Las Vegas Sun

November 20, 2008

Judging Mosley

Judge Donald Mosley says his 16-year-old son Michael will not run from whatever responsibility he may have in a crash that killed 15-year-old Olivia Hyten. But Judge Mosley’s statements at his son’s arraignment raise the question of whether the judge is running from his responsibility for allowing his son to drive, despite a restriction allowing the teen only drive to and from school.

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Justice for All?

Anya Shapiro Duke is a survivor. She escaped her native Russia on foot during the Nazi invasion but she never thought the real fight of her life would consume what should be her golden years.

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Above the law?

TV ads for Judge Donald Mosley portray the longest-serving jurist on the bench in Nevada as a no-nonsense, tough-on-crime kind of guy. But Mosley’s critics contend the judge sometimes behaves as if he’s above the law.

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Sarah spends

O.K. Technically it was the Republican National Committee that did the big spending at Saks and Neimans, but Sarah Palin could have said no.

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High Court Debate

It only took me a few election cycles producing Face to Face to realize that many political candidates are woefully unprepared for the office to which they aspire. Even worse, ...

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Feds, D.A. rebuffed HOA members

The woman who brought her suspicions about collusion on her homeowners association board to the attention of the FBI says she didn’t get far. Wanda Murray tells Jon on tonight’s program that the feds deemed the issue a civil matter and had no interest. Ditto for the District Attorney, where Murray says she and her neighbors failed to get past the secretary.

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Ready to Rumble -

My long absence from this space can be attributed to the most Herculean of tasks - coordinating the schedules of candidates we’d like to see debate on Face to Face. And now, the fruits of my labor:

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No apologies

Governor Jim Gibbons says he has an apology coming, now that a two-member panel of the Ethics Commission found no evidence to compel a full hearing into charges Gibbons used his office to gain a tax break. At a news conference following the hearing, Gibbons said it’s the obligation of we scoundrels in the media to tell how what he called the Democratic party’s politically motivated complaint fell flat. But as former Elko assessor Joe Aguirre confirms tonight on Face to Face, the person who outed Gibbons’ tax break to the media was a Republican County Commissioner in Elko named Sheri Eklund-Brown. Gibbons seemed genuinely surprised when I asked him at the news conference about the treason within his party. My efforts to reach Eklund-Brown for an interview fell as flat as the Democrat’s complaint.

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Palin’s Priority: Parenting or Politics?

Barack Obama may have declared candidates’ personal lives (especially concerning their children) off limits, but the media didn’t get the memo.

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Conscientious Objectors

It’s tough to take issue with a doctor who is morally opposed to abortion refusing to perform the procedure, especially in a metropolitan area where options abound. But what about ...

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Face To Face: Final Take

Dying to know who refused to sit in the hot seat? Can't sleep without knowing which government types refuse to be held accountable? Go behind the scenes of Face to Face with Dana Gentry, the show's executive producer.

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