ICE Division Voters listed the state of the from their parents as a result of the (Continued from Page 4) week, 38 percent of respondents said the party does economy and immigration as the Trump administration’s “zero toler- Mexico’s ‘gonna pay for the wall,’ ” Johnson wrote a better of job of handling immigration, compared to two most important issues in the ance” policy on illegal immigration. July 6 in a Washington Post op-ed, adding that such 30 percent who say Trump does a better job. 2018 midterm elections, according Economic growth has also been rhetoric gives Trump “a useful weapon for bludgeon- By comparison, 37 percent said Trump has a better to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll seen in the news recently, with U.S. ing Democrats politically” and “a good portion of the handle on border security, while 27 percent say con- on Hill TV’s “What America’s employers adding 213,000 jobs American public will listen to him.” gressional Democrats are better at dealing with the Thinking.” last month, according to the Labor Democrats face a diffi cult electoral map in Novem- issue, according to the same poll. The survey found that 14.8 Department. The unemployment ber, when they’ll be defending seats in 10 states that Republicans are eager to exploit the narrative that percent of Americans listed im- rate ticked up to 4 percent from 3.8 Trump won. They’re also trying to pick up seats in Democrats are weak on border security, saying calls migration as the top issue for the percent during June. Arizona and Tennessee, in addition to unseating Cruz to abolish ICE are a sign the party has grown out of midterms, followed by 13.9 percent President Trump and Republi- and Heller, the only Senate Republican running for touch with moderate voters. who picked the economy. cans have made the U.S. economy reelection in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. Cruz, during a campaign event last week, dismissed The poll also found that 26 per- and tax cuts part of their campaign The fi ght over ICE is laden with political landmin- eliminating the immigration agency as “radical” and cent of registered Republicans cited message heading into the Novem- es for Democrats, underscoring the widening divide “nuts.” immigration as the most important ber midterm elections. within the party and similar divisions among voters Meanwhile, Trump is seizing on immigration as a issue, while 16 percent of regis- The U.S. economy has added they’ll need in November. campaign issue as he looks to drum up support from tered Democrats said healthcare jobs for 92 straight months, begin- An Economist-YouGov poll conducted earlier this his base. was their top issue. Immigration ning in October 2010. month found that 29 percent of U.S. adults support “A vote for Democrats in November is a vote to let abolishing ICE, while 46 percent of Democrats and MS-13 run wild in our communities, to let drugs pour Calvin Leslie 54 percent of liberals said they would back that effort. into our cities, and to take jobs and benefi ts away from (Continued from Page 1) them; and when he learned that The fight over ICE comes as Democrats are hardworking Americans,” Trump said in a tweet last “Calvin Leslie has done a bit of Lobato has visited the Las Vegas viewed more favorably on broad immigration policy. week. “Democrats want anarchy, amnesty and chaos traveling lately, and not the good Tribune offi ce several times since In a Washington Post-Schar School poll released last - Republicans want LAW, ORDER and JUSTICE!” kind. Leslie, profi led in the August she was freed after an unjustifi able 21, 2008 issue of Las Vegas Weekly fourteen years incarceration, he (“Homeless Shelter?”) for his C&L asked to meet her. Property Management company, He also contacted former Las which found available single-fam- Vegas Metropolitan Police Depart- ily homes to “rent” to the homeless ment offi cer Ron Mortensen, using using county subsidies, is sitting in the Las Vegas Tribune newspaper’s To All Attorneys the Cobb County Jail in Marietta, name without authorization after Georgia, awaiting arraignment on he heard the newspaper talked various charges.” about the wrongful prison term The Las Vegas Sun article went Mortensen is doing when everyone on to state, “According to records involved in the case knew he was who hate writing from the various agencies involved, not the culprit, but a mere passenger Leslie was booked as a fugitive into in another police offi cer’s truck. 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He case and successfully freed her at was later transferred to the Cobb the beginning of this year. felony and civil) as well as Habeas Corpus County Jail on February 17 for Leslie could be playing with the probation violation stemming from hopes of these human beings who Petitions, Nevada Supreme Court briefs, and charges of fi nancial identity fraud.” are incarcerated for a crime they As all “good talkers,” he travels and the prosecution are very well individual motions across the civil and criminal around the city in a shiny, fairly aware they did not commit, and spectrum, including Motions for Summary new car, with an entourage of men that is playing with the hope these willing to jump every time he snaps people have to be exonerated. Judgment. Turnaround time can be as minimal a fi nger and asks them to do some- Leslie also could be manipu- thing on the spot. lating the money of those who are as 24 hours. Federal PCR is also available. He claims to cover the court- homeless and may place the few rooms of Las Vegas, looking for dollars they are given into his hands cases of wrongfully convicted to get a roof over their heads. people to offer “his” help as an Ex- Calvin Leslie claims to have “a Motions starting at $250 fl at fee ecutive Director of the Families of good relationship” with District the Wrongfully Convicted Research Attorney Steve Wolfson, but it may Appeals starting at $500 fl at fee Center, but he did not know Kirstin very well be another piece of false Lobato or Ronald Mortensen until information put out there by Leslie he heard their names and learned of himself. For more information and immediate response, their cases at the Las Vegas Tribune A year ago, Leslie rented a newspaper offi ce. U-Haul truck to “help” a veteran in call or email: Both Kirstin Lobato and Ronald distress and when he went back in Mortensen have been subjects of June to rent another truck, he was (702) 902-5050 editorials, news items and defense not able to do so because of “an out- by this newspaper for the last twen- standing debt with that company” Nag@criminaldefenseo asvegas.com ty years, but Leslie never heard of that he claims was an error. Page 6 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 Embattled EPA head Pruitt resigns By Timothy Cama work that is occurring,” Pruitt wrote turned whistleblower Kevin and Miranda Green Trump. “However, the unrelenting Chmielewski confirmed to The Hill The Hill attacks on me personally, my fam- that he and Pruitt’s Chief of Staff Scott Pruitt will resign from his ily, are unprecedented and have Ryan Jackson were responsible for position leading the Environmental taken a sizable toll on all of us.” firing Morris for the changes. Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday, Pruitt signed his resignation Chmielewski said it was typical following months of high-profile letter to Trump: “Your Faithful of staffers to be “retaliated against controversies regarding his spend- Friend.” and assigned.” ing, ethics and management at the Pruitt this week faced intensi- He said he was fired from the agency. fied criticism from reports that the agency earlier this year after he In a tweet Thursday, President administrator maintained a secret, pushed back on a number of Pruitt’s Trump confirmed Pruitt’s departure, internal calendar that he directed travel plans including use of first saying he’s accepted the adminis- aides to change from the public class travel. trator’s resignation. version they released. Chmielewski additionally con- “I have accepted the resignation Pruitt’s former political aide, firmed the use of an internal calen- of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator Madeline Morris, confirmed to the dar he said staffers kept out of the of the Environmental Protection New York Times Thursday that public eye. CNN first reported on Agency. Within the Agency Scott of the EPA is very bright!” He said the decision has been in she believes she was fired from the secret calendar Tuesday. has done an outstanding job, and I In comments on Air Force One, the works for “a couple of days.” the agency after pushing back on Pruitt has been engulfed in will always be thankful to him for Trump said there was no “final “We’ve been talking about it for directions to retroactively change high-profile scandals and under fire this,” Trump tweeted. straw” that explained Pruitt’s depar- a little while,” Trump said. meetings on Pruitt’s calendar — by both parties in recent months Trump said Pruitt will be re- ture. He said the Cabinet member In his resignation letter to Pres- actions she learned were potentially regarding spending taxpayer money placed on Monday by EPA Deputy had indicated he did not want to be ident Trump on Thursday, Pruitt illegal. for travel and security, his close Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a a “distraction.” cited “unrelenting attacks” as his Morris was hired in June 2017 relationships with lobbyists and former energy lobbyist who was “He’ll go on to great things and reason to leave the agency. as Pruitt scheduler. She raised red industry, and allegations he used confirmed in April for the post. he’s going to have a wonderful “It is extremely difficult for me flags after seeing changes related to government resources and staff “I have no doubt that Andy will life, I hope. But he felt that he did to cease serving you in this role first Pruitt’s trip to Italy on the calendar. for personal gain, among other continue on with our great and not want to be a distraction for an because I count it a blessing to be She told the Times she was fired controversies. lasting EPA agenda. We have made administration that he has a lot of serving you in any capacity, but two days later in August 2017. He was facing more than 13 tremendous progress and the future faith in,” Trump said. also, because of the transformative Former EPA political staffer (See Pruitt Resigns, Page 7) At EPA, Pruitt is gone but policies stay By Niall Stanage climate accords, a position that was seeking employment for his wife. The Hill endorsed by the president. Another tale that received plenty Even members of President In all of those instances, critics of attention was one where Pruitt Trump’s circle acknowledge that accuse him of rolling back import- reportedly sought to purchase a Scott Pruitt’s departure from the ant safeguards and endangering used mattress from the Trump Environmental Protection Agency public and environmental health. International Hotel in Washington. (EPA) was overdue. His defenders contend that he Someone in Trump’s orbit who But they also contend that his has helped ease the regulatory bur- spoke to the president about Pruitt ouster will not produce any no- den on businesses in general and in the days leading up to the EPA ticeable change in policy. And the fossil fuel industry in particular. director’s ouster called the mattress environmentalists worry they might In the end, however, he could not story “the final straw.” The request be right. survive a long and ever-growing list seemed tawdry to the president, After months of ethics-related of ethical issues. according to this source. controversies — his conduct was Pruitt controversies include al- The same source stated he was being examined as part of no few- legations surrounding his renting “not surprised” by Pruitt’s depar- er than 15 probes — Pruitt finally Andrew Wheeler, a Scott Pruitt deputy, take interim helm of EPA. a room from the wife of an energy ture, and that the exit was “long resigned on Thursday. work, which they consider valu- water rule and a proposal to change lobbyist for $50 per night, going overdue.” His replacement — at least on an able. the way coal ash is treated. around the White House to get hefty A separate source, a GOP strat- interim basis — is Andrew Wheel- “Look, the allegations and con- He also advocated for the United pay raises for key aides, asking egist with ties to the White House, er, a Pruitt deputy whose resume troversy reached a critical mass,” States to withdraw from the Paris aides to run personal errands and (See EPA Policies, Page 7) includes stints as a coal lobbyist said one former Trump administra- and as an aide to Sen. James Inhofe tion official. “Some of it is fair and (R-Okla.), perhaps the most prom- some is not, but there is no question inent denier of climate change on taxpayer resources were not being Capitol Hill. properly used and there were clear That’s enough to leave environ- lapses in judgment.” mental groups deeply concerned, However, the former official even as they welcome Pruitt’s added: “Pruitt’s EPA has had a tre- departure. mendous impact policy-wise that Fred Krupp, the president of will get overlooked in all of this. the Environmental Defense Fund, The EPA was one of the most out of told The Hill that “the work will control branches of the federal gov- continue” aimed at “dismantling” ernment and he brought it to heel.” the EPA. Trump paid tribute to Pruitt “Pruitt ran into so many prob- in the hours after his resignation, lems due to his shoddy ethics,” telling reporters aboard Air Force Krupp said. “But now [President] One that he did “an outstanding Trump turns to Andy Wheeler job.” The president also talked up to do the same thing, out of the Wheeler, noting that he was “very limelight.” much an early Trump supporter.” Supporters of the administration Pruitt’s record at the EPA is view the situation as the mirror deeply contentious. It includes a image of that scenario. decision to withdraw from former They argue that Pruitt’s contro- President Obama’s Clean Power versies overshadowed his policy Plan, a suspension of a key clean Hammond Pardon (Continued from Page 1) The Hammonds distanced themselves from the violent occupiers and Don’t wait for bad weather to have your roof repaired or didn’t endorse the action. One of the occupiers, Robert LaVoy Finicum, died, and a handful plead- replaced. 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Others include conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza and former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Ask for Chris 702-204-7585 July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 7 Economy adds 213,000 jobs in June, unemployment ticks up to 4 percent By Vicki Needham the European Union on global trade. The Hill “The major downside risk is trade,” Fau- The U.S. economy added a solid 213,000 cher said. jobs in June, a stronger number than expect- “Right now the tariffs imposed by the ed and a sign of the labor market’s steady United States, and the retaliation from its strength even as concerns mount about Pres- trading partners, are limited and will have ident Trump’s trade policy. minimal impact on U.S. and global economic The unemployment rate ticked up slightly growth and the U.S. job market,” he said. to 4 percent from 3.8 percent as more work- “But if the U.S. and other nations enter ers jumped into the labor market, the Labor into a full-fledged trade war with tit-for-tat Department reported on Friday. responses, global economic growth could The economy has added jobs for 92 slow dramatically and weigh on the U.S. straight months, beginning in October 2010 economy, leading to much weaker job growth under President Obama, the longest streak by the end of the year.” on record. The Federal Reserve at its June meeting Job gains also rose 37,000 more than pre- noted that some businesses had expressed viously reported in April and May. concern about the “possible adverse effects of “If any doubts lingered that slack in the la- tariffs and other proposed trade restrictions, bor force — the number of Americans on the for the year. about 3.5 percent, Faucher said. both domestically and abroad, on future in- sidelines waiting for a good opportunity — Fewer burdens on employers — tax and After revisions, job gains have averaged vestment activity.” has been underestimated, they were quashed regulatory cuts — have yet to yield better 211,000 per month over the past three The Fed on Thursday noted that compa- with this report,” said Robert Frick, corporate pay for workers. Even with the slow rate months. nies have “indicated that plans for capital economist with Navy Federal Credit Union. of pay growth, economists still expect that But Trump’s decision to levy tariffs on spending had been scaled back or postponed Unemployment rose as 601,000 people paychecks will grow as the labor market close U.S. allies has led to massive retaliatory as a result of uncertainty over trade policy.” entered the labor market and not all of them continues to tighten. tariffs on U.S. exports, which trade experts Steel and aluminum firms have said they found a job. “The tight labor market is leading busi- argue will cost jobs and damage the healthy expect price increases after Trump imposed “This slack could be one reason why wage nesses to raise pay to retain their current economy. tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 growth disappointed again,” Frick said. workers and attract new ones, and wage On Friday, the U.S. and China exchanged percent on aluminum coming into the United “The labor market must tighten more growth will strengthen through the rest of tariffs of $34 billion on each other’s exports, States. before wage gains rival previous expansions this year and into 2018,” said PNC Chief with billions more expected to come in the “There is no longer a ‘threat’ of a global and American workers can fully enjoy the Economist Gus Faucher. months ahead. trade war, the battle has begun,” said Hun fruits of this expansion,” he said. The unemployment rate rose in June for Business groups, lawmakers and foreign Quach, vice president of international trade Wage growth remained lackluster with the first time since January 2017 but is ex- leaders have urged Trump to work with top for the Retail Industry Leaders Association. average hourly earnings up only 2.7 percent pected to fall through the rest of the year to trading partners such as Mexico, Canada and (See Economy, Page 8) Pruitt Resigns (Continued from Page 6) government, to allow for a thriv- but did not know his chief of staff actions, but even that has faltered. Pruitt announced amid the scan- federal investigations over the ing economy, that’s important to Ryan Jackson would go around the “He’s hurting the president be- dals that he would seek to ease controversies, including from the him, but these things matter to the White House to implement them. cause he has, I’m sorry, bad judg- greenhouse gas emissions stan- EPA’s Office of Inspector General, president as well, and he’s looking Pruitt has long been under fire ment after bad judgment after bad dards for cars set by the Obama the U.S. Office of Special Counsel into those,” deputy White House for spending taxpayer money. judgment,” conservative host Laura administration, endorsing the auto and the House Oversight and Gov- press secretary Hogan Gidley told He also doled out $43,000 for a Ingraham said on her radio show industry’s argument that they are ernment Reform Committee. reporters July 3. soundproof booth for his office, had in June. “If you want to drain the unattainable because consumers The Government Accountability While the EPA head has been a round-the-clock security force swamp, you’ve got to have people are buying bigger cars. He also Office in April found him guilty of under nearly constant criticism by costing $3.5 million in his first year in it who forgo personal benefits, rolled out a controversial science overspending congressionally allo- Democrats and environmentalists, and had the agency get him a new and don’t send your aides around “transparency” initiative, proposing cated money on a $43,000 sound- the most serious of his scandals SUV and bulletproof vests, all on doing personal errands on the tax- to restrict the agency from using proof booth built in his office to started earlier this year, with reve- the taxpayers’ dime. payer dime. Otherwise, you make scientific findings whose method- provide privacy on personal calls. lations that he flew first-class nearly The Government Accountability everybody else look bad.” ology and data are not sufficiently Despite a nearly circuitous trend exclusive while traveling on the Office ruled that the soundproof Pruitt, 50, had led the EPA public or reproducible. of scandals surrounding Pruitt at taxpayers’ dime — costing at least booth expenditure was illegal, be- since the Senate confirmed him Supporters often said Pruitt was EPA, the administrator appeared $105,000 in his first year on the cause the EPA did not notify Con- 52-46, mostly along party lines, in one of the most effective Cabinet to walk away from most criticisms job — and that he had paid just $50 gress that it would exceed a $5,000 February 2017. He was previously members in the Trump adminis- unscathed. for each night he spent at a Capitol cap on furnishing officials’ offices. Oklahoma’s attorney general and tration. And opponents said Pruitt Trump expressed confidence in Hill condo owned by Vicki Hart, In more recent months, the made a name for himself for fil- was very active and aggressive in the embattled EPA chief as recently whose husband, J. Steven Hart, was scandals have focused on allega- ing high-profile lawsuits against his deregulatory mission, but often as last month. chairman of lobbying firm Williams tions that he used EPA staff and his Obama administration policies, ran afoul of the courts. “Scott Pruitt is doing a great job & Jensen. security detail for personal reasons, including more than a dozen against Wheeler had long been seen by within the walls of the EPA. I mean, Pruitt’s close dealings with lob- like shopping for apartments, find- the agency he went on to lead. both supporters and opponents of we’re setting records,” Trump said byists didn’t stop there. Industry ing jobs for his wife, buying a used Pruitt has been one of the most Trump has a Pruitt replacement June 8, adding, “I’m not saying that advocates were largely responsible Trump International Hotel mattress polarizing figures in the Trump who could accomplish the same he’s blameless, but we’ll see what for planning some of Pruitt’s pro- and tracking down a lotion he want- administration, detested by the left regulatory goals without the scan- happens.” posed and actual international trips, ed from a Ritz-Carlton hotel. for his aggressive environmental dals. That will be put to the test But Pruitt had been losing the including one to Morocco and a Pruitt has defended much of the deregulatory agenda and embraced starting Monday. confidence of top White House canceled one to Australia. security spending as a necessary on the right. “There’s a guy behind him, An- officials and career staffers at the The EPA also gave big raises step, saying that he has faced an He worked quickly to make drew Wheeler, who’s really quali- agency, and many of his closest two top Pruitt aides in March, using unprecedented number of threats, changes at the agency during his fied too. So that might be a good aides left as the scandals grew. a special authority under a 1970s a contention that lawmakers have 17 months in office, having taken swap,” Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), “The president feels as though law after the White House refused disputed. dozens of actions to roll back or for whom Wheeler used to work, Scott Pruitt has done a really to allow it. Pruitt told lawmakers in As for other scandals, Pruitt change major Obama administra- told Ingraham in June. good job with deregulating the April that he knew about the raises, has largely blamed the missteps tion and other policies including Wheeler is in line with most of on staff, though he conceded he the Clean Power Plan, Clean Water may have been able to do more to Rule and methane standards for oil the GOP’s priorities for the EPA, EPA Policies stop them. and natural gas drillers, and had including removing what they see (Continued from Page 6) But House Minority Leader “Some of the areas of criticism been seen as being in good favor as barriers to industries like oil, gas also acknowledged that Pruitt’s res- Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), while also are frankly areas where processes with Trump. and coal. ignation was “a long time coming.” welcoming Pruitt’s exit, sounded at the agency were not properly An EPA spokesperson earlier However, Wheeler demurred “He has been generating so the alarm about Wheeler: instituted to prevent certain abuses Thursday defended Pruitt’s scan- when it came to suggestions that he much negative publicity it has been “It is deeply concerning that from happen,” he said in a May 16 dals by highlighting those same was primed to take over for Pruitt, overwhelming any possible posi- the president has chosen to elevate Senate hearing. “There have been regulatory rollbacks. telling the Hill as recently as last tive publicity regarding the polices a coal lobby kingpin even more decisions over the last 16 months “From advocating to leave the week in an interview that he wasn’t of the Trump administration,” this focused than his predecessor on or so that, as I look back on those Paris Accord, working to repeal interested in Pruitt’s job. person added. “He was getting the advancing the toxic Trump agenda decisions, I would not make the Obama’s Clean Power Plan and “I’m the deputy administrator, job done but he could not sustain and destroying critical protections same decisions again.” Waters of the United States, declar- that’s the position I signed up for, it because he did not behave well, for the health and safety of fami- Pruitt has also been combative ing a war on lead and cleaning up that’s the position I wanted. I didn’t personally — ethically — while in lies,” she said in a statement. in defending himself, frequently toxic Superfund sites, Administra- want to be the administrator, still office.” The former Trump adminis- blaming the scandals on the politi- tor Pruitt is focused on advancing don’t want to be the administrator,” Prominent progressives ex- tration official argued just the cal left and the media. President Trump’s agenda of regu- he said. pressed glee at Pruitt’s departure. opposite: Pruitt has consistently had allies latory certainty and environmental “I’m here to help Administrator Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called “The good work will continue,” among congressional Republicans stewardship spokesperson,” the Pruitt with his agenda and President him the “the worst EPA adminis- the official asserted. “Hopefully and conservative commentators spokesperson said in a statement Trump’s agenda for the agency. trator in the history of the agency.” with fewer distractions.” who have cheered his deregulatory to The Hill. That’s what my job is.” OUT WITH CABLE. IN WITH SAVINGS. $ † ™ Get a 100 AT&T Visa® Reward Card when you sign up for DIRECTV SELECT Package or above. MUST MAINTAIN SVC & REDEEM W/IN 75 DAYS (CARD IN 4 WKS). Ends 8/15/18. Restrs apply. See below for o er details.

