Colorado and Las Vegas : Reporting from Nevada

In the morning, I wake up, open a can of soup, and pour the gravy sauce over three chicken strips in an aluminum pie tin before throwing the lunch in the oven. I mainly survive off mason jars filled with slow brewed coffee. Minutes ago I ate my first meal for the day, because I can’t stop writing about the bad experiences Vegas has had to carry over Ensign. As I write these words, a TV show with Chris Hansen uncovers crime in an episode titled Undercover Las Vegas. We are such an amazing town. Could you imagine camera crews coming to your city to film Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather, Martin Scorsese’s Casino, or televisions shows about catching criminals like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Travel Channel gaming shows warning criminals not to try scams in Las Vegas, or Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations warning tourists of what to eat while visiting Las Vegas. The time is now 12:40 pm. I just finished eating three chicken strips to Chris Hansen’s narration of Undercover Las Vegas. John Ensign thought he could get away with his crimes? In Las Vegas, Nevada? The Federal Election Commission received a complain from Melanie Sloan in July 2009. As Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Melanie Sloan filed a complain with the Senate Ethics Committee. Three days ago as I mentioned earlier the Senate Ethics Committee issued an investigative report detailing John Ensign's crimes. The city is cover with investigators. How did John Ensign think he was going to bluff his way through this the way poker players are trying to shift sideways in their seats to read the other players cards? Las Vegas gambling tables have eyes in the ceiling, eyes in the tables for televised poker events screened on television, how did John Ensign think he was going to walk away from stealing taxes in Las Vegas to pay for sex with an employee married to a husband that happens to be his best friend? Vegas streets have as many cameras as casinos. You could ask Anthony Spilotro is he were still alive. Better yet, ask Mayor Oscar Goodman. The current mayor represented Anthony until Spilotro’s body went missing. Las Vegas has a history with Washington DC. Ensign knew better that to cheat locals in Las Vegas. The mafia killed Anthony Spilotro for almost exactly the same crime. John Caifano was sent by the Chicago mafia to run Las Vegas. He was sent to prison in 1980. Spilotro replaced Caifano with orders to protect their investment by insuring Lefty Rosenthal. After all, Rosenthal and Spilotro were best friends until they were tempted in Las Vegas. Spilotro started a sex scandal punishable by death with the Italian mafia. Anthony Spilotro was married to a lovely wife, had a resort town full of women willing to have sex with the made man in the mafia, and Anthony was drawn to the dangers of starting a sexual affair with Geri Rosenthal? Anthony Spilotro had no competition. He was as good as the Las Vegas Godfather when he ran the Entertainment Capital of the World as a representatives to the Chicago mafia. Anthony Spilotro was caught have sex with his bestfriend, Lefty’s wife Geri. Anthony was confronted and got defiant. Federal investigators heard about the financial transactions, relationships with friends, and Anthony Spilotro’s friends started to flip the way Tom Coburn is now. Everything was fine. There was no reason to distract friends from taking care of business. John Ensign could be running for President of the United States - And guess what, we locals in Vegas know he could have won, especially here, because Obama made dispariagging comments about Las Vegas that upset the governor and mayor to the point of not welcoming Obama back to Vegas and refusing to accept his apology. During the president's town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire, Obama discussed spending by insulting Las Vegas, “When times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don't go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college.” He quickly apologized. After all, Harry Reid was running for re-election in Las Vegas, Nevada. His son, Rory Reid was in charge of Hillary Clinton’s campaign when Hillary ran for President of the United States. Mayor Oscar Goodman was furious. Goodman refered to the President’s psychological hangup when he defended Vegas by insisting, “I want the president to straighten this out. If not, he is not welcome in my city as far as I am concerned.” President Obama cannot escape from the Internet. Las Vegas locals are no illiterate. In fact, the mere environment makes them more clever than most communities around the world. John Ensign’s father owned a casino. Ensign lives in Las Vegas. How did he think C Street was going to go unnoticed, especially with Mark Sanford adding gas to the flames already growing? Senator John Ensign's Communications Director Tory Mazzola jumped away from the fire. Next Chief of Staff John Lopez felt his face burn red. We don’t know whether it was guilt or shame, because rumors around the health club claimed that the Senators staff knew everything about the bribery over the affair, kick backs; Well how could they not? The mistress and her husband had their son hired to collect money. The entire family worked under Ensign’s umbrella with his staff but as more people joined the swimming pool at my gym in Las Vegas during those scorching hot weeks in August 2009, swimmers lounged around throughout the day in the water and felt cool enough to confess.