I don't understand why anyone needs a principal reduction. I mean I totally get why they want it, since it means lower mortgage payments. But when the value of these homes went UP, they didn't get an INCREASE in principal. So what's with the reduction?

"Power of Love" The theme song to Back to the Future, which starred Michael J. Fox who also has Parkinsons. Do people think these things through before they start giving things names?

Saaaay. This could be a great way to make money in Vegas now. Drive around until you find a volatile cop. Usually a young one with a buzz cut and is cruising around on his cell phone. Then run a light in front of him. Let him chase you until the next intersection. Then just park in the middle of it, undo your seatbelt, unlock the door, and leave the car in Drive. Then when the cop comes up and orders you out of the car, just ignore him. He'll get all full of rage, will break the glass, and will eventually just drag you out of the car where he'll start beating on you. Just go limp the entire time, and then tell the court that you were scared so you panicked and went into a state of paralyzed shock when the started hitting you. BOOM! Instant payday!

Let's face it, $158,000 is a nice chunk of change that could either save your house, or let you buy a new one with some change left over if your old one already got foreclosed on. As long a cities keep cashing-out officers mistakes with no questions asked, and no reprimand for the officers, whose gonna care? Just like how they have that "Death By Cop" where suicidal people trick cops into shooting them, we could have "Payday By Cop" where people in financial straights do just this to provoke cops in order to get beaten up, and then just opt for cash settlements when police departments and cities want to quietly cover things up.

@westvegas

You're just a troll, and a bad one. The fact that your alleged brother is a cop doesn't make you any more of an expert in interpreting the law than he could possibly be. That's why we in fact have our court system that you loved to point out in place so that we can interpret said laws using judges, jurors, and of course lawyers.

But most of all I love your response back to Tom, and I quote: "If you believe everything the Sun and/or the police, or anyone else tells you... then you are easily led. Think for yourself."

So what you're telling everyone is that not even you trust your own brother to always tell you the truth. The very person you're trying to cite in order to uphold your own argument. Great job at ruining your own credibility.

As for this woman, yeah, we'll all wait for the official Guilty verdict. But honestly, how could it be anything but? Was she forced to drink and drive? As someone put into a place of trust with peoples' children to educate them and lead by example, she should absolutely be held to a higher standard, and stricter punishment than others.

@Det_Munch

I think those houses are in "Rancho Circle".

Spanish Trails and everyone else can build all the mansions they want, but square footage and home automation are no substitute for true class.

Arrested? Really? Of all the people that Metro and Henderson cops kill during traffic stops, they let this guy live?

While the Internet as a system itself is not monetarily free (it does cost money to power fiber optics & switches, let alone pay for the parts and maintenance on them), it is however for the most part free of biased opinion. Las Vegas itself serving as a prime example. The most relevant being this column itself. Whenever you yourself Mr. Greenspun don't want anyone to challenge your opinions, I've noticed how you conveniently omit the option for readers to leave comments. You're not alone on that however, Mark and Mercedes on 94.1 are just as guilty when it came to a debate on then-Governor Gibbon's marriage and the overwhelming majority of callers disagreed with them, they simply closed all phone lines and declared that everyone listening was wrong and promptly changed the subject. Overall the list goes on and on with ways that free speech and public opinions have been silenced in Las Vegas in order to maintain profitability of corporate interests. From the deleting of omission of comments on sites such as this, to the fact that there is still not a Public Access Television station to host and spread peoples' opinions. Of course that too is a thread being that Greenspun owns interest in Cox Communications and doesn't want competition. So the cop-out was to turn it over for Governmental programming. The same corrupt government that got caught up in Operation G-Sting and helped ruin this city. How might things have turned out if people such as you 14 years ago allowed the voice of public concern to speak out against this rising housing bubble? The same bubble that resulted in an economic collapse and "brain-drain" that forced the most talented citizens to exit the valley and leave behind such a vast unemployable workforce good for nothing but unskilled labor?

Perhaps things would have been different had we have been allowed to speak out then. Perhaps we could have ejected those officials before they even committed their crimes, and could have secured our city had people in your position allowed the community to speak rather than silencing us and just letting another GLVAR mouthpiece spoon-feed lies that drove the city into the ground.

No, Mr. Greenspun, the Internet IS "Free". Not monetarily in the way that you feel, but free from the corporate and personal bias of people like you. The internet doesn't foster piracy that kills movies: It's rapid communication that enables movie goers to tweet to all of their friends that a film is not worth watching before it even ends, and thus drives away those ticket sales from the second showing before it even begins. Likewise people are tired of biased journalism that doesn't give full disclosure that either omits or ignores stories all together that conflict with it's other interests. That's why circulation is down: We're fed up with you and found a better source. You just need to adapt to our needs.

I think someone forgot to print the word "ADVERTISEMENT" above this story, because this was less of an actual interview, and more a sales pitch for her to hawk her wares.

@ lvfacts101 (Jerry Fink)

Given the fact that conservative Republicans have pushed health care cutbacks from restricting Mammograms to stopping HPV vaccinations, to opposing same-sex marriage as well as homosexuality itself, it seems quite apparent that Republicans have done quite allot to control other peoples' lives as you put it.

Realizing that this is not an "Us vs. Them" situation and that the dysfunctional problems of both government and society are indeed a bi-partisan issue is the first key to repairing things.

If this had been some of "Training Video" you would think that they would have gotten the acronyms right. It's "LVMPD" not "LVPD". That immediate blows that excuse out of the water and shows he's lying.

I also dug up this little gem from Lou Toomin from the LVRJ's website regarding his 2004 run for Assembly District 15:

"I never have believed we should have public employees serving in the Legislature,"

Oh, really? THEN WHY ARE YOU NOW A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE WHO RAN FOR OFFICE IN 2010?!

Total Hypocrite this guy...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2...