Las Vegas Sun

How dare you hit a man while he's down. It shows what a true coward you are. But than again, someone going by "GOD" obviously has ISSUES. This is a time in our Nation that the American Citizens should come together in unity. Probably a concept foreign to you. "Compassion" is a word you should add to your vocabulary.

The bigger concern here in this story should be the death of one of our citizens at the hands of law enforcement... again. Did any witness see a knife? Her family and bystanders say "no." This has been a huge problem in the black community. I realize our police have a dangerous job and have to use caution, but perhaps there needs to be some additional training or something. Something has got to change.

What happened yesterday is inexcusable and the Clark County Executive Board must address this immediately. Many volunteers (including myself) gave of our own time with good intentions, trusting that our convention leadership had it under control. We simply followed instructions and I feel we were sent to the slaughter. I actually hid my yellow "staff" credential when things really got out of hand on the floor. After the lessons learned from the "precinct caucus" on Jan 19th this should not have happened. My observation is that assigned committee chairs would have done themselves a "huge" favor by soliciting those volunteers that had experience with putting on large events. There were several of us there (but noone bothered to even ask.) It seems they were more concerned with maintaining control than making it a success. I agree with the blogger that we should be looking at some changes in our leadership. We need leaders that not only lead but can motivate us to give of our time and support the efforts of the party. Unfortunately, if leaders want the credit when things are "good" you must be willing to take the "heat" when things go bad. Why didn't we use Cashman? I suggest to everyone complaining to attend the central committee meetings and get involved in the party. That is the only way we can improve our party. Let's not make the mistake of believing for one moment that John Hunt, Bill Stanley, or anyone else made the Caucus or Jefferson Jackson Dinner a BIG success. It was the excitement of this presidential race. You set yourself up for a BIG failure if you believe you'll have that same turnout next year. So, let's not put that burden on either of these hard workers. The members of Clark County Dems deserve better than what they've gotten and we need to work TOGETHER, engaging everyone's ideas and expertise to make our party as great as it is destined to be. I encourage the party leaders to stop being afraid and allow everyone to be a part of the process. You truly are only as powerful as those that have put you there. Can we start today and begin to UNITE this State party?