In 2007, the Las Vegas City Council agreed to provide the south end of the then-closed Huntridge Circle Park on Maryland Parkway in downtown Las Vegas for a quarter acre Memorial to honor fallen American Veterans (artist's conceptual rendering below).
In 2009, after two years of inaction, the City Council turned the project over to American Shooters Supply, Inc. Former Mayor Oscar Goodman attached no oversight provisions or dates to the open ended agreement.
At the council hearing, the private company agreed to raise the projected $800,000 needed to construct the above Memorial. It was never mentioned that the Memorial would be relocated or reduced in size.
In 2010, the CEO of American Shooters appeared on a television program and stated that he had raised $200,000 to date, for the project. He then pledged that if he was unable to raise the additional $600,000 needed, his company would make up the difference.
Councilman Bob CoffinOn Wednesday, August 17, the City Council at the behest of newly elected Councilman Bob Coffin (left), is scheduled to consider the following Agenda Item requesting that the Veterans Memorial be moved from Huntridge Circle Park to a postage stamp sized park located across from St. Vincents in an area better known as "Skid Row."
Councilman Coffin has made if perfectly clear that he does not want a Veterans Memorial in his ward.
Below is the Agenda Item Mr. Coffin wants the Council to consider requesting that the Veterans Memorial be moved.
Here's the new "Veterans Memorial" being constructed as we speak. (The "stump" is shown just right of and below the sign).
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 Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com.
Here's the new "Veterans Memorial" being constructed as we speak. (The "stump" is shown just right of and below the sign).
