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The lighting provesthat the newspaperdoes not lieAmericans supporting aborder wall more than themedia wants to believePage 2Page 3Volume 19, Issue 28White House saystax reform hinges onDemocratic supportPage 6lasvegastribune.comSeptember 13-19, 2017Immigration arms racebegins on Capitol HillThe HillThe Trump administration’sdecision to phase out the DeferredAction for Childhood Arrivals(DACA) program is sparking a legislative arms race on Capitol Hill.Both supporters and opponentsof DACA are maneuvering for position, underscoring the difficultylawmakers face in reaching a deal.To get a bill to President Trump’sdesk, Republican leaders will haveto balance the at-times contradictory demands of Senate Democratsand conservatives in the House.But GOP leaders are alreadylaying down one marker, vowingthat a fix for DACA must be pairedwith other immigration reforms.“If we just rubber stamp a standalone DREAM Act, then we’regoing to have another DREAM Actthat we’re going to need in 10 yearsfrom now,” Speaker Paul Ryan(R-Wis.) told Fox News Radio.The bill that Ryan was referringto is similar to DACA: It wouldlift the threat of deportation frompeople who came to the countryillegally as minors.Democrats are pushing for a(See Immigration, Page 5)My Pointof ViewBy Rolando LarrazLas Vegas, the citythat never sleepsFor many locals the idea thatelected officials are trying to turnLas Vegas into another Los Angelesor some other California city mightsound ridiculous, but others do notwant to argue that possibility.Las Vegas, billed as a twenty-four hour city or the city thatnever sleeps, is a myth; mostmajor grocery stores now close bynine at night, yet some are a littlemore generous, staying open untilmidnight; the only businesses openaround the clock are the casinos.Years ago when casino dealersused to dress impeccably and wereproud of their white starched,well ironed shirts, there were drycleaners, as well as barbershopsand beauty salons, that were opentwenty-four hours a day.Men’s clothing stores and boutiques also were opened when someof the major shows and reviewsended at two in the morning.The Checkmates, one of themost popular musical groups of thetime, had a show at five in the morning and the line at the lounge wherethey used to play was all the wayto the front door at Caesars Palace.BB King, Nancy Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr. and many other famous entertainers used to be part ofthe audience at the packed lounge.Sometimes people eating at thefamous Tower of Pizza did notknow if it was two in the morningor two in the afternoon because theplace was always packed.Who can forget the PussyCat-AGo-go? A well known discotheque(now it would be called a club) onLas Vegas Boulevard and SpringMountain Road where few peoplecould be found at two in the morning, but at five in the morning it wasjammed and the line was all the wayto the parking lot.Everybody was there at 5 a.m.:casino dealers, cocktail waitresses,showgirls, dancers, hookers, pimpsand pimp-wannabes, pit bosses,bell persons, you name it; that wasthe place to be.Today Las Vegas is the only cityin America that does not have apower Company with access to clients; it must be because the powercompany has so many alias: Nevada Power, a.k.a Nevada Energy,a.k.a NVEnergy, and who knowshow many other names. Executivesare not interested in customers fromLas Vegas.Nevada Energy, which mergedwith Sierra Pacific Power, and itssubsidiary Sierra Pacific Resourcesand Nevada Power, a.k.a NevadaEnergy, a.k.a NVEnergy, are onlyinterested in grabbing the moneyfrom Las Vegas residents, but arelittle concerned in giving customerservices to the Las Vegas area.(See My Point of View, Page 2)Another effort being madeto remove certain namesBy Thomas MitchellHow many even knew there wasa Jeff Davis Peak in Great BasinNational Park? Let’s see a show ofhands. That’s what I thought.According to the park’s website,the monicker was first attached towhat is now Wheeler Peak, the tallest point in the park and the secondtallest in Nevada. It was given thatname by Lt. Col. Edward Steptoe ofU.S. Army Corps of TopographicalEngineers in 1855 while JeffersonDavis served as secretary of theWar Department.After the Civil War, in whichDavis served as president of theConfederacy, an Army mappingexpedition headed by Lt. GeorgeMontague Wheeler, named thepeak for Wheeler and the JeffJeff Davis Peak in Great Basin National Park in Nevada. The peakis named after the former U.S. Secretary of War who later becamePresident of the confederate States in the civil War.Davis tag was shifted to shorternearby peak.In May the Reno newspaperreported