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Penny Press Nevada, USA Volume 8 Number 13 DECEMBER 16, 2010 THE PENNY PRESS,DECEMBER 16, 2010 PAGE 2 www.pennypresslv.com The Penny Press is published weekly by Penny Credits: Ely Radio LLC All Contents © Penny Press 2010 Publisher and Editor: Contributing Editors: Letters to the Editor are encouraged. They should be Press Fred Weinberg Floyd Brown Al Thomas sent to our offices at 335 W. 4th Street Winnemucca, NV Logotype Circulation: Doug French Bill Here 891445 They can also be emailed to: pennypresslv@ Pointedlymad Charlotte Weinberg John Getter Pat Choate gmail.com No unsigned or unverifiable letters will be licensed from: printed. Rich Gast Wyatt Cox 702-740-5588 Fax: 702-920-8215 Penny Press WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA 16 PAGES VOLUME 8 NUMBER 13 DECEMBER 16, 2010 'Cops' Deal Follows Campaign Gifts By KYLE GILLIS cated antics inside Metro’s booking Similarly, when Nevada Journal, moment on until further advised,” Special To The Penny Press area and showed them on Langley’s a publication of the Nevada Policy the complaint stated. syndicated television show, “Inside Research Institute, requested com- When Martines questioned pro- Las Vegas Metro has been fea- American Jail.” Vlijter and her attor- ment from Langley Productions, ducer Susan Carney about how the tured on shows such as “Cops” and ney argue that Langley did it without a spokeswoman there declined to production came to be, says the “Inside American Jail,” but the big her informed consent, given that respond. The Las Vegas Metropolitan complaint, Carney replied that, “The police department’s latest TV co- Vlijter was still inebriated when she Police Department also did not Sheriff ordered this, we are helping production may be a better fit for signed the company’s consent form. respond to Nevada Journal queries. his campaign for re-election.” The lawsuit is raising ques- In May, Metro Detective Gordon Carney’s response was heard by tions about the relationship between Martines, then a candidate for Clark seven officers, says the complaint. Langley Productions and Las Vegas County Sheriff, filed an ethics com- Martines submitted his complaint Commentary Metro Sheriff Douglas Gillespie. It plaint against Gillespie. to the secretary of state on May also is giving new prominence to a According to the complaint, 7, 2010. However, unbeknownst to “lost” ethics complaint that a Metro Metro higher-ups had called a Martines, the secretary of state’s “Law and Order.” detective filed against Gillespie this mandatory Robbery Section meet- office forwarded Martines’ complaint AOL News reported Dec. 4 that summer over mandated cooperation ing and introduced four producers to the Nevada Ethics Commission. Tina Vlijter, also known as “Hot with the production company. from “Cops.” During the meeting, When he hadn’t received a Blond Tina” of YouTube fame, had According to AOL News report- “approx. 33 police detectives were response by September, Martines filed suit against Santa Monica- er Steve Friess, both Gillespie and ordered by Staff that we all would wrote the secretary of state’s office based Langley Productions. Langley Productions owner John be cooperating, participating and demanding a follow-up. Secretary- The company — following Langley have declined to say how assisting these civilian TV producers of-state personnel confirmed they’d Vlijter’s June 2008 arrest by Las the cameras were able to film the with their production of an Episode passed his complaint on to the Ethics Vegas Metro — filmed her intoxi- incident. of ‘COPS’ in Las Vegas from this Commission and apologized for not Continued on page4 The Conservative Weekly Voice Of Las Vegas FLOYD BROWN PAGE 5 Penny Wisdom FRED WEINBERG PAGE 6 Inside: DOUG FRENCH PAGE 7 Crime does not pay ... as well AL THOMAS PAGE 10 Guns, Not Outreach as politics. —Alfred E. Newman WYATT COX PAGE 11 Will Stop "Wilding" CHUCK MUTH PAGE 14 PETS OF THE WEEK PAGE 15 See Editorial Page 6 THE PENNY PRESS,DECEMBER 16, 2010 PAGE 4 Clark County Sheriff Nets Campaign Cash From 'Cops' Continued from page 3 following up. compensation from Langley Productions, and no additional public resources “You never know with Nevada politics,” said Martines. “Nevada’s cor- are required for producing the shows. rupt politics sets the standard for everyone else in the nation to follow.” If Metro does not receive or transfer any public resources to Langley Martines’ complaint apparently falls under NRS 281A.520, which Productions, the department would be compliant with NRS 281A.520. states, “... a public officer or employee shall not request or otherwise cause Multiple contracts were signed after Gillespie filed his candidacy (March 2, a governmental entity to incur an expense or make an expenditure to support 2010, according to Clark County’s elections office). or oppose: