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Tradition trumps Cadish

Perhaps the saddest aspect of Clark County District Court Judge Elissa Cadish’s failed nomination to the  federal bench is that nothing has changed.

Appeals court backers move for reconsideration

The proponents of an appellate court in Nevada will surely face one criticism above all others if the plan makes the 2014 ballot: Didn’t the voters just say no to this idea?

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Wynn backs tip pool

Casino magnate Steve Wynn called me Friday to lodge his objections to my column on the tip-pooling policy he implemented at his eponymous hotel in 2006.

Lawmakers never tire of trying to save us from ourselves

There’s a classic scene in the gone-too-soon HBO series “Deadwood,” when an exhausted Wild Bill Hickok tries to dissuade his good friend from helping to find a job for the increasingly restless gunfighter. “Can you let me go to hell the way I want to?” Hickock pleads.

Money pipeline

The real question about former Clark County Commissioner Chip Maxfield’s recently ended job at the defunct Clean Water Coalition is not why he was paid a salary or consulting fees for years after the agency lost its reason to exist.

What’s the plan to move stalled judge nomination?

It was clear earlier this year that something was up when U.S. Sen. Harry Reid again nominated District Judge Elissa Cadish for the federal bench.

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