Trump calls off high-level Nevada court rejects John McCain, war hero North Korea visit defamation claim brought and giant of the Senate, by Pompeo against AP by Casino Mogul dies at 81 PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 10 Volume 20, Issue 27 August 29-September 4, 2018 lasvegastribune.com Trump announces agreement with Mexico on NAFTA overhaul By Jordan Fabian told reporters in the Oval Office, The president said he plans to and Vicki Needham who were summoned to watch “terminate” the existing NAFTA The Hill Trump speak by phone with out- agreement and move forward President Trump said Monday going Mexican President Enrique with the new emerging deal with the U.S. has reached an agreement Peña Nieto. Mexico. with Mexico amid contentious talks Trump cast doubt on whether If Canada is excluded, it would on revamping the North American Canada would be party to a new mark a major shift in U.S. trade Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). trade agreement, ramping up pres- policy, which has been guided by Trump declared the name sure on the country to agree to new NAFTA for the past quarter-cen- “NAFTA” would be scrapped terms to remain a part of the pact. tury. for an updated North American “We will see whether or not we Trump would need Congress agreement, saying it has “bad con- decide to put up Canada or just do to approve the break-up of the notations.” a separate deal with Canada, if they three-nation agreement, a move “It’s a big day for trade. It’s a big want to make the deal,” Trump said, that most on Capitol Hill would day for our country,” the president adding that the two nations would likely oppose. begin talking “relatively soon.” (See Mexico Trade Deal, Page 4) My Point of View National company donated By Rolando Larraz Most of my life I have been a to abused Las Vegas family very reserved and private person. I remember in the old days the Sands By Rolando Larraz behavior, tragedy, and bad news all hotel was my favorite restaurant, Las Vegas Tribune around; for years citizens that have and while others liked to sit at After reading two stories that had the misfortune of dealing with the front table in the restaurant so appeared in the Las Vegas Tribune the Clark County Public Guardian everyone who walked in could see on the abuse of Clark County Public have a sour taste in their mouths and them, I liked to sit at the back table Guardian and St. Rose De Lima ugly memories of their encounter. so no one noticed me. Dominican Hospital against a father In an August 14 court appear- For a very long time I was shy and his son who are hospitalized in ance Judge Porter removed, tem- to pictures. My picture never ap- a Henderson medical institution, porarily, Steve Sakac as his son’s peared anywhere, not even in any several people have called offering guardian, but made it very clear to of the publications that I published; their assistance. both the St. Rose De Lima Domin- if by any chance I showed up in In Clark County the name of ican Hospital’s attorney, and Clark any photograph, my friend Donald Clark County Public Guardian is County Public Guardian, who had Snook, who, for the last forty years synonymous with abuse, illegal (See Steve Sakac, Page 3) has been our production director, made sure that I didn’t show in the picture; he knew that I was allergic Stop wasting our taxpayer to photographs. Unfortunately, nowadays — with all the new electronic gadgets like Youtube, social media and money on secret UFO studies more — even my radio show By Thomas Mitchell Advanced Aerospace Threat Iden- of Alaska and Daniel Inouye of shows my face, and I got adapted As they say on “The X-Files,” tification Program (AATIP), appar- Hawaii knew about the funding to to the new style, but I still enjoy the truth is out there. ently the linguistic avatar for UFO begin with. So how do we know my privacy. Apparently it is still out there, studies. it ended? But even with my secluded because no one has revealed it. According to the Times, money “This was so-called black mon- physicality, my name seems to be Maybe that is because it is clas- was spent by Bigelow’s company, ey,” Reid was quoted as saying. a magnet for people to speak about sified. Yeah, that’s the ticket. It’s Bigelow Aerospace, to hire sub- “Stevens knows about it, Inouye me, whether with true or not so classified. contractors and solicit research, knows about it. But that was it, and true stories. In December, The New York as well as modifying buildings that’s how we wanted it.” And you In the seventies era I used to Times revealed