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Posted here are a couple of pictures taken by Steven Brooks' family after the expelled assemblyman was taken to a hospital Thursday after he was arrested by police near Barstow.
Brooks was attacked by a police dog and then struggled with the officers after they got him out of the car, part of which is shown here.
UPDATED, 11:15 AM, WITH COLLINS RESPONSE BELOW
UPDATED, 11:25 AM, WITH SPEAKER COMMENTS:
Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick just told me that despite what Tom Collins told his colleagues, she believes there is no rush to appoint anyone. "There are a lot of details," she told me, including whether the person can be paid and whether the caucus might be able to offer housing. "Relax, please. We don't need someone this week. We will take our time."
Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins today again...
UPDATED, 1:05 PM: The only officer listed on the LLC that gave to Lee is "Wide Open Spaces," which had its status permanently revoked. Hmmm.
UPDATED: 6: 20 AM, 4/2/13: Lee's campaign provided me with a document, posted here, that indicates the SOS site is wrong, that the Wide Open Spaces listed there is not the same one. Instead, it is a sole proprietorship run by Lee's wife. That still doesn't solve the campaign violation but indicates, perhaps, that the permanetly revoked officer problem is...