“Nevada might elect a felon to the Legislature, marking a first.”
Wait until you hear about the presidential race!
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October 3, 2024 10:04 am
The City doesn’t utilize confidential settlement agreements. Did Seaman request the confidentiality agreement?
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October 3, 2024 10:19 am
For all those “community members outraged” about Katie Williams…um, y’all voted for her. She was a Fiore-esque scoundrel from day 1 and that was plain for all to see. Side note: interesting how it’s always people from a certain political faction who vote when they shouldn’t and then howl about voter fraud. Makes ya go hmmmm.
Then when caught red handed, rather than showing any contrition whatsoever or being embarrassed, they rail about being targets of political persecution, weaponizing the justice system, blah blah blah. But it turns out that seems to work for them.
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October 3, 2024 10:40 am
Important context to the felon in the legislature: the democrat (the topic of the article) went to prison for a string of drug-related offenses (including armed robbery). He touts rehabilitation from drugs and his time in prison as reforming who he is as a person. Not standing behind his record, but if that’s the point of prison–especially for lower-level offenses–seems like we have a successful case on our hands.
The republican (also discussed) is the Nephi guy who was arrested for posing as a CCW instructor after his license was revoked (forgery, fraud, and using someone else’s ID info charges came with). His CCW classes included “gun safety for white people” and “gun safety for black people” slides. The slides told black gun owners to “make sure they lick the chicken grease off their fingers” before shooting, and to “always aim for small children to ensure you actually hit another gang member.” Nephi is also very anti-Lombardo, evidenced by his twitter account & anti-Lombardo rap videos from previous elections.
There’s also another guy running mentioned at the top of the article as non-partisan (had not heard of him previously and don’t know anything about his record; we can all look for ourselves).
I’m only saying this bc I know this blog skews conservative and I don’t expect you guys to get behind Jackson, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON’T VOTE FOR NEPHI JUST BC HE’S THE REPUBLICAN. A racist psycho running to prove a point & a waste of time as far as actually getting anything done at the state level goes.
Hey if you don’t like it here, then get the hell out!!!!!! (chat did i do it right?)
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October 3, 2024 10:44 am
Off topic, but I attended Skankfest this past weekend on Fremont street. It’s a comedy festival with the best comics in the country. For one of the shows, the MC was none other than Rachel Wolfson, sister of the newly elected judge. Threw me for a loop, had no idea she was in the comedy world. Even funnier when you realize that 12 hours prior, Ari Shaffir had shit on the stage she was standing on.
I hate to ask this blog but I need to ask this Blog. I swear there was an NSC case that said a law firm cannot collect attorneys fees in a lawsuit to collect attorneys fees (put another way a law firm cannot collect attorneys fees for representing itself). I cannot find such a casebon Westlaw or Lexis. Anyone know it off of the top of their heads?
Dezzani v. Kern & Associates, 412 P.3d 56 (2018), 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 9 (“We have consistently held that attorney litigants who proceed pro se may not be awarded attorney fees because when attorneys represent themselves or their law firms, no fees are actually incurred. See Frank Settelmeyer & Sons, Inc. v. Smith & Harmer, Ltd., 124 Nev. 1206, 1220-21, 197 P.3d 1051, 1060-61 (2008) (concluding that a law firm could not recover fees for itself when an attorney within the firm represented it); Sellers v. Fourth Judicial Dist. Court, 119 Nev. 256, 259, 71 P.3d 495, 497-98 (2003) (determining that a pro se attorney litigant is entitled to attorney fees only when he or she is genuinely obligated to pay an attorney for the services that the attorney performed). However, where pro se attorney litigants incur costs associated with the action, they can collect those costs. See Sellers, 119 Nev. at 258, 71 P.3d at 497.”)
Every once in a while this blog comes through for practical stuff. Not even an issue I have, but I really appreciate seeing this kind of genuine, helpful response. All of us have questions (or did when we were new attorneys – shit I’m old and I still have questions) that we are somewhat embarrassed to ask our colleagues.
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October 3, 2024 11:43 am
Who cares if Seaman got some money from the city. If the city of Las Vegas was liable, then it should have paid her.
I cant get over the pictures of her walking into the courthouse holding a luxury purse and wearing luxury sunglasses. For a case in which she misappropriated funds for personal use. lol
There is, but there’s also something to be said about this oft repeated story arch among people who move here. It’s the basis of the movie Casino. It’s an arch that has been lived out by Steve Wynn, Dario Herrara, Harry Claiborne, etc. We could name dozens of high profile people. Here’s the arc: You come to Vegas chasing down a dream, like we all did. You have success, sometimes meteoric success. That success makes one brazen, lazy and sloppy. Then, comes the downfall.
