TOP NEWS
Several incumbents were swept out of office in Tuesday’s primary, which drew the fewest voters of any election in at least 12 years.
Republican Assembly members Francis Allen of Las Vegas, Bob Beers of Henderson and John Marvel of Battle Mountain all lost their respective races, as did judges Elizabeth Halverson and Nicholas Del Vecchio.
One incumbent who survived was state Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio of Reno, who fought off a challenge from former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle.
Longtime Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury get 33 percent of the vote, good for second place behind Brian Scroggins, despite having his candidacy nullified by a ruling on term limits after ballots were printed.
Voter turnout in the county was just under 15 percent.
MONDAY
HONEYMOON OVER
Greg Nance quit the Nevada Board of Education after being criticized for disrupting a weekend meeting. In conduct described as "shocking," Nance slept through much of the meeting’s first day, then spent part of the second day flirting with his giggling newlywed wife.
Nance said he was resigning because of his health and the need to care for his bride, who uses a wheelchair.
TUESDAY
SETTLEMENT BOOSTED
State officials agreed to add $1.2 million to a $1.3 million settlement offered to family members of four people killed in a 2006 accident involving a Highway Patrol trooper.
Trooper Joshua Corcoran was racing home in his patrol car when he slammed into another car at 113 mph, killing four Mexican citizens and critically injuring a pregnant 16-year-old girl.
WEDNESDAY
OLYMPIAN SLAIN
On the day a suspect in his death was arrested near Kingman, Ariz., friends, sparring partners and coaches remembered boxer Rhoshii Wells, who was gunned down Monday in Las Vegas.
The 31-year-old father of five won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 2000 1996. He had been training in hopes of a comeback that would help move his family out of a dangerous neighborhood on Nellis Boulevard.
THURSDAY
TAX CAP ADVANCES
An initiative to cap property tax rates was cleared for the general election ballot, as Secretary of State Ross Miller rejected a challenge to the proposed amendment to the state Constitution.
Former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle’s initiative would limit annual property tax increases to 2 percent per year. It will have to pass in November and again in 2010 before it can take effect.
FRIDAY
JUDGE DEFENDED
On the final day of her judicial disciplinary hearing, suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson called several former employees to testify that she was polite to them. She also called a longtime bailiff who said he often attended to the judges for whom he worked.
The witnesses were meant to counter claims that she made employees do demeaning chores for her.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline is expected to take several weeks to decide whether to permanently remove Halverson from the bench.
Week In ReviewMore InformationNUMBERS 20? — Difference in high temperature between Las Vegas and Ely, where the UNLV football team has gone for training camp. 10% — Amount of the vote captured by embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson in Tuesday’s primary election. $95,572 — Amount collected by the city of Las Vegas during a recent effort to clear a $10 million backlog of unpaid parking tickets and fines. 3.18 million — Visitors to Las Vegas in June, a 3.1 percent drop from a year ago. 19% — Amount of consumers who say they plan to spend less this year on back-to-school supplies, according to a recent study. QUOTES "Therefore, bite me." — Greg Nance, Nevada Board of Education member, reacting to Demands that he stop interrupting a recent meeting by goofing around with his giggling newlywed wife. Nance resigned from the board on Monday. "We’re gonna need a liver transplant on Sept. 2." — Francine LEBRATO, On her and her husband’s plan to go to the lounge at "Star Trek: THe Experience" Every night until the attraction closes next month. "There will be some very difficult decisions that somebody is going to have to make about who we keep in prison and who we let go." — Howard Skolnik, Department of corrections director on the impact of budget cuts on the state’s prison system. BLOGS Ed Graney: More dispatches from the Beijing Games. Thinking Human Matters: An admirable response to very public infidelity. The BOOK NOOK: "Crystal Skull" without the hat, whip. SLIDE SHOWS • Tiananmen square • Late-shift Taxi • Swap Meets • Rhoshii remembered • REBEL CAMP • WESTERN PRACTICE