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Circuit a perilous decision: ignore their constituents Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy on the just weeks before the election by voting Supreme Court created by Justice Anthony against Kavanaugh, or enrage their base Kennedy’s resignation. So begins the next voters by supporting the president’s nominee. chapter in the ongoing struggle to define For Manchin, Donnelly, and Heitkamp American jurisprudence. – each of whom voted last year to confirm Kavanaugh is a nominee with excellent President Trump’s first Supreme Court nom- academic and professional credentials. As a inee, Justice Neil Gorsuch – the stakes are law clerk to three federal judges, including particularly high. Having decided to aban- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, don their national base and vote with their whom he will be replacing, Kavanaugh began constituents instead the first time, does that his career after graduating from Yale Law make it easier or harder for them to do the School working with some of the leading same a second time? Do they think their vote lights of the federal judiciary. for Gorsuch affords them a pass so they can He learned well. Drawing from his more That, in one paragraph, summarizes the I’m not the only one who thinks so. Since vote against Kavanaugh? Or do they believe than 300 opinions as a judge on the D.C. legal philosophy conservatives have been the president’s announcement, I’ve been that casting a vote against Trump’s second Circuit Court of Appeals, considered by many seeking to emplace in the judiciary for de- receiving calls, text messages, and emails nominee will make them vulnerable to the to be the second most important court in the cades. And that, depressingly (but not surpris- from grassroots leaders and activists across charge of flip-flopping – or worse, the charge land, with three of the nine current justices ingly), mattered not one whit to the protesters the country, sharing their excitement at the of having no firmly grounded stances at all? themselves alumni, the Supreme Court has gathered outside the Supreme Court. Before nomination and asking for guidance on what They’ll have to make those judgments endorsed his opinions more than a dozen the president unveiled his choice in the East they could do to help ensure Kavanaugh’s on their own. Meanwhile, Tea Party Patriots times. Some of his dissents served as the basis Room Monday evening – before, mind you confirmation. activists and supporters will be doing what for later Supreme Court rulings. – hundreds of leftist protesters gathered in I shared in their enthusiasm, and thanked we do best – working to make sure those More importantly for conservatives, front of the Supreme Court to denounce the them for helping make the nomination possi- senators and others know that we expect them Kavanaugh has demonstrated over the years unnamed nominee. They didn’t even know ble in the first place – I reminded them that it to represent their constituents’ interests, even his belief that the proper role of a judge is who it would be, but that did not prevent was the hard work they did in 2014 (when Tea if that means upsetting their Democrat donors to interpret and apply the law as written, not them from denouncing him. Party Patriots activists and supporters all over and left-wing base. After a day or two to cele- legislate from the bench. To that end, he once And the “we’ll-attack-him-before-we- the country worked to help flip nine seats in brate the nomination of a thought leader who wrote, “The judge’s job is to interpret the law, know-who-he-is” tactics weren’t confined the Senate to move it in a more conservative could help lock in a conservative Supreme not to make the law or make policy. So read to outside groups. Pennsylvania Democratic direction) and 2016 (when Tea Party Patri- Court majority for the next generation, we’ll the words of the statute as written. Read the Senator Bob Casey, Jr., announced on Mon- ots activists and supporters worked to elect be back to work organizing, calling, texting, text of the Constitution as written, mindful day, hours before President Trump revealed Donald Trump in the general election) that emailing, tweeting, and contacting our sena- of history and tradition. Don’t make up new his choice, that he would oppose the presi- was now being paid off. tors to help ensure that confirmation. Because constitutional rights that are not in the text dent’s pick. Another Senate Democrat said, For several Senate Democrats running for that’s our playbook. of the Constitution. Don’t shy away from “We are looking at destruction of the Consti- reelection in states Trump won in 2016 – Joe * * * * * enforcing constitutional rights that are in the tution of the United States as far as I can tell.” Manchin in West Virginia, Joe Donnelly in Jenny Beth Martin is president of Tea text of the Constitution.” The left’s playbook is tiresome. And Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, Party Patriots Citizens Fund. VA nominee heads to full Senate confirmation By Nathaniel Weixel Importantly for Democrats, Wilkie interest groups. The Hill pledged to oppose privatization. “Robert, I need to know you are Robert Wilkie, President “My commitment to you is I will the guy who understands the VA has Trump’s nominee to lead the De- oppose efforts to privatize,” even if larger challenges, and I think you partment of Veterans Affairs, is one it runs counter to the White House do,” Tester said. step closer to confirmation after a agenda, Wilkie said. “I am opposed Wilkie’s nomination follows the Senate panel Monday voted to send to the privatization of the Veterans fall of Ronny Jackson, Trump’s per- his nomination to the floor. Affairs Department.” sonal physician, who the president In a voice vote, the Senate Veter- During the confirmation hearing, nominated to head the VA after ans Affairs Committee voted nearly Committee Ranking Member Jon Shulkin. Jackson faced questions unanimously to approve Wilkie’s Tester (D-Mont.) said he thinks about his experience and ability to Wilkie is the right candidate to lead the second-largest bureaucracy nomination. Sen. Bernie Sanders return the VA back to its roots as an in the federal government. (I-Vt.) voted against it. agency that serves veterans regard- Jackson was ultimately forced Wilkie, who served as acting less of political agendas. to withdraw his nomination after VA secretary until he stepped down “Recently we have seen VA allegations — publicly detailed by after being nominated for secretary, political cronies work actively and Tester — surfaced that he mishan- is a Washington insider with years publicly to undermine a secretary dled prescription drugs, drank on of administrative experience who and a deputy secretary who were the job and created a “hostile” work has previously worked on Capitol unanimously confirmed by the environment. Hill as well as in the Pentagon for Senate,” Tester said. Unlike Jackson, Wilkie has two presidents. that beset his predecessor, former has been beset by internal politics. He noted the VA’s official media already been through an execu- He’s drawn praise from both Secretary David Shulkin. He said he would stand up to account has recently been attacking tive vetting process, when he was Republicans and Democrats, and Wilkie sailed through the com- the White House and the VA’s reporters as “fake news” and the nominated for Pentagon posts outside advocacy groups hope he mittee’s confirmation hearing last political leaders to implement his voices of political interest groups under Trump and former President will avoid getting mired in the same month. He vowed to raise morale agenda, even if it means disagree- have been prioritized over veterans George W. Bush. ongoing fight over privatization at an agency that lawmakers say ing at times with President Trump. Economy (Continued from Page 7) “At the current pace of job range. “Americans are caught in the growth, if sustained, this problem is Many sectors continue to see crosshairs of the administration’s set to get much worse,” Zandi said. strong growth. three-front trade war, and they “These labor shortages will only Employment in professional and will be the ones paying the price,” intensify across all industries and business services increased 50,000 Quach said. company sizes,” he said. in June and has risen by 521,000 “The recent onslaught of tariffs The Fed also said that “labor over the year. will jeopardize manufacturing and market conditions continued to Construction employment rose agriculture jobs in the U.S. while strengthen in recent months” and 13,000 in June and has increased driving up prices on household gross domestic product (GDP) “ap- 282,000 over the year. 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July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 9 5 things to watch as Trump heads to NATO summit By Rebecca Kheel at American University. of Russia.” The Hill Will counterterrorism But allies are nervous about President Trump will arrive in be a focus? Trump being in a room alone with Brussels on Tuesday night with an During the presidential cam- Putin and what concessions he eye toward pushing allied members paign, Trump railed against NATO might make in an effort to forge a of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- as “obsolete” for what he saw as a deal, such as whether he will rec- ganization (NATO) to boost their lack of focus on counterterrorism. ognize Russia’s claim over Crimea. defense budgets. NATO supporters pushed back Trump has left the door open to Despite Trump’s push, the on that, highlighting that the only doing so, saying “we’re going to heads-of-state confab risks being time allies have invoked the mutual have to see.” overshadowed by growing tensions defense pact known as Article 5 was Allies are also worried about between the U.S. president and after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist Trump unilaterally scuttling mil- European allies, Trump’s policies attacks on the United States. itary exercises in Europe. Trump outside of NATO and his summit Last year’s NATO heads-of- decided to cancel joint military with Russian President Vladimir state meeting took place days after exercises with South Korea during Putin, which is scheduled to take a terrorist attack in Manchester, his summit with Kim last month. place days later. England, putting a spotlight on the In doing so, Trump labeled the U.S. ambassador to NATO Kay counterterrorism part of the agenda. exercises “provocative,” an argu- Bailey Hutchison told reporters At the meeting, NATO officially ment Putin has made against NATO last week that the theme of this joined the coalition battling the Is- exercises in Eastern Europe. year’s summit will be “strength and lamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Do non-NATO issues unity.” And while NATO’s secre- a largely symbolic move that had spoil the mood? tary-general noted that the alliance been in the works for years but took While allies are rankled about has survived past disputes, he has on added importance amid Trump’s Trump’s comments on spending United States would not be signing “I’m going to tell NATO, you acknowledged growing divisions criticisms. and military posture, much of the the G-7’s joint communiqué be- got to start paying your bills. The This year, Hutchison told re- among allies. strain in U.S. relations with allies On the heels of a tense summit cause of “Justin’s false statements.” United States is not going to take porters that counterterrorism will has come from issues technically for the Group of Seven (G-7) indus- Shortly after his initial volley care of everything,” Trump said. again be a priority for Trump at outside the scope of NATO. trialized nations last month, NATO against Trudeau and French Presi- “We are the schmucks that are the summit. That includes Trump’s 25 per- watchers are hoping leaders put on dent Emmanuel Macron on Twitter paying for the whole thing,” he In line with that, allies are ex- cent tariffs on imported steel and a happy face in Brussels and get amid the rolling trade disputes, added later. pected to officially launch NATO’s 10 percent tariffs on imported alu- through the meeting without any Trump insisted during a news Greater burden sharing is a re- bigger training mission in Iraq to minum from the European Union major incidents. conference that relations between frain that Trump has sounded since help stabilize the country post-ISIS. and Canada, as well as Trump’s Here are five things to watch at the U.S. and allied nations was his 2016 campaign. But he’s upped Hutchinson also said Trump decision to withdraw from the Iran this week’s summit: never better, stating, “The level the pressure recently, sending let- will continue to make the case for nuclear agreement and Paris cli- Do Trump and other of relationship is a 10. Angela ters to Merkel, Trudeau and other allies to extend their commitment leaders get along? [Merkel], Emmanuel [Macron], NATO leaders suggesting the pos- to Afghanistan, following his an- mate accord against allies’ wishes. Allies largely played nice with Justin [Trudeau]. I would say the sibility of a change in U.S. military nouncement of a new strategy last Ahead of the NATO defense Trump in the early days of his relationship is a 10.” posture if they don’t increase their summer that is based on conditions minister’s meeting last month, presidency, hoping to charm him Merkel has drawn particular defense spending. on the ground instead of timelines. NATO Secretary-General Jens into changing his position on issues rancor from Trump, with him tweet- Just eight of NATO’s 29 mem- Is Putin the elephant Stoltenberg said those represent such as the Paris climate agreement, ing last month that “the people of bers meet or are expected to meet in the room? “serious disagreements” among tariffs and the Iran nuclear deal. Germany are turning against their this year the alliance’s goal of Last month’s G-7 in Canada was allies. He also warned in a Guardian But Trump defied those efforts leadership.” And at a campaign spending 2 percent of their gross marred by Trump’s statement on op-ed weeks later that “nowhere is and has openly criticized other rally in Montana last week, Trump domestic product on defense: the the way there that Russia should it written in stone that the transat- world leaders, leading to various also hinted he has told Merkel the United States, United Kingdom, be readmitted to the group. Russia lantic bond will always thrive.” disputes with the heads of global U.S. might change its military Greece, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, was kicked out in 2014 because of But he’s also said NATO can powers that have long relied on posture if Germany doesn’t spend Romania and Lithuania. The goal its annexation of Crimea, a move continue with its “core tasks” in the U.S. more on defense. was set at the 2014 Wales summit, Western nations maintain was spite of the divisions. The G-7 appeared to mark a “I said, you know, Angela, I where allies agreed to meet the illegal. “We have to remember that we turning point, with Angela Merkel’s can’t guarantee it, but we’re pro- target by 2024. Now, days after Trump meets have seen differences before, all office releasing a photo of the tecting you, and it means a lot more Despite growing animosity with NATO leaders, he will head the way back to the 1950s where German chancellor staring down to you than protecting us because I between Trump and other NATO to Helsinki, Finland, for a summit NATO allies disagreed on the Suez a cross-armed Trump. And for don’t know how much protection leaders, experts are expecting allies with Putin. That summit is expect- crisis or when France decided to days after the summit, as Trump we get by protecting you,” Trump to continue a four-year trend of up- ed to kick off with a one-on-one leave the command structure in prepared for his historic meeting said. ward spending because allies have meeting between Trump and Putin. the 1960s or the Iraq War in 2003,” with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, What happens on realized they need to spend more NATO was founded as a buttress Stoltenberg said. the president feuded with Canadian defense spending? independently of the U.S. against the Soviet Union and has “So it’s nothing new that there Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. During Trump’s riff at the rally “The Europeans are starting to shifted its focus back to Russia are differences between NATO al- After Trudeau said Canada in Montana on Thursday night recognize that they may have to after its incursion in Ukraine. In lies, and what we have seen again would retaliate against Trump’s where he called out Merkel, Trump think about what it may look like the call with reporters, Hutchison and again is that we have been able “kind of insulting” tariffs, Trump also labeled the United States without the United States there said that NATO’s “strengthened to unite around NATO’s core task called Trudeau “very dishonest and “schmucks” for how much it spends for them,” said James Goldgeier, a deterrence and defense” is needed to protect and defend each other weak” in a tweet and said that the compared to allies. professor of international relations in light of the “the malign activities despite those differences.” Ex-Fox News exec Bill Shine to join the White House staff By Jordan Fabian The Hill President Trump on Thursday announced that former Fox News executive Bill Shine will join the White House as deputy chief of staff for communications. The White House said in a brief statement that Shine “brings over two decades of television program- ming, communications experience to the role.” Shine’s formal title is assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications. Spicer and Hicks. tenure at Fox, including efforts to The announcement end- His hiring was all but officially silence Ailes’s accusers. decided since late last month. Shine “President Trump is not an- ed months of speculation about was seen at the White House multi- ti-women’s rights, but he has been whether Shine would formally join ple times this week, most recently unfairly branded as such by the Trump’s team at the White House. being spotted on Thursday after- leftist media in a further attempt to The hire is expected to generate noon entering Trump’s motorcade harm his presidency and to try to controversy and pushback against ahead of the president’s planned trip drive him from office,” Klayman Trump. to Montana. said in a statement. “The president Shine left Fox last year amid Shine has ties to figures at Fox does not need unnecessary contro- scrutiny over his handling of sex- News who are close with the pres- versy at this time by naming Shine ual harassment allegations against ident, including conservative talk to what is in effect a deputy of chief powerful figures at the network. show host Sean Hannity. Their of staff in charge of communica- Those charges led to the relationship has sparked criticism tions and messaging.” high-profile departures of former that the network has too close of a Trump has long faced sexual ha- Fox News Chairman and CEO Rog- relationship with the White House. rassment allegations from multiple er Ailes, for whom Shine served as Some conservatives have also women, all of which he has denied. a top lieutenant, and former prime- warned Trump against hiring Shine. The White House earlier this year time host Bill O’Reilly. Shine was Conservative legal activist Larry faced widespread condemnation for named co-president of the network Klayman this week urged prosecu- its handling of abuse accusations after Ailes was ousted. tors to investigate Shine for alleged against former staff secretary Rob Shine was never officially ac- crimes that took place during his Porter. cused of wrongdoing but faced accusations that he looked the other way as claims of harassment and discrimination mounted. An outreach The former Fox bigwig will fill the communications director role left by Hope Hicks earlier this year. program to help Shine faces a difficult task: fix- ing a communications shop that has the homeless to been riddled by infighting and high turnover. He will be the fifth person help themselves. to lead the team since Trump’s inau- guration. The others were Anthony Scaramucci, Michael Dubke, Sean ChaplainStevenStJohn.Com Page 10 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018

