Steve Miller is a former Las Vegas City Councilman. In 1991, the readers
of the Las Vegas Review Journal voted him the "Most Effective Public
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Sin City Turkey Tales
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
November 27, 2006
LAS VEGAS - Even though it's the beginning of the Holiday Season
-- a time when turkeys should be running for cover -- our local turkeys
are hiding in plain sight.
Here are a few of this week's local turkeys as presented in my latest
INSIDER E-Briefs:
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Subject: Like a
bad nickel, Billy keeps coming back
Date:
11/26/2006 10:39:14 A.M. Pacific
Standard Time
Like a bad nickel, Billy keeps coming back
Now
that Nevada Attorney General George Chanos is retiring, I believe
incoming A.G. Katherine Cortez-Mastro will abandon her predecessor's
investigation of corruption at City Hall, and open the door for Mayor
Goodman to place an item on a Spring 2007 Council agenda to reconsider Billy
Walters' request to have the deed restriction lifted from his Royal
Links land. Goodman may wait until after he's reelected to his third
and last term, then as a lame duck do the favor for his former
client thinking nothing can be done to stop him. However,
there's a pending complaint with the Nevada Commission on Ethics that
could still come back to fowl up
(no pun intended) his payback scheme. - SM
Nov. 26, 2006
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
SHERMAN
FREDERICK: A juice job at City Hall
A few more observations before the Royal Links
Golf Course debacle fades further into yesterday's news. A good place
to start is with this memorable line: "It appears that there has been a
consistent pattern of political and financial favoritism...." The mayor solicited this deal with the urgency of a hooker at
a stoplight... The mayor wanted to do his friend a favor and he was
willing to do it at the expense of Las Vegas citizens.
FULL EDITORIAL: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-26-Sun-2006/opinion/10989403.html
Sep. 28, 2005
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Ethics
complaint filed against Goodman
Critics say mayor violated law
by voting on matters affecting former criminal defense client Billy
Walters
By ED VOGEL
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON
CITY -- Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has been hit with another
ethics complaint over his involvement in issues affecting Southern
Nevada golf course owner Bill Walters. Two long-time critics of the
mayor, Bob Rose and former City Councilman Steve Miller, filed the
complaint Monday with the state Ethics Commission.
FULL
STORY: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Sep-28-Wed-2005/news/3564703.html
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Subject:
Ethics Commission takes
jurisdiction over latest Goodman complaint
Date: 11/24/2006 9:57:57 P.M.
Pacific Standard Time
Ethics Commission takes jurisdiction over latest
Goodman complaint
On Friday, Nov. 24, I was informed that the Nevada Commission
on Ethics took jurisdiction
over my July 24 complaint against Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman.
This means the Commission will meet in closed session sometime in
the near future to determine whether to punish Goodman for doing favors
for his law firm's former and present clients at the Crazy Horse
Too.
If they decide he has violated state ethics law, this will be the
second time in his career he's been found guilty of the same offense.
Since learning of my complaint,
Goodman has abstained on
voting to benefit his former and present Crazy Horse clients, however,
sources at City Hall say he's working behind the scenes with
help from City Business License Director Jim DiFiore to keep
the place open.
In 1991, I had the honor of authoring the law that Mayor Goodman
continues to break in his efforts to do favors for Rick Rizzolo and
Billy Walters. My colleague Robert Rose and I in 2005 filed a
separate complaint
against Goodman in regard to Walters. That complaint has yet to be
acted on, but Goodman has pledged to help Walters steal 160 acres of
once-public land for pennies on the dollar after the new Attorney
General is sworn in January 2.
Several years ago, Mr. Rose aroused Goodman's anger when he filed a
complaint against the Mayor for using his official title to do favors
for his son.
This Review-Journal
photograph by Cariño Casas depicts Goodman's anger when the
same Ethics Commission took jurisdiction over Mr. Rose's complaint.
Goodman stated,
"If anybody tells me I can't help my son, who I love, they can drop
dead," referring to 82 year old Mr. Rose.
The Commission later found Goodman guilty of violating the state
ethics law.
Now I expect a another angry reaction from the Mayor such as: "If
anybody
tells me I can't help my former clients Rick Rizzolo and Billy Walters,
who I love, they can drop dead," but this time he'll be referring to
me! - SM
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Subject:
HAPPY
THANKSGIVING from Vegas' finest
Date:
11/23/2006 2:21:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
HAPPY THANKSGIVING from Vegas' finest.......
