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Supreme Court makes it Immigration reform takes Obama Catholic schools harder for workers to win giant leap forward with flap: Did he really call for discrimination lawsuits Senate vote end of religious schools? PAGE 2 PAGE 4 PAGE 12 Volume 15, Issue 16 June 26-July 2, 2013 Ward 5 Chamber of Commerce Member JudgeBrownNamedChiefJudge By Natasha Minsky by acting anything less than profes- that Chief Judge Leung has been elected as Las Vegas Municipal Las Vegas Tribune sionally, with strict ethical behav- able to achieve these past two Court Judge of Department 4, June On Monday, July 1, when Judge ior, and dignifying the position he years.” 8, 1999, and was re-elected in 2003 Bert Brown goes to work at the Las was elected to and that this news- The outgoing Chief Judge, and 2009. He previously served as Vegas Municipal Court, he will the paper has always supported. Judge Cynthia Leung, another Las Chief Judge of the Las Vegas Mu- same person wearing a different “I am so honored to be selected Vegas Tribune endorsee and guest nicipal Court from Oct. 24, 2007, “hat” and using a different name to by my fellow judges to serve as the on RadioTribune.com “Face The to June 30, 2009. reflect his new and different posi- chief judge of the Las Vegas Mu- Tribune” daily show, had decided The Las Vegas Tribune con- tion. nicipal Court,” Brown said. that she would not seek re-election gratulates Judge Bert Brown for his No more “ordinary” judge work “The staff and judges of our to the position, leaving the door selection to his new position, and for him; he is now Chief Judge Bert court are some of the most dedi- open for all remaining judges to feels he’ll guide the Las Vegas Brown. As such, he will be facing cated and hard-working people I unanimously elect Judge Brown to Municipal Court forward, on a new a different type of job, with a little have come to know. I hope to be the seat. path of prosperity, within the legal more administrative work than sit- able to continue and broaden the According to a city of Las Ve- system of the best city of them all – ting on the bench listening to cases Chief Judge Bert Brown great work and accomplishments gas press release, Brown was Las Vegas! and making decisions for others. After fourteen years on the bench, and for the second time, all Climate change: Why does sitting judges in the Las Vegas Municipal Court unanimously elected a judge – this time, Judge Brown – to be their Chief Judge for Obama’s plan skirt Congress? the next two years. Judge Brown has been a Las With Republicans implacably opposed — and some Democrats still wary of fallout at Vegas Tribune endorsee since the the polls — there’s little prospect of getting climate change reform through Capitol Hill. beginning of his judicial career and has never let the newspaper down By David Grant Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON — President Obama laid out his agenda to fight My Point climate change at Georgetown Uni- versity on Tuesday; there won’t be of View a grand push for sweeping climate By Rolando Larraz legislation. And that’s mostly because en- Rolando Larraz is off this week. ergy, once one of the most biparti- In his absence, Perly Viasmensky, san issues on Capitol Hill, now di- General Manager of the Las Ve- vides the two parties nearly as gas Tribune, is taking his place starkly as taxes. with this open letter. Republicans on Capitol Hill are OPEN LETTER TO inimically opposed to not only most THE HONORABLE measures that come stamped JEREMIAH WILSON NIXON, “President Obama Approved” but GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI climate initiatives in particular, Dear Governor Nixon: making anything more than the Re: Wrongful conviction of smallest legislative tweak a near The Capitol Dome is seen behind the Capitol Power Plant in Washington. For years, coal-state lawmakers Ryan Ferguson, a Missouri native. impossibility for GOP lawmakers. opposed moves to end the use of coal in the plant, which provides power to buildings in the Capitol Complex. I could have used the Postal Ser- It’s also a high risk issue for energy This month, Congress obtained the last permits needed to complete the transition to 100 percent natural gas. vice or electronic mail to send this state Democrats, especially those letter, but I have learned by experi- facing voters in coal country. POLITICAL ANALYSIS ence that many times letters sent to Where liberals see the devastat- government officials never reached ing impact of climate change loom- their hands because staff members ing on the horizon, Republicans see Fed Up With Abuses of the considered the communication overly burdensome rules and regu- without merit. lations from the “Employment Pre- I believe you are more than