a ballot question or candidate.” Nevada Journal obtained a copy of a letter that the Nevada Ethics According to campaign disclosures, Langley gave Gillespie $10,000 Commission sent Martines. It states his complaint was referred to a com- during his 2006 campaign and $35,000 for his 2010 reelection campaign. mission panel that would investigate whether or not further action will take According to documents obtained by Nevada Journal, Langley place. Productions and LVMPD signed a contract for “America Behind Bars” on Caren Jenkins, executive director of the Ethics Commission, said that Jan. 23, 2007 and a contract for “Cops” on April 12, 2010. Both contracts by law she could neither confirm nor deny the status of the complaint or were signed after the campaign contributions were made. whether the Ethics Commission will render an opinion. Nevada Journal also obtained a media agreement dated June 29, 2010 Martines says that, regardless of the outcome, his primary goal was the between LVMPD and Langley Productions, in which Langley Productions investigation. He questions why the investigation has taken seven months “requested permission to have access to certain L.V.M.P.D personnel in from when he first filed the complaint. order to produce the Program which is intended to include the investigation “My whole concern is the due process,” Martines said. “You violate my by L.V.M.P.D. of various crimes and/or criminal activity.” rights, you violate everyone’s rights.” According to information provided by the Metro’s Office of Public Kyle Gillis is an investigative reporter at the Nevada Policy Research Records, LVMPD and other public employees do not receive any monetary Institute. For more information visit http://npri.org/. THE PENNY PRESS,DECEMBER 16, 2010 PAGE 5 Commentary: Floyd Brown of one without the other.” about our Savior’s birth. They sang finance, it made up for it in faithful- Faith Is The And moreover said,” Liberty about the Christ Child and the mira- ness and selflessness. cannot be established without moral- cle of God reaching down and touch- John Fuiten was a faithful teach- Source Of ity, nor morality without faith.” ing mankind through His Son. When er of the Bible. He was always on In the 40 years since 1970, sec- the honor choir broke into a rous- call. He was available to pray with America’s ular humanism has assaulted the ing rendition of Handel’s Halleluiah families in times of sickness and fabric of this faith. The American chorus, we were moved along with trial. And he was never too busy to Greatness Civil Liberties Union and various all assembled. The audience ended share a moment with a young boy associations of atheists and Marxist the night on their feet. just learning about Jesus. “America is great because she leaning intellectuals have attempted Besides singing wonderful While mega churches often is good.” Those famous words by to disconnect America from God. Christmas songs in December, every command the headlines, it is small Alexis de Tocqueville still hold true They have failed. year we take time to reflect on the churches, meeting in simple build- as they did when he spoke them Last night we attended our past year and set goals for the future. ings, sometimes in schools, or even centuries ago. In the holiday season, daughter’s public school choir con- As a family, one of our traditions is gathering in people’s homes, which we see repeated demonstrations of cert, and despite a blizzard of litiga- to gather every New Year’s Day for nurture the faith that makes America this goodness. De Tocqueville also tion, unsettling judges’ edicts, and a Chinese dinner. Over steaming an exceptional nation. It is the thou- noted, “The Americans combine the bad public policy, Christmas still hot plates of Kung Pao Chicken and sands of John Fuitens stretched from notions of religion and liberty so reigned supreme. Moo Goo Gai Pan, we go around Florida to Alaska and their multitude intimately in their minds, that it is The public school choir did sing the table and ask each person to of simple sacrifices and good deeds impossible to make them conceive about the Grinch, but they also sang share what was special about the that keep our collective faith alive. past year. This year our reflections So in this era of tough economic started early, prompted by Floyd times and rampant unemployment, learning of the passing of a very we sense a spiritual renewal. Maybe special man in his life. it requires tough times for people John Fuiten was pastor of a small to refocus on the humanity of our church in Aloha, Oregon during the neighbors and the warmth of spiri- 1970’s. It was during that decade tual renewal that can only come that Floyd cemented his Christian from a rededication to the religious beliefs and was baptized. Much of principles that built America.

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