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- Judge Maria Gall rules that Joe Lombardo’s private emails not subject to disclosure. [RJ; TNI]
- Lombardo juggles job and campaign, something we have discussed on the blog previously in regard to judges. [Nevada Current]
- Las Vegas named 4th rudest city in the U.S. [News3LV]
This town used to be so friendly. But, in all honestly, I am ready to bounce and working on my exit plan. And I was born and raised here.
The town will never be the same. After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. Today it looks like Disneyland.
Hahaha awesome dinero
Boston and DC are a million times ruder than Vegas so that poll has no legitimacy. Vegas people aren't that rude (except when driving). There are a lot of people who moved here to be left alone, but I don't have an issue with that and I don't think that really makes them "rude".
I don't know. It pegged Philly as the rudest so it can't be that far off.
I spent a lot of time in my youth in Houston TX and have lived in Vegas for around 10 years. Vegas is ruder than Houston but how is it that Houston is less than half a percent less rude than Los Angeles? Granted, I've only been to the tourist areas in L.A. so my experience may not be reflective of someone who lives there, but still.
Ready to move back to Oklahoma. Loved my years there.
Never even heard of the website that News 3 scraped the results from. Sounds like a load of crap.
Polls are about as trustworthy as academic studies/papers. Both based not on facts or accuracy.
I have no problem with actual polls. I also don't have any problem with academic studies or papers. But the poll has to have legitimacy and transparency. "Some people said this on a suspect website" is not newsworthy. But then, it is a station owned by a certain unnamed media conglomerate…
I don’t believe my anonymous blog recommendation will start a stampede so I’m willing to tell u this – Utah is like some kind of Eden. I already bought my retirement home there – $400,000 with 1.25 acres and beautiful – I’m up there probably 1/3 time now and love it!
Utah is beautiful, but for me most folks are a bit too into Jesus and stuff for my liking.
As a recent mover from Vegas to Utah, there's truth to what you're saying and I'm even one of them. If you grew up with mormons, you probably won't mind. If you didn't like me, it can be a annoying but not so much that you wouldn't want to live here. Especially compared to living in Las Vegas. As for the housing, it's not nearly as cheap as it once was and the state is growing like crazy, but for good reason too.
I grew up back East, never even heard of LDS until I moved out here. Nothing against it nice people and all, its just not my deal.
Its all good @1242 and 1216. We are not all trying to convert you.
@12:42 just wait until you hear about LSD!
As long as you animals stay the heck out of Denver, I'll remain happy.
I grew up in Utah and love the place. If you like to recreate in the mountains, like I do, there isn't a better place. Not being LDS in Utah, however, can really suck at times. It can be hard to make friends, date, enjoy an alcoholic beverage, etc. But my biggest problem was that it's pretty darn close to a theocracy. The church has so much wealth, owns so many media outlets, and exercises so much control over lawmakers that its almost as if the politicians lobby the church. Between 85-90 percent of the state legislature is LDS while statewide, its about 68%. While I'm sure their respective devotion falls on various parts of the spectrum, it's still problematic. And on the federal level, they've split SLC four ways so it's nearly impossible for a single democrat to get elected. One congressional district includes Kanab and Salt Lake, while the newest map goes so far as to even split Park City into different districts. Bunch of crap.
Colorado has the 10th most LDS members in the country. Nevada is 7th, for comparison.
Wait! You mean that politicians gerrymander to solidify their power? Perish the thought!
If Colorado has the 10th most LDS, then why is it to the left of Lenin?
@4:09 Lenin was extremely based, look up history of Soviet before saying someone is a "leftist" due to your irrational fear of socialism you developed from brainwashing of Western media lies.
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It isn't. Denver is. There are no Blue States. Only Blue cities in Red States.
7:35 – good point. If it wasn't for the majority of people in Blue States living in cities and voting for dems then all states would be Red States.
Random question for everyone–does anyone also follow abovethelaw.com? I used to for many years as it's a good source of intel and legal news from around the country. But I've gotten so tired of how one-sided the commentary is that it's just too tiresome now. It's always about how ridiculous and dumb conservatives are both politically and legally. Like today there's a snippet about Jones Day being pro MAGA and how the firm doesn't care that many of the lawyers don't like the firm being that way. As if the other big firms weren't overtly liberal and supporters of democrats. I am not a MAGA supporter and mostly vote for democrats too so it's not the target complaining. I realize the response is stop reading which I mostly have. I just find it odd.
