washoeconservative
02-01-2006, 10:53 PM
Legislators, Start Your Engines!
(http://battlebornnews.com/?p=226)
As alerted to you last week, the Rolling Stones concert ticket scandal involving a number of Nevada state legislators has morphed into the NASCAR ticket scandal.
“Las Vegas Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith opens his private suite at the racetrack each March to legislators and other elected officials for a weekend of NASCAR racing, free food and beverages,” reports Ed Vogel (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-01-Wed-2006/news/5653413.html)of the Las Vegas Review Journal this morning. “For comparable amenities, a private citizen would pay $710 for this year’s three-day race weekend, according to the speedway’s Web site. Single-day tickets are not available.”
“The interesting thing about last year’s party is that it happened during the session,” Reno Gazette-Journal reporter Anjeanette Damon notes in her new “Inside Nevada Politics (http://www.rgj.com/blogs/inside-nevada-politics)” blog. “You would think that would mean it would show up on some lobbyist’s or lawmaker’s disclosure statements. But no. It’s not on any public document I can find anywhere, despite lawmakers’ calls for full disclosure.”
Nevada Revised Statutes require legislators to report any such freebies which exceed $200 in value, which certainly should have been the case for folks who were wined-and-dined in the owner’s skybox at the speedway. Especially since the speedway had legislation pending which directly affected it.
Read the rest (http://battlebornnews.com/?p=226)
(http://battlebornnews.com/?p=226)
As alerted to you last week, the Rolling Stones concert ticket scandal involving a number of Nevada state legislators has morphed into the NASCAR ticket scandal.
“Las Vegas Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith opens his private suite at the racetrack each March to legislators and other elected officials for a weekend of NASCAR racing, free food and beverages,” reports Ed Vogel (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-01-Wed-2006/news/5653413.html)of the Las Vegas Review Journal this morning. “For comparable amenities, a private citizen would pay $710 for this year’s three-day race weekend, according to the speedway’s Web site. Single-day tickets are not available.”
“The interesting thing about last year’s party is that it happened during the session,” Reno Gazette-Journal reporter Anjeanette Damon notes in her new “Inside Nevada Politics (http://www.rgj.com/blogs/inside-nevada-politics)” blog. “You would think that would mean it would show up on some lobbyist’s or lawmaker’s disclosure statements. But no. It’s not on any public document I can find anywhere, despite lawmakers’ calls for full disclosure.”
Nevada Revised Statutes require legislators to report any such freebies which exceed $200 in value, which certainly should have been the case for folks who were wined-and-dined in the owner’s skybox at the speedway. Especially since the speedway had legislation pending which directly affected it.
Read the rest (http://battlebornnews.com/?p=226)