Hit return too soon. Nicky Santoro said it best: “But it should’ve been perfect. I mean, he had me, Nicky Santoro, his best friend watching his ass. And he had Ginger, the woman he loved on his arm. But in the end, we fucked it all up. It should have been so sweet, too. But it turned out to be the last time that street guys like us were ever given anything that fucking valuable again.”
It should have been perfect, Michele. But in the end, you fucked it all up.
One thing Nicky got wrong. It wasn’t the last time. There will be another Michele Fiore again. Somewhere today, there is an ambitious soul with no scruples barreling down I-15 in a U-Haul towards Las Vegas. He/She is going to rise and then fall, and we will all watch the story play out again.
You can’t really rule out the possibility that this isn’t the last time for THIS Michele Fiore. I mean, look at Michael McDonald; he’s harder to kill than a cockroach.
She got herself elected to the Legislature, the judiciary and Las Vegas City Council. She was a firebrand and leader of the far right in Nevada. I get that you may not respect her as a person, fine. But you think that isn’t a feat? Really?
It says zero about their integrity. We’re talking about two different things: (1) character of a person; (2) ability to get elected. It takes no character to get elected, but it does take skill. It’s not easy to get elected. And Fiore was tenacious, she was always able to find a new post. Very few people are capable of that.
FRIST!
FISTR!
I’m #2.
Then answer this question:
Who does Number 2 work for?
Transparency: just making a poop joke.
Austin powers
“Nevada might elect a felon to the Legislature, marking a first.”
Wait until you hear about the presidential race!
The City doesn’t utilize confidential settlement agreements. Did Seaman request the confidentiality agreement?
For all those “community members outraged” about Katie Williams…um, y’all voted for her. She was a Fiore-esque scoundrel from day 1 and that was plain for all to see. Side note: interesting how it’s always people from a certain political faction who vote when they shouldn’t and then howl about voter fraud. Makes ya go hmmmm.
Then when caught red handed, rather than showing any contrition whatsoever or being embarrassed, they rail about being targets of political persecution, weaponizing the justice system, blah blah blah. But it turns out that seems to work for them.
Important context to the felon in the legislature: the democrat (the topic of the article) went to prison for a string of drug-related offenses (including armed robbery). He touts rehabilitation from drugs and his time in prison as reforming who he is as a person. Not standing behind his record, but if that’s the point of prison–especially for lower-level offenses–seems like we have a successful case on our hands.
The republican (also discussed) is the Nephi guy who was arrested for posing as a CCW instructor after his license was revoked (forgery, fraud, and using someone else’s ID info charges came with). His CCW classes included “gun safety for white people” and “gun safety for black people” slides. The slides told black gun owners to “make sure they lick the chicken grease off their fingers” before shooting, and to “always aim for small children to ensure you actually hit another gang member.” Nephi is also very anti-Lombardo, evidenced by his twitter account & anti-Lombardo rap videos from previous elections.
There’s also another guy running mentioned at the top of the article as non-partisan (had not heard of him previously and don’t know anything about his record; we can all look for ourselves).
I’m only saying this bc I know this blog skews conservative and I don’t expect you guys to get behind Jackson, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON’T VOTE FOR NEPHI JUST BC HE’S THE REPUBLICAN. A racist psycho running to prove a point & a waste of time as far as actually getting anything done at the state level goes.
Party time in Assembly District 6
Imagine naming your kid Nephi and then he ends up becoming MAGA Lemuel.
It’s all very Vegas.
If armed robbery is now deemed a low level offense in Las Vegas, I may need to move out of town.
Hey if you don’t like it here, then get the hell out!!!!!! (chat did i do it right?)
Off topic, but I attended Skankfest this past weekend on Fremont street. It’s a comedy festival with the best comics in the country. For one of the shows, the MC was none other than Rachel Wolfson, sister of the newly elected judge. Threw me for a loop, had no idea she was in the comedy world. Even funnier when you realize that 12 hours prior, Ari Shaffir had shit on the stage she was standing on.
She was in the last Jackass movie.
I hate to ask this blog but I need to ask this Blog. I swear there was an NSC case that said a law firm cannot collect attorneys fees in a lawsuit to collect attorneys fees (put another way a law firm cannot collect attorneys fees for representing itself). I cannot find such a casebon Westlaw or Lexis. Anyone know it off of the top of their heads?
