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- State pays inmates $170K to settle lawsuits over prayer times. [Nevada Current]
- How would Seaman, Berkley approach the Badlands controversy as mayor? [RJ]
- Represented by Steve Dimopoulos, passengers in Frontier plane that “crash landed” in Vegas sue. [RJ; Fox5Vegas]
- Hate crimes are up 234% in Vegas, what’s going on? [KTNV]
- Judge revokes probation for woman arrested for third time for selling drugs. [8NewsNow]
- Vegas Justice League helps Metro crack decades-old cold case. [Fox5Vegas]
- Not Vegas, but lawsuit alleges Norfolk, Virginia’s use of Flock Safety cameras make it impossible to drive anywhere without being tracked. [Ars Technica]
Shelley “Leavitt” Berkeley says she would stagger a Badlands settlement over time, but then you’ve got to add in the time value of money, making resolution more expensive. VIctoria “Leavitt” Seaman would just settle. Why isn’t BK a better option for the city? This liability is so massive, and as I understand it, can continue to grow as it isn’t completely resolved.
It may in fact be. But these are career politicians and they can NEVER say that in public, especially in the midst of an election.
Municipal bankruptcy is not lawful in Nevada.
Has it been challenged? Doesn’t Federal law preempt state law?
It has not been challenged yet. I wouldn’t be so confident that preemption would apply given that municipalities and counties are political subdivisions of the state they are exempt from some federal requirements. Also pursuant to Section 109(c) of the bankruptcy code, for a municipality to qualify for Chapter 9 they have to demonstrate that they are authorized by state law to be a debtor for the purposes of bankruptcy–which they are not in Nevada.
That’s fair. Been along time since I looked at it. Thanks!
The Bankruptcy Code requires states to expressly authorize municipal bankruptcies. 11 U.S.C. § 109(c)(2).
How is that possible? BK is a constitutionally protected right, is it not?
Nope. For example, filing fees have been found to be legal, i.e. you have no right to file Bankruptcy if you can’t pay the fee. Other types of cases, i.e. divorces, you do have a constitutional right to file and there must be a fee waiver permitted.
As massive as the liability may be, the City’s assets are massiver.
Settle the cases, City buys the land and turns it into park. Wealthy homeowners of QR Happy, city bureaucracy grows and everyone is happy.
I’m not happy with that at all. Fuck those QR NIMBYs for putting us all on the hook. Better solution: City buys the land and sells it to a developer that puts in high density condos or apartments.
Eat the Rich, right?
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No, “the Rich” in this case-QR residents-have shit the bed and ought to be made to lie in it. This is *their* fuckup, not ours (ours being everyone in LV outside of QR). Rich people outside QR have nothing to do with this.
I see it very differently. What did they do besides trying to protect their little corner of the world? Or rather, to preserve the high end golf course community that they purchased in?
Not like there is not precedent for that.
If the COLV did their bidding and carried their water, then that is the lone fault of the politicians in question. Period.
Then the politicians can balance this out by “carrying the water” of the citizens that don’t live in QR by developing it into high density housing. Democracy, and what not.
I see it very differently. What did they do besides trying to protect their little corner of the world? Or rather, to preserve the high end golf course community that they purchased in?
Not like there is not precedent for that.
If the COLV did their bidding and carried their water, then that is the lone fault of the politicians in question. Period.
I have no argument with that.
They shot their shot. Those that can afford it, can sell and move to greener pastures. I hear good things about the Lone Mountain Area.
The free market will dictate.
“I hear good things about the Lone Mountain Area.”
The refugees from QR will find like-minded NIMBYs in Lone Mountain. Together, they can clutch pearls over how other people rightfully use their own private property.
Again, no argument. Except that there were no indications that when they bought in QR 20+ years ago that the golf course would crash and get sold.
Them’s the breaks. But, I do not think that calling in chits with the pols to take up the fight is out of pocket.
They are not NIMBYs, they bought high end and wanted to keep it high end. They lost.
You will notice I am NOT blaming the Badlands purchaser. Not a bit.
They bought a councilman who F’ed the whole situation up and left the City taxpayers holding the bag.
The city and county have always carried the water of their monied interests and never that of the actual residents. Same shit, different day.
@2:42 If you had paid big dollars for a view and location, I suspect you would be crying, beating your chest and yelling “unfair”.
Unfair according to what? Not the law, apparently.
The world does not start and stop on QR residents subjective, self serving concept of “fairness”.
“If you had paid big dollars for a view and location”– did they pay the City big dollars for view and location? As a veteran of the Seven Hills and Stallion Mountain litigation, they bought nothing other than their present view and location.
There seems to be an anti-rich socialist theme running. But don’t kid yourself. If you had purchased at QR, you would be singing the blues too. Self-righteousness, in my 30+ years of experience, ebbs and flows according to whether the issue affects you or someone else.
