Thursday, March 13, 2008

Thurs Roundup

Up in Reno, crusading "tax the casinos" attorney Kermitt Waters has filed suit in federal court in an attempt to get his casino tax petition on the 2008 Nevada ballot (Review-Journal)
Murder for hire requested by the victim due to his fatal illness? Was the victim even sick? Yes, says killer; No says family. (Review-Journal)

The Henderson police are at it again. This time, a federal agent is the one filing a lawsuit against the city's police, alleging they beat him in 2007. (Review-Journal)

Meanwhile, reports try to explain the psychology of how all the doctors and nurses at Endoscopy Center could stay silent and not report that needles were being reused. (Las Vegas Sun) And, Dr. Desai's public statement has gone out, in which he explains that he shares the community's sorrow, but that all charges against him are unfounded and he looks forward to receiving due process. (PR Newswire)

And in Lake Tahoe news, a federal lawsuit has been filed, challenging the punch card requirement for beach access as being violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution (Nevada Appeal)

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