Saturday, February 23, 2008

Weekend Round Up (Castro, OJ, sex bias and more)

Fidel Castro chimed in this week, criticizing Vegas as a place ruled by the logic of roulette. (Vegastriping) [Fidel you forgot we're also ruled by the logic of alcohol and sex appeal. Communists are so short-sighted].

Pretial motions were filed in the OJ case [pt 2] (Bay Area 4)

Proposed NV Constitutional Amendment Proposition 13 (limiting allowable property tax raises) may be back on the ballot this year. (Review-Journal)

Female employees have filed a sex bias lawsuit against Vegas resort company Fairfield Resort alleging that male managers "formed a brotherhood of predators who bonded by terrorizing, intimidating and victimizing female employees." (Herald Tribune)

In rural Esmeralda County, the School District has relaxed its rule prohibiting high school students from speaking any language other than English [ahem . . . Spanish] on school buses (Las Vegas Sun)

The Boyd Law School at UNLV will host the Ninth Circuit appeal of former Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey on her 2006 corruption conviction (Las Vegas Sun)

Rev. Phelps and members of his Church of Hate protested the memorial service of Brianna Dennison and were escorted away from the Reno Convention Center by Reno police (Review-Journal)

Judge Weller has filed a civil complaint against everyone's favorite crazy Darren Mack. Mack shot and injured the judge during Mack's 2006 trial. The Complaint requests general, special and punitive damages totaling more than $100,000. (Review-Journal)

National Casino commentators have started discussing the low gambling taxes paid by Vegas casinos (lowest in the nation) and the Strip casino's attempt to keep any tax increase off the ballot (Online Casino Advisory)

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