Top to bottom, L. to R: Buffalo Jim Barrier, Steve
Miller, Sandy Murphy, Rick Tabish, Rick Rizzolo, Rocco
Lombardo, Sig Rogich, Billy Vasilliadis, Donna the street walker, Mike
McDonald, Oscar Goodman, Steve
Wynn, Michael Jackson
ANY RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THOSE PICTURED AND A TURKEY IS
COINCIDENTAL
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Subject:
Man pickets Crazy Horse Too
Date:
11/21/2006 10:24:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time
82 year old man pickets Crazy Horse Too
LAS VEGAS - Nick Steffora says Mike Signorelli, the new owner of the
Crazy Horse Too strip club, is a bankruptcy artist, and he wants the
City Council to know. Now Steffora, 82, is devoting his time to
picketing
the bar on a daily basis.
Steffora
says in 1982, Signorelli was his business partner and bilked him
out of hundreds of thousands of dollars after declaring
bankruptcy. He sued Signorelli in Federal Court, but said
he never received a dime.
.
Steffora
is now angry because during the Oct. 4, LV City
Council hearing when Signorelli was
granted a six month temporary liquor license to re-open the shuttered
Crazy Horse strip bar, attorney Steve
Caruso bragged about his client's success in business and the gaming
industry, but failed to mention that Signorelli twice
filed bankruptcy.
The public was not allowed to
speak during the hearing.
After his first bankruptcy in
1983, Signorelli opened the Mesquite Star Casino in June 1998 and went bankrupt
one year later. Then he was sued by over one hundred of his employees for
allegedly "looting"
their pay checks of health insurance premiums.
Signorelli also told the Council
he was bidding on the Riviera, and would pay Rick
Rizzolo $45 million for the Crazy Horse after leasing it for
$400,000 mo. The Council evidently believed what he had to say which
infuriated Steffora who sat quietly in the audience awaiting his chance
to speak.
Signorelli's attorney also
told the Council his client was a respected member of the gaming
industry and a highly regarded developer.
After the Council denied him the
opportunity to speak, and after hearing such glowing reports about his
former partner, Steffora's patience ran out, so he confronted
Signorelli in the
plaza of City Hall as was reported by the Las
Vegas Review-Journal.
Though Steffora has reported two incidents regarding Crazy
Horse Too employees threatening him during his picketing -- one in
which a female reportedly told him "I'm going to stick that sign up
your ass," -- he pledges to continue picketing until the City Council
permanently removes his foe's temporary license, or as Steffora
predicts, Signorelli goes bankrupt -- again. - SM
Nick Steffora, right, confronts Mike
Signorelli, center, as "Buffalo" Jim Barrier looks on
Wednesday. Stefforn is a former business associate of Signorelli. Photo
by Clint Karlsen.
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Subject:
PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE by STEVE MILLER
Date: 11/20/2006 5:33:13 P.M.
Pacific Standard Time
PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE by STEVE MILLER
On December 6, at 10:30 AM, United States Federal Court Chief Judge
Philip Pro will sentence "Pillar of the Community" Rick
Rizzolo to Federal Prison. It's expected that he will be ordered to
surrender to officials at The Federal Correctional Institution
(FCI II Medium) - Victorville in Adelanto, California during the first
week of January, 2007.
For those planning a Southern California vacation
after January 2, and would like to visit Mr. Rizzolo, below
is a link to information on how to do so properly:
.
And for those taking the kids, its only a hop,
skip, and a jump to the Magic Kingdom, so here's a link to the Disneyland web site to help you
plan your holiday.
To prepare for my visit with Rick in the pen, I had this photo
taken at Alcatraz
Holiday at
Alcatraz...
INSIDE VEGAS by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
January 12, 2004
http://americanmafia.com/Inside_Vegas/1-12-04_Inside_Vegas.html
Buffalo Jim paying his respects to
yours truly in the Alcatraz Visiting Room
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIAL VISITORS SUCH AS
MAYOR OSCAR GOODMAN, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NANCY
SAITTA, OR CITY OF LAS
VEGAS BUSINESS LICENSE DIRECTOR JIM
DiFIORE:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VISITING STRIPPERS:
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOR RALPH RIZZOLO:
Steve and Buffalo Jim chill out in Al Capone's cell. Alcatraz,
California, December 2003
A framed 24"x 36" color portrait commemorating our visit was
presented to Mr. Rizzolo
to hang in his office, but its present whereabouts is unknown.
HAVE A NICE DAY, and we're hoping to
run into you
during your visit to Rick at FCI Victorville!
 -
SM
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Well, that's all I could think up for one week of E-Briefs. Sure hope
they didn't offend anyone.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Copyright
© Steve Miller
Steve will be the guest on the Lou Epton
Radio Program, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2 - 3 PM PDT. Tune in to KKVV AM 1060,
or listen live on the Internet @ http://www.loueptonshow.com/. Call in numbers: Las Vegas - 702-650-5588,
out of state - 800-366-8883.
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