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A government big enoughE to give youditorials everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson Our Point of View Departure of Ms. Sinatra should be a win-Wynn The Las Vegas daily newspaper reported in yesterday’s (Tuesday, July 10, 2018) edition that Las Vegas Wynn Resorts general counsel and corporate secretary, Kim Sinatra, was leaving her post without explaining why she did not inform the Board of her knowledge of company founder and CEO Steve Wynn’s sexual harassment behav- ior toward employees during her years with the company. The newspaper claims that Wynn’s former wife of for- ty-six years and the largest shareholder in the corporation, Elaine Wynn, questioned whether Sinatra should receive as much as $9.5 million in severance pay. For several months the daily newspaper had attacked the reputation of the Wynn Resorts founder and CEO and also had attacked the integrity of a few executives with Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority without disclaiming that the newspaper owner is also an owner of Forget PILT checks, transfer Las Vegas resorts, which competes with the same clientele and the same market as Wynn Resorts and a convention federal land to Nevada center that also competes for the same business as Las By Thomas Mitchell of federal land,” said Nevada Sen. Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. It’s that time of year again, when Dean Heller in a statement. “That is For the last few months the daily newspaper not once counties in Nevada and across the why I welcome the Department of the has offered any information as to whether any executive West squat on the street corner with Interior’s announcement that Nevada their alms cups extended anxiously will receive nearly $27 million in of that company has ever been accused of sexual impro- awaiting the tinkling sound of a few PILT payments, and increase of more priety with any employee. coins from the federal till — other- than $800,000 from last year. This The gaming company owned by the same owner of wise known as Payment in Lieu of additional funding will help ensure the local daily newspaper is one of the biggest gaming Taxes (PILT) — and certain politi- that Nevada’s rural communities can cians pound their chests and boast continue to provide public services companies in the market; are we to believe that employ- of their generosity. such as law enforcement and road ees working there never had a twinge of lust or a sexual Since 1977 Congress has parsi- maintenance. As a strong supporter desire, or an impulse of some kind on the sexual side? moniously paid out pennies on the of the PILT program, I thank Sec- How strange that that only happened at the Wynn Resorts, acre to local governments to make retary (Ryan) Zinke for recognizing up for the land the federal govern- ThoMaS MiTchell my state’s needs and reaffirming his which the daily newspaper would of course report on. ment controls but on which it pays no local property commitment to Nevada’s rural communities.” But to be more fair and more balanced on the sub- taxes. Since 85 percent of Nevada land is controlled Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto also chimed in with a ject, two other companies in Las Vegas are as big as the by various federal agencies that is a lot of property nearly verbatim crowing, “I applaud the Department Wynn Resorts and the owner of the daily newspaper’s tax to forgo. of Interior for awarding nearly $27 million to our rural other gaming house, with about as many employees as In a recent press release the Interior Department counties through the PILT program — an increase of announced it is doling out $552.8 million in PILT $800,000 from last year. These funds are vital to local the others, and no one else has been accused of sexual payments this year. Of that, Nevada counties are slated governments to provide essential services and enable misbehavior or anything close to that. to net almost $27 million. local leaders to invest in development projects.” The owner of the daily newspaper is the owner of the “Given that 85 percent of Nevada’s lands are Secretary Zinke put out a statement noting his Mon- Venetian Hotel and the Sands Corporation; his name is managed by the federal government, the PILT pro- tana roots and saying, “Rural America, especially states gram makes it possible for communities in Nevada to out west with large federal land holdings, play a big part Sheldon Adelson and he apparently only hires saints — maintain critical public services across large swaths (See Mitchell, Page 13) people who can control their impulses when it comes to sex. That must be it. Even priests or religious people do not know how Pain of never getting to say goodbye to control their sexual urges, but Adelson’s employees By Perly Viasmensky funny way, without insulting anyone. Idania loved obviously do. Death is something we all comprehend is inevita- fruits and one day she went to a store in Miami to buy ble; we are well aware that when we came into this oranges (in many places in Latin America people call Most people in Las Vegas may not be surprised about world we also came in with a departure date marked oranges china) and the guy at the fruit store told her to the allegations published in the daily newspaper because upon our lives. The thing is, however, that we know buy some because they were very good and sweet. She the newspaper owner is a gaming competitor of Wynn’s our date of birth but nobody knows that departure asked the man, “Where do these oranges come from?” date, when we will be called by the Good Lord to go The guy responded, “China.” She looked at the man and some either don’t believe them or do not take them live with Him. and told him, “I know they are ‘chinas,’ but where do seriously because most of the allegations are as old as Losing a mother, a brother or any other close they come from?” The man looked at her and repeated, some of those women, as long as Las Vegas has been a relative is a pain forever engraved in our hearts, but “I told you, China.” Idania, who refused to buy a thing gaming Mecca. when a good friend dies, there are no words that can coming from another country, told him with a big smile, fill the emptiness in our lives. Even worse is when “When all the orange plantations in the state of Florida Ms. Wynn has consistently declined to speak to the our constant communications by phone or emails dry up, then I will come looking for you.” media and attorney for Ms. Wynn has said the notion stop abruptly and we have no idea what could be We spoke last November 21, a day very special and that she instigated the Journal’s article “is just not true.” happening. important to all of us alumni of the Lestonnac Catholic My friend’s name was Idania Figueredo; we were School. We spoke again on Christmas and joked about Why she is coming out with statements about Ms. friends since second grade. She was what I called the the deleted words of “Happy Holidays” when going Sinatra now, a person with whom she has worked hand replica of a Christmas bell: even in the most difficult shopping, and the pleasure of once again being able to in hand, a person with whom she likely shared lunches moments Idania had a funny word to make us laugh say “Merry Christmas” again. for no reason at all. By the end of December we sent each other an email — and a person she likely had confided in and shared Our constant telephone conversations lasted two to and spoke on the phone for another three hours, wishing confidential business and/or personal secrets with — is three hours and we always had something to remem- each other a wonderful New Year. anyone’s guess. ber, to discuss and to laugh about. All of a sudden all communications stopped. I sent Working in the casino industry is something that not She always spoke her mind, but always in a very (See Viasmensky, Page 17) many people may be able to handle; it’s an industry where backstabbing is the norm, hypocrisy is an every- ON A PERSONAL NOTE day reality, double-crossing is expected, and lying and bullsh***ing is the everyday reality regardless of where Internet “challenges” and fads one works. From the kitchen to the restaurants, to the front of the house to the executive suites, no one is exempt from that for the underdeveloped mind: type of life in the gaming industry, and Ms. Sinatra was in Why teenagers and other gullible people make poor choices the middle of it all, and nine million is not a bad amount By Maramis teenagers as well) are only thinking It takes the Internet to lure some- about their ratings, and sometimes to receive to help recuperate one’s sanity. one into trying a ridiculous, stupid, the more bizarre the activity in the We believe that Ms. Sinatra deserves that nine million weird, or even dangerous stunt — show (or cartoon), the higher the plus, and we believe that Elaine Wynn should be happy and to try it in all seriousness. Appar- ratings — the heck with the fact that with her divorce settlement that allows her to still be the ently it is no longer enough to just be children of all ages want to emulate egged on by a friend or associate who what they see and maybe even brag largest shareholder of the company her husband built, dares you to try something under to their friends that they could do and she should start enjoying trips, cruises and playing that threat of “I bet you can’t…” or what the cartoon character or sitcom the ponies. “I dare you to…,” kind of thing, like “star” couldn’t do, at least not during We believe that Ms. Wynn should demand that the daily the little boy in “A Christmas Story” the shows as seen on TV. newspaper stop attacking her former husband unjustifi- who stuck his tongue onto the frozen When crazy things are tried in pole in the school yard and couldn’t a sitcom, it may somehow seem ably and be happy with the money she inherited for the get it off without help from the fire MaraMiS choufani “safe” because “How else could years she spent by her husband’s side, which may not department. they show those situations? Surely they wouldn’t have been too pleasant. Young people — and even those past their teenage place the characters in danger!” (One sure sign of the Perhaps she should help someone start publishing an- years but still in the underdeveloped mind stage — underdeveloped mind to think that way.) And yet they seem to enjoy taking up a challenge or a dare, whether will try and try again, until they hopefully can do what other newspaper to write about Sheldon Adelson and the because of a bet, or because they’ve seen it on TV in they believe those characters on the show just couldn’t Sands Corporation and uncover their sexual cover-ups, some sitcom or cartoon (not that it looked appealing, get right. And if, along the way, any of their friends since he apparently thinks he is without sin, because he but because it looked challenging). Obviously those or acquaintances have also been trying to take up the “cast the first stone.” who create those sitcoms and cartoons for anyone challenge that came to their attention by virtue of TV to see (and that includes children way younger than (See Maramis, Page 17) July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 13

VEditors note:iew The views expressed are entirely those of the writersP and do not necessarilyoints reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune. A Conservative Republican case for repealing and replacing Dean Heller By Chuck Muth which he announced he OPPOSED hosts. When was the last time he in November, he’s toast anyway. As a conservative Republican, the House-passed repeal-and-re- was on Alan Stock’s program? Has Just look at the voter registration if the election were held today I’d place bill, not only undermined the he ever done Wayne Allyn Root’s numbers and the vote history from “pull a Heller” and not vote for President and the Republican Party, show? And when he does deign to his last election. Dean Heller for U.S. Senate. I’d but is the reason why we STILL do a radio show, rarely, if ever, does In 2012, Dean-o beat a Demo- vote for the IAP’s Kamau Bakari. have ObamaCare in place today. he take questions from listeners. crat opponent — who was running He should be rewarded for that? Lucky for Heller, he’s still got Oh, and remember when he under an ethics cloud like poor DC Dean is also a finger-in-the- four months to change my mind. spoke at the Republican Men’s Pig-Pen in the Charlie Brown wind populist, not a conservative. Club in Vegas back in April and comics — by a mere 11,000 votes Not likely though. The only argu- As such, this guy has flip-flopped reporters were banned? out of almost a million cast. Also ments for voting for “DC Dean” on more issues than Carter has The club was put in the awk- in that election there were almost are that (a) “Wacky Jacky” Rosen liver pills. And important issues, ward position of covering for him 100,000 votes cast for “None of the would be worse and (b) Republi- too. Like immigration, government by saying it was THEIR decision Above” or for one of the third-party cans could lose control of the U.S. spending and abortion. You never due to reporters interfering with candidates on the ballot. Senate if she wins. know where Heller stands because CHUCK MUTH the waiters. But the press had Does anyone in their right mind My counter-argument is that he stands everywhere. come out ahead. never been banned before Heller’s think Heller’s performance in of- things will actually be worse for the Then there’s how he regularly Now the case appearance — and has never been fice over the last six years means conservative movement, the Make and proudly undermines the con- against DC Dean… banned again since. Think that’s he’s gonna IMPROVE on those America Great Again agenda and servative movement with his “No just a coincidence? numbers? Let’s start with the fact that his Labels” crap. In fact, he put out How about the Nevada Repub- Making Heller’s re-election the Nevada Republican Party in the poor judgment in being a card-car- a press release just this past April lican Party? Has he helped it raise even more unlikely is his JV-level long run if DC Dean gets another rying “Never Trumper” in 2016 bragging about how he was the “5th money? Has he supported its pro- communications team. These guys six years. helped Hillary Clinton win Nevada Most Bipartisan U.S. Senator.” As grams? Has he shown up at meet- make the Keystone Kops look like If Heller is cashiered, Nevada and almost win the White House. If if voting for the liberal agenda is a ings and events — other than Lin- Navy SEALs. Their press releases, would be represented by the totally Heller had gotten his way, Crooked good thing for Republicans. coln Day Dinners? I’m not talking statements, fundraising requests unaccomplished and unimpressive Hillary would have filled those two Then there’s his freakish pen- about the past six months while and Twitter posts are beyond inane; Wacky Jacky; a freshman senator chant for taking credit for every- Supreme Court vacancies. he’s been running for re-election. they’re downright embarrassing. with no power and no influence. thing under the sun. Remember how He should be rewarded for that? I’m talking about the last six years. Team Wacky Jacky is Which means she ain’t gonna do it wasn’t enough for him to simply And I’m not buying the Pres- Sorry, the guy’s been AWOL. gonna make mincemeat vote for President Trump’s tax cut? much damage. ident’s argument that while DC And he’ll disappear again for an- outta these guys. Look at it this way: If the great Dean was “a little shaky in the No, he had to claim he actually WROTE the bill. Me, me, me, me, other six years if re-elected. Folks, you better start getting state of Nevada was able to survive beginning,” he’s rock solid now. Folks, if we keep rewarding bad used to the almost inevitable reality 30 years under Senate Minority/ The ONLY reason he hopped me, me, me. Then there’s his silly, if not ri- Republicans like Dean Heller by of “Senator” Jacky Rosen. And it’s Majority Leader Harry Reid, it’ll on the Trump train last summer diculous, legislative PR stunts. Like voting them back into office just not too early for Republicans to get survive six years under Wacky was because he was being serious- because the Democrat is worse, somebody up in the bullpen to take ly challenged in a GOP primary. his “No Budget, No Pay” proposal. Jacky. And yet DC Dean has continued to we’re going to keep getting bad her on in 2024. And the only reason he’s with the As for the possibility of Repub- take his pay even though there’s Republicans like Dean Heller, Bri- Now, don’t even try to blame President now is to get re-elected licans losing control of the Senate been no budget. So much for lead- an Sandoval and “Tax Hike Mike” me and others like me for this loss. in November. if Heller loses; ain’t gonna happen. ing by example. Roberson. Blame Dean Heller. He brought this Democrats have 24 seats on the And if he is, he’ll team up with Or his toothless call for the Sooner or later you have to put on himself. If it was OK for him to fellow “Never Trumper” Mitt line in November; Republicans Senate to work “24/7” to confirm your foot down, say enough is be a Never Trumper, it’s OK for us Romney — who will be the next only nine. judicial nominations. His col- enough and teach these people a to be Never Hellers. U.S. senator from Utah in Novem- If Republicans can’t hold onto leagues have completely ignored lesson that’ll carry over as a warn- Sauce for his cooked goose. ber — and go right back to under- ing to future candidates. It’s about * * * * * their majority with a super-advan- this tom-foolery, showing just how mining the President and being a playing the game for nine innings, Chuck Muth is president of tage like that they don’t deserve to little clout he has with them. Then McCain-like thorn in his side the again, Heller himself has ignored not just the first inning. Citizen Outreach, a non-profit be in the majority anyway. very next day. his own “24/7” call. What a hyp- In the end, however, public policy grassroots advocacy The reality is Republicans are Then there was the ocrite. it probably won’t matter. organization and publisher of Ne- likely to pick up an additional ObamaCare repeal fiasco. Scared of the press? Even if conservative, vadaNewsandViews.com. He may three or four seats — maybe more That little dog-and-pony show/ Infamous for it. Trump-supporting Republicans like be reached by email at cmuth@ if there’s a “Trump Wave.” So they press conference Heller did with Heck, he even hides from gener- me change our minds, suck it up, lasvegastribune.com. He blogs at can afford to lose Heller and still Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, in ally friendly conservative talk-show bite the bullet and vote for Heller MuthsTruths.com. After the 4th musings: Can you believe we are still here? By Mace yampolsky people died in traffic accidents in ational marijuana opponents was marijuana card. The USA turned 242 on July 4th. Nevada between July 2016 and that traffic fatalities and DUI arrests So I’ll keep working defending I turned 64 on July 5th. I’m waxing May 2017. 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We are avail- to data provided by the Nevada between years.) two nanograms, you still lose your able 24/7 for emergencies Contact Department of Public Safety. 310 MaCe yaMPoLSKy One of the concerns of recre- license...unless you have a medical us today. Without citizens grand juries there will be no justice Larry Klayman envisions putting Waters, Clintons, Obamas et al. behind bars By Larry Klayman examples of the dysfunction if not parties in the end will always pro- We the People have the absolute I know that I keep harping to continuing charade in the capital of tect themselves, as there but by the right to mete out justice when our some extent on an old theme, but corruption. grace of God go thee, assuming government has gone “AWOL.” it is one I cannot emphasize too First, there is the newly minted they even believe in God. Citizens grand juries, citizens in- much! Ever since I conceived of scandal concerning Maxine Waters, No one — and I repeat, no one dictments, citizens trials, citizen and founded Judicial Watch almost whom the president has rightly — who comprises the establish- court convictions, citizens sentenc- 24 years ago, I have been preaching called the dumbest person in Con- ment echelons of the cozy biparti- ing and, yes, even citizens arrests, about the need for a private Justice gress, who has in effect dangerously san “Washington, D.C., Club” has are legal. This is the way it was done Department, free from the deceit, called for a fatwah against conser- been held to legal account for their in our nation before we had a Justice duplicity and rank corruption of vatives, libertarians, people of faith crimes in the last three decades at Department, and it’s the way it must the governmental one. Indeed, Ju- and those who are of a “different least. Even President Nixon skated now be done. Writing letters to the dicial Watch was formed to be the color,” or, for that matter, anyone on Aug. 9, 1974, by simply resign- House Ethics Committee may get “People’s Justice Department,” and she and her leftist socialist Dems do ing from office, and he ironically your face on Fox News, since the that is why as then-chairman and not agree with. In response to this was a saint compared to those who network routinely sells titillating general counsel I brought scores of outrage, calculated to cause even followed him, from the Clintons, false hope to lure viewers and in- hard-hitting nonpartisan litigation physical harm or death to persons to the Bushes and, of course, to crease its ratings, but it will not put against not just President Bill and Larry KLayMan she considers to be “non-believers” top it all off, our anti-Semitic and Maxine Waters, the Clintons, the first lady Hillary Clinton, but also to do: filing hard-hitting lawsuits or infidels — myself included, just anti-Christian Muslim in chief, Obamas, the Muellers, Comeys, President George W. Bush and his and other legal actions that seek one of many — Congress sits idly Barack Hussein Obama. Peter Strzoks and Lisa Pages, not “Vice” Dick Cheney, as well as a to bring about justice. While the by and fails to take action against That is why, given the complete to mention Obama’s criminally myriad of other corrupt politicians, current directors of Judicial Watch her. Nor does our Justice Depart- breakdown in our justice system, I minded intelligence agency heads, judges and lawyers. In so doing, I focus mainly on getting documents ment take action. have proposed that our only peace- former director of the CIA John became the only lawyer in Amer- — perhaps because its head is not a To add insult to injury, my for- ful solution, short of dishing it back Brennan and former director of ican history to ever have a court lawyer — this is not enough! With mer group, Judicial Watch, writes a in the streets to violent hordes of National Intelligence James Clap- of law rule that a sitting president, our government comprised of the meaningless letter it tries to charac- Maxine Waters’ vigilante leftist per, in the slammer — where they “Slick Willey,” had committed “court jesters” in Congress, coupled terize as a complaint to the House allies such as antifa, Black Lives belong! a crime in releasing the Privacy with our compromised and do-noth- Ethics Committee, demanding that Matter, the New Black Panthers It is ironic that President Trump Act-protected file of a woman he ing attorney general, Jeff Sessions, discipline be leveled against her. Party, Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam is rumored to be ready to select a had sexually harassed in the Oval at my once proud alma mater, the Does anyone believe at this point (which was responsible for the former clerk of deceased Supreme Office, one Kathleen Willey. U.S. Department of Justice, now is that the House Ethics Committee Dallas police massacre a few years Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Today at Freedom Watch, which not the time to do what is easy for would recommend Maxine Waters’ back and for which I have pending Honorable Amy Coney Barrett, as I founded after having run for the appearance purposes in the media expulsion from Congress, or any lawsuits for wrongful death), is to the justice to fill the seat of retiring U.S. Senate in Florida in 2004, to get one’s face on Fox News. In other remedy for that matter?! The go with so-called citizens grand Justice Anthony Kennedy. It was we do what Judicial Watch used this regard, let’s take just a few political hacks of both political juries. (See Klayman, Page 14) Page 14 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 Are we free to give away our freedom? By José Azel Are we free to give away our freedom? This is a profound philo- sophical question with very practi- cal political implications. Yet, even for those of us that hold liberty to be the highest political value, it is not an easy question to answer, and I beg the reader’s patience. All collectivist ideologies, racism, socialism, nationalism, fascism, communism, and their “If you give up derivations, hold that people are free to give up their freedoms. For collectivists, the individual is not your freedom the holder of rights. For collec- tivists, what matters are the rights José Azel for security, and interest of the race, the class, in Louis XIV declaration: “I am or the nation. And these collective the State.” you lose both.” interests are expressed through the To Hobbes, absolutism was power of the state to which the necessary because if each person individual willingly surrenders his was allowed to manage his or her Benjamin Franklin freedom. own life