Anne wrote on April 11, 2008 02:21 PM: Why doesn't anyone do anything about the problems in New Jersey? I know of various violations of internal controls... Yet only the Tropican seems to be in the hot seat...

Fred Frazzetta wrote on February 13, 2008 09:33 AM: 2zero:

Great question...here's the answer I was given: the Chief Engineers were cited because the responsible parties are no longer working for Harrah's - go figure! The responsible parties for the illegal remodel projects are as follows: Kirk England, Tom Jenkins, Mike Nasby, Tom Adams, Mike Whitehead, Leon Vermillion, George Kirkwood and others that only can be named by those listed. Let us not forget the licensed contractors that willingly participated in the illegal remodel projects with Harrah's: Ford Contracting, Statewide Fire Protection, Siemens, T-Nickolas Co. Inc, Wood Resources Nevada Inc., and a couple of other contractors...carpet company and furniture liquidator. Not one of the above mentioned personnel have been interviewed by the Clark County Building Department, except for Tom Adams, who I have been told admitted that Harrah's might have done a little bit of remodel work without permits at the original sit down with the Building Department in September 2007. Tom Adams was called affectionately "the golden child" because of all the money that he saved for Harrah's orchestrating the illegal remodel projects. He bragged about drawing out construction plans on napkins. Ask Mr. Adams about the bonuses that he received along with Mike Whitehead and some of the others for all the money & time that they saved Harrah's performing their illegal remodel projects.

I want to publicly thank Robert Bruna for helping me as he did while I was employed at Harrah's. He was the person that told me that the illegal remodel projects started back in 1992 when he was just a plumber. He shared with me the asbestos exposure to the employees during the illegal remodel projects...exposure that happened again and again. Mr. Bruna knows the people responsible for all of the illegal activities...just ask him under oath and he will tell all.

Fred Frazzetta wrote on February 12, 2008 11:45 PM: Sad:

Richard Maddox should be prosecuted & put in jail for what he did. His job was to protect the Public not put them in harms way. The man has no integrity at all, and anyone that takes the time to look at his falsified report will come to the same conclusion! He got exactly what he deserved and he has only himself to blame...his actions spoke volumes. It is hard to defend a man who broke the Public trust as he did, but it is not surprising in this city. Maybe Harrah's will give Mr. Maddox a job, especially taking into consideration the huge favor that he tried unsuccessfully to do for them. By the way Richard, who did you walk the Rio with from Harrah's? And did any of your bosses play a part in this? I wonder how many other times that you did the same thing...I am sure that this was not your first breach of the public trust! Sad thing is the fact that there are still inspectors working for the County Building Department that do their jobs just as poorly as Mr. Maddox...hopefully this will change sooner than later...

Rotten wrote on February 12, 2008 10:37 PM: Rick Maddox is no longer in charge of Public Safety. I feel safer already.
What about the rest of Team Maddox?
I read that Ricky Bobby had a pit crew of eight Inspectors. He was in charge. Did he train them to be as effective as he wasn't? Imagine the next generation of Mad Maddoxs' out there protecting us from the Casino Queens.
If we're going to do this properly, we should have another St. Valentines Day Massacre (no pun intended, non-violent of course) and clean house from the Top down. Virginia Valentine and Jan Jones, Clark County's version of Girls Gone Wild, It's time for you to find employment elsewhere. Have you lost your minds? Quit stinking up our town. You claim to barely know each other? I haven't heard such nonsense since Lance Malone uttered those famous words, " I didn't know It was THAT Gay Reber." Why don't you 2 Truth Twisters grab a ragtop and go play Thelma and Louise at the west rim of the Grand Canyon.
Maybe you could drop by the Federal Prison on the way out there and pick up Sir Lance-lies-a-Lot and do us all a favor.
Fred Frazzetta nailed you both while you were sleeping. Fred, You are the Man. Maybe when they're done parting out Team Maddox, Team Frazzetta will rise from the ashes and show this Hell on Earth we call Las Vegas, how to conduct business SAFELY for ALL of us and our Valued guests. For all of you Sad people out there, BOO-HOO.
Maybe Ricky can hook up with O.J. and play some golf, now that he's "Officially" off the clock. He can stand under the same dillusional umbrella as the Juice, and claim his innocence. My guess is O.J. wouldn't be seen with Maddox in public right now.

Sad wrote on February 12, 2008 06:28 PM: Rick Maddox is a man of honesty and integrity and all who know him agree! It's truly sad and disappointing that those who know him, worked with him and have accused him show no integrity and honesty. They should be ashamed. God Bless.

tim wrote on February 12, 2008 06:09 PM: they should start tracking the water district trucks. have a guy in my neighborhood who takes his truck home every night. never gets back into it until its morning,go figure. wonder if thet all take their work vehicles home. nice taxpayer perk.

GOD wrote on February 12, 2008 12:25 PM: When is Harrah's going to start cracking some heads [sarcasm intended]???

Fred Frazzetta should get a key to the city --- so he can point out more corruption in the bowels of our city governments and disfunctional corporate casinos.

Marc wrote on February 12, 2008 12:21 PM: Maddox is being sacrificed. The Dept is led by a known liar (Lynn) and everyone from the Asst manager thru the Commisioners knew he was a liar but he was the "best candidate". How can a subordinate be held accoutable when the Dept head is rogue. Tarnishes the work by the true professionals that work for the County.

Fred Frazzetta wrote on February 12, 2008 11:53 AM: Zzero:

The persons responsible for the illegal remodels at Harrah's are as follows: Kirk England, Tom Jenkins, Mike Nasby, Tom Adams, Mike Whitehead, Leon Vermillion, George Kirkwood, and there are certainly others that were aware. Let us not forget the licensed Contractors that were involved as well: Ford Contracting, Statewide Fire Safety, & Siemens...there were others that participated in the many illegal remodel projects that allowed the work to take place without permits being pulled - I guess the moral of the story being: "if you have enough money being stuffed into your pockets...anything goes!" Leon Vermillion is a licensed contractor as well...as a matter of fact he owns a few businesses - he knows when permits are needed. Harrah's is still using Leon's license to pull permits at its' property. To answer your question about why the Chief Engineers were cited - because the truly responsible parties are no longer working for the company...isn't that convenient? I will vouch for Bob Bruna though - he participated in illegal remodel projects dating back to 1992...just ask him. The two little feet that you see coming out of Tom Adam's butt are Bob's - they still talk to one another quite often I hear. I do have to go easy on Mr. Bruna as he was quite helpful with providing me information while I was still working at Harrah's regarding earlier remodel projects and asbestos exposure to workers due to the illegal activities of the Casino.

The Chief Engineer from the Rio being charged is perplexing because the Rio Engineering Department did not want us there in the first place! He had nothing to do with the illegal remodels other than knowing that they were taking place, but on the other hand he did nothing to stop them either.

hmmm wrote on February 12, 2008 11:24 AM: Maybe they should bring back public flogging. Do it in front of the regional just-us center. Start with CC commissioners.

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