that, even though statues of Confederate leaders werebeing torn down in New Orleans,there was no clamor to erase theDavis name from the 12,771-footpeak. The penultimate paragraphof the account stated, “By today’sstandards Jeff Davis is an unlikelychoice that appears out of step withcontemporary naming practices.But modern standards don’t undoprior names which means, for theforeseeable future, the name of aConfederate president will maintaina place of honor in Nevada.”Actually, such a mountain topname change took place a couple of(See Jeff Davis, Page 7)(HORN NEWS) — The UnitedStates called for a vote Monday onnew U.N. sanctions against NorthKorea, though exactly what measures would be in the resolutionremained a mystery.Security Council diplomats, whoweren’t authorized to speak publicly because talks have been private,said the U.S. and China were stillnegotiating the text late Sunday.Previous U.N. sanctions resolutions have been negotiated be-tween the United States and China— North Korea’s main tradingpartner and ally — and have takenweeks, and in some cases months,to finalize.But the Trump administrationadopted a totally new approachwith this resolution, presenting itsdraft to China and all other Security Council members last Tuesdayand demanding a vote in six days.Diplomats said China’s U.N. ambassador, Liu Jieyi, who was on aSecurity Council trip to Ethiopia,flew back to New York on Thursdayto take part in negotiations.North Korea’s Foreign Ministryissued a statement early Mondaysaying it was watching the UnitedStates’ moves closely and warnedthat it was “ready and willing” torespond with measures of its own.It said the U.S. would pay a heavyprice if the sanctions proposed byWashington are adopted.(See Sanctions, Page 6)ScoTT HoLPeRalleged vices.Rule 27 of the American BarAssociation Model Rules forLawyer Disciplinary Enforcementmakes it clear that a suspensionfrom practice means a complete haltto your current legal work.Rule 27 sets forth therequirements suspended lawyersmust meet, from notifying clientsand opposing counsel, to returningclient papers and property, towithdrawing from representation.And these requirements must be(See Holper, Page 3)Trump to hit N. Korea with new sanctionsHolper continues waiting for high court confirmationBy Rolando LarrazLas Vegas TribunePart ten in a seriesWe all have heard the saying,“It all depends on who you know,”while others believe it would bemore accurate to say, “It all dependson who knows you,” while we sayit is who wants to know you and isnot afraid to admit knowing you.The Nevada State Bar suspendsattorneys almost on a dailybases; some attorneys have beensuspended, sent to prison and arealready out and back to work,but attorney Scott Holper is stillpracticing after being suspended,while we’re all waiting thesepast nine months for the NevadaSupreme Court to confirm hissuspension.Attorney Holper has been livinga tumultuous life for a while, hasbeen busy responding to so manycourt appearances of his own,that if he would have hired anattorney, he could have made someof his colleagues rich, and yet hecontinues practicing law and usingthe time to recuperate from all hisFROM THE DESK OF GORDON MARTINESLoyalty above all, except for HonorBy Gordon MartinesHonor is the only thing that youcan take with you when you die.Honor is your word, the contentof your character, the basis of anyand all relationships, includingyour Oath.It has always amazed me howeasily some substandard coworkersin the Law Enforcement servicecan violate their Oath and destroytheir Honor and integrity in theblink of an eye when compelledto do so by an unscrupuloussuperior officer and not show anyill effects afterwards. In contrast,they readily and literally placetheir lives in harm’s way timeand time again, and then sufferthe negative physical and mentaleffects associated with that activity.The effort it takes to become alaw enforcement officer is immenseand very trying. The testing forqualified candidates is veryextensive, and most important isthe examination of the quality and(See From the Desk, Page 4)
Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / September 13-19, 2017The lighting proves that the newspaper does not lieBy Rolando LarrazLas Vegas TribuneResponding to Las Vegas Tribune allegations that perhaps somecity officials or just city employeeswere protecting a Mexican that wasbuilding a shack in his backyard,the city explained that “shacks” donot need permits.However this ‘shack” is evenhigher than a regular house on theblock. It has a porch and lights,which begs the question of who didthe electrical installation, givingthe other residents on the block theassurance that the electrical workwas done by licensed professionalsand a fire is not foreseen in the nearfuture.A city employee told the LasVegas Tribune that there was nolighting in the shack and thereforethere’s no danger of an electricalfire that he could see.That employee’s name is Anthony Rogers and he works asCode Enforcement Officer with theDepartment of Planning for the Cityof Las Vegas, and according to the“neighborhood Gazette,” he doesnot like to be called Mr. Rogers, butprefers Officer Rogers — even if hewears plain clothes and does notshow a badge to those addressinghim; they apparently have to bemind-readers.Las Vegas Tribune went to thearea at night and took a picture ofthe shack when the light was on toprove the newspaper’s point.It’s been the contention of thenewspaper that many elected officials, including the City of LasVegas, walk on eggshells aroundMexican minorities due to fear ofthreats and wonder if it is a directattack on Las Vegas Tribune, or arecity officials acting questionably byfavoring others?It is obvious that elected officialsdo not like the fact that a weeklynewspaper could ask questions thatthey do not want to answer or do nothave answers for, and therefore italways takes longer than the normaltime to return phone calls.It is also very noticeable that theonly critic that the elected or publicofficials accept or will allow to bein disagreement with them is withthe daily newspaper.(Continued from Page 1)All utility companies — Southwest Gas, Las Vegas Valley WaterDistrict, the telephone company(which in years past was called BellTelephone Co., Centel, Sprint, andEmbarq and is now called CenturyLink) and Nevada Power usedto have offices in downtown LasVegas, but today the closest utilityoffice to downtown Las Vegas is thewater company on Charleston andValley View Boulevard. The phonecompany used to have an office onLas Vegas Blvd. and Fremont wherepeople could conduct business withits representatives on a one-to-onebasis. Then, they had a building onValley View and Alta where youcould conduct business half way,but now if you need to solve someproblems with the company you aredirected to a house phone againsta wall and get no physical contactwith a live person at all.Las Vegas is the only city thathas the Social Security office in themiddle of nowhere; if seniors needto conduct business at the SocialSecurity office and do not have acar they will have to take an hourlong ride on an RTC bus that onlyruns every half hour or every hour.Newspapers are not too muchdifferent; the only daily newspaperof our city used to be on Main andBonanza Road, and the Las VegasSun, when it used to be a real newspaper (today it’s just an insert insidethe LVRJ), was on Main and Clark,until a fire forced them to move toHighland Avenue, which is knownas Martin Luther King Blvd., butlater moved to Henderson.That is another thing; in California when you ask someoneif they live in Los Angeles theyget insulted, claiming they live inBeverly Hills.In Las Vegas when you ask anyone if they live in Henderson, theyget Irritated and tell you “NO, welive in Green Valley,” but they don’tknow who the Mayor of Green Valley is because Green Valley is not acity; it is just a suburb of Hendersonand does not have its own mayor.The same thing is happeningwith Summerlin; even if theybuilt a “Summerlin downtown,”Summerlin is not a city. There arepeople who actually get offended iftold that they live in a subdivisionof Las Vegas with a city councilmanwho sits in Las Vegas City Hall andTRIBUNE My Point of ViewVOL. 19, NO. 27FOUNDERRolando LarrazPUBLISHERANDEDITOR IN CHIEFRolando LarrazGENERAL MANAGERPerly ViasmenskyMANAGING EDITORMaramis ChoufaniPRODUCTIONDon SnookASSOCIATE EDITORColleen LloydINVESTIGATIVE REPORTERKenneth A. WegnerWith the exception of one County Commissioner, the Las VegasTribune endorsed the entire boardof elected officials despite the factthat they are all Democrats becausethe newspaper does not look atthe candidate’s party affiliation,but rather what is better for thecommunity.The problem may be that whenthe Las Vegas Tribune does notagree with those spoiled electedofficials, that is when discrimination takes the place of the FifthAmendment.Case in point is County Commissioner Chairman Steve Sisolak— who the newspaper was ready toendorse for Governor in the 2018election — who attends the same(See Lights, Page 6)that they share their mayor with thecity of Las Vegas.There are actually some peoplewho believe they live in the Cityof Summerlin. I know of someonewho lives in Summerlin and whiletraveling, if asked if he lives in LasVegas, he has the naïve mentality tosay: “No, but we need to go throughthe Las Vegas airport to get to ourcity of Summerlin.My name is Rolando Larraz, andas always, I approved this column.