freely, chaos would ensue This question of the legitimacy and society would descend into a of the state over the individual brutish “state of nature.” An abso- was the subject of various “social lute ruler was necessary to impose able rights are things which belong right to sell ourselves into slavery, be for liberty. It must be a social contract” theories that developed order on the unruly masses and to so essentially to one [person] that or even, as was done in antiquity, to contract of democratic self-rule during the Age of Enlightenment have an overall plan for society. they could not belong to another, risk our freedom by offering it as a where our individual freedoms are in the 17th and 18th centuries. Es- Absolutism holds that the ruler is as a person’s life, body, freedom, collateral to secure a loan. preserved under the rule of law. sentially, social contract arguments above the law. honor.” If freedom is inalienable, It seems then, that because This was the case in the United conceive that we have consented to Modern collectivist ideologies it cannot be bought, sold, or trans- freedom is an inalienable right, States Declaration of Independence surrender some of our freedoms to posit, along Hobbesian lines, that ferred from one individual to anoth- we cannot surrender it to collec- that invoked John Locke’s concept the state in exchange for the protec- the all powerful state must be er or to the state. Grotius asserted tivism for the prospect of avoiding of the social contract. It is only tion of our remaining rights. able to plan and control economic that individuals are sui juris (under the risks and costs that go with in this context that we are free to Some social contract philos- activities and that citizens must re- their own jurisdiction.) accepting personal responsibility. restrict our freedoms. ophers, such as John Locke and nounce their individual freedoms in When we make the distinction Philosophically, we are not free to José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a Jean-Jaques Rosseau, argued that exchange for some common good between an ordinary right and an give up our freedom to an absolut- 13 year-old political exile in what when governments fail to secure the such as security or social justice. inalienable right, we recognize that ist government in the Hobbesian has been dubbed Operation Pedro natural rights of the citizenry, for Whereas free societies allow for we do not have the right to give up prescription. Pan — the largest unaccompanied example free speech, the citizens self-governance, collectivist ideol- our liberty by placing ourselves in Most of us trust that we posses child refugee movement in the his- can change leadership or withdraw ogies distrust and reject individual bondage to the state. All western a free will; that is, the ability to tory of the Western Hemisphere. their obligation to obey. But others, freedoms. societies have opted in favor of choose between different possible He is currently dedicated to the in- like Thomas Hobbes, argued for the But more to the point of my orig- considering individual freedom an courses of action. Thus, when depth analyses of Cuba’s economic, absolute authority of the monarch inal question, other thinkers, like inalienable right. This is perhaps we choose to enter into a social social and political state, with a or parliament even if the edicts Hugo Grotius, held that liberty is easier to see by the fact that, in mod- contract, as the best way to ensure keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba were arbitrary and tyrannical, as our inalienable property. “Inalien- ern societies, we do not have the our welfare, the presumption must strategies. ON THE HOLMES FRONT Obama policies still killing 3,000+ Americans a year By Frank Holmes never heals.” bery. And he been deported once Don Rosenberg never knew Little did he know the real night- already… but not after his last two real heartbreak until November mare was just beginning. DUIs. 16, 2010. The DA’s office, critics say, The illegal driver served a mea- That day his 25-year-old son, went out of its way to protect the sly 35 days in jail for killing her Drew, rode his motorcycle from law criminal. only son. school but never made it home. It The office busted the felony Another person who’s felt that was thanks to Roberto Galo, who down to a misdemeanor, allegedly heartache is Agnes Gibboney, a came into the country illegally from lied to keep witnesses from testify- legal immigrant from Hungary, Honduras in 1999. Galo turned his ing, and has been accused of with- whose son Ronald was murdered car in front of Rosenberg and ran holding incriminating evidence. by an illegal immigrant who had over him — but that was just the Ultimately, the judge gave Galo already been deported once. beginning. just 43 days in jail. Surviving this life-changing In his desperate attempt to So, Rosenberg dedicated himself misery made them strong — deter- escape, Galo backed his car over to honoring his son’s memory. He mined to honor their loved ones by Drew’s body, then ran forward over forced himself to read everything he stopping the murder and mayhem him again. could get his hands on about acci- estimates that illegal aliens commit idea how much blood is on your for good. Finally, Galo parked the car’s dents like his son’s, even though he half of those fatalities. hands?” They want California citizens tire on Drew’s abdomen and ran had to stop and cry every few pages. In other words, unlicensed ille- He even wrote a letter to Obama to vote on the “Children, Family, away on foot. It took five men to After years of Rosenberg’s gals kill at least 3,000 Americans offering to show the then-president and Community Protection Act.” It lift the car off Drew’s stomach lobbying, the government finally every single year, he said — thanks how much pain his amnesty pro- would overturn California’s status and, by then, he was dead. It’s a deported Galo — but thanks to to sanctuary policies implement- gram caused the country — and the as a “sanctuary state,” ban illegals scenario played over and over again sanctuary city laws and Obama-era ed by California Democrats and Rosenberg family. from getting driving licenses, and thousands of times a year, thanks amnesty, thousands of Americans Barack Obama. “On your next trip to California let police and employers cooperate in part to former President Barack continue to die like Rosenberg’s Rosenberg said if he ever had the let me take you to Drew’s grave, with federal immigration authori- Obama’s policies. son. chance, he would ask Obama point- and you tell him [amnesty] is the ties — and deport criminal or other “People say time heals all The government says unlicensed blank, “Do you have any idea of right thing to do.” illegal aliens. wounds — bull***t,” Don Rosen- drivers kill 7,500 Americans every how many people have been killed “My son and all of the others If passed, it would mean no berg told The Mercury News. “This year — or 20 a day. Rosenberg because of you? Do you have any are considered collateral damage illegals on the roads and no more in the quest for votes and campaign criminals hiding in plain sight, contributions,” Rosenberg wrote. waiting to strike — like the people Mitchell “Illegal immigration is not a vic- who killed Rosenberg, Durden, and (Continued from Page 12) timless crime.” Gibboney’s sons, or Mr. Steinle’s in feeding and powering the nation Rosenberg, a “lifelong Demo- daughter. and also in providing recreation crat,” blames Jerry Brown, Kamala That’s why Rosenberg’s going opportunities, but because the lands Harris, and Gavin Newsom for the all out to collect half-a-million are federal, the local governments 2 million unlicensed drivers — signatures necessary to put the don’t earn revenue from them. PILT mostly illegals — that the DMV measure on the state ballot. investments often serve as critical says roam the state’s highways. Rosenberg said he and his group, support for local communities as Now he’s gathered together Fight Sanctuary State, want to see they juggle planning and paying other Angel Families — people the government do its most im- for basic services, such as public who have lost loved ones to the portant job: Protect American lives safety, fire-fighting, social services, actions of illegal immigrants — and from criminals. and transportation.” they’re striking back at the Open “I’m just looking for sane pol- What they didn’t say is that this Borders policies that ripped their icy,” Rosenberg said. “California year’s PILT payments increased by families apart. should be a sanctuary — for Cal- 19 percent over the previous year’s Sabine Durden knows that pain ifornians.” handouts, but Nevada’s check only too well. Her only child, Domi- Frank Holmes is a reporter for increased by 3 percent, and the nic, was killed by an illegal alien The Horn News. He is a veteran payments to four counties — Elko, who was driving drunk without journalist and an outspoken con- Esmeralda, Eureka and Lander — a driver’s license. The driver had servative that talks about the news actually decreased. a lengthy rap sheet, including a that was in his weekly article, “On Nor did they make note of the a whopping 88 percent. created Nevada Public Land Man- felony conviction for armed rob- The Holmes Front.” fact the Interior Department alone PILT payments are based on a agement Task Force noted a couple collects more than $9.6 billion in formula that takes into account the of years ago that, while the Bureau revenue annually from commercial number of acres of federal land in of Land Management loses 91 cents Klayman activities on public lands, such each county, as well as the popu- an acre, the average income for the (Continued from Page 13) We look to your participation as oil and gas leasing, livestock lation. It is a formula that defies four states that have public trust Justice Scalia himself who created and support of this necessary and grazing and timber harvesting — a explanation. land was $28.59 per acre. The task precedent over and effectively noble cause. Now is the time to take portion of which is shared with Nevada on average is getting 48 force estimated Nevada could net sanctioned the use of citizens grand real action — not just file document states and counties — meaning the cents per acre, having a population $114 million by taking over just 10 juries to mete out justice. In a case requests and write meaningless let- PILT payments amount to only 5.7 of 2.9 million and 85 percent of its percent of BLM land. styled United States v. Williams, ters to Congress or anywhere else percent of that revenue. And that land under federal control. But New Transferring federal land to local 504 U.S. 36 (1992), the judicial — before our country goes down doesn’t take into account revenue Mexico, with a population of 2 mil- control is a much better solution icon held that the grand jury be- for the final count. Go to www. generated by Agriculture Depart- lion and only 35 percent of its land than federal handouts subject to the longs to the people and not the three freedomwatchusa.org to enlist in ment federal land holdings. under federal control, gets $1.90 per whims of the current administration branches of government. “Freedom Watch’s Justice League” Also, Nevada got short shrift acre. Utah, with a population nearly and Congress. With this in mind, “Freedom and strongly support and participate when compared to most nearby equal to Nevada at 3 million and 65 Thomas Mitchell is a former Watch’s Justice League,” with you in our citizens grand juries. states. While Utah also saw PILT percent of it land in federal hands, newspaper editor who now writes as its superheroes, will be empan- Larry Klayman is a former Jus- checks increase by a meager 3 is getting $1.24 an acre. conservative/libertarian columns eling citizens grand juries in the tice Department prosecutor and percent, California’s payments Every state adjacent to Nevada for weekly papers in Nevada. next weeks and will mete out the the founder of Judicial Watch and went up 25 percent, Arizona’s 11 is getting at least twice as much You may email Mitchell at thom- equal justice under our laws, and in Freedom Watch. His latest book is percent, Idaho’s 20 percent, New per acre. [email protected]. He blogs at particular our beloved Constitution, “Whores: Why and How I Came to Mexico’s 11 percent and Oregon’s A report from the legislatively http://4thst8.wordpress.com/. that the populace so craves! Fight the Establishment.” July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 15 Mexico’s new president does not want Mexicans to have to immigrate to the US By Teresa Puente It was falsely reported by right-wing The Hill opinion contributor media that AMLO called for a massive mi- Mexico elected a new president Sunday gration to the U.S. What he said was that he and his win should impact the U.S. debate would defend the human rights of Mexicans over immigration. in the U.S. In his acceptance speech Andrés Manuel Mexico faces many challenges and threats. López Obrador, vowed to root out corruption More than 135 politicians and political op- in Mexico, even if found among his friends eratives were killed in the country this past and family. And he told Mexico’s poor that year. And the number of homicides in Mexico he would fight for them first. He also had a was at an all-time high in 2017 and could be special message for immigrants. worse in 2018. He said those who want to “emigrate AMLO will face challenges curtailing the should do so for pleasure, not out of neces- violence driven by the drug cartels, which sity.” thrive as long as there is a demand for illicit He said he would first work to tackle drugs in the U.S. poverty in Mexico. An estimated 44 percent Mexicans were so eager to vote, so hungry of Mexicans live below the poverty line and for a change, that there were reports that some 7.6 percent in extreme poverty, according ble pensions for the elderly and to guarantee drop from a peak of 1.6 million apprehen- polling stations ran out of ballots. This did to Coneval, a Mexican social development all young people a right to an education and sions in 2000, also according to Pew. not hurt AMLO’s margin of victory as he won agency. to a job. Apprehensions at the border have in- with an estimated 53 percent of the vote in “We will respect everyone. But we will These are monumental promises and it creased over the past year but they still a contest with three other major candidates. give preference to the most humble and remains to be seen whether he can achieve remain at historic lows. Trump congratulated AMLO in a tweet, forgotten,” he said after being confirmed the them. But if the new president can create This hasn’t stopped Trump from tweeting saying he looked forward to working with winner by the current president Enrique Peña more economic opportunity in his country it earlier this year, “Our Southern border is him. “There is much to be done that will Nieto of the PRI party that lost power for the could help stem migration to the U.S. under siege.” And he began his campaign benefit both the United States and Mexico,” first time in 2000 and regained it in 2012. AMLO has said he would dismantle the for president by demonizing Mexican im- Trump said. Mexican presidents serve six years and “mafia of power” and reference to govern- migrants calling them criminals and rapists. In his speech Sunday night AMLO said cannot be re-elected. ment and business leaders who enrich them- His rhetoric has angered Mexicans in that he would work to have a relationship The new president, known by his initials selves at the expense of the country. the United States and Mexico. And former of friendship and cooperation with the U.S. of AMLO, created the Morena party and has President Trump has stirred fear about the Mexican President Vicente Fox has tweeted AMLO may have one thing in common been labeled a leftist populist. Rooting out numbers of Mexicans in the U.S. several times that Mexico will not pay for the with Trump’s rhetoric in that he wants to put corruption and fighting for the poor is cen- However, the number of undocumented (expletive) wall. Mexico and Mexicans first. tral to his platform. He has been a critic of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. is on the de- Don’t expect AMLO to pay for the wall If this means raising wages and creating NAFTA in the past but in the campaign has cline. The number of Mexicans living in the either. He published a book called “Oye, jobs in Mexico, then this would benefit both said that he wants Mexico to remain in the U.S., without documentation has decreased Trump” (“Listen Up, Trump”) and he has countries. trade agreement. He will certainly advocate by more than 1 million since 2007, according condemned Trump’s plans to build a border * * * * * for his economy when re-negotiations begin to Pew Research. wall. Teresa Puente teaches journalism at Cal- later this year. In fiscal 2016, more than 190,000 Mexi- Mexico “will never be the piñata of any ifornia State University, Long Beach and is After his victory, AMLO promised to dou- cans were apprehended at the border, a sharp foreign government,” AMLO has said. a senior facilitator with The OpEd Project. Get ready for a surge of illegal migration courtesy of Mexico’s new president By John Lott, Jr. amount that they were underpaid. The Hill opinion contributor The longer they work for the com- Coasting to victory on promises pany, the more they get from suing. to reign in rampant corruption, Illegal aliens risk being identified Mexican president-elect Andrés and deported if they sue. Manuel López Obrador has sent Mexicans are going to become shock waves through the Ameri- disillusioned with Obrador, whose cas. Few realize that his election most powerful campaign theme was is likely to increase the number of to eliminate rampant corruption. low-income, low-skill illegal aliens Eliminating corruption will suppos- coming to the United States. edly pay for all his new government Obrador admires Cuba and for- programs. Unfortunately, Obrador mer Chilean socialist leader Salva- doesn’t seem to realize that more dor Allende. Venezuela’s socialist government means more corrup- dictator Hugo Chávez helped with tion. Everything else equal, the previous presidential campaigns by more favors that government has providing advisors and Venezuelan to give out, the more corruption. ambassador reportedly attended With massive, promised increases meetings with Obrador supporters. in government spending, Obrador While Mexican presidential can- isn’t going to have the money to do didates have long supported illegal things that might decrease corrup- aliens coming to the United States, tion, such as increasing government Obrador’s rhetoric has been dif- wing agenda. booming, people get more deter- and in the face of a job shortage less workers’ salaries. ferent. Instead of campaigning on Just the threat of nationalizing mined to illegally cross the border. skilled workers will have trouble Mexico is already not a wealthy the traditional promise that life in companies will scare away foreign In recent decades, Cuban refugees competing with more skilled ones. country. After adjusting for differ- Mexico will improve so that people and domestic investment. While have been desperate enough to Yet, unskilled illegal immigrants ences in cost of living, per capita won’t have to leave their country, Obrador has promised not to in- brave shark-infested waters. Let’s who can’t get jobs in Mexico, will income in the United States is 3.3 Obrador has been more direct: “We crease taxes, there will surely be hope that Mexico doesn’t become find work in the United States. times greater than Mexico. With will defend… the migrants of the an increase in business regulations. yet another socialist dystopia. With few enforcement officers, the Obrador, that gap is going to only world who, by necessity, have to Since President Trump took office, President Trump is concerned government depends on workers get bigger and more Mexicans will leave their villages to seek life in Americans have seen that attracting that countries such as Mexico are to alert them when employers soon be trying to illegally enter the the United States; it is a human right foreign investment increases the already sending people who are pay them less than the minimum United States. that we will defend.” number of jobs, which in turn leads “not their best,” but that is only wage. Workers can sue for twice * * * * * Obrador’s party, The National to higher salaries. Even before Ob- going to get worse. Obrador’s however much they are paid below John R. Lott Jr., Ph.D., is the Regeneration Movement (MORE- rador’s victory, some companies — promised 140 percent increase in that wage. It is hard for American president of the Crime Prevention NA), has won solid majorities in such as Ford Motors — engaged in the minimum wage will encourage citizens to work for less than the Research Center and the author both the lower and upper houses an about-face on planned car plants. more illegal immigration. Employ- minimum wage, because they can’t more recently of “The War on of Congress. Now, there may be When the Mexican economy is ers won’t offer as many jobs if they credibly promise employers that Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun no stopping this party’s radical left- faltering and the U.S. economy is are paying a higher minimum wage, they won’t be suing for twice the Control Lies.” With calls to #AbolishICE, Democrats make a sharp left turn toward their own Midterm Election peril By Jen Kerns the issue at a whopping 82 percent. While a The Hill opinion contributor fair amount of Democrats (40 percent) re- As hundreds of primary elections are main undecided or with Republicans on the settled, America is full speed ahead into the issue. African American voters, traditionally 2018 Midterms general election. a strong part of the Democratic base, also But, you wouldn’t know it from the way remain divided on the border crisis. (It is Democrats are acting. important to point out that Rasmussen was In the midst of a migrant crisis and an one of only three polls to accurately predict overflow of illegal immigrants at the southern the 2016 Presidential election.) United States border, Democrats have made a With their call to abolish ICE, the left is sharp left turn heading into November. finally admitting what Republicans have sus- It all started when far-left New York pected all along: that some Democrats don’t gubernatorial candidate and actress Cynthia actually want immigration enforcement at all. Nixon declared Immigration and Customs This comes as other activists released the Enforcement (ICE) as a “terrorist organi- personal information of more than 9,000 ICE zation.” agents including their home addresses, and A few days later, a card-carrying member Rep. Maxine Waters called for the public to of the Democratic Socialists of America, “push back” on Trump administration em- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, won the primary ployees in the streets. election for New York’s 14th congressional Add to these new calls to