Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Nevada Political Principles and Purity?

Candidate for US Silver Senator 2012 Note:
We Nevada voters need to clean shop~

Latest state news for Nevada


Feb 27, 2012

Corruption news for Nevada, from the Las Vegas Sun:
The seven lawmakers originally sought to keep those expenditures secret, following the advice of their lawyer, who said they didn’t have to report expenses that were not directly related to campaign efforts. Secretary of State Ross Miller disagreed, saying a failure to disclose any expenditure from a campaign fund is likely a violation of the state’s campaign finance laws.
After the Sun reported the secret expenses, the Democrats then reversed course and filed new expense reports, detailing nearly $45,000 in campaign fund spending on a slew of living expenses during the legislative session in Carson City. These included rent, electronics, house cleaning and supplies, groceries, lunches and dinners at Carson City restaurants and even bottled water.
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Feb 17, 2012

Corruption news for Nevada, from the Reno Gazette-Journal:
Harvey Whittemore’s family and workers at his businesses across Nevada each gave $2,300 contributions to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on a single day in 2007 — for a grand one-day total of $117,300, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal analysis of campaign finance records.
FBI agents issued subpoenas last week to an undisclosed list of Whittemore associates as part of a statewide investigation into his campaign-contribution activities.Funneling funds through employees could lead to felony charges that sometimes carry sizable prison sentences, according to campaign finance experts.
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Feb 13, 2012

Corruption news for Nevada, from the Las Vegas Sun:
When the time came to pay for some of the expenses for Gov. Brian Sandoval’s (pictured, right) inaugural gala in Las Vegas, the inaugural committee made a $400,000 payment to its consultant’s American Express card.
The $400,000 credit card payment — covering over a third of the total cost of the events — stands out, even though using credit cards for political expenses is common in Nevada. It also highlights how state law allows campaigns and political action committees to spend their funds without itemizing how the money is used.
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Jan 19, 2012

Corruption news for Nevada, from the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Some of Nevada's leading politicians accepted thousands of dollars' worth of gifts in 2011, including tickets, clothing and travel accommodations, according to financial disclosure statements filed with the secretary of state.
Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto took $850 in tickets to the Latin Grammy Awards, $2,265 in tickets to the Anderson Silva-Vito Belfort Ultimate Fighting Championship and $600 in tickets to a NASCAR race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. She also took thousands of dollars in travel and hotel rooms from various organizations to attend attorney general-related conferences around the country.
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Jan 12, 2012

Corruption news for Nevada, from the Las Vegas Sun:
The Nevada Policy Research Institute filed a brief Monday asking the court to deny state Sen. Mo Denis’ (pictured, right) motion to dismiss the case because he quit his job as computer technician at the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. NPRI argued that the court should still rule on the case because of its “widespread importance” and “substantial public interest.”
Conservatives have maintained that public employees serving in the Legislature presents an inherent conflict of interest; school teachers and local government employees would have an inherent bias on issues like taxes and union bargaining rules, because of their day jobs.
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Dec 19, 2011

Corruption news for Nevada, from the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Former Gov. Jim Gibbons must give a description of the contents of each of the 98 email messages he refused to give the Reno Gazette-Journal in 2008.In a 7-0 decision, the Nevada Supreme Court stopped short of saying that governors' email messages are public records, but ruled that governors must give specific reasons when they refuse to make such messages publicly available.
The justices ruled that the newspaper must be given a log containing a "general factual description" of the messages that Gibbons (pictured, right) refused to hand over, with "a specific explanation for nondisclosure" by the former governor.
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Mar 19, 2012

State integrity news for Ohio, from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
The arrest of a state lawmaker last week on corruption charges provided fodder for a new national study released today that says state governments, including Ohio, are ripe for corruption. It says states do a poor job of delivering transparency and accountability to their citizenry.
The administration of Gov. John Kasich decried the findings. Rob Nichols, a spokesman for Kasich, said he called the Center for Public Integrity, one of the groups that undertook the study, to get its list of contributors, but his request was denied.
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@nolesfan2011 tweeted link to this page. 1 month ago
Looking forward to final results -- preliminary indications here are NV is quite the mixed bag: http://t.co/kV3xknkW #greatrottenborough
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@RalstonFlash tweeted link to this page. 1 month ago
Looking forward to final results -- preliminary indications here are NV is quite the mixed bag: http://t.co/kV3xknkW #greatrottenborough
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arnold breuer commented 1 month ago · Flag
where is the “follow up” ?
State Integrity Investigation commented 5 months ago · Flag
Thank you for telling us about your investigation, Duke. I’m going to pass your info on to our reporter in NV and to our internal team as well. You will be receiving a follow-up soon.
arnold breuer commented 5 months ago · Flag
Am shocked that 46 Nevada officials were convicted of corruption – would guess that 4600 would be more accurate…. possibly due to ennui.
I have attempted to locate $21,000,000.00 (as in million) missing from an audit of a water utility in Feb. With potentially additional amounts due to payments to “un-known vendors”. Have been stone-walled by ALL local media(13), Sen Reid, Gov Sandoval, Dist Attn Rogers, the State and Federal Attorney Generals. ALSO found that, on Nov of ’08, $21,000,000.00 (yes, million) was given to “…a group of scientists …for a warm water study…” Would and could not make this up. If it was a movie, it would not be believed as non fiction.
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