The only socialism is all of us on the hook collectively for the dumbassery of QR residents and elected officials. Socialism? How rich. It’s a classic public costs for private interests. How the fuck is the liability for the Badlands lawsuit NOT socialism????? Maybe the QR NIMBYs should foot the bill so that it ISNT socialism.
The dumbassery is limited to the pols. Period. The QR Residents cannot be blamed for fighting and doing whatever they have to in order to maintain what they bought.
Of course they can be blamed. They asserted a property right they never had. What the hell is up with all of the QR apologists on here?
Again, I am of the opinion that they are within their rights to make efforts to protect what they have. They bought multimillion dollar homes in a golf course community and which was not geographically inundated with high capacity multifamily housing.
They shot their shot and they lost. I am not mad at them for taking that shot. However, the pols that took up the banner are definitely to blame.
The real question I would as is “what the hell is up” with all the ire and hatred for the QR residents?
Take your “eat the rich” bullshit back to whence you came.
They are within their rights to speak out on whatever issue they like, but that does not leave them blameless. As to “what they had,” that is the core problem. They *thought* they had the right to a gold course view, but had no reasonable basis in law for that belief. That they were so adamant and insistent is what makes them culpable for this mess. Do you live in QR? Why are you apologizing for these people?
I do not live there. I simply do not subscribe to your myopic view of the situation. To hold people to your so called “legal” standards is not only unrealistic, its farcical. In fact, it barely checks the boxes for Property I.
Of course, they could have hypothetically demanded that the guarantees be placed in the purchase documents.
As another veteran of the Seven Hills Golf course litigation, you should be aware that courts will from time to time uphold these reasonable expectations, unless they are specifically excluded.
Look at the SilverStone golf course litigation. This one (also in the COLV) was upheld and the golf course sits vacant and unkept after the developers BK. Why? Because he was not allowed (by the COLV or the courts) to parcel and develop the golf course into housing.
Homeowners should (if they have the ability) fight for what is best for them. Developers should as well.
However, your animus is misplaced upon these wealthy property owners who are just fighting for their on interests. Where your argument should be directed is where I have said from the get. At the POLS.
Pssssst.
Your communism is showing.
Absolutely screw the NIMBYs. Jimmerson and Eglet and your cronies can buy me a park because I paid for them to have a lawsuit.
>Virginia’s use of Flock Safety cameras make it impossible to drive anywhere without being tracked
Vegas too! Metro has cameras on the top of the tall casinos, cameras all over the strip, and there’s cameras inside and outside all the RTC busses that Metro can use to track and watch you all over the valley.
How do you suppose Metro is getting access to RTC cameras without a warrant? What are you smoking?
https://www.ktnv.com/las-vegas-police-take-crime-fighting-to-a-new-level-in-state-of-the-art-intelligence-center
From the article:
>The department has access to Regional Transportation Commission buses to monitor crime in real-time.
>Lt. Koren said despite the ability to see situations like never before, privacy remains paramount.
“For the average citizen who is not involved in any kind of time or activity and happens to get recorded at one point or another, that data never gets stored or saved beyond our normal retention period,” said Lt. Koren.
Do you think you have a reasonable expectation of privacy on public transit?
Note all of the cameras at every intersection with stop lights.
These are of course not to spy on you, but to assess traffic.
Like the NSA says, trust us.
If you fly on Spirit or Frontier you’re assuming the risk that a crash landing is going to happen.
Toss out the lawsuit!
Yes, dismiss with prejudice. Then, I would grant all souls on the plane that are not part of the lawsuit a voucher for a future flight (bags and water not included).
I love Spirit and Frontier. Sure you are flying with the Great Unwashed but you are doing so cheaply. This is what Southwest used to be and what I wish Southwest would become again
Thank you Alex, re today’s title: “What is OBC’s method of investigating grievances they instigate in the first place becoming “victim,” police, judge and jury all at once.”
Glad we have finally acknowledged this.
Vegas Justice League – Great idea, awesome job, but your website is annoying as heck.
Did I miss some announcement about how the EJDC is going to start charging attorneys to download filings from Odyssey? I’m running into a message that is telling me I need purchase the document. It says
An issue occurred when attempting to retrieve the document. If the issue continues to occur, please visit the Notifications page for more information and support options.
Pages: 0 | Price Per Page: $0.50 | Document Subtotal: $0.50
That just means that you have been logged out of Attorney Corner (usually due to time). Just log back in.
Not unless it is logging me out seconds after I logged in.
You might need to contact Tyler or the Court. I will second that “Pages: 0 | Price Per Page: $0.50 | Document Subtotal: $0.50” is what happens to me when I have let portal sit for a bit and the system has logged me out.