*****Rolando Larraz is Editor inChief of the Las Vegas Tribune.His column appears weekly in thisnewspaper. To contact RolandoLarraz, email him at: Rlarraz@lasvegastribune.com or at 702272-4634.For advertisingrates, deadlinescall 702-426-6022or 702-426-5962Las Vegas Tribune is publishedweekly at 717 So. 9th Street,Las Vegas, Nevada 89101.Main Number: (702) 714-0119RadioTribune Call-in Number(702) 983-0711Website:LasVegasTribune.comAll rights reserved. Statements,opinions and points of viewexpressed by the writers aretheir own and do not necessarilyrepresent those of the publisher. 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September 13-19, 2017 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 3POLITICAL ANALYSISAmericans supporting a border wallmore than the media wants to believeBy Sharyl AttkissonThe Hill opinion contributorAs Americans debate the necessity of a border wall — or lackthereof — it’s not surprising ifthey’re confused. President Trumphasn’t always been exacting andconsistent in expressing his vision.Yet a lot of confusion is beingcaused by media reports.Take the polls.Reporting on polls typicallyimplies America is soundly againsta border wall. “Sorry, Donald: PewPoll Finds Large Majority OpposeBorder Wall,” Mediaite wrote inApril 2016, reporting on the resultsof a Pew Research poll.Last February, Pew reportedsimilar findings: 62 percent ofAmericans oppose building a wall.Only 35 percent support it.But are we telling the wholestory?First, it’s worth looking at whatPew asked: “All in all, wouldyou favor or oppose building awall along the entire border withMexico?” To me, it’s a confusingquestion. After all, there alreadyis a wall or fencing along approx-The barrier between Mexico and the U.S. is a series of wallsand fences, along with natural barriers of rivers and cliffs.imately 700 miles of the southernborder. It might make more senseto ask, “Would you favor or opposebuilding a wall along the remaining,unwalled portion of the border withMexico?”Second, why ask about something that’s not under consideration:a wall along the “entire” border? Ifyou think President Trump favorssuch a thing, that, too, might beblamed on confused reporting.In July, President Trump toldDHS moving to speedconstruction of borderbarriers in CaliforniaBy Rafael BernalThe HillThe Department of HomelandSecurity announced on Tuesdaythat it has waived environmentaland historical preservation lawsto speed improvement of fencingon the border between Californiaand Mexico.Under the waiver, constructionof border barriers near Calexico,Calif. won’t be subject to federalregulations including the Endangered Species Act or the NationalHistoric Preservation Act.DHS Acting Secretary ElaineDuke published the waiver in theFederal Register, saying the ElCentro Border Patrol sector —which covers the eastern half ofCalifornia’s border with Mexico— is “an area of high illegal entry.”“In fiscal year 2016 alone, theUnited States Border Patrol (“Border Patrol”) apprehended over19,000 illegal aliens and seizedapproximately 2,900 pounds ofmarijuana and approximately 126pounds of cocaine,” read the notice.The Border Patrol will install18-to-25-foot fencing in the area,replacing the existing 14-foot fenc-ing built in the 1990s.The waiver also covers anyconstruction for improvement ofBorder Patrol service roads.In its advisory, DHS said improvements to border barriers inEl Centro sector are part PresidentTrump’s promise to build a borderwall.“The Department is implementing President Trump’s ExecutiveOrder 13767, Border Security andImmigration Enforcement Improvements, and continues to takesteps to immediately plan, designand construct a physical wallalong the southern border,” readthe advisory.Trump campaigned on the promise of building a border wall paidfor by Mexico. The White Houserequested 1.6 billion for 2018 tobegin new construction for the wall.While Congress has yet to fundthat proposal, DHS last week announced a set of prototypes to bebuilt in the San Diego sector, westof El Centro.Some repairs and improvementsto existing border infrastructure, including the prototypes, are coveredby existing budget appropriations.reporters, “It’s a 2,000-mile border,but you don’t need 2,000 miles ofwall because you have a lot of natural barriers.” News outlets reportedthat as if they
Sep 13, 2017 · ScoTT HoLPeR (See Holper, Page 3) but attorney Scott Holper is still practicing after being suspended, while we’re all waiting these past nine months for the Nevada Supreme Court to confirm his suspension. Attorney Holper has been living a tumultuous life for a while, has been
