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Jul. 08, 2009
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Judge blocks Mob Museum work in contract dispute

By ALAN CHOATE
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

A dispute over a $11.5 million contract to renovate the historic federal and post office building in downtown Las Vegas might delay opening of the Mob Museum that it will become.
K.M. CANNON/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

A judge today issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Mob Museum project from going forward. He scheduled a hearing to consider a lawsuit alleging the Las Vegas City Council awarded the bid to an unqualified contractor.

The hearing is set for 9 a.m. Friday in District Court.

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    • On July 1, the Las Vegas City Council awarded an $11.5 million contract to APCO Construction to remodel the historic federal courthouse downtown. It will house what is officially known as the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement.

    The council action came despite the protests of second-place bidder Flagship Construction Co., which said APCO wasn't qualified and that the city had improperly thrown out earlier bids that Flagship had won.

    Attorneys for Flagship filed the lawsuit Tuesday and asked for a speedy hearing.

    "The opportunity for the court to intervene is short," attorney Leslie Godfrey wrote in an affidavit.

    Without an injunction preventing the city from going forward with the project, he said, "Flagship and the public will suffer irreparable injury ... specifically, the city will execute a contract with APCO to complete the project."

    In an e-mail, city spokesman David Riggleman said the city will defend its decision at the hearing.

    "The city will be fully prepared at that time to argue that APCO Construction is the correct lowest responsive and responsible bidder," he wrote.

     

    Contact reporter Alan Choate at achoate@reviewjournal.com or 702-229-6435.

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    the man wrote on July 08, 2009 09:48 PM: I am figuring the few comments left so far are from people out of work. People who forgot who helps pay the bills in this town and who helps employ most of the people.

    That would be tourists... And you want tourist to come here, not the Indian casino down the road from their home.

    So the Mob museum has shown to be a popular tourist attraction.

    So what if some pinhead locals don't like it, its the tourists that pay the most taxes... So let them build it.


    Mike wrote on July 08, 2009 07:40 PM: Judge Susan Johnson...actually one of the best on the bench.


    ET wrote on July 08, 2009 06:50 PM: Judge ?, LVRJ,are you funny we need too know what Judge, send em a box of candy,for helping control the out of control City Council.Were happy justice prevailed.