Las Vegas faces legal review over SB 601 and election rights
The Legal Committee will seek an opinion on SB 601 amid a challenge by former City Commissioner George Franklin claiming 4500 Clark County residents, mostly Black, would be disenfranchised from city commissioner elections. The dispute draws in the attorney general, possible court action, and political tension as mayoral and city attorney roles face scrutiny.
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George Franklin
Franklin
William Briare
George
Clark County
Las Vegas
Ron Lurie
Lurie
UNLV interns experience police work through eight week program
UNLV students completed the first summer internship in Clark County funded by a 4680 dollar LEAA grant. Participants worked eight weeks in Metro Police Department Judge Goldman’s office and North Las Vegas Police Department gaining hands on exposure to patrol, identification, probation and parole.
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Steve Syzdek
University of Nevada
Las Vegas
Clark County
UNLV
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Agency
LEAA
Janet Ford
Edward Brown
Joy Mundy
William Callahan
Spring Mountain
Pat Foy
Anne Horesley
Paul S. Goldman
Syzdek
North Las Vegas
Eugene Alesevich
Ed Brown
Red Rock Theatres
Brown
Metro-Reserve
Janet
Joy
Metro
Anne Horelly
Foy
Goldman
Public Defender’s Office
District Attorney’s Office
North
Jim Rowley
Briare backs merger despite legal challenge from Franklin
Las Vegas leaders pressed ahead with the city county consolidation as ex-city father George Franklin questioned legality. Mayor Briare urged subcommittees to act promptly while Commissioner Lurie criticized the timing and warned lawsuits would not halt the merger plan. He cited intergovernmental pacts enabling rapid department mergers and urged a path forward even amid potential legal rulings.
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Ken Langbell
SUN
Las Vegas
Bill Briare
George Franklin
Henry Re elected Clark County Tax Advisory Chair
David B. Henry has been re elected chairman of the local government advisory committee to the Department of Taxation, a post held since 1965. The 11 member group advises on budget forms guidelines regulations and potential statutory amendments with LeRoy Bergstrom elected secretary from the Dafoury Armstrong and Turner firm.
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Clark County
David B. Henry
Department of Taxation
LeRoy Bergstrom
Dafoury, Armstrong and Turner, Certified Public Accountants
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