vention Agency.” Elderly and the Mentally Ill aware that hundreds of thousands A spokesman for Senate minor- By Elaine Cunningham this country: The elderly and the perversion of the intention of the of people in the United States, and ity leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Special to the Las Vegas Tribune mentally ill. Constitution for anyone to say, “The all over the world, for that matter, Kentucky called the president’s The Constitution of the United I have filed a case in Federal Constitution protects us all — ex- are behind the case of Ryan planned announcement “a pivot States is a metaphorical umbrella Court about the issue of violated cept [this group], and [this group], Ferguson and the injustice of the away from jobs,” questioned why that protects all of us from the storm Constitutional and statutory civil and — oh, maybe [this group].” justice system of the State of Mis- Democrats didn’t bring the of tyranny. It was designed to guar- rights. This has happened and not many of souri. president’s wanted environmental antee rights, protect every Ameri- Modern problems have made us are aware that it has. The words of British historian, actions to the floor of the Senate, can citizen and be a model for ba- many people in our society believe This fact is a very hard pill to Lord Acton, come to mind in this and claimed the president’s policies sic human rights around the world. that we can choose who is to ben- swallow, but it is the reality. case: “Power tends to corrupt, and would hike utility bills and hurt There is a hole in that umbrella efit from Constitutional protections. For those unfamiliar with men- absolute power corrupts absolutely. (See Climate Change, Page 6) over two classes of individuals in This should not be so, but is. It is a (See Abuse, Page 4) Great men are almost always bad men.” This phrase was widely used by the late United States Presidents Campaign Finance Violation Complaint Filed John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, and I now feel compelled to use it in my personal opinion of Against School Board Trustee Deanna Wright former Boone County prosecutor (now Circuit Court Judge) Kevin By Natasha Minsky Among the allegations are fail- came and went from her campaign. Crane. Las Vegas Tribune ure to report where all of the money When asked why he was calling Allow me to comment on the A long time parent activist and that she spent on her 2012 campaign this issue to the attention of Ross state that you so proudly represent. critic of the Clark County School came from. Using campaign fi- Miller’s Election Integrity Task The mission of the Missouri Di- Board, Ken Small, filed an election nance reports available online from Force, Small said, “Although the vision of Tourism is to promote the violation report with Nevada Sec- government websites and other school board portrays the system as state as a top-of-mind travel desti- retary of State Ross Miller today. public documents, such as an eth- being oriented towards education nation. Do you believe, Governor, Small has requested that an audit ics commission complaint filed by and children, I have found that the that with the story of an innocent of Wright’s campaign finances be another parent, Small made the case best way to know what is going on man wrongfully convicted because conducted as a result of his com- that Wright should be fined for cam- is to follow the money.” of the mentality of a corrupt pros- plaint. While some parts of the com- paign reporting violations and fail- A copy of the complaint can be ecutor, people actually want to go plaint will require analysis by the ure to list “In kind” donations from obtained by clicking on the link: on vacation to Missouri – to leave Election Integrity Task Force, oth- the Clark County School District to W W W. Ta l k To C C S D . c o m / on probation 40 years later? ers, such as failure to file a report CCSD Trustee Deanna Wright her campaign during the 2012 elec- WrightComplaint.pdf I am sure you are also very proud on time and use of CCSD email for complaint alleges campaign finance tion cycle. Small also alleged that Disclosure: Ken Small is an oc- of the Missouri Film Commission, her campaign, are already on the law violations against school board Trustee Wright hired unlicensed casional contributor/reporter for the which was created to attract film, public record. Small’s 45-page Trustee Deanna Wright. entities to obfuscate how money Tribune. television, video and cable productions to Missouri. Do you actually FROM THE DESK OF JACOB STUART want more television productions of such an embarrassment as the case of Ryan Ferguson? JudgingtheJudge:JustOneMoreExampleofBrutality Former prosecutor Kevin Crane By Jacob N.

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