Dezzani v. Kern & Associates, 412 P.3d 56 (2018), 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 9 (“We have consistently held that attorney litigants who proceed pro se may not be awarded attorney fees because when attorneys represent themselves or their law firms, no fees are actually incurred. See Frank Settelmeyer & Sons, Inc. v. Smith & Harmer, Ltd., 124 Nev. 1206, 1220-21, 197 P.3d 1051, 1060-61 (2008) (concluding that a law firm could not recover fees for itself when an attorney within the firm represented it); Sellers v. Fourth Judicial Dist. Court, 119 Nev. 256, 259, 71 P.3d 495, 497-98 (2003) (determining that a pro se attorney litigant is entitled to attorney fees only when he or she is genuinely obligated to pay an attorney for the services that the attorney performed). However, where pro se attorney litigants incur costs associated with the action, they can collect those costs. See Sellers, 119 Nev. at 258, 71 P.3d at 497.”)
I am barred in multiple states. The no attorney fee for a self represented attorney is the same in all of these jurisdictions.
Genuinely thank you
Every once in a while this blog comes through for practical stuff. Not even an issue I have, but I really appreciate seeing this kind of genuine, helpful response. All of us have questions (or did when we were new attorneys – shit I’m old and I still have questions) that we are somewhat embarrassed to ask our colleagues.
Who cares if Seaman got some money from the city. If the city of Las Vegas was liable, then it should have paid her.
Didn’t Seaman and Fiore take free trips to China together to ‘bring extra business to LV?’
Assembly District 6 sounds like a fun place to be.
I’m not a participant in the “brown arts” but let’s hear from the poster about the New York fetish rooms again.
*yet
Please no.
Reported for IIED
Well played sir.
Fiore verdict in…
Guilty. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/jury-weighs-federal-wire-fraud-charges-in-michele-fiore-trial-3182415/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=homepage&utm_term=Jury%20finds%20Michele%20Fiore%20guilty%20on%20federal%20wire%20fraud%20charges
Sentencing in January 2025, any predictions??
Yeah. President Trump will pardon her.
I don’t think he will.
>Six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment.
I’ll guess 6 years.
I cant get over the pictures of her walking into the courthouse holding a luxury purse and wearing luxury sunglasses. For a case in which she misappropriated funds for personal use. lol
Let’s face it: Michele Fiore is the human embodiment of Las Vegas. Moral flexibility is a requirement if you’re going to live here.
There’s a big gap between “moral flexibility” and “stealing funds for a police memorial for your own personal benefit”
There is, but there’s also something to be said about this oft repeated story arch among people who move here. It’s the basis of the movie Casino. It’s an arch that has been lived out by Steve Wynn, Dario Herrara, Harry Claiborne, etc. We could name dozens of high profile people. Here’s the arc: You come to Vegas chasing down a dream, like we all did. You have success, sometimes meteoric success. That success makes one brazen, lazy and sloppy. Then, comes the downfall.
Tale as old as time. True as it can be.
Hit return too soon. Nicky Santoro said it best: “But it should’ve been perfect. I mean, he had me, Nicky Santoro, his best friend watching his ass. And he had Ginger, the woman he loved on his arm. But in the end, we fucked it all up. It should have been so sweet, too. But it turned out to be the last time that street guys like us were ever given anything that fucking valuable again.”
It should have been perfect, Michele. But in the end, you fucked it all up.
One thing Nicky got wrong. It wasn’t the last time. There will be another Michele Fiore again. Somewhere today, there is an ambitious soul with no scruples barreling down I-15 in a U-Haul towards Las Vegas. He/She is going to rise and then fall, and we will all watch the story play out again.
You can’t really rule out the possibility that this isn’t the last time for THIS Michele Fiore. I mean, look at Michael McDonald; he’s harder to kill than a cockroach.
Michael McDonald is more careful and disciplined than Fiore.
Did Fiore have any real success? Being elected to public office in Las Vegas is not difficult.
She got herself elected to the Legislature, the judiciary and Las Vegas City Council. She was a firebrand and leader of the far right in Nevada. I get that you may not respect her as a person, fine. But you think that isn’t a feat? Really?
It says zero about their integrity. We’re talking about two different things: (1) character of a person; (2) ability to get elected. It takes no character to get elected, but it does take skill. It’s not easy to get elected. And Fiore was tenacious, she was always able to find a new post. Very few people are capable of that.
Harry Claiborne made a brazen and sloppy mistake? You should read up more on the Harry Claiborne case.
I feel terrible for enjoying your comment.
Although less obvious, she also walked into the courthouse wearing the plastic surgery she paid for with the misappropriated funds.
That was harder to take off than the sunglasses and the purse.
36-48ish months. Yes there are multiple counts but the loss is (only) $70,000.
I will take the under on that.
A Year and a Day
But it was public funds – I think you’re close with 48 months.
No they were private funds.
Hahaha I guess the trash does take itself out once in a while
And yet she continues to be paid by the axpayers for her service as the Nye County Justice of the Peace.
Not for long.
How about the daughter claiming she cashed checks because she was using cash to…what was it, buy food for starving orphans?
Her quote in the RJ is that “we’re still in the ‘thick’ of things.”