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By J. Patrick Coolican (contact) 
Published Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Updated Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 | 1:07 p.m.
Last week I wrote about Danny Tarkanian, the son of the legendary UNLV coach and Republican candidate for Congress in the 4th District. A federal judge has ruled that he owes the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation $17 million; it’s quite possible he’d have to declare bankruptcy while in office. Let’s take a look at his opponent, state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford. Horsford, a Democrat, is the CEO of the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, the labor-management joint venture that trains workers for jobs on the Strip. Elected in 2004, he became the youngest minority leader in modern history in ...
CORRECTION: Horsford told me the Legislature passed new out-of-session lobbying disclosure rules; he was mistaken. The measure, Senate Bill 206, passed the Senate, but died in the Assembly. | (October 11, 2012)
Cool says "Democrats took the majority, and led the Senate through the fiscal crises sessions of 2009 and 2011."
Well that is huge over statement.
No tax reform yet
Seriously? You wrote this garbage with a straight face? Horsford is perhaps the most corrupt politician we have seen at the state level since Democrat Floyd Lamb and you excuse it by implying that he has learned his lesson.
The only thing he has "learned" is how to scam the system and that the LV Sun will always forgive him because he's a Democrat.
More power only emboldens corrupt politicians---do you not know that Patrick? Is this your first column you've ever written on a politician? Must be.
You clearly have not learned your lesson.
Coolican is clearly an apologist for Dumbocrats and his words should be taken with a grain of salt. As for Horsford, he kind of reminds me of murderers who, on death row, "suddenly" find God. Actions speak louder than words and Horsford's actions are telling.
When any political candidate is being criticized for their actions / inactions, I always try my best to put myself in their shoes. We all make blunders during our lifetime. I am certainly no exception.
Here is my point; there were times years ago that my wife held her breath when I had in my possession a bank ATM or credit card. She was right in her thoughts; something financially was not going to look good at the end of the month. I once told my wife, "I'm going to do better, and I've learned my lesson."
Those words at that particular point may have tried to soothe my wife's fears, but in reality, without proving those words with consistent actions over a significant period of time, those same words were meaningless.
This applies to both Steven Horsford and Danny Tarkanian. Neither candidate is ready or qualified to hold the political office they are running for. Both need a lot more time to prove they have emerged from their recent blunders.
And, where has my "none of above" voting option disappeared to? I think the answer to that would be "thin air"!
Welcome to Coolicans excuse making, kid gloves and re-branding column for corrupt Democrats. Can't wait to see how he tries to sell John Oceguera to us.
Physically ill. That's how I feel. Tarkanian, a man blessed with not having to deal with the challenges of intellect vs. Horsford, a certifiable flimflam man. In case you missed it, HERE is what is most telling about Horsford: "...the three things I learned are this: No. 1, take responsibility. Don't try to run or hide from it. I know if I did something and it's not who I am, I want to let people know that I take responsibility..." Then, on the subject of getting busted for taking a "investigative junket" to the Bahamas on the dime of an illegal Internet poker operation, "Believe me, I'll never allow anyone to put me in a position like that again." HOW IS THAT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY? Others did not put you in that position, you did, and I believe that your words reveal the deeper truth: Horsford says whatever he thinks he needs to in order to get what he wants. P-Cool, why did you give him a pass on this? He clearly contradicted himself in a major way, and on the uber-importante issue of character at that.
Sounds just like Obama, "oh I have now learned from my mistakes,but lets don't talk about the past, no, let talk about the future. Give me one more chance".
He is the biggest fraud in Nevada politics.
Lyndon Johnson infamously said " If you can't take their money, drink their booze, screw their women then vote against them, you shouldn't be in politics". I don't really see either of these candidates meeting that standard. This is an election where "None of the Above" seems a better choice.
I'd love to see the skeletons in the commentor's closets.
There are too many different unrelated instances of bad behavior. When the handicap story first came out a picture showed his SUV "in" the handicap space, not next to it. This biased reporter as I loosely call him, has no problem proactively going after Tarkanian, but this article gives a pass and explanation for all the bad behavior of Horseford.
Should we forgive Tarkanian the same way we should forgive Horsford. After all, they both made mistakes. I'm no fan of Tarkanian, but the people in this district have to look at the patterns of bad behavior of both candidates. Maybe in Horseford's case, he got caught.
How many more skeletons does he have in the closet. Did he ever cheat on his wife? Did he ever cheat on his taxes? Did he ever speed? Did he ever pay a bribe for positive press coverage?
We just don't know.
Stay tuned for the Johnny O show and rehabilitation project to be preceded by the trash Joe Heck documentary.
Coolican again displays his bias. You're no journalist bud.