By: Chuck Muth
Nevada News and Views
Fight Between Gibbons and Legislature Goes White Hot As Governor Threatens Lawsuit
“In a letter to Speaker Barbara Buckley and Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, Gov. Jim Gibbons threatens to sue lawmakers if they do not remove their instructions to legislative lawyers not to draft his legislation intended for an upcoming special session,” reports Jon Ralston this afternoon in the Las Vegas Sun.
“I do not believe it is legally permissible for the Legislative Counsel to decline — or perhaps be instructed to decline – to draft legislation for the Governor,” Gibbons wrote in his letter. “A prompt reply to this quandary is appreciated, as the necessity for a definitive answer vis-ã-vis the court system is imminently ripe should the Legislative Counsel not perform her Constitutional and statutory duties to draft legislation for the Governor.”
Ralston has the full Gibbons letter posted HERE
