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Jane Ann Morrison

Working for comic had a few laughs

It’s not like it’s a dirty little secret, but Robin Skone-Palmer seldom brings up that she was a personal secretary for comedian Phyllis Diller and knows the ups and downs of working for a celebrity.

Cynicism gets in way of praising politicians for good judgment

Not to be too cynical, but how many of you think the rush to stop furloughs of air traffic controllers is tied to the fact that flight delays delay members of Congress and their contributors?

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Opportunity to move Judicial Discipline Commission has passed

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline will be looking for a new general counsel and executive director when David Sarnowski retires June 30, and the pay is a not-to-be-sneered-at $137,145, plus state benefits.

Assembly member sees his bills die

Self-serving bills in the Nevada Legislature are not exactly a rarity. But usually they are introduced by legislators without any admission that the bills are for them or someone they love.

Sometimes minority controls the power

The infighting among Clark County commissioners erupted again Tuesday over the county hospital, which is predicted to have an $87 million loss in 2014, a $20 million drop from 2012 and yet another sign the hospital is hemorrhaging.

HPN jury knew what they were doing

Remember the Ford Pinto scandal in the 1970s, when people died because Ford executives knew the car’s fuel tank was deadly, yet after a cost-benefit analysis decided it was cheaper to pay out settlements than to fix the millions of Pintos on the road?

Cars not registered? Tattle to Fair Share

Of all the things you would think would drive people wild, someone else’s failure to register his or her car in Nevada seems like it would fall low on the list of major irritations.

Gas tax fuels speculation about Brooks’ Assembly successor

Whoever is chosen Tuesday to inherit Steven Brooks’ Assembly District 17 seat is going to be a loyal Democrat, willing to be “guided” by Democratic Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick. That’s a given.

Vacant property registry paying dividends around valley

The city of Las Vegas, the epicenter for squatters, was the first to pass a bill making lenders responsible for vacant homes in limbo because the foreclosure process hasn’t been finalized.

Squatters, police vex rental owner

It took more than six weeks for Leon McKittrick to get six squatters out of a rental home he owns in Las Vegas.

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