From the KLAS-TV website:
Las Vegas City Councilman Lawrence Weekly will be the newest Clark County commissioner.
Weekly is currently the councilman for Ward 5 in the southeast part of the valley. That is in county commission District D. It’s the new district he will now be representing.
In a ceremony Monday afternoon, Governor Jim Gibbons appointed the city leader to the county commission.
Surrounded by family and friends, Lawrence Weekly graciously accepted the offer and said he is ready to serve District E.
This isn’t the first time he’s been appointed to office. When he first took city office in 1999, he was appointed to Ward 5, one of two wards that were created for a growing Las Vegas Valley. [...]
Weekly will replace Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates, who resigned from her position earlier this month for personal reasons.
Lawrence Weekly is expected to be sworn in on Mar. 6.
This was a sound choice on part of the governor. Weekly, who lives full-time in District D (and already up to speed on the constituency he serves), is the best man for the job, compared to state assemblyman Morse Arberry, who resides in Canyon Gate across town. Voters in West Las Vegas, Downtown, and North Las Vegas shall be served well.
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