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Telephone services are provided by Cox Nevada Telcom, LLC. ©2011 CoxCom, Inc., d/b/a Cox Communications Las Vegas, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 March 2011 www.NevadaBusiness.com Re: Reinvent Gaming From: Slot Machines To: Gaming Management High rolling can often get your head spinning. But it doesn’t always have to be a gamble – especially when you’re playing with Konami Gaming. More than just a manufacturer of gaming hardware and software, the company that is “Born from fun,TM” delivers huge payouts of innovation and turns risky business into an investment jackpot. Together with their legal team, Lewis and Roca, Konami is poised to stay on top of its game and the global gaming industry. LAS VEGAS RENO PHOENIX TUCSON ALBUQUERQUE SILICON VALLEy LRLAW.COM 2 March 2011 Commentary Volume 26 • No. 9 Integrity in Government A division of Business Link, LLC An Endangered Species Publisher Merriam-Webster’s defines integrity as “a firm adherence to a code of moral values Lyle E. Brennan • [email protected] (incorruptibility).” Words related to integrity are: character, decency, goodness, honesty, Publisher / CEO morality, righteousness, uprightness, and virtue. Opposites include evildoing, immoral- Connie Brennan • [email protected] ity, sin, villainy, and wickedness. Whether you are Liberal or Conservative, I would like Managing Editor to f ask you i you feel our government representatives have integrity. Before you answer Tarah Figueroa • [email protected] this question, let’s reiterate the meaning of the word: character, decency, goodness, hon- esty, morality… stop! I don’t know about you, but I don’t see many of our representatives Art Director Chris Tucker • [email protected] exercising these qualities. I guess I’m trying to break this integrity thing down. Maybe a few more questions can Administrative Assistant Renee Bennett • [email protected] gets u there. What is honesty? Is honesty stealing?... of course not… or is it? Is stealing taking something from someone that you say you will pay them for, but then don’t pay Research / Ranking Nevada them?...f o course not… or is it? I think you get the gist. So, again, I ask, do you feel our [email protected] government representatives have integrity? Web Editor / Circulation The recent debate about raising the debt ceiling showed that most Senators and Con- Aleina Richardson • [email protected] gressmen were willing to postpone any hard decisions till after the next election, without Online Marketing Director considering the harm they were doing in the long run. Earmarks are another sign of a Harry Benson • [email protected] lackf o integrity. The current system seems to be, “I’ll vote for your bridge-to-nowhere Contributing Writers if you’ll vote for mine.” The result is a mountain of debt that our children and grandchil- Doresa Banning • Sallie Doebler dren will have to deal with. How about robbing the Social Security trust fund to pay for Kathleen Foley • John Ramous • Howard Riell Adam Stryker • Rob Wigton current expenditures? That sends the morality meter way beyond “lack of integrity” and straight to the “sin and villainy” end of the spectrum. Advertising / Sales Miriam Avila • [email protected] Speaking of sin, it seems like every week we see another example of politicians caught Joy Crossman • [email protected] with their pants down (sometimes literally), and they seem to have no shame about their be- havior, whether it’s cheating on their spouse, accepting bribes or chasing after young interns. Subscriptions [email protected] “Campaign reform” has become an oxymoron, with special interest groups and po- litical action committees using campaign donations to exercise more influence over law- Reprints For more info call (800) 259-0470 making than ordinary citizens. U.S. history is filled with examples of leaders with integrity, who did the right thing Northern Nevada Advisory Board Chuck Alvey • EDAWN even though it was difficult: Harry Truman making the call to drop the A-bomb, Kennedy Krys T. Bart • Reno Tahoe Airport Authority standingpo u t the Russians in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Reagan telling Gorbachev to tear Tom Clark • Holland & Hart, LLP down the Berlin Wall. Where are these leaders today? Our current president is willing Valerie Glenn • The Glenn Group to turn his back on one of our most faithful allies, Israel, in order to appease Muslim Rob Hooper • Northern Nevada Development Authority Rick Gray • Fallon Convention and Tourism Authority countries. He was photographed hugging Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, and opened Patty Wade • Wade Consulting the White House to William Ayers, whose Weather Underground organization bombed Corporate Office federal buildings. 375 N. 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