that former Nevada in Las Vegas for the storage of thought it took a majority vote. have two telephones in my car, Sen. Harry Reid had secretly man- metal alloys and other materials Both Stevens and Inouye have but because of my urge and need aged in 2007 to direct $22 million “recovered from unidentified aerial since died. Reid retired from office for communication and to be in in taxpayer money to a secret UFO phenomena.” this past year. touch with everyone, I also had a study, with much of the money The Defense Department told The Times further noted that in telephone at my private table at going to Reid crony and contributor the Times the funding dried up in 2009 Reid wrote a letter to William Tejedor’s La Familia Restaurant Robert Bigelow of Las Vegas. 2012, but Reid told the newspaper Lynn III, a deputy defense secretary and another telephone line at my The program was called the Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid that only he and Sens. Ted Stevens (See UFO Studies, Page 6) table at Miguel and Mimi Diaz’s Latin Deli. The Latin Deli was the place States consider investigations for everyone; Hispanics and non Hispanics would go there for lunch and almost everyone used to meet there to enjoy Mimi’s Cuban Sand- into Catholic Church abuses wiches — until Miguel became By Reid Wilson but survivors of sexual abuse by rich and famous training boxers at The Hill priests say the investigation by the local gyms. Top law enforcement officials in Pennsylvania grand jury should This all came to mind the other states across the country are consid- represent only the beginning of the night when two local ladies met ering how to investigate potential process. each other and one of them men- abuse cases in the Catholic Church “Pennsylvania and the attorney tioned that she had been in Las Ve- after a bombshell report from a general there had the courage to gas for many years and had owned a Pennsylvania grand jury found take on a very powerful institution,” grocery store and a local restaurant. more than a thousand victims and said Tim Lennon, who heads the The other lady immediately hundreds of predatory priests over board of directors at the Survi- asked her new acquaintance if she the course of six decades. vors Network of those Abused by knew Rolando Larraz, to which she Only a handful of attorneys Priests. “Any time there’s been an immediately answered that she did. general have taken public steps investigation, we find similar kinds I have no idea what the Span- toward some form of investigation, (See Catholic Church, Page 9) ish population is nowadays, but I assume it’s very high in numbers, and I wonder why — with all the Hof sues the pants off three Nye Commissioners Spanish names in our city — only By Chuck Muth County commissioners — Madame my name came to that lady’s mind If Congress is a swamp, the Nye Lorinda Wichman, Mr. Butch Bo- and mouth. County Commission is a sewer. rasky and Mr. Dan Schinhofen — It reminds me of an incident Draining it won’t be enough. voted to revoke the brothel license that happened at the Latin Deli We’re gonna have to don biohazard for Assembly District 36 candidate Restaurant; one day I walked in as suits, pump it out, scrape the mold, Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch brothel. normal and my table was occupied fumigate it, and disinfect the entire Naturally, it made local, state, by others because the place was operation from top to bottom. national and international news. packed, so I sat at the counter until If only this was an exaggeration! In response, Hof immediately I could sit at my table. Grab a cup of coffee and read the filed a lawsuit accusing the Three While sitting at the counter a latest outrage… Commissars of violating his consti- middle-aged lady came in, and On August 8, 2018 — without tutional rights and asking a judge to (See My Point of View, Page 2) notice or warning — three Nye (See Hof Lawsuit, Page 7) Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / August 29-September 4, 2018 Editorial chastises Laxalt for ignoring the will of the voters by not ignoring the will of the voters By Thomas Mitchell The editorial accused Laxalt of the checks. The insert in the Monday news- gloating and ignoring the will of the As for ignoring the will of the paper never misses a chance to people, saying he and Gov. Brian people, the measure passed with promote its progressive/liberal/ Sandoval “barely lifted a finger in only 50.45 percent of the vote, fail- gun-grabbing agenda and to lash trying to implement it.” ing in every county except Clark.