DA Steve Wolfson is touting “smart-reform,” but doesn’t have any metrics to show if it is working. [Nevada Current]
Amid questions over selection process, Regents set to vote on new acting chancellor. [TNI]
The Nevada Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday about whether the teacher’s union proposed tax to fund education could be withdrawn after they were qualified and submitted to the Legislature. [TNI]
Man faces murder charge in teen’s fentanyl overdose death. [RJ]
Lance Hendron stepped up to represent the family who were cited for freeing a fox from a trap, but never got to go to court as charges were dropped. [KTNV]
The most important story today is not legal but the level of Lake Mead. This 800 pound elephant has been standing in the middle of the room for the past 50 years that I have lived in this town. It should draw a lot more concern than it is getting. We might want to go to the middle east and look at their technology for preserving water in the middle of a desert.
Take a look at the topography of the desert southwest. It should have been abundantly clear, generations ago, that putting large groups of people here was and is ill-advised. Humans are supposed to exist geographically close to water and food sources. This area has precious little water and almost no capacity to grow food. The more we try and make the earth do things it wasn't supposed to do, the more the earth gets even with us.
We use almost none of the water from lake mead in las vegas. We were nothing in 1922 when they made these agreements. And we don't even use our full tiny allotment. Las Vegas is not the problem. The problem is farming in California, Arizona, and to a lessor extent, Utah. If we stopped farming in Utah and Arizona, and found CA a new source for water, we would be just fine forever.
It's all governed by interstate compacts. Problem is those agreements assumed more water than there actually is, so AZ and CA can overdraw the limited amount of water in the system. Everyone has been slow to update the agreements to acknowledge the reality that the Colorado River is over-allocated. Meanwhile NV has been a good boy by actually decreasing its water use while growing over the past couple decades.
11:59 and 1:02 make it clear this IS a legal problem. This whole situation was created by laws and agreements decades ago that have little to no bearing on today's reality and that do not take the environmental impact into account. Either way…we should start moving back to the midwest where the environment can actually sustain life.
Vegas uses very little water from the Colorado River, yet every lazy reporter starts their reports with a sanctimonious reference to the Bellagio Fountains. If every city used Colorado River water like we do, there would not be a problem.
The problem is legal, and correspondingly, agricultural. Tremendous amounts of CR water is used for very inefficient agriculture production. Also, before anyone hates on the Bellagio Fountains, go take a look at the sprawling, lush, green lawns up in St. George. I know they are kind of starting to limit that, but it's truly a ridiculous waste of water and a slap in the face to the efforts we make here in Las Vegas. Be better, St. George.
We're meant to live only near water sources, 11:37? Interesting. What, then, is California's excuse for needing Lake Mead water? Aren't they directly next to a vast water source, being the ocean? What about the vast plains of the US, should everyone just move to the coasts? But then, what's the point if CA still doesn't self-support its water needs. Dumb comment.
@3:44 what on earth are you talking about? CA is next to salt water, not drinkable, fresh water. The "vast plains" have less people and more water than CA. Your comment is completely uninformed. Might I suggest a geography class for starters and then maybe earth science?
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June 9, 2022 5:40 pm
Refreshing to see an officeholder take a principled stand. I don't think Cegavske is personally for taxes, but she feels the SOS has certain duties.
If the CCEA wanted to pull out. It could have. It didn't, and now there are consequences to that failure to withdraw. Democrats want to allow withdrawal anytime before enaction, and Republicans don't want to pay for it afterwards.
How is that a principled stand? Cegavske is a republican and opposed to the tax hikes. She is trying to get the CCEA to make a stand that she thinks will be unpopular
Petition for new mining tax was certified and sent to the Legislature. They can vote yes, they can vote no, or they can do nothing.
They did nothing with the petition. Instead, they passed some other legislation dealing with the same subject and increasing taxes on mining. Oh, and if you think mining taxes are unpopular, I have news for you. They are quite popular, so the CCEA's stance wouldn't have hurt them.
If Cegavske, who is pretty much going to retire from politics, didn't want the Petition Tax, she'd do what everyone wants her to do and drop it. Instead, she said, "No, under the law this is what the SoS does when the legislature dicks around and doesn't pass or reject the measure." And then she did it. It has nothing to do with her personal feelings on the measure, when X doesn't happen, the SoS does Y with a petition.
11:37, I wasn't serious, I'm (11:34) just really bored at work writing an appeal that will never, ever win and I was trying to amuse myself, no offense friend, did I mention this appeal the boss assigned will never, ever, ever win
My sympathies to 12:01. When I was a baby lawyer my boss made me write a motion that literally (like for real) got me laughed out of court. It was great.
