THE DAILY GRIND – AUGUST 26TH, 2016

AUGUST 26, 2016

TRUMP KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT SOLD OUT FUNDRAISER FOR NV GOP IN LAKE TAHOE

Today in Lake Tahoe, Donald Trump is the key note speaker at a sold out NEVADA GOP fundraiser dinner. The price: two hundred dollars per person, and up to five thousand dollars per person to sit at the VIP table. The NEVADA GOP is expecting to raise close to one million dollars. The money will go to help register voters and support Republican candidates statewide.

HILLARY ATTEMPTS TO LINK RACIST GROUPS TO TRUMP IN RENO SPEECH

In Reno, Hillary Clinton gave a speech to a crowd of about two hundred people, attacking Donald Trump as racist, claiming his apartment buildings refused to rent to blacks and Hispanics, and his casinos were fined for removing black dealers. She went on to try and connect Trump to white supremacists because those groups used his campaign materials on their websites. Donald Trump fired back saying QUOTE “Shame on You.”

RAIDERS STADIUM DOA WITHOUT SOME PUBLIC FINANCING

In local news, yesterday, the commission met to discuss the details of the new Raiders Stadium. The projected cost of the stadium is 1.9 billion dollars, with over seven hundred and fifty million dollars needed from taxpayers. Sheldon Adelson is ponying up over 500 million personally, and said without the public money funded by a 20 cent room tax he can’t move forward. The Raiders are committing 500 million dollars for the new stadium. Las Vegas Sands Corporation is calling for a special legislative session next month. Most Nevada State legislators that NEWSMAX TV LAS VEGAS spoke with today, refused to comment without seeing a proposed bill.

LAS VEGAS MAYOR PRO TEM’S SON FACES CHARGES FOR ROBBERIES

In other local news, the son of Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem Steve Ross, Shane Ross, was arrested by Metro Police for allegedly robbing multiple fast food and convenience stores throughout the valley. Shane made his first appearance in court asking for his bail to be reduced from sixty thousand dollars.