action to district, ousting a ten-term establishment fatal error. to immigration nor the border crisis that has the already-challenging public sentiment Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). Just hours after They are operating as if they are compet- been caused by the influx of families fleeing against Democrats over illegal immigration her victory, the socialist candidate called for ing in a primary election — seemingly to countries such as El Salvador and Guatemala. as demonstrated in the Rasmussen Poll, and the abolishment of ICE. out-liberal one another. However, nothing A recent Rasmussen poll shows that a President Trump is right once again — Dem- Not one to be left behind, Sen. Elizabeth could be further from the reality awaiting stunning 56 percent of likely Independent ocrats have a losing formula for November. Warren (D-Mass.) — herself a candidate who them in November. voters do not blame the Trump administration Jen Kerns has served as a GOP strategist once carried the mantle of the Democrats’ Once the illegal immigrant families are for the border crisis nor the separation of fam- and writer for the U.S. presidential debates identity politics — also called for the end reunited and the mainstream media moves on ilies; in fact, those Independent voters blame for FOX News. She previously served as of ICE as we know it and replacing it with to cover the next shiny object, Democrats are the illegal immigrant parents for bringing communications director and spokeswoman an organization that “reflects our morality.” going to be in for a rude awakening. their children to the border and putting them for the California Republican Party, the The list of Democrats joining the siren call Even recent polling show that likely voters in the middle of the crisis. Colorado Recalls over gun control, and the is growing by the day. — especially Independent voters — do not Many Republicans, of course, continue to Prop. 8 battle over marriage which went all However, the Democrats are making a feel the way that Democrats do when it comes stand firmly with President Donald Trump on the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Page 16 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 People returning to labor force in droves — a key step for the economy By Evan Kraft shut down U.S. plants and begin production The Hill opinion contributor in other countries to avoid tariffs and de- The latest jobs report released by the creased investment as companies become less Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a decidedly confident about their ability to understand and positive picture of the U.S. labor market. predict future developments. Nine years after the end of the Great Increased prices might increase the Fed’s Recession, the U.S. economy has achieved worries about inflation, but the other two an unemployment rate comparable to the factors would decrease overheating fears boom period of the late 1990s. Some 600,000 by slowing employment and output growth. people rejoined the labor market last month, I have not heard any suggestions from rep- actively looking for work, a sign that jobs are utable economists that the trade war will have indeed out there, and people are motivated to a major impact immediately. The amount of look for them. goods covered is just not a large enough part The jobs report suggests that the gradual of the economy to make the whole economy improvement of labor market conditions stagger. But the path of the dispute is hard continues. Labor market recovery did not to predict. start yesterday; it has been a sustained trend, The U.S. administration’s aims and goals building momentum especially in 2015 and return to work. wage increases to slowly start growing faster are not easy to fathom. Retaliation will be 2016 and continuing in 2017 and 2018. This is good for these individuals’ finan- in the coming months. swift and substantial; that much is clear. If The recovery is broad-based, with em- cial position, for the total output of the econ- Looking forward, at this stage in the re- the dispute continues to escalate, it will hurt ployment growing in almost all sectors of omy and for the government (fewer people covery process, one would expect wages to all involved more and more. But the impact the economy. Only retail trade, interestingly, relying on government transfer payments). rise faster, shortages of people with particular on U.S. GDP will probably be modest this showed notable job losses in June. Additionally, the increase in the labor job skills in short supply to increase and year, too small to change the big picture of The most encouraging aspect of the June force suggests an answer to a key puzzle of rising costs. This would soon spill over into solid growth and a near full-employment report was the increase in the labor force. The the recovery: the slow growth of wages. If greater price increases. labor market. substantial drop in the proportion of Ameri- there still are people out there who answer The Fed would respond with increased in- All in all, the jobs report brings news of a cans actually working was a major negative help wanted ads, employers do not feel so terest rates, cooling off the overheated econ- labor market finally substantially recovered effect of the Great Recession. much pressure to raise wages just to keep omy and eventually leading to a recession. from the Great Recession. It will not alter the The June report marks an important step their businesses producing at the desired There are two unusual factors at play this Federal Reserve’s intention to raise interest forward, bringing the employment-popula- level. time. First, Congress passed a fiscal stimulus rates and decrease bond holdings to remove tion ratio, a key indicator of labor market Still, many anecdotal reports suggest that near the peak of this business cycle. Fiscal the monetary policy stimulus that has been health, closer to the pre-Great Recession companies in a variety of areas in the econo- stimulus packages are usually passed when such an important aid to the recovery. level. my are finding it increasingly difficult to get the recession is at its worst, as with the The strong jobs report does not mean that At the same time, the increase in the labor the help they need. Obama stimulus of 2009. inequality has been dealt with, that policies force confirms suspicions that we have not While decreasing union power, deregu- But this one was the result of an oppor- to help displaced workers retrain and relocate reached full employment yet. It has been lation under the Trump administration and tunity (Republican control of Congress and if needed are adequate or that all workers difficult to gauge whether many of those not significant court decisions against organized the White House) and an ideological craving. can get a decent wage. But it does mean that seeking work would be willing to look again labor all may be limiting workers’ bargaining Be that as it may, the 2017 tax cut does seem things are pretty much back to the U.S. nor- or to accept jobs. power, employers who just cannot get the to be having some effect on the economy, mal and that the Fed will continue tightening. Long-term demographic trends have people they need have to pay up. accelerating output and growth by modest Evan Kraft specializes in the economics been lowering the employment-population It is now clear that employers have not amounts. This may postpone the inevitable of transition, monetary policy and banking ratio since 2000, but the Great Recession been totally pushed to the wall due to the recession. issues as a professor at American Univer- accelerated the downward movement. It labor pool being larger than official data Second, the administration’s increasingly sity. He served as director of the research now seems clear that a good chunk of the suggested, but the laws of economics have active trade war is likely to cause increased department and adviser to the governor of decrease actually represents people who can merely been postponed, not repealed. Expect prices, some unemployment as producers the Croatian National Bank. Beyond enthusiasm, the ‘Resistance’ of 2018 is not the Tea Party of 2010 By Joseph Borelli #Resist, it’s as though Dems have theirs. The Hill opinion contributor forgotten that their radical positions With the midterms fast ap- Depending on the pundit, there on immigration were a big part of proaching, Democrats are desper- is either a blue wave or a red wave their 2016 demise. ately getting more extreme. Their heading for a poll site near you this Nothing may now show this dire warnings of the Trump eco- fall. If you believe Democrats, our stark difference between their nomic agenda didn’t pan out. While polarizing president is so unpopular enthused base and the rest of the many potential midterm voters are that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) electorate than the party’s effec- still saying that the economy and stands poised to reclaim the speak- tively advocacy for open borders. jobs are their highest priority, the er’s gavel from the shoe-leather This is a charge they deny; but DNC president’s job approval on these efforts of their motivated base. To leadership openly touts it, their last issues is +9 among independents, them, the election is just a formality presidential candidate espoused it, +6 with self-identified moderates, at this point. After all, a similarly and the polling shows its member- and +1 among “very enthusiastic” motivated and angry Republican A majority of Americans thought based appeal and are not taking root ship believes in it. voters. Instead of changing the core overturned the House in the taxes were too high in just about in the moderate center. While a majority of Democrats, topic, Democrats are either tacitly 2010 midterms. every survey that has Gallup asked Take their latest battle cry, for 53 percent, think anyone here rooting for a recession, or extolling When it comes to voter enthusi- the question since 1964. Unsur- example: “Abolish ICE.” What illegally should stay, two-thirds the virtues of socialism. asm, they are correct. An NBC/WSJ prisingly, the idea that taxes are too does it actually mean? Even within of independents and two-thirds The Tea Party didn’t take back poll in April showed 66 percent of low has never broke 4 percent. Tea the ranks of Democratic Party there self-identified moderates think they the House simply because they held Democrats as having a “high in- Party and establishment candidates appears to be some confusion. should be sent home. Broken down large protests across the country. If terest” in this year’s election. This alike were happy to join the chorus There are those that claim it’s to further, 68 percent of suburbanites that was the only litmus test, the mimics the percentage the GOP saw line against big government tax and “abolish and replace,” while others and 77 percent of rural voters are outrage-prone left would have a at the same time in 2010. Primary spend policy. are more divisively in the “ICE for sending them home, as opposed lock on every office in the country. election turnout numbers also show The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a terrorist organization” camp. to a 50 percent of city-dwellers. So, Instead, they won because the aver- the parallel. Democrats are show- was Barack Obama’s signature Regardless, a new Harvard-Harris how many 2018 “toss-up” House age American voter found common ing up in higher numbers, just as achievement; but ObamaCare was poll just revealed 69 percent of the districts are in major urban centers? ground with those marching at their Republicans did eight years ago. also his greatest gift to the GOP. country disagrees with this prepos- Exactly none. rallies, which is one concept lost on But beyond enthusiasm, the The very week it passed in 2010, terous idea. Immigration policy is just one the #Resistance movement. similarities between the Tea Party 55 percent of Americans wanted it Moreover, it showed that the area where Dems are failing to Joseph Borelli is the minority of 2010 and the #Resist movement repealed. “After it passed,” Scott underlying Trump immigration sway moderates to their side. The whip of the New York City Council, of 2018 are scant. Rasmussen reported, “ObamaCare policies are more mainstream and party also saw their Trump tax cut Republican commentator, professor The battle lines for the Tea Party never gained ground in the court of in tune with the majority of Amer- talking points fall on deaf ears. As and Lindsay Fellow at the City fell on two fronts: pushing back public opinion.” icans than Democrats would like the stain of Pelosi’s “crumbs” sets University of New York’s Institute against high taxes and repealing Fast-forward eight years. There’s to admit. Even CNN concluded into the fabric, polls reveal that for State and Local Governance. ObamaCare. For sure, both ideas no doubt that the Democratic base that abolishing ICE is a “massive its favorability splits even among He has also been published in the were extremely popular with the is as angry — if not more — than political mistake.” independents and is +7 among mid- NY Daily News and Washington Republican base, but as it turns the supporters of the Tea Party in Still, Democrats were focused dle-class households. Republican Times and appears on Fox News, out, both were also popular with 2010. However, as the party lurches on making immigration a leading House candidates are running on Fox Business, CNN and HLN. You moderate voters in swing Senate left, the issues on which they’ve issue in 2018, which a Quinnipiac their signature legislation, while can follow him on Twitter @Joe- and House races. chosen fight simply lack broad- poll now confirms it is. On planet in 2010, Democrats ran away from BorelliNYC. Trump on track to turn Kennedy’s retirement into another conservative win By Ben Shapiro meaningless. Finally, during that Koreans reaching out to the Trump ing Republicans pulled the lever So, Trump got lucky. Again. The Hill opinion contributor election cycle, Hillary was being administration for talks. Trump for Trump in 2016 in the hope that Now he has to be good. Again. New York Yankee Hall of Famer investigated by the FBI, and that took full advantage politically, he would preserve balance on the All Trump has to do is pick a Lefty Gomez had a saying he liked investigation was re-opened just in rolling out all the pomp and circum- Supreme Court. How many more solid constitutional conservative. to repeat: “I’d rather be lucky than time for Election Day. stance he could muster. will turn out to help turn the Senate Yes, the list from which he’s choos- good.” Trump took advantage of all of Finally, Justice Anthony Ken- deeper red in order to shift the bal- ing is replete with good possibili- Of course, it’s better to be both these breaks in style: he attacked, he nedy announced on Wednesday ance of power on the court entirely? ties ranging from Sen. Mike Lee lucky and good. pummeled, he aggressively charged that he would leave the Supreme The possibility of a constitu- (R-Utah) to Judge Don Willett to President Trump is lucky. And forward in spite of obstacles that Court. The decision was an absolute tionally-driven court has been a Judge Amy Barrett. But there are so far, he’s been pretty damn good likely would have finished any shocker, given Kennedy’s juris- conservative dream for decades. some picks who have short records, with that luck. other candidate. prudential legacy regarding LGBT Top on the agenda: repealing Roe v. or vague records. Now is not the Has there ever been a more The lucky streak didn’t stop issues and abortion. But Kennedy Wade (1973), the left’s favorite case time for stealth candidates; stealth purely fortunate candidate and then in November 2016. Trump was has indeed stepped down, and and a constitutional abomination candidates brought conservatives president than President Trump? handed a growing economy by a Trump will get to make a second that created phantom clauses of Kennedy, Sandra Day O’Connor, First, he ran in the primaries Republican Congress and President Supreme Court pick — the first the Constitution in order to justify and David Souter. Now is the time by using sad-sack Jeb Bush as his Obama. He then took advantage Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch, a chimerical “right to abortion.” for a clearly constitutional justice. punching bag, driving him to the of that growth by passing tax cuts being the top item in the list of wins And the new judicial agenda would If Trump is good, he’ll continue turf repeatedly amidst $2 billion along with a Republican Congress, for the Trump administration. The include re-asserting religious free- to be lucky, right on up through in free media coverage. Then, he and paring back regulations. Mean- Kennedy replacement will be expo- dom in the face of tyrannical anti- election day 2020. ran in the general election against while, ISIS collapsed on his watch, nentially larger, since Trump has the discrimination law; broadening the Ben Shapiro (@BenShapiro), a the most unlikeable, corrupt candi- and Obama’s awful Iranian policy opportunity to replace a swing vote Second Amendment’s applicability; lawyer and conservative commen- date in modern American history, generated a viable counter-Iranian with a solid constitutionalist. dispatching racially discriminatory tator, is founder and editor in chief Hillary Clinton; her husband’s alliance in the region. And Kennedy is retiring right admissions policies; and undercut- of The Daily Wire. The author of character flaws matched his own Then Kim Jong Un accidentally before the midterms, giving Trump ting administrative law overreach. seven books, he hosts a daily po- so perfectly that Trump’s character blew up his nuclear testing site. a serious turnout boost for the 2018 All of this would be game-changing litical podcast, “The Ben Shapiro flaws were rendered politically That event likely led to the North elections. A huge number of waver- for conservatives across the nation. Show.” July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 17 Memos detail FBI’s ‘Hurry the F up pressure’ to probe Trump campaign By John Solomon losing a chance to gather evidence had worked for the president-elect. The Hill opinion contributor at a critical moment? Or maybe, As the president-elect geared up Multiple reviews of whether as some Republicans long have to take over, the FBI made another FBI agents’ political bias affected suspected, they wanted to impact move that has captured investiga- the Russia-Trump collusion case the election? tors’ attention: It named an execu- remain in their infancy, but inves- The agents got the Carter Page tive with expertise in the FBI’s most tigators already have unearthed warrant in October and, within two sensitive surveillance equipment to troubling internal communications weeks, Democrats in Congress such be a liaison to the Trump transition. long withheld from public view. as then-Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.) and On its face, that seems odd; We already know from FBI some media members were raising technical surveillance nerds aren’t counterintelligence agent Peter Str- questions about the FBI withhold- normally the first picks for plum zok’s now-infamous text messages ing word of a probe that could hurt political assignments. Even odder, with his fellow agent and reported Trump. FBI agents monitored those the FBI counterintelligence team lover, Lisa Page, that Strzok — the enforcement source as saying the “Crossfire Hurricane” was one reports, too. running the Russia-Trump col- man driving that Russia collusion FBI was investigating Carter Page’s of the code names for four separate The day after Trump’s surprising lusion probe seemed to have an investigation — disdained Donald travel to Moscow. investigations the FBI conducted win on Nov. 9, 2016, the FBI coun- interest in the appointment. Trump and expressed willingness The FBI team pounced on what related to Russia matters in the terintelligence team engaged in a These and other documents are to use his law enforcement powers it saw as an opportunity as soon as 2016 election. new mission, bluntly described in still being disseminated to various to “stop” the Republican from be- Page wrote a letter to then-FBI Di- “At a minimum, that keeps the another string of emails prompted oversight bodies in Congress, and coming president. rector James Comey complaining hurry the F up pressure on him,” by another news leak. more revelations are certain to The question that lingers, unan- about the “completely false” leak. Strzok emailed Page on Oct. 14, “We need ALL of their names occur. swered: Did those sentiments affect “At a minimum, the letter pro- 2016, less than four weeks before to scrub, and we should give them Yet, now, irrefutable proof exists official actions? vides us a pretext to interview,” Election Day. ours for the same purpose,” Strzok that agents sought to create pressure Memos the FBI is now produc- Strzok wrote to Lisa Page on Sept. Four days later the same team emailed Page on Nov. 10, 2016, to get “derogatory” information ing to the Department of Justice 26, 2016. was emailing about rushing to get citing a Daily Beast article about and a “pretext” to interview peo- (DOJ) inspector general and mul- Within weeks, that “pretext” approval for another FISA warrant some of former Trump campaign ple close to a future president they tiple Senate and House committees — often a synonym for an excuse for another Russia-related investi- chairman Paul Manafort’s allegedly didn’t like. offer what sources involved in the — had been upsized to a Foreign In- gation code-named “Dragon.” unsavory ties overseas. Clear evidence also exists that production, review or investigation telligence Surveillance Act (FISA) “Still an expedite?” one of the “Andy didn’t get any others,” an investigation into still-unproven describe to me as “damning” or court warrant, giving the FBI the emails beckoned, as the FBI tried to Page wrote back, apparently indi- collusion between a foreign power “troubling” evidence. ability to use some of its most meet the requirements of a process cating McCabe didn’t have names and a U.S. presidential candidate They show Strzok and his coun- awesome powers to monitor Carter known as a Woods review before a to add to the “scrub.” was driven less by secret informa- terintelligence team rushing in the Page and his activities. FISA warrant can be approved by “That’s what Bill said,” Strzok tion from Moscow and more by fall of 2016 to find “derogatory” To date, the former Trump advis- the courts. wrote back, apparently referring politically tainted media leaks. information from informants or a er has been accused of no wrong- “Any idea what time he can to then-FBI chief of counterin- And that means the dots between “pretext” to accelerate the probe doing despite being subjected to have it woods-ed by?” Strzok asked telligence William Priestap. “I expressions of political bias and and get a surveillance warrant on nearly a year of surveillance. Page. “I know it’s not going to mat- suggested