From The Desk Of Gordon Martines

Figures Lie and Liars Figure

  • August 28, 2015

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. What to believe! Probably one of the most profound statements made by Joseph Stalin in 1946 was, “It matters not how anyone votes, it only matters who counts the votes.” No truer words have been spoken. In Clark County, Nevada, I am sure everyone knows — but does not want to think about it — that the electronic voting system is rigged, and the[…]

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Windows or Walls? Sheriff Election Stratagem WALTERS TRAGEDY CONTINUES

  • January 14, 2015

I’ll start by addressing things in order of importance. First, the approaching two-year anniversary of the Walters family tragedy that Metro wants to ignore forever. I didn’t know ‘Officer’ Hans Walters. I was a sergeant and worked with ‘Sergeant’ Hans Walters. I later worked for ‘Lieutenant’ Hans Walters when he was promoted and I really liked him. He had a unique personality and was a genuine person and a good man. He was far more TRUE and REAL than so many[…]

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POLICE LEADERS: Promoted Policemen, Politicians, or Pretenders?

  • December 24, 2014

I’ve often listened to what is said about police chief candidates when a community is conducting a search for a new leader. I’ve studied how chiefs are selected for nearly 20 years. One of the phrases that is used (when the union or the vocal members of the department actually like and support the choice) is, “He is a cop’s cop.” That is used as a term of endearment. But is it also a code phrase that describes the ‘competitive[…]

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Four more years: The Metro Party Continues

  • November 12, 2014

The results are in. Joe Lombardo’s $1,766,407 million in campaign contributions bought 154,046 votes (51.16 percent) and won another elitist election. Those who could afford to pay… will now get the police department that they wanted. On the other hand, Larry Burns raised $854,976 in campaign contributions and this landed him 147,065 votes (48.84 percent). Close — but no cigar! Since I have a calculator nearby, I thought I would do a little math. I figure that voters were worth[…]

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Editorials · My Point of View

Judge Vincent Ochoa screamed at her…

  • October 22, 2014

There is no doubt in my mind that it takes a special kind of person with an incredible personality to be a politician — almost like a good entertainer. A good entertainer can have a broken heart, but once he or she jumps on the stage, that entertainer is a different person. Politicians are almost the same but for a longer period of time; for three or five years the politician is busy, whether he or she is just out[…]

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Sheriff Election: Voters Bamboozled Lombardo,Crises to Manage

  • October 22, 2014

Let me begin this column by making it clear: Although I don’t believe that Joe Lombardo is the man for the job, I can’t say he is a good or a bad person. I don’t know his heart or his character. I only know that he is the anointed one (this time around) and that is the last thing that the LVMPD needs for the next four years. Joe Lombardo does not know me either. I lacked so much[…]

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Commentary

Sheriff Election Sabotage?

  • October 8, 2014

To use a boxing analogy, Larry Burns may have just suffered four ‘low blows’ in his quest to become the next sheriff. It appears as though certain people are already selfishly calculating their best move (and benefits to be acquired) because of their assumption that Joe Lombardo is going to win. I hope the voters don’t give up and that there will be a major comeback and upset victory in November. In the past week or two, the following have occurred: Punch[…]

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Editorials · Our Point of View

Time is running out: Out come the last-minute attacks

  • October 1, 2014

We are only four weeks and four days away from Election Day and we believe that we are entering into the most precarious time period of the whole election process. This is the period during which poisonous campaign managers and insecure candidates begin their attacks upon their opponents with lies, innuendos and other last-minute accusations and slander with the hope that the other candidate will not have time to defend him- or herself. They, the “bad” campaigners, have been trying to[…]

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Metro rank and file support Burns

  • September 25, 2014

On Election Day, when arriving at their respective voting polls, voters will no doubt remember that one of the two candidates for sheriff, Larry Burns, has been seen all over town, speaking with the people wherever he went, answering questions and being part of every debate in order to make his leadership plans clear — while the other candidate, Joseph Lombardo, AKA, Joe Lombardo “the ghost candidate” because he chooses to not meet with the public, to not be part of public[…]

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Editorials · My Point of View

Lies, extortion and blackmail: they are all ugly words

  • September 3, 2014

Lies, extortion and blackmail: they are all ugly words for morally wrong deeds and are perhaps legally punished… unless you are a police officer. Let’s take a couple of classes regarding these words and then I will tell you why I want to bring these few lessons to you. To start with, when you do not tell the truth, you are lying — and for an “ordinary person” that is morally wrong, but if you are a policeman it is[…]

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