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Nikki Villoria
County Commissioner Tom Collins sits in his western-themed office.
Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 | 5:27 p.m.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office has dropped a gross misdemeanor case against Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins.
Chief Deputy Attorney General Thom Gover said there was not enough evidence to present a case prosecuting Collins, who has been a county commissioner since 2005.
North Las Vegas Police had presented a case last month against Collins for aiming/discharging a firearm where persons are endangered.
The investigation was triggered by a call to North Las Vegas Police at 11:13 p.m. July 3 reporting the sound of gunfire in the 4200 block of North Decatur Boulevard. Collins owns a home there. The call originated from an address down the street.
Police at the time said no one was injured, but otherwise would not discuss the circumstances or the person being investigated because it was considered an open investigation. Discharging a firearm within North Las Vegas is a misdemeanor.
Collins last month denied to a Sun reporter any knowledge of a shooting and called that evening, the eve of the Fourth of July, “firecracker night” with lots of Independence Day celebrations in North Las Vegas.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, citing potential conflict of interest, last month turned over the case for review to the state Attorney General’s Office. The district attorney is elected but the county commission sets department’s budget.
Chrissy Coon, North Las Vegas public information officer, said Friday she could not comment on the findings of the police investigation.
This is just another example of special treatment for "certain" privileged people. Any other citizen would have surely been arrested and charged, but not the old cowboy himself.
Why do we keep electing this fool?
He was, after all, willing to burn his own constituents by refusing to vote for the LOW bid on the Loop 215 improvements between Hwy. 95 and Decatur. That 4-3 split vote caused the low bidder to sue the county (and win), and also caused a two year delay in completing this much-needed project. Every time you sit at a light on the 215, you can thank ol' cowboy Tom Collins himself.
His campaign signs suggest "He fights for you." What a joke...
If there was ever a politician who needed to be retired, this geezer is the man.
Chances are they know it came from his property. Man up. Who is voting for this guy?
Just another story about how the West was Taken: Sitting Bull in the foreground surrounded by his favorite cows at the backside. What more could there be to the Life of Riley in the Desert?
Fortunately, he doesn't have red hair with one eye pointing down and to the outside.
He's a product of Harry Reid so what go you expect? He was hand picked by Harry Reid to (once) head the Democratic Party so what DO you expect??
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Once again we see Clarence Weldon Collins Jr. flout the law and skate. He has a long history of law breaking and he's a menace to society with his mean, nasty and brutal ways. At least twice, he was guilty of assault. In the first case, it was a fellow employee at the electric company; in the second it was an attack against a motorist. Then there was the time he was driving under the influence, hit a parked trailer and injured his two passengers. He got off with a reckless driving plea. Collins is a disgrace and, yet, seemingly oblivious voters put the slug into office despite his disdain for the law. You wonder why we have the government we have? It's rather simple when slime bags like Collins can be elected to office.
"Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, citing potential conflict of interest, last month turned over the case for review to the state Attorney General's Office. The district attorney is elected but the county commission sets department's budget."
Wolfson is again showing his true colors. Recently our Supremes said there was no conflict of interest when he was the defense attorney for a defendant he later prosecuted as DA. Yet there is now a convenient conflict when one vote of several holds his office's purse strings??
"This is just another example of special treatment for "certain" privileged people. Any other citizen would have surely been arrested and charged, but not the old cowboy himself."
jeffdeancase -- good point
"Collins is a disgrace and, yet, seemingly oblivious voters put the slug into office despite his disdain for the law. You wonder why we have the government we have?"
lvfacts -- sobering point. Maybe the answer to the biggest reason this country is in shambles -- voters keep the present government in power.
"Makes you feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game." -- Bob Dylan "Hurricane"
tom collins is an embarrassment...
just an old fool who likes to brag about his foolishness!!!
Another black eye for the Clark County Commission. First it's Steve Wolfson now this joker.
Your typical hayseed democrat, elected because their voter base is extremely loyal with a very low IQ.
Vote him out. How he got elected is beyond me. A disgrace.
I'm curious to know paid for that personalized mural on his office wall?
Unfortunately, accident always happen to the wrong people.