A bunch of leftist propaganda. Only news I follow is Russia Today & Infowars.
When did using the phrase "finding something odd" replace actually saying what you mean? Seems odd to me that you wouldn't express exactly what you mean after all of that exposition and the old standby that you aren't MAGA because you have liberal friends. Just man up and speak your mind.
Excuse me while I submit my CV to Jones Day.
ATL was founded by David Lat, a former O'Scannlain clerk and federal prosecutor who's definitely conservative. He rounded out the staff with people who (to the best I could tell) were liberal or apolitical. This arrangement worked well for years when ATL could just focus on biglaw bonuses and stuff like that.
But the Trump presidency caused two major problems: it made it harder to avoid talking about politics in the law, and it caused Lat to take a couple public positions that were extremely controversial (e.g. backing a judicial nominee who had written some pretty terrible stuff in college). Lat stepped down as editor in chief and eventually left the site altogether.
ATL today is different from when I was reading it in law school. I wouldn't say better or worse, it's just different. Lat has a substack that's more like the old, biglaw obsessed ATL, if you're into that. Personally I don't think it has much relevance for practicing in Nevada, but Lat has interesting takes so I read it from time to time.
ATL lost its way when it eliminated comments. Without commenters to keep them on their toes, the writing (always problematic at the best of times) went straight down the toilet. Was the comment section toxic? Sure, much of the time (the Kash Ass lobster running gag, for example, would utterly destroy Double Kickstands guy here) But it also provided genuine feedback. Without that feedback, ATL became an awful echo chamber.
@2:20 – exactly. There were so many great meme/commenters like the Nervous T14 1L guy. I laugh just thinking about him. The comments did get a bit out of control but at this point, it seems almost all large publications have removed commenting.
I'm 12:45. In response to 12:57, I'm "actually saying what I mean" when I say that I "find it odd" because only being interested in one side of the story is going to alienate a large percentage of your audience. It's the same reason I tend to not read foxnews nor msnbc because both seem to be pretty onesided (although I do enjoy reading rt.com for some variety) I'm not sure what else I was supposed to say other than my "old standby" of commenting that I have MAGA friends but am actually not a republican and didn't vote for Trump. And speaking of "man(ing) up" you could start off by not commenting anonymously. I'm choosing not to not because I'm ashamed of being a moderate, non-republican, quasi-liberal attorney, but because I simply don't want the attention.
I do appreciate everyone else's comments explaining why/how ATL became what it now is. I must not have followed it when comments were still possible. Thanks all.
What does not commenting anonymously have to do with "manning up"? And the other poster isn't manning up because he or she posts anonymously but the same doesn't apply to you because you "simply don't want the attention." Good grief.
I too gave it up after the Comments were eliminated. Way too liberal for middle of the road me. As awful as we can be on this blog sometimes, it is good to touch base (admittedly anonymously) with our local peeps
Just got the email on probate court procedures. Friday Calendars will follow Justice Becker's rules, which for some God-forsaken reason includes mandatory in-person attendance at contested hearings and sales. You can get a Bluejeans link for clients, but attorneys can't us it. WHY THE LITERAL HELL DOES JUSTICE BECKER INSIST ON IN-PERSON HEARINGS FOR SALES/CONTESTED MATTERS??? This is not a District Court thing. This is a Justice Becker thing.
Although I've missed the sardine packed interactions of probate court @9:30am every Friday after Covid hit, I didn't actually want them back. Had they not unwound the Sean Tanko appointment, we may still be enjoying probate sales and contested hearings in shorts. I had some real estate brokers complain that they didn't like the overbid notice requirements, but whatever.
Stop being a lazy turd sandwich, put on a suit, sack up, and go to court.
I prefer being able to work until my case is called, rather than pointlessly sitting in the gallery waiting for the fifteenth auction to finish while the marshal yells at a silent room to be quiet.
While I am loving BlueJeans, yeah probate sales should be conducted in person because trying to track overbidding via video is virtually impossible.
I disagree with the result but that's a pretty reasoned decision from Judge Gall. That's good