1:17 here…no, my boss was a douche and honestly expected the motion to get traction. The judge and OC were good natured about it, but rightfully laughed me out of court.
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June 9, 2022 6:28 pm
Gee. Anyone have any idea how this Fentanyl thing gets into our country? I hear it's pretty deadly. You'd think someone would want to prevent that sort of thing from happening.
The district attorney's office offered a CLE on Hope for Prisoners sometime earlier this year or last year. Only 2-3 district court judges came and only a handful of defense attorney's came (including the formed head of the SPDs office). Fumo and Hawkins saying they know nothing about it seems like fake news or willful ignorance.
I’m a DA. Fumo’s office has asked me to consider Hope for Second Chances for their clients. As to Hawkins, I don’t have personal knowledge that she knows about it, but find it incredibly hard to believe she doesn’t when the rest of her office asks for it frequently. To the extent there is a slight possibility she doesn’t know about it, that might be bc she is on the murder team. Much to her dismay, murder defendants aren’t generally offered diversion programs.
Hi there, Fumo says he has had a client participate in Project Redirect. Any idea why I can't get data on either program?
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June 9, 2022 8:23 pm
12:16-But the fact that you indicate it generated so little interest, and such paltry attendance, makes it more credible that Hawkins and Fumo know little or nothing about it.
But what those two know or don't know, or whether they are feigning ignorance, is not really the issue IMO. In my view, the issue is whether the program is effective or not–and that can be difficult to determine if no data has been maintained, and all that can be pointed to is the anecdotal evidence of a few specific success stories.
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June 9, 2022 10:48 pm
Our county is doomed based on the DA selections. I can't believe I may vote for Wolfson. Fumo would be an unmitigated disaster, not unlike San Francisco where they just recalled their DA. Vegas is going to H@$& faster than I could have ever imagined.
I went with Fumo. I don't like either. Fumo and his ACLU pals suck. Wolfson doing what Lombardo tells him to do is bullshit. The final straw for me are the Jackie Glass commercials so Fumo gets my vote.
The most important story today is not legal but the level of Lake Mead. This 800 pound elephant has been standing in the middle of the room for the past 50 years that I have lived in this town. It should draw a lot more concern than it is getting. We might want to go to the middle east and look at their technology for preserving water in the middle of a desert.
Hey! This is a LAW BLOG. Posts about Lake Mead's capacity is not related to the law and must be removed.
Waaaaaa
Take a look at the topography of the desert southwest. It should have been abundantly clear, generations ago, that putting large groups of people here was and is ill-advised. Humans are supposed to exist geographically close to water and food sources. This area has precious little water and almost no capacity to grow food. The more we try and make the earth do things it wasn't supposed to do, the more the earth gets even with us.
Word, lake mead's levels are very concerning. Finna be the Aral Sea 2.0 fr if nothing is done
We use almost none of the water from lake mead in las vegas. We were nothing in 1922 when they made these agreements. And we don't even use our full tiny allotment. Las Vegas is not the problem. The problem is farming in California, Arizona, and to a lessor extent, Utah. If we stopped farming in Utah and Arizona, and found CA a new source for water, we would be just fine forever.
Can you limit Arizona's access to it? The water source for Lake Mead runs through Arizona first, right?
It's all governed by interstate compacts. Problem is those agreements assumed more water than there actually is, so AZ and CA can overdraw the limited amount of water in the system. Everyone has been slow to update the agreements to acknowledge the reality that the Colorado River is over-allocated. Meanwhile NV has been a good boy by actually decreasing its water use while growing over the past couple decades.
11:59 and 1:02 make it clear this IS a legal problem. This whole situation was created by laws and agreements decades ago that have little to no bearing on today's reality and that do not take the environmental impact into account. Either way…we should start moving back to the midwest where the environment can actually sustain life.
Vegas uses very little water from the Colorado River, yet every lazy reporter starts their reports with a sanctimonious reference to the Bellagio Fountains. If every city used Colorado River water like we do, there would not be a problem.
The problem is legal, and correspondingly, agricultural. Tremendous amounts of CR water is used for very inefficient agriculture production. Also, before anyone hates on the Bellagio Fountains, go take a look at the sprawling, lush, green lawns up in St. George. I know they are kind of starting to limit that, but it's truly a ridiculous waste of water and a slap in the face to the efforts we make here in Las Vegas. Be better, St. George.
Aren't the Bellagio fountains supplied from a nearby well, not the city water supply?
The fountains use a fraction of water the golf course they replaced used
We're meant to live only near water sources, 11:37? Interesting. What, then, is California's excuse for needing Lake Mead water? Aren't they directly next to a vast water source, being the ocean? What about the vast plains of the US, should everyone just move to the coasts? But then, what's the point if CA still doesn't self-support its water needs. Dumb comment.
