Flashpoint for Jan. 28, 2006

Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006 | 8:01 a.m.

If I had a dollar for every candidate who claimed an opponent lied about him, I might own a newspaper. Mostly, those lies, real or perceived, are forgotten after Election Day. But not so with Danny Tarkanian, who lost a state Senate race in 2004 and now is running for secretary of state. In a little-noticed, still-pending lawsuit, Tarkanian sued his '04 opponent, state Sen. Mike Schneider, for statements the incumbent made in fliers and elsewhere about the basketball son's business history. Why? Because, the suit says, the statements "will cast a strong stigma on Plaintiff's professional standing, and will greatly deter his ... obtaining public office in the future ..." That future is now and Little Tark is not relenting.

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