Brian Eckhouse

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How your D.C. servants are spending their holiday: Friday, July 4, 2008; Congress took the week off for the July Fourth holiday.
Assembly races pivotal: Wednesday, July 2, 2008; Among the state’s 42 Assembly districts, elections in three of the most contentious have drawn candidates with little name recognition.
When a gallon of gas is not exactly a gallon: Class-action suit says we’re getting cheated when high temperatures expand the fuel; Monday, June 30, 2008; A gallon of gasoline isn’t quite a gallon of gas in the summer, and that has Southern Nevadans in a court battle to get motorists more for their money.
HOAs have recourse in lien times: Friday, June 27, 2008; Homeowners associations trying to force owners of foreclosed homes to comply with neighborhood rules have at least one safeguard: liens.
Vegas courts a magnet for reality TV: City’s sleazy reputation, ‘CSI’ factor draw studios to courthouse; Wednesday, June 18, 2008; Televising stories about how crime doesn’t pay in Vegas apparently does pay off for the community.
District Court misstates clerk errors, chilling relations: County clerk: Attorney deposit cards in right place after all; Tuesday, June 10, 2008; Relations between the office of the county clerk and District Court have been chilly, stemming from the court’s January 2007 takeover of a mismanaged trust fund. Now, they’ve turned arctic over details released by the court for a story on the fund reported by the Sun in mid-May.
Who dropped the ball?: After homes are foreclosed, it’s lenders, title companies, HOAs; Monday, June 9, 2008; Banks and other mortgage lenders are turning out to be lousy neighbors. Foreclosed homes featuring brown lawns and fetid swimming pools litter the Las Vegas Valley because the lenders that hold title have failed to keep the properties up.
Support hinges on healing: Clinton backers likely to swing if Obama reaches out; Thursday, June 5, 2008; With Sen. Hillary Clinton expected to concede this week, her campaign advisers in Nevada predict that most of her supporters will ultimately help Barack Obama carry the state.
That runs counter to sentiment expressed by many Clinton supporters at last month’s Democratic convention, however.
Mortgage fraud worse in nearby states: FBI finds mortgage-related crimes jump 31% nationwide; Nevada ‘significantly affected’; Monday, May 26, 2008; Nevada might be among the worst-hit states for housing foreclosures, but if it’s any consolation, other states are suffering more from mortgage fraud.
Why stores still sprout in valley: Strip economics, public backing are developers’ boon, conventiongoers told; Thursday, May 22, 2008; With today’s credit crunch, even the most appealing new development projects require substantial pre-leasing, according to real estate financing advisers who attended this week’s International Council of Shopping Centers’ annual conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center.