Nevada Revised Statute 6.130 states in part, "The district judge shall summon a grand jury whenever a verified petition is presented to the clerk of the district court containing the signatures of registered voters equal in number to 25 percent of the number of voters voting within the county at the last preceding general election which specifically sets forth the fact or facts constituting the necessity of convening a grand jury."
What happens if the person sponsoring the petition, or his agents, misleads the registered voter into signing the petition? Should the petition still be valid? Can the citizen request his name be removed from the petition? Should the sponsor be charged with a crime if it is proven he has intentionally misled the public in an effort to assert his own political agenda?
Like many of the statutes that come out of the Nevada State Legislature, this one clearly shows the ineptness of our elected lawmakers and the quality of work they produce. A first year law student could draft a better law. NRS 6.130 is poorly drafted, extremely broad in scope, silent on sanctions against the sponsor of a false petition, nor does it offer remedies to the citizen if misrepresentation can be proved.
Unfortunately, this is the law that will allow Rolland Weddell, aided and abetted by his attorney, Day Williams, to use the grand jury process to once again try to prove that Weddell was denied justice because of a massive conspiracy by some of our elected officials.
That's the nice thing about self-induced victimhood. Victimhood is powerful. Self-perceived victims don't have to accept blame for anything. Critical thinking skills are exchanged for cognitive disassociation. Their victimhood provides a persuasive and intoxicating justification for every kind of personal and professional failure. It allows them the luxury of wallowing in their delusional self-pity with hope of generating contemporary society's most sought after emotional state, that of moral outrage.
When Rolland Weddell realized that moral outrage from the citizens of Carson City would not be forthcoming, he quickly withdrew as an active, but pathetic, candidate against our current justice of the peace, Robey Willis. It was never a true contest by any stretch of the imagination. When the choice is between a gentleman and a bully, the former always wins over the latter!
Colloquially, misrepresentation is understood to mean a statement made to deceive or mislead. I believe that the citizens of Carson City have been deceived and misled. The intent of the grand jury petition filed by Weddell in Carson District Court was to charge various officials, Willis included, with a variety of misdeeds. Since he was losing his case in other venues, the grand jury procedure was seen as an avenue for Weddell to be "vindicated."
However, when people were asked to sign the petition by paid agents of Weddell, they were told they would be signing a petition that would "help Carson City get rid of drug dealers." Or "help Carson City be a safer place to live in." In many instances, the incriminating language in the petition against Judge Willis and others was concealed or downplayed.
Let me be very clear in my next statement. These people were lied to. They were lied to by omission or commission of a material fact concerning the true purpose of the petition. I know this to be a fact. I was lied to about the true purpose of this petition. I will sign a sworn affidavit to this effect and file it with the proper authorities. I did not sign the petition. Unfortunately, many people signed the petition without truly realizing or understanding the petition's hidden agenda. They are only now discovering that they are the victims of a politically motivated fraud.
Any person who signed this petition under these circumstances is publicly invited to call my office at 883-3654. I will be more than happy to discuss this issue with you.
KARL EDWARD NEATHAMMER
Carson City