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StumbleState Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford has been caught by a Las Vegas TV station parking his car in a handicap loading zone for five to six hours. On a recent Saturday, a watcher of KTNV Channel 13 spotted an SUV with the license plate "State Senator 17" at Aviary Park in North Las Vegas. Horsford's SUV had no disability plates or placards. Horsford wouldn't go on camera, but released a written statement to the TV station. "I apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused in inadvertently parking in an unauthorized parking space," he said, according to Action News reporter Darcy Spears. "I deeply respect the rights of Nevada's disabled citizens and have worked in my own career to further those rights. I can assure the citizens of Nevada that such a situation will not arise again." Heidi Campbell, the watcher who spotted Horsford's car, has a 14-year-old daughter in a wheelchair. She said the parking lot at the park was full that day, according to the KTNV report.
Sen. Steven Horsford parked in handicap spot for hours
(via KTNV Channel 13) · November 24, 2009 · 5:52 PM
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inadvertent my arse!
With taped evidence available, why is he not getting a ticket? The time, the place, etc. is already known so this should be a slam dunk in court.
Oh; forgot. He's elected so "hands off" in Las Bugsy.
OMG!
"...inadvertently parking in an unauthorized parking space..."
InAdVeRtEnTlY.?
CAN'T YOU READ...?
CAN'T SEE THE BLUE AND WHITE SIGN...?
DON'T YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WALK...?
JUST EXACTLY wHaT ARE YOU IN CHARGE OF UP THERE IN CARSON CITY...?
ARROGANCE...?
Me thinks these are the same type of people that park in the fire lanes at the store so they don't have to walk the extra 15 feet to a parking space - and they're not handicapped. You know the type. They just dare you to say anything. And they will glare at you if you look at them. Kind of like medieval power monger types. You know them, the exalted bloodline of the power-perverted royalty class clad in purple robes who expect to be bowed to and have their rings kissed.
(So what's this carson city princes's excuse...?)
what a POS.
this SOB is a disgrace.
if anyone doesn't CLEARLY see
that he thinks he is better than
the rest of us is a blind moron.
the rules apply to us but not him.
Horsefood should be issued a disabled sticker. Once you listen to anything he says you have to realize he has a mental disability.
At least the Democrat got the right spot, since he is disabled.
Typical scumbag politician
His actions show a total lack of respect for his fellow citizens. Let's don't forget about this when he is up for relection. Shame on him...
The Las Vegas Sun and Channel 13 had to print the name of the person who complained...just a continuation of poor journalism...Las Vegas deserves good reporting and not these poor excuses...poor Hank and Governor Mike!
It was inadvertent; the Senator fully supports the disability community & has apologized. Accepted.
The State Senator did what anyone would of done if he/she had a chance. At least he didn't sleep with his best friend's wife and covered it up with money & a cushy job.
I wouldn't be surprised if he had a disability placards; they seem to be handing them out like lollipops at the doctor's offices these days....
hey doesnt tom collins park wherever he's pleased to also
Typical politician.
Did you take note he is "Black". Nothing will happen for fear of playing the race card. Bet this lowlife shaves the law in other areas as well! Dig deeper news hounds and you will see this piece of work has other little "good deeds" gone undiscovered!
hey all you liberals, get your lips of this horse$h.ts tail.
It's amazing that these leaders operate with so little integrity.
I have a hard time believing that this was actually inadvertent. It seems more likely to me that political power has gone to his head. After all, a state senator is obviously more important than a kid in a wheelchair, right?
I wish his car had been towed.
Let's cut him some slack, I think he was just tired from saving people from having their neighborhoods blocked by the "man" over F Street. I mean really, he was just making up for the extra 2 blocks people are having to walk until his boondoggle underpass is created.
dodgerchuck: Tom Collins is disabled and handicapped. What Horsford did is jus a little part of the change that Obama promised. I wonder if he has to fill up his own gas tank and pay his own mortgage?
"I also apologize for any inconvenience I may have caused in inadvertently destroying any chance Nevada had for an economic recovery, and I want to apologize in advance for "inadvertently" advocating a corporate tax that will tank what little economy we have left and cost countless Nevadans jobs."
I heard that he also "inadvertently" failed to pay the rent due to the homeowner of the house he was renting in Carson City last session.
it is very telling when a guy that doesn't pay his bills sees nothing wrong with increasing the burden the rest of us have in paying them.
This guy is such a scumbag. He needs to go like yesterday.
Seriously, people who do this just think that they are more important than everyone else and the rules shouldn't apply to them....... which is exactly why they shouldn't be legislating
How about a ticket or at least a donation for the offense. I am sick of seeing these personalized plates for people that think they are exempt from the rules.
How about the four nail solution? One under each tire.
I'm laughing my @$$ off at this after viewing his website where I found these gems:
He received a reward "which is designed to honor individuals who work tirelessly to improve the beauty, safety, livability and future of our communities and who have made Nevada a better place for all citizens" [except the handicap]
He was called "an excellent role model, a great ambassador for Las Vegas and a true humanitarian who gives back to the community through deeply heartfelt and meaningful actions" [and by parking his gas-guzzling suv where the heck he pleases, while concurrently introducing legislation to "create a cleaner Nevada for our children"]
What a turd!
Just another example of voters getting the representation they deserve.
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hey don't you get it??
the rules DON'T apply to Mr. Horsford.
he is, after all, a very important liberal legislator.
which means he believes in, "Do as I SAY, not as I DO."
At least he is not a sexual predator like John Ensign
This guy is probably the biggest spender in Nevada Government. Which means he has no problem sucking the life out of hardworking Nevadans and turning the cash over to do-nothings like himself.
Today we learn this turd does not even have respect for handicapped people.
What mental patients are voting for these losers?
The people that are voting for him are the one's that wan't to be like him!
Throw the bum out of office !!
Hitting the crack pipe
Let's not let this simply go away - 5 hours?
Was the spot not clearly identified?
Did the person recording the infraction see policemen "look the other way?"
I don't care if he is Republican or Democrat or Libertarian -
I parked in a handi-capped spot in front of a grocery store for two minutes and paid a high $$ fine - why shouldn't he?