Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Randi Thompson, political analyst

Guests:
Bob Beers, (R) candidate for Governor
Bill Walters, CEO Walters Group
Pundits:
Paul Mozen, Health Care Consultant
Chris Wicker, Chair - Washoe County Democratic Party
Ray Bacon, Exec. Dir. NV Manufacturers Assn.


"It was our idea to change it into a golf course. It was a crime infested area where there was a lot of drug dealing. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department it was the highest crime area in Las Vegas. We approached the city with the idea of doing a public private partnership converting it from a park that was full of vagrants and drug dealers to a golf course. They liked the idea and they put out a request for proposal which we submitted a bid, and we were the only people that submitted a bid and we were given the opportunity to develop it. "

- Bill Walters, CEO Walters Group, discussing the 1995 development efforts of Nature Park in Las Vegas.