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Editorial: City should look gift horse in mouth

Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 | 9:09 a.m.

The city of Las Vegas has accepted a sizable gift from a car dealership -- the first 4,000 miles on a brand-new Cadillac will be free of charge. The gift will allow the mayor to attend functions without incurring transportation costs charged back to the city. But no one will be checking to see if those miles are being accumulated for city business or personal business. There will be no one on the city payroll even asking if the gift is appropriate.

This is because the city, amazingly, has no policy on either giving or receiving gifts. On Dec. 18, however, the City Council will discuss a gift policy proposed by Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald. She wants all gifts to the city exceeding $25,000 to be voted upon by the City Council. She's hit the target. Now, take three zeros off that figure and she'll have a bull's-eye.

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