Steve wrote on December 04, 2008 05:32 PM: It's sad to see that this story ended like this. However, many of us saw it coming. Buffalo Jim was very arrogant to think that he could meddle in mob business, and nothing would happen to him. He actually thought that somehow he was above their retribution. Not to say that the things going on at the Crazy Horse werent wrong, but he should have stayed out of it, and let law enforcement handle it. But again, his arrogance and ego prevented him from staying away, and he wanted the spotlight and publicity that his conflict with Rizzolo would generate. This is a guy who opened up his own pro wrestling school and made himself the champion, all for attention. Buffalo Jim loved the local and sometimes national attention he got from that case. And in the end, it cost him his life.

Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on November 30, 2008 02:14 AM: The FBI is not investigating Station Casino's "Bring it On" Bill Young. Therefore, Metro did not look the other way over the decades when casinos routinely beat up patrons they didn't like. Okay. And that means there's not a high likelihood that Young, or someone working for him, fiddled with the infamous parking garage surveillance tapes. Remember? Those were the tapes that existed, then they didn't exist, then they existed again but did not show Mazzeo or Gibbons in the garage where both of them admitted to having been.

But since the FBI didn't bring "it" to Station Casino's citizen Billy Young, looks like Mazzeo will:

"In court papers filed this week, Chrissy Mazzeo named [DA] Roger and three other attorneys in his office as possible co-defendants."

"Mazzeo's attorney, Robert Kossack, said the prosecutors were named because their names appeared on the district attorney's memo stating that authorities found only one set of surveillance tapes from the garage on the night in question."

http://www.lvrj.com/news/33989004.html

"Sylvia Lazos, a UNLV law professor who specializes in civil rights litigation, said the 34-year-old former cocktail waitress has a tough — but not impossible — task of proving that a cover-up took place."

“'The courts don’t make it easy for you to win this kind of case,' Lazos said. 'But she’ll have traction in court because there are reasons to be concerned about what happened here. From what’s been reported, it looks like she definitely wasn’t treated like any other person trying to file a complaint with police.'"

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/27/proving-alleged-cover--wont-be-easy/

Let's play "pretend." You remember "pretend," don't you Steve? Let's pretend that Metro doesn't have a long, sordid history of selective enforcement when the Mafia, casinos or high-level politicians were involved in crimes.

steve wrote on November 29, 2008 09:44 PM: Fred, tell the FBI, let them see if they cant bust Young.

Dennis Scholl wrote on November 29, 2008 12:40 PM: I am a friend of the family and have seen a lot of heart break just because there was not enough testing done on Buffalo Jim's body. When there were tests missing or not done at all it makes you wonder what really happened. Let the facts speak for themselves even if you have to exhume his body. Jennifer keep up the good work your father would be proud of what you are doing.

Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on November 29, 2008 11:56 AM: "steve" sez: "Fair and balanced Fred, why dont you contact the FBI about all this inside info that you have regarding corruption with metro? The Feds clearly showed before that they are not afraid to work a large scale public corruption case."

How would the FBI be able to prove anything about what former Sheriff, "Bring It On" Bill Young did with those Mazzeo / Gibbons parking garage surveillance tapes?

As for the Horseshoe, it almost lost its gaming license for the chicanery I describe below. That's been common knowledge for decades, and finally put an end to casino security guards beating the stuffing out of people they didn't like. That went on for decades, Metro knew about it, and that, my friends, is racketeering.

But apparently, Rick Rizzolo of the Crazy Horse Too never got the memo and they kept stomping patrons they didn't like. But Rizzolo eventually paid for his other sins and went away to the big house:

"Federal prosecutors never got a chance to prove a criminal case tying former Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo to the mob.

"Before that could happen, Rizzolo pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 2006 and struck a deal to end a decadelong racketeering case against him.

"But that didn’t stop Stan Hunterton, a former prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Strike Force, from keeping allegations of Rizzolo’s underworld associations alive during a hearing in federal court Friday on the status of the government’s efforts to sell the topless club it had seized from the imprisoned Rizzolo.

“'Not since the reign of Anthony Spilotro and his associates has there been a more infamous hoodlum than Rick Rizzolo,' Hunterton told U.S. District Judge Philip Pro as Rizzolo’s father, Bart Rizzolo, cringed in the first row of the courtroom gallery."

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/feb/28/front-father-rizzolo-called-mob-hoodlum/

mike wrote on November 29, 2008 11:28 AM: I personally know Jennifer and know that chick is going nowhere until something is done. You don't need to be the head cashier at Walmart to figure out that this case had Mafia writen all over it. It was a professional hit and they knew that that would be the only way to get rid of him. If I where taken to jail and lost my buisness because some big mouth I would be raw, so raw I would be coming for blood. Many people were paid off to keep this quiet. Everyone has a price.
I am there with Jennifer all the way.

alan wrote on November 29, 2008 11:00 AM: Smells like a set up. I knew it all along. Keep pushing metro, Jennifer.

The truth needs to come out.

D Jones wrote on November 29, 2008 10:25 AM: Why would that woman who was with him during the seizure leave and not call 911? What's her story? I hope Jim's family finds the answers they're looking for.

steve wrote on November 29, 2008 10:24 AM: Fair and balanced Fred, why dont you contact the FBI about all this inside info that you have regarding corruption with metro? The Feds clearly showed before that they are not afraid to work a large scale public corruption case. Heck, post more here, we would all love to hear about it!

Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on November 29, 2008 09:26 AM: Dear Rasputin: using "Fair and Balanced" in my name is called "sarcasm" and "irony."

Ever heard of those?

But I am Fair and Balanced. I say I am, therefore it must be true. Just like the Fox "News" Channel.

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