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Sunday, March 17, 2013 | 7:38 p.m.
John Bonaventura, Las Vegas Township constable
Sun coverage
A new wrinkle has been added to the ongoing feud between Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura and the Clark County commissioners.
Bonaventura filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the commissioners in an attempt to prevent them from taking action to abolish his position. A hearing is scheduled for Monday, one day before the commissioners were set to discuss eliminating his job.
In the lawsuit, Bonaventura is seeking to challenge the constitutionality of the commissioners' attempt to abolish the constable’s office. The lawsuit alleges that his office has been subject to questionable acts, such as the county taking $2 million of the constable funds without public notice, agenda or vote.
The lawsuit also said that his self-supported office saved the county millions of dollars in 2012 through the 75,000 actions it processed.
Bonaventura’s office has been plagued by controversy since he was elected as constable in 2010. His office has faced allegations of sexual assault and misconduct by officers in the field, and a lawsuit he filed against other local constables has created a legal headache for the county.
He also was arrested Feb. 12 and charged with drunken driving after he failed a field sobriety test.
So lets see if I am correct,,,, One ELECTED person in office causes a bit of a stir and other Elected people want to abolish the office and steel the funds....($2million so far) Looks like the only office NOT sucking from the public trough is bad,, while the other public elected department heads have their noses so deep in the public trough they are going to give themselves a pay rise.... I say keep only non sucking departments open... I say put all public workers and elceted officals on minimum wage... I say if you are a public employee you don't get a vote on public affairs. I say all police and fire positions be re advertizsed with top pay of $50k per year including insurance's. Who would like a job for $50k where sleeping and eating on the publics dime is included. I say no unions allowed where any public funds are needed to operate. Get rid of the D's and R's and replace them with people who know right from wrong with some common scence. Stop the tail from wagging the dog. AND What part of 2nd amendment is hard to understand... "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" line up the law makers and hold them accountable... No registration fees, No taxes,No permits, All of these are infringments.
Why not have laws with substance like 20 years for commiting a crime with a gun and the death penalty if death is involved while committing a crime. Advertse it them enforce it.
WHAT A DOFUS
WHAT A DUCHE BAG
So, let's guess who pays for this lawsuit...oh, yeah, we probably do. We need to get rid of this idiot ASAP!
The constable claims that the County's action is unconstitutional yet all the reasons listed in the article have nothing to do with the constitution. Get rid of this joke and his joke of an office.
It would be nice if the Sun would expand upon this by providing some perspective on why the commission eliminating his office would be unconstitutional, where funding for his office comes from, and who would pick up the workload if the office were abolished. It sounds a lot like the county's simply cleaning house and eliminating an unnecessary bureaucratic bump.
Oh yah johnnie, just make the taxpayers pay even
more for your stupidity. Must be related to
the swat dummie?
Just let him finish his term and he will never win another election in this town,or county, or state and he will be a has been and the bunt of jokes to come.
He was stopped by police and asked if he had anything to drink that night. He said no. Then later, during an interview he acknowledged that he did drink that night. As a public servant, at best he's a liar, at worst he's running a dictator type operation who does whatever he wants. Time to get this clown out of office. Arrogance, arrogance, arrogance.