we need to exchange official actions just got a little more figures tied to the future president. Some internal memos detail the ter because DOJ is going to take the our entire lists as we each have po- connected. One of those figures was Carter pressure being applied by the FBI to time DOJ wants to take. I just don’t tential derogatory CI info the other * * * * * Page, an academic and an energy DOJ prosecutors to get the warrant want this waiting on us at all.” doesn’t.” CI is short for confidential John Solomon is an award-win- consultant from New York; he was on Carter Page buttoned up before Until all the interviews are informants. ning investigative journalist whose briefly a volunteer foreign policy Election Day. completed by Congress and DOJ’s It’s an extraordinary exchange, work over the years has exposed adviser for the GOP nominee’s In one email exchange with the inspector general later this year, if for no other reason than this: The U.S. and FBI intelligence failures campaign and visited Moscow the subject line “Crossfire FISA,” Str- we won’t know why counterintel- very day after Trump wins the pres- before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal summer before the election. zok and Lisa Page discussed talking ligence agents who normally take idency, some top FBI officials are scientists’ misuse of foster children The memos show Strzok, Lisa points to get then-FBI Deputy Di- a methodical approach to investi- involved in the sort of gum-shoeing and veterans in drug experiments, Page and others in counterintelli- rector Andrew McCabe to persuade gation felt so much pressure days normally reserved for field agents, and numerous cases of political gence monitored news articles in a high-ranking DOJ official to sign before the election on this case. and their goal is to find derogatory corruption. He is The Hill’s execu- September 2016 that quoted a law off on the warrant. Were they concerned about information about someone who tive vice president for video. Return the EPA to the states By Daniel Turner We can have a robust energy hours of labor. told me every week a new regula- or interstate regulations should be The Hill opinion contributor sector and a healthy environment. Reallocating these funds and tion would arrive with a mandate handled by the Department of Inte- Forget about #abolishICE. Scott Localized government is the best personnel to each governor can to shut down operations until they rior. Just as the Centers for Medi- Pruitt’s resignation provides an guarantor of both. better address issues of toxic waste, could comply. The tax burden care and Medicaid Services and its opportunity for President Trump to The more than 1,300 Superfund water contamination, and air quality didn’t disappear, nor did payroll $1 trillion budget is housed within do something bold that will better Sites, those areas with hazardous than maintaining a large, career and insurance for his workers. HHS (and administered at the state protect the environment and help material that require long-term bureaucracy in Washington. As they adjusted to comply with level), so too should the regulation D.C. run more efficiently: return investments to clean up, would be Under the previous administra- the new regulation, zero coal pro- of environmental protection be the powers of the EPA to the states. better addressed by governors with tion, the EPA became a weapon to duction meant zero income until an housed within DOI (and adminis- I have defended Pruitt’s ef- state-level enforcement powers, attack the energy industry. What the EPA inspector could recertify their tered at the state level). This would fectiveness and still stand by the state-level resources, and state-lev- Obama administration was unable mine for operation. The financial also address President Trump’s call claim that his elimination of many el personnel. Shipping these serious to achieve through legislation they toll would mean worker layoffs. to shrink the size of the federal regulations has helped the energy environmental disasters to Wash- implemented through regulation, Once allowed to reopen, another government. industry grow without sacrificing ington has not hastened their reme- thus explaining the ease with which regulation would arrive, and the We can do this and continue to the environment. According to the diation. Pruitt himself identified 21 Pruitt demolished the Obama era process would repeat itself. respect the men and women who Department of Labor, there are sites that have lingered for decades. environmental policies during his Finally, after years of this back work in our energy industry, who 3,000 more coal miners employed As an agency, the EPA employs tenure. The EPA attacked compa- and forth of ever-changing regula- drill for the oil and gas and who now than in 2016. Crucial pipelines more than 14,000 people and has an nies producing oil, gas and most tion, the mine closed permanently, mine the coal that each and every like Keystone and Dakota Access annual operating budget of over $8 of all, coal. All while superfund laying off hundreds of people. one of us use every day. Returning are providing thousands of jobs billion. A 2016 Inspector General sites — which are the very core Across the county, coal miners to the power of the EPA to the state, and securing America’s energy Report found evidence of millions of the EPA’s mission — remained machinists to coffee shop owners and realigning those federal needs independence when global unrest of dollars in waste and theft, and unaddressed. found themselves unemployed. into an already existing Cabinet has caused energy prices to spike. thousands of unaccounted man A coal mine owner in Kentucky The EPA was no longer pro- agency can protect the environ- tecting the environment; it was ment, respect the workers, and destroying compliant companies eliminate the risk that past EPA Ad- Viasmensky in rural American communities for ministrators, Scott Pruitt included, (Continued from Page 12) She died unexpectedly and by herself. ideological reasons. This is weap- use their power for anything other her emails without response; sent text messages that I miss her deeply, but the worst unconceivable pain onization of government — and it than good. went undelivered, and telephone calls that went to a is that I was not able to say goodbye. must not happen again. Daniel Turner is the executive dead line. * * * * * Returning the power of environ- director of Power The Future, a Perly Viasmensky is the General Manager of the Every person I contacted could not give me any mental protection, regulation and national nonprofit organization Las Vegas Tribune. She writes a weekly column in this information. It was already the end of May when I enforcement to the states eliminates that advocates for American ener- newspaper. To contact Perly Viasmensky, email her at finally made contact with another classmate who told the threat from an out-of-control gy jobs. Follow him on Twitter @ pviasmensky@lasvegas tribune.com. me that my dear best friend has passed away in January. bureaucracy. In addition, federal DanielTurnerPTF. Maramis (Continued from Page 12) prank, or crime, but most involve many laughs, and powerstatus of being one of the Car surfing or the Internet (especially), they now have the others, such as one’s family, one’s friends, only “winners” in that challenge. Car or vehicle surfing is still one of the makings of starting one of those ridiculous one’s circle of acquaintances, and of course, Here are just a few of the many challenges most widespread trends among youngsters. trends or fads that come to be the latest things the instigator, if there is one — and there seen online, on TV, and in the news over In order to accept this challenge, you have to by which young people express themselves, usually is. Also, if there are any out there in the past few years — challenges, fads and get on the top of the vehicle and try to stay rebel against the establishment, stress out ‘InternetLand’ who know you and “follow stupid things to try that can all lead to pain, there for as long as possible while someone their parents, and of course — because they you” — those whom you might influence in suffering, or even death. In no special order: is driving it at a high speed. really do not know the consequences of what any way —, they may well put their common The Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge The choking game could happen — hurt themselves in any num- sense aside and try anything that you suggest Many females and males alike seem to This “game” is back again. Apparently ber of ways, and sometimes even die. And to try, making you the unknowing or even want big puffy (read that sexy) lips. Maybe it didn’t do enough damage the first or as if TV and the Internet were not enough the intended instigator. And while you were they really think that they can achieve the second time around. The game uses limited of an “inspiration” and “dare” to those kids, only being stupid for the supposed fun of look they want without injections or expense strangulation to reduce oxygen to the brain, real life news stories brings real life up close it, you might well end up being responsible by doing what they see others online doing causing the participant to faint. In 2014, and personal, showing those who have tried on some level for the horrible consequences — putting their lips inside a drinking glass the choking game became a bonafide social the very things they have been trying behind that happen to all those who look up to you. or bottle and sucking the air out of it. Sure, media craze among teens, with hashtags like their parents’ backs, and showing how much So you want to be the first one to complete they may well get big puffy lips, but they will #thechokinggame and #passoutchallenge “fun” they look to be! Too bad the filming of that certain challenge? Okay. And what will hardly look sexy, and they may ruin their lips circulating. Sadly, this newly revived social that news doesn’t get to go into the hospitals you achieve? The “honor” of the accom- this way. Permanently. media challenge has also resulted in a number or the morgues, or even the homes of the plishment? Higher status among your circle The fire challenge of deaths, and some of those not even in their parents who lost their child to some foolish of friends and “followers”? How about per- Why do people cover themselves in alco- teens are part of it. and dangerous stunt and show the end result manent disfiguration, arrest, or even death? hol and set their bodies on fire? The “funny” For all those who care about such things, of those “fads.” Would any of that be worth it? Things are so part of this fad is supposed to consist of you can look up all the past and present The really sad thing about all this is that different today from the days kids went for watching how a player runs around the streets crazes, the pranks and challenges that are the person taking up the challenge does not being the champion on the pinball machines, trying to extinguish the flames. But this trend harming and killing our children and our really know all the possible consequences just getting their name to the top of the list turned out to be not so funny as many peo- youth. And always remember, they are not yet of taking up such a stunt, just like those of players. ple ended up in hospitals with second- and mature; they are underdeveloped and in need same persons might never give the possible We must bear in mind (if we can) that a third-degree burns. of a lot of strong guidance, not ridicule and consequences of committing some little “in- teenager’s brain has not finished growing, and Planking punishment, which will only make them go significant crime” a serious thought — until that, if that teenager could fast-forward to his Just as it sounds, simply lying prone — more “underground.” If adults still make poor after the consequences are upon them. Then 25-year-old self, he probably would never like a plank, but in a dangerous way. It ap- choices sometimes, no matter how “mature” they’ll be wishing with all their might that make the decision to take up that stupid and parently has become a real craze. Although they might be, how then are we to judge the the whole thing they just went through was dangerous challenge; yet his 18-year-old self this so-called activity has no real aim, other maturity-challenged whose brains haven’t only a dream, something unreal, and yet it’s doesn’t know any better so it sounds like fun than constantly looking for more and more even finished developing? all too real, too true. and he is ripe to go for it. extreme and dangerous places to plank (such Maramis Choufani is the Managing Ed- All actions have consequences — whether So what can possibly go wrong? A mature as on top of tigers and crocodiles, on roofs itor of the Las Vegas Tribune. She writes a immediately or much later, down the road. mind can come up with a whole list of pos- and phone posts, on roads full of traffic, and weekly column in this newspaper. To contact Some consequences may seem to only fall sible scenarios, whereas the immature and on high cliffs) the danger does not seem to Maramis, email her at maramis@lasvega- upon the one involved in the “challenge,” underdeveloped mind envisions the “fun,” deter the challengers. stribune.com. Page 18 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 EntErtainmEnt Interview with former Hell’s Angels leader, George Christie office, but to end my tenure as a club member: A difficult personal decision I knew would arouse suspicion in many. Through prov- idence, I found myself on a road down which I was no longer willing to take my wife and young son. “Although I did not personally direct anyone, I accept that if I am truly guilty of anything it is a lack of leadership. So I stand here before you ready to accept the punishment for the crimes I’ve plead guilty to and once again find true north.” The outlaw bike movement was born on the heels of World War II By Sandy Zimmerman by the returning veterans in South- Las Vegas Tribune ern California. George Christie’s photo by Sandy What started out as an esoteric Zimmerman, others furnished sub culture has grown into a world- by George Christie wide phenomenon. Known and feared as the leader * * * * * of Hells Angels, George Christie Award-winning syndicated col- rode for 35 years during his life umnist/talk show host Sandy Zim- of crime, first in Los Angeles then merman is a Show and Dining Ventura, California. reviewer as well as travel, health, During our interview George and luxury living. If you have and reminisced, “One time around questions, would like information, 25-30 of us stopped at a town near or to recommend subjects, please Devil’s Tower, and the local sheriff call (702)-515-0846 or email san- was referred to me. [email protected]. REC- He said, “Could you do me a OMMENDATIONS: Do you have favor?” a fave singer, dancer, magician, George thought, “What does illusionist, hypnotist, comedian, he want?” ventriloquist, variety act, produc- Sheriff: “I am running for office tion show, group, or other enter- in a tight race and would like to tainer? Please send your name, say that I ran the Hells Angels out telephone number, email, reasons of town.” for your choice, and you may win George agreed and felt after they George Christie today during Sandy’s Interview. free show tickets or other prizes. leave it wouldn’t matter and don’t know if that helped the sheriff. George’s feelings about his participation in the Hells Angels, “I learned valuable lessons, paid my dues and came out in one piece.” According to George Christi’s website, “The Hells Angels is the single most notorious motorcycle club in history. The man that law enforcement is pursuing no longer exists. Like the Western outlaws of old he walked into a new century and vanished. He is gone, and I ask you to let him rest in peace.” George: “It’s true, for forty years I rode with the Hells Angels. Thir- ty-five of those as one of its leaders and spokesmen. Although I am no longer a member or participant in that lifestyle, it is hard to separate my past from the present for many people, as well as the man from the myth, and that includes myself at times. “Over time I have tried to be- come smarter, wiser and more tempered. I’ve not always taken the correct turns in life but when I have realized I was off course I have always tried my best to once again find true north. “Several years ago I made a decision to not just relinquish my Hells Angels

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PT’S ENTERTAINMENT GROUP TO SPICE UP NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY THE UNDERGROUND AT WITH LIMITED-EDITION THE MOB MUSEUM, SPIRIT SPONSORED BY ZAPPOS, Grab the salt and lime! In cel- INTRODUCES Z’CREAM ebration of National Tequila Day, DREAM, FIRST “ZAP-ON- PT’s Entertainment Group, with 59 TAP” CRAFT BREW taverns throughout the Las Vegas The Mob Museum, The National Valley and Nevada, will offer $5 Museum of Organized Crime and shots of Golden Entertainment’s Law Enforcement, announces The limited-edition Patrón Reposado Underground’s first “Zap-on-Tap” tequila. The holiday special will be brew, Z’Cream Dream. Zap-on-Tap available at all locations, including is a collaboration with Zappos, the PT’s Pub, PT’s Gold, PT’s Ranch, signature sponsor of The Under- PT’s Brewing Company, Sean Pat- ground which is the Museum’s rick’s, Sierra Gold and SG Bar on new Prohibition history exhibition Tuesday, July 24. featuring a distillery, brewery and The limited-edition Patrón Re- speakeasy. As part of its sponsor- posado tequila has been aged in ship, the Zappos team has the priv- a unique barrel specifically for ilege of collaborating on the cre- Golden Entertainment, the parent ation of one of The Underground’s company to PT’s Entertainment seasonal beer selections available Group. Plus, PT’s happy hour of- to the public. Z’Cream Dream will ferings are available daily from 5 be available from July 5 through to 7 p.m., and midnight to 2 a.m. August 31. A new Zappos craft Selections priced at $6 include beer selection will be introduced Sriracha chicken bites and loaded on September 1. potato skins; $7 selections include a House-brewed in The Under- Page 20 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 America’s Got Talent finalist Tape Face to perform two more weeks this summer before leaving to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

a daily basis, was not an option for of an investigation. This program is us. General Admission is designed presented in the Organized Crime to meet the overwhelming demand Today exhibit on the first floor by from visitors who want to see Ne- The Mob Museum and the Las By Jerry Fink transport you back to your favorite Australian-based show Aussie Heat vada’s crown jewel,” explained Rob Vegas Metropolitan Police Depart- Las Vegas Tribune childhood treat. ABV 5.8 percent. is comprised of eight classically McCoy, Neon Museum president ment Forensic Laboratory. Tape Face will have two more It is available for $8 per pint glass. trained dancers in street, break and and chief executive officer. “Our Community Safety Forum – weeks of summer shows at House In order to craft Zap-on-Tap, the hip-hop dancing. visitation is up 58 percent year over Home Safety, Sunday, July 15, 2 of Tape, inside Harrah’s Las Vegas, designated Zappos “brewers” meet As seen on Australia’s Got year, yet we were still unable to to 3 p.m. Each month, the Museum before leaving to perform at Edin- with The Underground’s expert Talent and So You Think You Can accommodate everyone who came partners with the Las Vegas Metro- burgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. team to learn about the process of Dance Australia, the group takes to our doors. While we continue politan Police Department to offer Remaining dates are July 10-15, beer making. Subsequently, they male revue to a whole new level. to offer guided tours, and will al- FREE Community Safety Forums. 