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Nevada: Las Vegas City Council

June 1, 2009 - 02:53 pm
NEWS FEED: Ralston's Flash

Why would John Ensign endorse a union lobbyist over a fiscally conservative Republican?

That's the question posed if you put a couple of last-minute mail pieces together in the race for Las Vegas City Council. Turns out Glenn Trowbridge was a union lobbyist (and partied at the police union HQ on primary night!) and that Sen. John Ensign has endorsed him. I have posted the pieces at right.

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May 15, 2009 - 11:56 am
NEWS FEED: Ralston's Flash

Goodman loves Trowbridge; union bosses out to get Anthony

Those are the claims in the latest mailers in the increasingly heated race to replace Larry Brown on the Las Vegas City Council. Mayor Oscar Goodman is lending his name to the Glenn Trowbridge campaign while Stavros Anthony is claiming union bosses inside the PPA are out to get him. See mailers at right.

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May 1, 2009 - 12:24 pm
NEWS FEED: Ralston's Flash

State Supreme Court punts in city of LV vs. Culinary case

High court says it will not intervene in case of ballot questions Las Vegas City Council refused to allow on ballot even though they qualified. Order says District Court was right venue and high court "not appropriate forum in which to resolve disputed questions of fact."

I have posted the order at right.

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There have been 36 comments posted in response to this story.

March 2, 2009 - 05:00 am
NEWS FEED: Las Vegas Sun

Scramble is on for right to word questions — if they reach ballot

As the city’s Election Day approaches, the Las Vegas City Council is gearing up the machinery to bring to the ballot two questions it doesn’t want asked and is opposing as strenuously as possible.

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February 19, 2009 - 05:00 am
NEWS FEED: Las Vegas Sun

Lonely voice against mountains of debt

The woman waited quietly for her turn to speak, head unbowed. Rochelle Abram was one of the few who spoke against the new City Hall at Wednesday’s Las Vegas City Council meeting.

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There have been 28 comments posted in response to this story.

February 11, 2009 - 03:33 pm
NEWS FEED: Las Vegas Sun

Six candidates vying for Ward 4 seat

Six candidates have filed to represent Ward 4 on the Las Vegas City Council in the most congested race among the three contested council seats.

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There have been 25 comments posted in response to this story.

January 28, 2009 - 10:00 am
NEWS FEED: Las Vegas Sun

One’s a cop, the other has police union endorsement

If being denied endorsement by the valley’s largest police union hurt Metro Capt. Stavros Anthony, the Las Vegas City Council candidate hides his wounds well.

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