Gibbons lives in the capital, doesn’t mean he votes there

By Cy Ryan (contact)

Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008 | midnight

CARSON CITY -- Although Gov. Jim Gibbons lives in the Governor's Mansion, he's not registered to vote in the capital.

Gibbons has continued to maintain his voting registration in Washoe County.

That means that when Republicans hold one of their presidential caucuses on Jan. 19 at the Governor's Mansion, Gibbons won't be able to sign up there even though it's his home now.

In fact, none of the state's six constitutional officers with offices in Carson City are registered there, according to Carson City Clerk Alan Glover.

Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki continues to live in Lake Tahoe in Douglas County and Secretary of State Ross Miller and Treasurer Kate Marshall reside in Washoe County. Controller Kim Wallin and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto are signed up in Clark County, Glover said.

So none will be in Carson City to sign a preference for a presidential candidate.

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Nevada Chief Justice Mark Gibbons says he will file for re-election Monday when the judicial filing period opens.

Gibbons, 57, was first elected in 2002 and before that was a district judge in Clark County. He will submit his candidacy at the secretary of state's office.

Gibbons, no relation to Gov. Gibbons, took over as chief justice Monday from Bill Maupin. The chief justice's job rotates among the seven members of the bench.

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The Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper isn't the only one that can't get information on the proposed 4.5 percent budget cuts by agencies in state government.

Secretary of State Ross Miller, a member of the state board of prison commissioners, hasn't been able to find out what reductions are being made in the state Department of Corrections.

The board oversees the state prison system.

Miller wrote several weeks ago to Howard Skolnik, director of the Corrections Department, asking for details about the planned cuts -- decisions, he notes, that could affect public safety.

Copies of the letters went to Gov. Jim Gibbons and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, the other two members of the prison board.

He didn't get a reply from Skolnik and when the two met Thursday, Miller said, he once again failed to get the information he sought.

But the issue will be discussed Tuesday at the prison board meeting. “We will see how it plays out then,” Miller said.

Directors of state agencies have been under orders from Gibbons to not disclose the reductions until they are approved. Melissa Subbotin, Gibbons' press secretary, did not return a telephone call about why a member of the prison board could not get the information.

The Gazette-Journal filed suit in district court in Carson City seeking to force Gibbons to disclose various agencies' budget cuts. But District Judge Todd Russell rejected the newspaper's petition.

Cy Ryan may be reached at (775) 687-5032 or at cy@lasvegassun.com.