17-22. The show will resume again consult The Underground’s Zap- Aussie Heat explodes with inter- ways offer that option, offering the These events, which include after the festival, on September 7. on-Tap decision-making guide to active seduction and world-class self-guided experience allows us to FREE Museum admission spon- Tickets can be purchased at any determine the beer they wish to choreography, performing four host more visitors than we could do sored by NV Energy, address ways Caesars Entertainment box office. make — anything from a light and nights a week at the V Theater with guided tours alone.” members of the public can inform Tape Face is a former circus and refreshing wheat beer; to a crisp, inside Miracle Mile Shops. Guests on guided tours spend and protect themselves. July’s street performer in his native New citrusy and bitter pale ale; to a malt Tickets to the electrifying show 45 minutes to an hour learning forum will focus on home safety Zealand, Sam Wills has been per- and somewhat sweet brown ale. start at $54.99 (plus applicable tax about the history of sign design with discussion on Nevada laws forming as Tape Face since 2008. They can choose additional fees) and can be purchased online and the resorts and businesses they that determine a home invasion, The Season 11 America’s Got flavor essences to customize their or at the V Theater Box Office. advertised. burglary and robbery. Talent finalist spent 2016 and brew selection and then, of course, For more information, visit www. During the heat of the summer Officers will also share preven- 2017 touring the world. From the decide on the perfect name for their aussieheatlv.com. Follow on Face- months, guided tours are offered tion strategies to help keep homes world-famous Las Vegas Strip to concoction. book @AussieHeatLV, Instagram beginning in the early evening safe. Live-streaming of this pre- London’s West End at the histor- “Zappos is excited to bring @AussieHeatLV and YouTube @ continuing through midnight. sentation will be available on the ic Garrick Theatre, this eccen- Zap-on-Tap to life in partnership AussieHeat In addition, this year the muse- Museum’s website. tric, modern silent stand-up is an with The Underground at The * * * * * um added “Brilliant!” — the au- Courtroom Conversation – award-winning show that audiences Mob Museum,” said Loren Becker, NEON MUSEUM SETS diovisual, augmented-reality light- Police Use of Force: Policies, all over the world can’t stop talking experience and community team ATTENDANCE RECORD, and-sound experience that uses Practices and Politics of Reform, about. manager, Zappos. “To craft each INTRODUCES projection mapping technology to Wednesday, July 25, 7 to 9 p.m. Tape Face has already tak- Zap-on-Tap selection, we assemble SELF-GUIDED, GENERAL re-animate 40 non-working signs in Join Sheriff Joseph Lombardo, en 2018 by storm: premiering a a team of the most knowledgeable ADMISSION TOURS the museum’s North Gallery. Bril- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police brand-new show at World Buskers Zappos ‘beer nerds’ by hosting Fresh off its fiscal year where a liant! is showing four times nightly Department (LVMPD); Christine Festival in Christchurch and open- regular beer trivia contests for our record 200,000 people visited the and has also increased capacity to Cole, safety and justice reform ing House of Tape at Harrah’s Las employees. Team members with the museum, the Neon Museum has meet demand. expert; Greg McCurdy, retired law Vegas. best scores work together to craft once again expanded its offerings. Reservations are recommended enforcement executive; and Captain Meet and Greet with Tape Face the upcoming Zap-on-Tap brew.” A new general admission ticket, for all Neon Museum tours and may Kelly McMahill for this rare oppor- VIP Tickets include a Meet & The Underground’s speakeasy where visitors can take self-guided be booked online. tunity for citizens of Las Vegas to Greet before the show (begins one is a full-service bar purveying not tours during daytime hours, has * * * * * hear a frank and in-depth conver- hour prior to show time). Receive only house-distilled moonshine been introduced in an effort to meet THE MOB MUSEUM EVENTS sation among key players in the a photo taken with Tape Face with and craft beer, but also wines by public demand. The Mob Museum, The National dramatic reforms of the LVMPD’s permission to post on social media the glass, non-alcoholic beverages Museum historical interpreters Museum of Organized Crime and use-of-force policies and practices. and a one-of-a-kind Tape Face and— of course — a tempting array stationed around the exhibition area Law Enforcement, announces its Police use of force is one of the poker chip only available at the of authentic, Prohibition-inspired are available to answer questions roster of public programs for July. most contentious issues in America VIP Meet & Greet. This package cocktails. During The Under- while guests are free to explore the Science of Crime – Latent today. can be purchased online through ground’s new Happy Hour, taking more than 200 signs on display at Fingerprints, Saturday, July 14, A number of controversial police TicketMaster.com or by calling place from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday their own pace. 2 to 3 p.m. Forensic science is a shootings in the Las Vegas area in 702-777-2782. through Friday, visitors can enjoy General admission tours are complex discipline that encom- 2010 and 2011 prompted a federal * * * * * 20 percent off select cocktails, draft currently offered during the day, passes more than a dozen distinct inquiry, leading to comprehensive beer and wine by the glass. with available times posted at www. fields. This program in the Science reforms within the LVMPD. The The Underground is open Sun- NeonMuseum.org. of Crime series explores the topic collaborative reform process has day through Wednesday from 9 a.m. “Turning people away from the of latent prints and how forensic transformed the department into to 10 p.m. and Thursday through museum, which was happening on scientists match them in the course a national model for other police Saturday until midnight. Admission agencies to emulate. Panelists will to the speakeasy is included with explain and discuss the reforms to general Museum admission, is free the LVMPD’s use-of-force policies any time for patrons using the daily and practices and how they have passwords found on Instagram Sto- improved community relations. ries @MobMuseum_Underground. Admission for this event free for For more information about Museum Members or with general Prohibition history, visit The Mob admission. THE UNDERGROUND AT Museum’s online exhibition, prohi- For more information about pub- THE MOB MUSEUM, bitionhistory.org. lic programs at The Mob Museum, SPONSORED BY ZAPPOS, * * * * * please call (702) 229-2734 or visit INTRODUCES Z’CREAM HIGHEST RATED MALE themobmuseum.org. DREAM, FIRST “ZAP-ON- REVUE CELEBRATES Jerry Fink is an entertainment TAP” CRAFT BREW THREE YEARS IN columnist for the Las Vegas Tribune The Mob Museum, The National LAS VEGAS newspaper and writes a weekly col- Museum of Organized Crime and Recognized as the most interac- umn. To contact Fink, email him at Law Enforcement, announces The tive male revue in Las Vegas, the jfink@ lasvegastribune.com. Underground’s first “Zap-on-Tap” brew, Z’Cream Dream. Zap-on-Tap is a collaboration with Zappos, the signature sponsor of The Underground which is the Museum’s new Prohibition history exhibition featuring a distillery, brewery and speakeasy. As part of its sponsorship, the Zappos team has the privilege of collaborating on the creation of one of The Underground’s seasonal beer selections available to the public. Z’Cream Dream will be avail- able through August 31. A new Zappos craft beer selection will be introduced on September 1. House-brewed in The Under- ground at The Mob Museum’s immersive Prohibition history exhibition, which also includes a moonshine distillery and speakeasy, Z’Cream Dream is a cream ale with subtle notes of sweet blood orange and the presence of vanilla. This light and crisp summertime ale will July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 21 LifestyLes El Dorado Cantina’s Mexican-Style Party By Sandy Zimmerman Las Vegas Tribune Photos by Sandy Zimmerman I was invited to the El Dorado Cantina Restaurant and Bar’s 4th anniversary party, a time to taste their delicious Mexican cuisine and enjoy a real Mexican-style party. A colorful six-piece mariachi group en- tertained everyone while strolling around the restaurant they reminded me of my trips to Mexico hearing those traditional rhythms. Chef Paco Cortes prepared a feast of plat- ters filled with more and more appetizers that were brought to the tables. This is the time for the guests to eat and try all of the appetizers. With large, comfortable booths, the dining room, bar and banquet room, choose where you want to sit. A strikingly beautiful ice sculpture was carved to commemorate this event. I enjoyed their party, met new friends and highly recommend El Dorado if you are thinking of having a party why not a Mexi- can-theme party? Winner of “Best of Las Vegas,” El Dorado is perfect for couples, families or friends and for each person to order a different appetizer and entrée to have your own tasting party! 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Mahi Mahi Tacos (Photo by El Dorado) Deep Fried Ice Cream Dessert; (Photo by El Dorado) Page 22 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / July 11-17, 2018 CITY BEAT The District at Green Valley Ranch invites the public to a free summer concert featuring local musician Miles Van Blarcom to cooperate in a Board investiga- tion, failure to comply with a Board request for information, committing a fraudulent or deceitful act, disre- gard of the state’s labor or safety laws, failure to notify the Board of a change in address or personnel, failure to include the license num- ber or monetary limit on a bid or contract, failure to keep in force a bond or cash deposit and failure to establish financial responsibility. The license was revoked. Licensee The District at Green Valley was fined $8,500 and assessed in- Ranch invites the community to vestigative costs. attend a summer concert featuring Maintenance Bros., LLC, li- talented local Americana/country cense number 80530 (plumbing musician Miles van Blarcom. The and heating), based out of Las performance is part of the center’s Vegas, Nev., was found in violation summer concert series which will for failure to pay for materials or feature a different artist each Friday services, failure to cooperate in and Saturday evening in July and a Board investigation, failure to August. Concerts are FREE and comply with a Board request for Removing faded flowers before they can set seed, also known as deadheading, encourages an additional open to the public. For more infor- information and failure to establish flush of flowers on many perennials including daylilies. Photo by Melinda Myers, LLC mation, visit www.shopthedistrict- financial responsibility. The license Summer Care for method is useful for plants with an yourself to put stakes in place in gvr.com/events-and-promotions. was revoked. Licensee was fined Perennial Gardens abundance of small flowers such spring as plants emerge. WHEN: Friday, July 20th: 7 $2,000 and assessed investigative Submitted by Melinda Myers as creeping phlox, rock cress and Spread a thin layer of mulch p.m. to 9 p.m. costs. Keep your perennial gardens threadleaf coreopsis. Also consider such as shredded leaves, evergreen WHERE: The District at Green Synergy Contracting, LLC., looking their best throughout the digging and dividing threadleaf co- needles, twice shredded bark or Valley Ranch performances held in license numbers 77595 (residential hot summer months with a bit of reopsis every few years to promote other organic material over the the courtyard off Main Street, 2225 and small commercial) and 78803 midsummer grooming and care. continuous bloom. soil surface. Mulching conserves Village Walk Drive, Henderson, (carpentry maintenance and small Investing time midseason means Keep mums and asters pruned moisture, suppresses weeds, keeps NV 89052, www.shopthedistrict- repairs), Synergy Electrical, LLC, you’ll be enjoying beautiful gar- to 6” throughout June and stop roots cool during hot weather and gvr.com . license number 68456 (electrical) dens now through the end of the the beginning of July. Complete improves the soil as it decomposes. * * * * * and Quick Response Restoration growing season. pruning by the beginning of July Continue to remove weeds II, LLC, license number 79291 Start by deadheading, remov- on late summer and fall blooming throughout the season to eliminate (carpentry maintenance and small ing faded flowers, to improve perennials. Early season pruning competition for water and nutrients. repairs), based out of Las Vegas, the plants’ overall appearance. It encourages more compact growth Removing weeds before they form Nev., were found in violation for won’t extend bloom time on all and can be used to stagger bloom seeds eliminates hundreds of weeds failure to comply with the terms of perennials, but will keep some like times. Manage flopping growth on you’ll need to pull in next year’s a construction project, substandard bergenia, lamb’s ear, peonies, and plants such as Walker’s Low Cat- garden. Weeding also reduces the workmanship, failure to comply perennial geraniums looking neat mint (Nepeta) by cutting the plants risk of insects and disease in your with the Board’s notice to correct, and tidy throughout the summer. back halfway. Cut back salvias and garden since some weeds attract abandoning a construction proj- Deadheading will encourage an Veronicas after the second flush of pests and serve as host for diseases Contractors Board revokes ect, failure to include Residential additional flush of flowers on many flowers to promote compact growth that can damage perennials. three licenses and Recovery Fund information on a perennials including bee balm, cor- and additional bloom. Plant perennials or annuals to disciplines others in contract, committing a fraudulent al bells, daylilies, fringed bleeding Thin out overcrowded plants fill voids or mask declining spring June hearings or deceitful act, contracting beyond heart, phlox, purple coneflowers, by removing some stems to the bloomers. Water new plantings of- The Nevada State Contractors the scope of the license, disregard salvia, veronica, and yarrow. ground. This increases light pen- ten enough to keep the roots moist Board disciplined licensed contrac- of the state’s building laws, failure Cut spent flowers back to the etration and airflow to the plants, for the first few weeks. Eventually tors for violations of Nevada Re- to comply with a Board request for nearest set of side shoots with reducing the risk of disease. switch to thorough, less frequent vised Statutes Chapter 624 during information, misuse of the license flower buds or healthy leaves on pe- Use ground level pruning on watering to encourage deep drought its June 2018 hearings. and failure to comply with the terms rennials like coneflowers, catmints, bleeding heart and other perennials tolerant roots. And don’t forget to Preferred Contracting, Inc., of a construction contract. Licensee salvias, shasta daisies, turtlehead that dieback midseason. mulch the soil right after you plant license number 51856 (general en- was fined $19,800 and assessed and veronicas. Dead leafing, a technique used to to keep roots cool and moist. gineering), based out of Las Vegas, investigative costs. On daylilies and balloon flow- remove or trim back discolored fo- Once your perennial gardens are Nev., was revoked after the Board * * * * * ers, remove individual flowers on liage, allows the flowers to remain spruced up, it’s time to sit back and found the company in violation for New York’s highest court the flower scape (stem) as they fade. the center of attention. enjoy the beauty you’ve created. failure to establish financial respon- denies journalist’s appeal Once all the individual flowers Stake plants in need of support Melinda Myers has written more sibility, failure to keep in force a to quash subpoena, have faded and been deadheaded, to prevent perennials from flop- than 20 gardening books, including bond or cash deposit, violation of ultimately undermines remove the whole flower stem. ping. This will reduce disease and Small Space Gardening. She hosts the state’s building laws and failure state’s shield law Prune flower stems back to a increase beauty. The Great Courses “How to Grow to notify the Board of a change of New York Times journalist rosette of leaves at the base of Although it’s always best to Anything” DVD series and the personnel or address. The license Frances Robles was subpoenaed the plant on coral bells, hosta and put stakes and supports in place as nationally syndicated Melinda’s was revoked. Licensee was fined for her testimony and notes from a lamb’s ear to keep these plants plants emerge in spring, you can Garden Moment TV & radio seg- $4,000 and assessed investigative jailhouse interview with Conrado looking their best. still add a bit of support mid-season. ments. Myers is a columnist and costs. Juarez, who is on trial for the mur- Shearing a plant, also called Use bamboo stakes and ties, twigs contributing editor for Birds & AM/PM Air Conditioning, Inc., der of “Baby Hope.” We supported cutting back, is a pruning method woven into stems or other attractive Blooms magazine. Myers’s web site license number 17110 (refrigeration her effort to quash the subpoena in that removes large amounts of plant or virtually invisible stakes. Then is www.MelindaMyers.com. and air conditioning), based out of October of last year. In late June, material in one fell swoop. This mark next year’s calendar to remind * * * * * North Las Vegas, Nev., was found New York’s highest court denied in violation for failure to establish Robles’ appeal to quash the sub- financial responsibility, failure to poena — effectively meaning that respond to a request from the Board reporters who are subpoenaed in and failure to include Residential New York must either comply or Recovery Fund information in a risk contempt. contract. Licensee was fined $850 Executive Director Bruce Brown and assessed investigative costs. said this decision undermines the C & C Specialties, LLC, dba state’s shield law and the New LV House Doctor, license number York legislature should step in to 76906 (residential and small com- pass legislation that would allow mercial) and C & C Specialties, journalists to appeal subpoenas. LLC, dba LV Yard Doctor, license “A reporter should not have to risk number 78533 (landscaping), based going to jail for contempt in order out of Las Vegas, Nev., were found to trigger appellate review of her in violation for aiding or abetting rights,” he said. an unlicensed person, disregard * * * * * of the state’s building laws and Police must get a search contracting beyond the scope of the warrant for cellphone license. Licensee was fined $1,000 location data, U.S. and assessed investigative costs. Supreme Court rules Aquarius Landscape & Sprin- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled kler Co., Inc., dba Aquarius Land- that police generally need a search scaping, license number 19009 warrant to obtain records that reveal (landscaping), based out of Hen- cellphone location data. This is an derson, Nev., was found in violation important victory for privacy rights for contracting beyond the scope in the digital age, and an important of the license, failure to respond ruling for journalists, because cell- to a Board request for information, phone location records can reveal failure to establish financial respon- sensitive details about newsgath- sibility and failure to cooperate in ering activities, like the stories a a Board investigation. The license reporter is working on and where was suspended. Licensee was fined they’re going to gather information. $2,500 and assessed investigative * * * * * costs. Government agency agrees Komax Development, Inc., to provide public notice license number 67413 (residential of future hearings and small commercial), based out The Pipeline and Hazardous of Las Vegas, Nev., was found in Materials Safety Administration violation for failure to respond to will now include hearing sched- a Board request for information uling letters in the publicly acces- and failure to cooperate in a Board sible case records on its website, investigation. Licensee was fined according to the agency’s Chief $1,000 and assessed investigative Counsel Paul Roberti. In March, costs. the Reporters Committee asked the Universal Electric Contractors, agency to give notice to the public LLC, dba Universal Electric & So- of future pipeline safety hearings lar, license number 76589 (electri- as part of our successful efforts to cal), based out of Las Vegas, Nev., advocate for E&E News to attend was found in violation for failure to a PHMSA enforcement hearing pay for materials or services, failure earlier this year. July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 23 Greetings from Dongguan, China By Doug Dickerson The loving affection in a moth- “You’re off to Great Places! ers eye as she holds her little girl Today is your day! Your mountain is or the father’s proud hand on the waiting, so… get on your way!” — shoulder of his son is a universal Dr. Seuss. Oh, The Places You’ll Go language. It knows no boundaries. I am writing to you from Dong- I’ve been blessed to travel to guan, China, in the province of many parts of the world and this is Guangdong, on the east coast of a universal observation. China — on the mainland. The late Sam Walton once ob- I am here leading a team of served: “The bigger we get the teachers and students for five weeks smaller we have to think…” And teaching ESL classes to Chinese while we need to think long, dream students. Needless to say, this is a big, and pray hard… I hope the once-in-a-lifetime experience. How world and what truly matters will could I pass it up? So on this blog for the next few get smaller and become more in weeks, I will be sending you these focus. It’s when we realize that we have postcards to share my reflections DoUg DICkErsoN more in common we can begin to and insights about my stay here in of view, philosophies, religious China. Here’s the first takeaway I’d beliefs, etc… we tend to categorize make the world a better place for like to leave with you. people and places based upon our everyone. What separates us is not own prejudices. And in the process, * * * * * nearly as important than we lose perspective. Doug Dickerson is a syndicated what unites us. Here I see just how small the columnist. He writes a weekly col- What I’ve learned is that too world is — and what divides us is umn for this newspaper. To contact much time is devoted to what sepa- not as important as what unites us. Doug Dickerson, email him at rates us — be it our political points We are all part of the human race. Doug Dickerson in Dongguan, China ddickerson@ lasvegastribune.com. BEHIND THE MIKE Pillars of the Community By Michael A. Aun and always brought the team her Every community has a handful latest batch of cookies. Of course, of them. They are the pillars that her mom “Mrs. Spoon” was always keep a community strong. They are there to cheer the “Meatheads” on. stalwarts of the citizenry, the back- Despite all of A. J.’s remark- bone of a community’s character. able achievements over the years, No matter where you grew up, I remember most those things he you probably knew a pillar or two was never paid to do, his service in your community. One hot day to his community and devotion to earlier this summer, I got a call from his family. a voice from the past, an attorney A. J. lost his bride Connie after by the name of Albert J. “A.J.” 55 wonderful years of marriage. Dooley, Sr. He is from my home She was an avid Atlanta Braves fan town of Lexington, SC and is one who rarely missed a broadcast. A. of those pillars. J., as I recall was a creature of habit. Though he never sought the For instance, he told me decades limelight of notoriety, it came his ago about how he would never go to way simply because he gave so MICHAEL A. AUN sleep without catching the evening sunset over the south China sea upon approach to Hong kong. much of himself. Now 88 years of games. news at 11 p.m. age, it did not take much imagina- I have known A. J. all of my life. Whether it was his trademark tion for me to identify his voice My uncles Arthur and Eli Mack short sleeved shirts or his booming over the phone. sponsored a Pee Wee baseball team voice, his presence was always It was the same distinctive in the fifties. I played on that team appreciated. A. J. and Connie met voice that called play-by-play at until I was too old to participate. while working part time in a gro- Lexington High School football Then I became the coach of the cery store and married in 1951. The games for many years as I roamed Mack’s Meatheads, where I had couple had five children and a foster the sidelines as Sports Editor of the pleasure of working with A. child which was just one more way the Lexington Dispatch-News or J.’s kids. A.J. gave back to others. as I was doing play-by-play for the Those were some of the fondest It is always a pleasant surprise radio broadcasts. memories in my life. Especially when a voice from the past reenters It was the same voice that repre- unforgettable was his late wife your life. sented the town of Lexington in the Connie, who unofficially served as * * * * * SC House of Representatives for our team mom. That was over a half Michael Aun is a syndicated eight years… the same voice that century ago and yet I remember her columnist and writes a weekly col- carried on his service in the Senate and her family like it was last week. umn for this newspaper. To contact for another six years. It was the little things with Michael Aun, email him at maun@ It was the same voice that spoke Connie. She was a terrific baker lasvegastribune.com. up as a member of the Lexington County School District Board… the same voice that served on the Board of Directors of Lexington State Bank, Southern National Tune in to Bank and BB&T. It was the same voice that served his community in the Lexington RadioTribune Chamber of Commerce and the Lexington Lions Club for decades while building and sustaining a successful law practice that carries Tune in and listen to those who will on today. No… he never sought notoriety tell you the truth, and nothing but but it came his way, despite his humility and integrity. Governor the truth. You’ll discover different James B. Edwards accorded him personalities and hear different opin- the highest honor of the State of South Carolina, The Order of the ions, but when it comes to the facts, Palmetto. 