Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 | 7:13 a.m.
Loyal readers will recall the Sun reported last week that Clark County District Attorney David Roger planned to meet with his deputies to discuss what's next with the Lacy Thomas case.
Thomas is the former head of University Medical Center whom police want Roger to prosecute for allegedly swapping county contracts with buddies in Chicago in exchange for kickbacks.
So what came out of the meeting?
Roger said he's still waiting for bank documents that have been subpoenaed from Illinois. There's been a delay - it's not clear why - but the Illinois attorney general's office got involved and things are moving along now, Roger said.
He said he plans to meet again with investigators in two weeks. After that, he could make the decision about whether to prosecute Thomas. In complex cases such as this one, it's not unusual for prosecutors to seek an indictment from a grand jury. If Roger chooses to do that, it would likely take several weeks.
What's going on with former County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates?
No word on that investigation. One interesting fact, though.
Her homebuilding partner, Lesa McClain, told the Sun last week that they were calling it quits and had put their contractor's license on inactive status. Part of the reason, she said, is the cloud that a Metro investigation of Atkinson Gates has cast over the business.
Police want to know if any of the more than $350,000 in campaign money that Atkinson Gates paid to her son, his future wife and their company ended up back in the former commissioner's pocket.
However, McClain has filed an application with the state contractors board to become the company's qualified employee (meaning the one with contracting experience).
So, are they getting back in business?
McClain says they are not.
"I don't want down the line for someone to say, 'You skipped out on it,' " she said.
She said she doesn't see anything like that coming - it's just a precaution.
Her application is expected to go before the contractors board in January.
What can we expect at Tuesday's county commission meeting?
One thing to keep an eye on is a report from the county's recycling committee.
Back in August, commissioners approved a test run of three proposed recycling programs, including one in which regular trash service would be reduced from twice to once weekly in exchange for more frequent recycling pickups.
Many residents oppose the test runs because they leave the door open for reducing regular trash pickup.
The committee is expected to lay out the particulars on how the test runs will be conducted. We'll let you know what happens.
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