So I’m standing in line at the grocery store late yesterday afternoon, thumbing through the current edition of People magazine which hit store shelves that morning. I’m learning all the really important news in world: A former child star beats her meth addiction, Charlie Sheen marries someone who apparently is NOT a hooker (now THAT’S news!), Tatum O’Neil busted for drug possession, Angelina Jolie is NOT preggers, George Clooney splits with his honey, Bill Murray splits with his wife, how and why four women scrimped and saved for plastic surgery, Kathy Griffin explains how to cry and eat cake at the same time. You know, the stuff that’s REALLY important in life.
And then I get to page 100…
You got it. As the sub-head explains: “Divorce Nevada-style: The governor wants his wife out of the mansion - and she insists on staying put.”
That’s followed by a story which includes many of the more salacious details of Jim and Dawn’s breakup, including this money quote from former Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus: “The governor’s office is operating like a soap opera.”
Can this possibly get any more embarrassing for Nevadans?
Fighting over the couple’s marital assets is one thing; but generating a People magazine story over the fight for the mansion the people of Nevada own and “rent” out to the governor every four years? Come on. Enough is enough.
Is there an attorney out there who could draw up eviction papers for the citizens of Nevada to file to toss BOTH parties out of the mansion until they settle this spat and agree to keep their personal affairs out of the pages of the national tabloid press? I’d assume any Nevada taxpayer would have standing to file such a suit. The People of Nevada vs. People Magazine vs. Gibbons vs. Gibbons.
Posted on June 7th, 2008 by chuckmuth
Filed under: Nevada
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