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And, look- ing forward, Gallup’s April 2018 survey suggests it’s a program that 84 percent of nonretirees will need in some capacity to make ends meet during retirement. But for as great as Social Securi- ty has been for retired workers, the disabled, and survivors of deceased workers, the nation’s most import- ant social program is about to hit its biggest speed bump in history. Say goodbye to $700 billion The newly released annual re- port from the Social Security Board of Trustees highlights some very big changes that are now under- way with the program. Beginning of baby boomers, the lengthening All eyes turn to a fix crats have argued, these well-to-do their full payout or accept a steeper in 2018, and continuing with each of life expectancies over many Given the crucial role Social individuals can likely afford to pay permanent reduction in their payout passing year, through 2034, Social decades, and growing income in- Security plays in the lives of older more into Social Security, thusly by claiming early. Either way, it Security will be paying out more in equality, to name a few. Americans, it’s up to Congress to lowering or cancelling out the esti- saves Social Security money over benefits than it’s generating in rev- Things get much worse carve out a solution that supports mated $13.2 trillion cash shortfall the long run. enue. That hasn’t happened since after 2027 current and future beneficiaries to the program is facing between 2034 Arguably, the biggest issue in prior to the reforms passed during Of course, based on the projec- the best of their ability. But the path and 2092. finding a Social Security fix is the Reagan administration in 1983. tions of the Trustees, $700 billion lawmakers propose taking to fix Meanwhile, Republicans have political hubris. Since both the In 2018, an estimated $1.7 disappearing from Social Security’s Social Security differs greatly by no shortage of proposals of their Democrats’ and Republicans’ core billion more in benefits will be coffers is peanuts compared to political party. own. Yet none is more prevalent proposals would, in theory, elim- paid to eligible beneficiaries than what’s expected to happen be- Though Democrats have offered than the idea to gradually raise the inate Social Security’s long-term is collected in revenue via the tween 2028 and 2034. According a bevy of solutions, none has been full retirement age, which is the age (75-year) cash shortfall, neither par- payroll tax, interest earned on its to the intermediate-cost model, the more consistent than the call to you become eligible to receive 100 ty has been willing to compromise asset reserves, and the taxation of remaining $2.19 trillion will disap- raise of eliminate the maximum percent of your retirement benefit, with their opposition. This stale- benefits. Though this net cash out- pear, leaving the program with no taxable earnings cap associated as determined by your birth year. mate is only making things worse, flow will lessen modestly in 2019, excess cash by 2034. with the payroll tax. Right now, Currently set to peak at age 67 by as any proposed “fix” is going to it will reaccelerate in a big way in If there is good news here, it’s any wage income above $128,400 2022 for those born in 1960 or later, require more drastic measures the 2020 and beyond, according to the that Social Security doesn’t need is exempt from the payroll tax, Republicans would prefer to see longer lawmakers wait to imple- intermediate-cost model, as shown any money in its asset reserves to which provides a means for a small this figure raised to between age ment it. In sum, Social Security is (all figures are estimated): continue paying benefits to eligi- percentage of workers (less than 68 and 70 to account for increased headed toward deep trouble, and —2018: $1.7 billion net cash ble beneficiaries. Though interest 10 percent ) to escape taxation on longevity. In doing so, workers the inaction of politicians is making outflow income will disappear without some of their earnings. As Demo- would either wait longer to receive it worse. —2019: $0.2 billion net cash any cash in its coffers to buy spe- outflow cial-issue bonds, the 12.4 percent —2020: $16.7 billion net cash payroll tax on wage income of new way to report outflow up to $128,400 (as of 2018), and —2021: $32.9 billion net cash the taxation of benefits to a lesser outflow degree, will ensure that revenue wages to Social Security —2022: $51.9 billion net cash continues to stream in, which can By Bob Patterson outflow then be disbursed to beneficiaries. Acting Associate Commissioner —2023: $73.8 billion net cash Please keep in mind that these External Affairs Social Security outflow are estimates from the Trustees I am pleased to announce that we —2024: $96.3 billion net cash and that they do tend to change a are expanding our my Social Secu- outflow bit with each passing year. Also, rity online wage reporting service —2025: $122.4 billion net cash understand that the above figures to Supplemental Security Income outflow are based on an average-cost model. (SSI) recipients, as well as their —2026: $137.5 billion net cash If costs come in substantially lower spouses, parents, sponsors, and outflow or higher than expected, that would representative payees. Individuals —2027: $169 billion net cash certainly change the dynamics of receiving both Social Security Dis- outflow the program. ability Insurance (SSDI) and SSI, as Adding this net cash outflow up But as things stand now, Social well as their representative payees, works out to an outflow of $702.4 Security’s payout schedule isn’t can also report wages online. This billion over the next decade. In the sustainable. By 2034, an estimated service is available through our process, the Old-Age, Survivors, across-the-board cut to benefits of existing my Social Security portal. and Disability Insurance Trust’s 21 percent may be needed to sustain Check our website to learn more asset reserves will drop from just payouts through the year 2092, about my Social Security features SSI Telephone Wage Reporting ap- Social Security touches the life north of $2.89 trillion to $2.19 without any additional reductions. and how to sign up. plications. However, the preferred of nearly every American. By of- trillion by the end of 2027. That’s not exactly a rosy outlook for Note: SSI recipients, their wage reporting method for individ- fering more online service options Why’s this happening, you ask? those folks who are heavily reliant spouses, parents, sponsors, and uals receiving both SSDI and SSI is for conducting business with us, we It’s due to a combination of factors on their monthly Social Security representative payees may still use the my Social Security online wage are leveraging technology to better that includes the ongoing retirement check. the SSI Mobile Wage Reporting and reporting service. serve the public. Income Limits for SSDI Benefits Social Security disability doesn’t have a limit on unearned income, but there is a limit on how much you can make from working. By Bethany K. Laurence afraid that they will be unable to keep a job Attorney at Law due to their disabilities. To encourage SSDI Social Security disability insurance recipients with disabilities to try to return (SSDI) is available to individuals who can to work, the SSA provides for a trial work no longer work due to a disability (physical period. During the trial work period (TWP), or mental). But only those who have paid a person receiving SSDI can have unlimited taxes onto the Social Security system for earnings and still receive full benefits without at least several years are eligible for SSDI. risking termination of benefits. Those who are approved for benefits receive The trial work period provides nine monthly SSDI payments determined by their months (that do not need to be consecutive) respective earnings records (the average out of a rolling 60-month period where SSDI amount is $1,197 in 2018). recipients can try out working before their The SSDI program does not put a limit on disability is deemed to have ended. What the amount of assets or unearned income you counts as one of the nine trial work months? have (or income that your spouse may earn), In 2018, any month in which an SSDI recip- unlike the low-income disability program, ient earns more than $850 is considered a Supplemental Security Income (SSI). trial work month. (Notice that this amount However, the Social Security Adminis- is different (lower) than the SGA amount.) tration (SSA) does put a limit on the amount When the SSDI recipient has worked (or of money that you can earn through work “provided services,” in SSA lingo) for nine when you receive Social Security disability months, the SSA will evaluate the person’s benefits, because if you can earn an income, work to see if it has been over the SGA limits. you aren’t considered disabled. index to set the income limit for determining applying for or receiving SSDI cannot earn If it has been, disability benefits will continue Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) the SGA each year. In 2018, the amount is more than $1,180 per month by working, a for three months and then stop. If the SSA Specifically, if you can engage in what the $1,180 for disabled applicants and $1,970 person collecting SSDI can have any amount terminates benefits because an individual Social Security Administration (SSA) calls for blind applicants. The rules differ for of income from investments, interest, or a is working over the SGA limit, however, “substantial gainful activity” (SGA), you business owners, since their monthly income spouse’s income. the individual can have benefits resumed won’t be eligible for benefits. A person who may not reflect the work effort they put into Trial Work Period anytime within the next 36 months in which earns more than a certain monthly amount is their business. Some people receiving SSDI may have the individual fails to earn the monthly SGA considered to be engaging in SGA. Federal No Limits on Unearned Income their condition improve enough that they amount or becomes unable to work again due regulations use the national average wage While a disabled (nonblind) person want to return to the workforce, but are to the same disability. July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 25 What You Need To Know By Dr Nina Radcliff Vitamin D – Right amount is essential to your health By Dr. Nina Radcliff, MD vital role in calcium absorption and Research is revealing more bone metabolism. about the importance of Vitamin Many diagnosed with bone loss D in protecting you against a host or osteoporosis believe they need jority of Americans. And research of Vitamin D (versus the optimal of Vitamin D. There are several of health problems. With that note, to take more calcium. However, has shown that carrying excess level) were 64 percent more likely variables: how much pigment you Vitamin D deficiency is incredibly they may be deficient in Vitamin weight in your abdominal area is to have a heart attack. have in your skin, distance from common and most people are un- D as well. associated with lower levels of —Bone Health. Vitamin D the equator and the time of day. aware of it. —Bone/Back Pain. Studies Vitamin D, compared to normal helps to maintain skeletal calcium If your skin is darker in tone, you An extremely important vitamin have found chronic bone/lower waistlines. At this time, it is unclear balance by promoting calcium live further from the equator, or – it’s also dynamic – calling for back pain may be signs of inade- if having a deficiency causes you to absorption. Children who lack only catch the sun after it rises or clear understandings and important quate Vitamin D levels in the blood. gain weight, or if having the extra Vitamin D can develop a condi- right before it sets, you may need balances tailored to your body’s —Depression. Studies also weight lowers your body’s Vitamin tion called rickets, which causes a longer period of sun exposure. needs, because different individuals show that giving Vitamin D to peo- D levels. bone weakness, bowed legs, and Additionally, there is good reason have different needs. ple who are deficient helps decrease —Cancer: Research increasing- other skeletal deformities, such as to be worried that sun exposure can And just as Vitamin D can pro- depression, including seasonal ly points to benefits from Vitamin stooped posture. A deficiency can increase risk for skin cancer. And, mote good health, a lack of it may depression that occurs during the D in possible protection against also lead to bone weakening oste- sun protection procedures (e.g., lead to a number of health issues. colder months. cancer. Scientists are finding that oporosis. And, studies show that sunblock, sun avoidance) decrease A fat-soluble vitamin, meaning —Impaired Wound Healing. Vitamin D can slow the growth of calcium and Vitamin D together can sun hitting our skin and Vitamin D it is stored in fatty tissue, Vitamin Slow healing of wounds after sur- abnormal cells. It might also starve build stronger bones in women after conversion. It is important to find a D is necessary for absorbing calci- gery or injury may be a sign that tumors by making it difficult for menopause. healthy balance, as some sun expo- um and building and maintaining your levels are too low. them to sprout new blood vessels. —Depression and Mood. sure is important for health. healthy bones and teeth. It also —Hair Loss. More studies are —Breast cancer. Women with During the winter months when —Increase consumption of plays a role in your immune and pointing to the fact that when hair higher levels of Vitamin D were the days are shorter and there is fatty fish and foods fortified with muscle systems and research (and loss is severe, it may be a sign of found to have a lower risk of breast less sunlight, we may experience Vitamin D. controversy) continues to uncover deficiency. cancer, according to research from depressive symptoms. It is believed If you feel that you are deficient its other health roles. —Muscle Pain. Deficiency may the University of California San that drops in Vitamin D levels are in Vitamin D, talk to your health- Actually a hormone, Vitamin D be a potential cause of muscle pain Diego School of Medicine the reason. care provider to see if levels should receptors are found in every tissue in all ages. The Vitamin D receptor —Colorectal cancer is the third Too Much Can Be Just as be measured and if supplementa- in our body! While there is still is present in nerve cells called noci- leading cause of cancer death in Harmful as Too Little. tion (and which kind) is right for much we do not know, what we ceptors, which sense pain. the United States. And, a recent Overall, people with too much, you. Additionally, your healthcare do know is that it is so important, Diseases and Conditions large study (findings in theJournal or too little, Vitamin D in their provider can help monitor for ex- our bodies are capable of making Linked to Vitamin D of the National Cancer Institute) blood are at risk and have a higher cessive intake which can result in it by itself. Deficiencies: provides the strongest evidence rate of mortality. It’s important not kidney stones, confusion, nausea, Sources include: Vitamin D affects a number yet that Vitamin D may indeed be to race out and buy doses of Vita- vomiting, poor appetite, and muscle —Vitamin Rich D-Foods: It is of health issues from your bone protective against colorectal cancer min D “just in case.” Overdoing weakness. found naturally in fatty fish such health to your immune system as and that a deficiency may increase it can be toxic. In fact, taking too This article is for general in- as salmon, mackerel, and sardines. well as modulating many activities the risk of this cancer, for both men much Vitamin D can cause kidney formation only and should not be Because there are a limited number in the body—including promoting and women. stones and, in very rare cases, death. used for the diagnosis or treatment of foods that contain sufficient anti-tumor activity. The number —Prostate Cancer. New find- Getting the right amount? of medical conditions and cannot amounts of this fat-soluble vitamin, of health conditions linked with ings suggest that prostate tumors Many people assume they’re substitute for the advice from your it makes it difficult to get enough deficiency is extremely long and in particular can become highly getting enough but, unfortunately, medical professional. Dr. Nina has from your diet alone. growing. Having adequate levels aggressive when a man’s Vitamin Vitamin D deficiency is still a wide- used all reasonable care in com- —Fortified foods: This means can help to protect you from ev- D levels are too low. spread problem. piling the current information but that Vitamin D is added to these erything from type 2 diabetes, to —Heart Disease. The ‘sunshine —Get some safe sun. Experts it may not apply to you and your items — it is not originally found in dementia, to cancer. Consequently, vitamin’ has been shown to pre- state that just a few minutes of symptoms. Always consult a doctor the food (like milk, cereal, orange deficiencies can lead to a number of serve heart health. A leading study sunlight each day to the face, neck, or other health care professional juice, and yogurt). health issues, including: out of the University of Copenha- hands, and arms is all that is nec- for diagnosis and treatment of —Supplements: Come in either —Obesity, which affects a ma- gen found that those with low levels essary to get your adequate dose medical conditions. a prescription form or an over-the- counter version. —Safe Sun Exposure: Direct sunlight converts a chemical in our skin into an active form of Vitamin D. A surprising fact is that people get most of their Vitamin D from the sun. Who’s at risk for a Vitamin D Deficiency? 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My family produced Tequila using traditional methods for five generations. “We are one of three distilleries in Mexico following those ancient methods and will keep doing that in the old fashioned way, the way my grandfather and ancestors did. This method takes longer, is more costly but is worth the time. “Today I will discuss the history of my family, our methods of Te- quila production, what makes the difference and compare the old and new methods. “Our three versions of Tequila are the Blanco, Reposado and the Anejo. The Blanco is the only Te- quila to be distilled to proof with no water added is the pure Agave Ex- pression. The Reposado is aged to proof in barrels from 9-11 months and the Anejo aged from 2-3 years Carlos Camarena, Master Distiller/Owner of El Tesoro Tequila Distillery, Jalisco, Mexico. also in barrels. The aging will pro- tion of Don Felipe’s most precious a significant commitment by the * * * * * [email protected]. SUG- vide a lot of sweet elements to our asset: his estate-grown agaves from family to the quality and production Award-winning syndicated GESTIONS: Do you have a favorite Tequilas so they are different styles the highlands of Jalisco. Since the of their brand of Tequila. For more columnist/talk show host Sandy restaurant, steakhouse, coffee shop in order to enrich people’s palates. first drop of El Tesoro ran off the information visit the website: www. Zimmerman is a Show and Din- or diner in Las Vegas or around the “The Anejo is more to sip and still, every decision has celebrated eltesorotequila.com. ing reviewer, travel, health, and world? You may win free show tick- savor while, in my opinion, if you and honored the agave’s unique The public is invited to visit and luxury living. For questions, or ets or other prizes. Send the name of want Margaritas try the Reposado flavor. El Tesoro is a truly authentic take a tour of El Tesoro Tequila to recommend subjects, please the restaurant, the reasons for your and Blanco. tequila made with the knowledge Distillery in Jalisco, Mexico. call (702)-515-0846 or email san- choice and your telephone number. “Our distillery is located in and passion passed down through Jalisco, Mexico, 7,000 feet above five generations. sea level, to us that is the optimum Today, Don Felipe’s grandson, place to grow Tequila.” Carlos Camarena, carries on the El Tesoro’s invitation described tradition and art of tequila making the history of El Tesoro de Don at La Alteña; but not much else has Felipe Tequila event honoring Don changed since Don Felipe’s day. Felipe Camarena, the man who Thanks to Carlos’ commitment to established La Alteña Distillery his family’s time-honored produc- in 1937, where El Tesoro Tequila tion methods, El Tesoro still tastes continues to be distilled today. like no other, because it’s made like “El Tesoro is “the treasure” of no other.” Jalisco, Mexico, created in celebra- For more than 80 years, this is July 11-17, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 27 area intended — each year. While mends that you ask for a formal ments. at times clouds of pesticides can investigation and for sampling to be Another option to consider is be seen drifting off a field, some done as quickly as possible, given PAN’s Drift Catcher tool, which pesticides are invisible and odorless that pesticide residue can degrade allows you to measure the concen- or continue to evaporate from fields quickly. tration of pesticides in the air. The for several days or weeks after Meanwhile, the non-profit Be- Drift Catcher uses a vacuum pump application. yond Pesticides recommends col- to pull air through two glass sam- The non-profit Pesticide Action lecting a handful of dead bees and pling tubes, which trap pesticide Network (PAN) reports that inci- putting them in the freezer in a molecules as the air passes through. dents of pesticide drift — regardless clean, tightly sealed plastic bag for The tubes are sent to a laboratory of whether people were directly possible analysis. While honeybees for analysis. exposed or any ecological damage typically only live five to six weeks If high levels of pesticides are or economic harm is immediately — and it’s normal to see dead bees found, you can use the data to raise visible — should be promptly in and around the hive — large awareness of the problem and spur reported. numbers of bee deaths that result local authorities to mandate im- Finding the appropriate state in piles around the hive can be the provements. 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