3:44 I think it’s pretty clear that the reference to living near water meant DRINKABLE water, not salt water.
#freeDesalinization
3:44 cannot be a serious comment. Yes, for centuries Native Americans used ocean water to harvest their crops. And lakes and rivers do not exist.
@3:44 what on earth are you talking about? CA is next to salt water, not drinkable, fresh water. The "vast plains" have less people and more water than CA. Your comment is completely uninformed. Might I suggest a geography class for starters and then maybe earth science?
Refreshing to see an officeholder take a principled stand. I don't think Cegavske is personally for taxes, but she feels the SOS has certain duties.
If the CCEA wanted to pull out. It could have. It didn't, and now there are consequences to that failure to withdraw. Democrats want to allow withdrawal anytime before enaction, and Republicans don't want to pay for it afterwards.
This is a LAW BLOG and officeholders have nothing to do with the law.
Waaaaaa
How is that a principled stand? Cegavske is a republican and opposed to the tax hikes. She is trying to get the CCEA to make a stand that she thinks will be unpopular
Petition for new mining tax was certified and sent to the Legislature. They can vote yes, they can vote no, or they can do nothing.
They did nothing with the petition. Instead, they passed some other legislation dealing with the same subject and increasing taxes on mining. Oh, and if you think mining taxes are unpopular, I have news for you. They are quite popular, so the CCEA's stance wouldn't have hurt them.
If Cegavske, who is pretty much going to retire from politics, didn't want the Petition Tax, she'd do what everyone wants her to do and drop it. Instead, she said, "No, under the law this is what the SoS does when the legislature dicks around and doesn't pass or reject the measure." And then she did it. It has nothing to do with her personal feelings on the measure, when X doesn't happen, the SoS does Y with a petition.
Hah Hah! You said "pull out."
This is a LAW BLOG and Hah Hah! has nothing to do with the law.
Do you ever get sick of being a petty little baby?
11:37, I wasn't serious, I'm (11:34) just really bored at work writing an appeal that will never, ever win and I was trying to amuse myself, no offense friend, did I mention this appeal the boss assigned will never, ever, ever win
My sympathies to 12:01. When I was a baby lawyer my boss made me write a motion that literally (like for real) got me laughed out of court. It was great.
#BabyLawyerLivesMatter
@1:17pm – that was just hazing.
1:17 here…no, my boss was a douche and honestly expected the motion to get traction. The judge and OC were good natured about it, but rightfully laughed me out of court.
Gee. Anyone have any idea how this Fentanyl thing gets into our country? I hear it's pretty deadly. You'd think someone would want to prevent that sort of thing from happening.
This is a LAW BLOG and Fentanyl has nothing to do with the LAW.
Baby
The water crisis was totally predictable.
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The district attorney's office offered a CLE on Hope for Prisoners sometime earlier this year or last year. Only 2-3 district court judges came and only a handful of defense attorney's came (including the formed head of the SPDs office). Fumo and Hawkins saying they know nothing about it seems like fake news or willful ignorance.
I’m a DA. Fumo’s office has asked me to consider Hope for Second Chances for their clients. As to Hawkins, I don’t have personal knowledge that she knows about it, but find it incredibly hard to believe she doesn’t when the rest of her office asks for it frequently. To the extent there is a slight possibility she doesn’t know about it, that might be bc she is on the murder team. Much to her dismay, murder defendants aren’t generally offered diversion programs.
Hi there, Fumo says he has had a client participate in Project Redirect. Any idea why I can't get data on either program?
12:16-But the fact that you indicate it generated so little interest, and such paltry attendance, makes it more credible that Hawkins and Fumo know little or nothing about it.
But what those two know or don't know, or whether they are feigning ignorance, is not really the issue IMO. In my view, the issue is whether the program is effective or not–and that can be difficult to determine if no data has been maintained, and all that can be pointed to is the anecdotal evidence of a few specific success stories.
Our county is doomed based on the DA selections. I can't believe I may vote for Wolfson. Fumo would be an unmitigated disaster, not unlike San Francisco where they just recalled their DA. Vegas is going to H@$& faster than I could have ever imagined.
It's ok, you can say "hell" on the internet
I went with Fumo. I don't like either. Fumo and his ACLU pals suck. Wolfson doing what Lombardo tells him to do is bullshit. The final straw for me are the Jackie Glass commercials so Fumo gets my vote.
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No,I am good with are. We have the anal retentive on here
Anyone see this? https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-147_g31h.pdf No restrictions on border patrol agents under Bivens.
Bivens is now on about the same legal footing as Roe.
Epps is a Fed!
One of many feds who acted as cattle herders that day.
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