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Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 at 3:29 PM
HELLO, OPERATOR: Local attorney Pat Fitzgibbons’ recent reminiscence about the state of telephone technology in Las Vegas back in the 1950s was a tale of party lines and long waits for service. The note elicited this response from longtime...
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by John L. Smith
Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Ron Oltmanns is like a lot of people I’ve heard from in the wake of recent columns on trouble inside the local towing racket.
You don’t have to be a professional investigator to smell at least half a scam in the way some companies,...
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by John L. Smith
Saturday, May. 12, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Nevada Transportation Authority Chairman Andrew MacKay says the state agency that regulates towing companies does a good job with a difficult task.
The NTA regulates not only towing companies, but household moving companies, limousines, tour buses,...
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Tuesday, May. 08, 2012 at 2:27 PM
THE LADIES: Las Vegas is known for reinventing itself on a regular basis, but it’s heartening to know that some traditions abide. The Mesquite Club is one enduring tradition.
The ladies of the Mesquite Club have helped the desert bloom for...
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by John L. Smith
Sunday, May. 06, 2012 at 3:43 PM
Good news, Nevada. It’s early, but I think we might have a hit on our hands.
As you know, the state has been struggling to find ways to promote itself during rough economic times. It’s so hard to put a happy face on a place with high...
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by John L. Smith
Thursday, May. 03, 2012 at 4:16 PM
BRAVE JAXON: The Boulevard salutes the brave young life of dedicated Little League ballplayer Jaxon Piro, who last week lost his battle against brain cancer. He was 11.
A spaghetti dinner fundraiser in his honor is set to start at 1 p.m. Saturday...
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by John L. Smith
Monday, Apr. 30, 2012 at 9:36 AM
RUSSIAN JUDGES: Legendary U.S. District Judge Lloyd George recently played the gracious host to a group of members of the Russian judiciary. The visiting judges observed the local court systems, took in a newspaper editorial board, and still made...
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by John L. Smith
Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I didn’t know so many of you cared. I also didn’t know so many of you were happy to see me leave.
News this week that John L. Smith had landed the interim football coaching job at Arkansas received a mixed reaction in the land of the...
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by John L. Smith
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012 at 9:39 PM
The longtime Las Vegas criminal defense attorney has a definite opinion of the recent suspected suicide death of lawyer David Amesbury, who was caught up in the middle of the ongoing investigation of corruption inside local homeowners...
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by John L. Smith
Thursday, Mar. 29, 2012 at 3:57 PM
Charles Heung Wah-Keung assures skeptics and law enforcement types he’s not a triad member. He’s just played one in popular Chinese movies. (His late father, Heung Chin, founded the Sun Yee On triad in 1919.)
Heung’s background is...
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by John L. Smith
Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012 at 9:06 AM
The intriguing world of Charles Heung Wah Keung is once again making news.
An investigative website has raised the specter of the influence of organized crime triad associates inside Macau casinos run by American operators licensed in Nevada.
The...
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Sunday, Mar. 25, 2012 at 1:13 PM
The Las Vegas Miracle League’s opening day ceremony Saturday didn’t make the ESPN highlight reel, but maybe it should have.
Under a gray morning sky that dared not rain on a gathering of special ballplayers down at Engelstad Family Park...
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by John L. Smith
Friday, Mar. 23, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Down at Le Book Nook on Durango Drive, owner Tina Boag is placing the finishing touches on her sparkling little store when the phone rings.
I call her with a question she sees coming from a mile away.
With giant corporate chain bookstores crashing...
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by John L. Smith
Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 at 10:08 AM
President Barack Obama is a gifted speaker, but I think he buried the lead during Wednesday’s energy speech at a solar panel power plant facility outside Boulder City.
The trip was part of his election-year tour through swing states, and it...
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by John L. Smith
Wednesday, Mar. 21, 2012 at 12:12 PM
They can’t say they weren’t warned.
Four local members of the clergy met with Culinary Union officials last Saturday to attempt to talk them into postponing Thursday’s rally outside the Red Rock casino resort on the same evening...
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