06-15-2011, 09:08 PM
[quote 4poundonly]It didnt get the name Floyd Scam Park for no reason.[/quote]
I thought it was called that because of who it was named after. Floyd Lamb was a Nevada Legislaturer who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar in an FBI scam in 1983. He spent nine months in prison for his trouble.
When I moved here 41 years ago, it was Tule Springs Park ran by the city of Las Vegas. There was no entry fee and it was alot different looks-wise.It had a zoo (you can see the old pens on the southside of the big lake). Many locals were upset when Tule Springs was changed to recognize a crooked politician like Lamb. In fact, the city of Las Vegas entertained the idea of changing the name back to Tule Springs but the state legislature put in a clause that when they handed over the park to the city the name had to stay the same.
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I thought it was called that because of who it was named after. Floyd Lamb was a Nevada Legislaturer who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar in an FBI scam in 1983. He spent nine months in prison for his trouble.
When I moved here 41 years ago, it was Tule Springs Park ran by the city of Las Vegas. There was no entry fee and it was alot different looks-wise.It had a zoo (you can see the old pens on the southside of the big lake). Many locals were upset when Tule Springs was changed to recognize a crooked politician like Lamb. In fact, the city of Las Vegas entertained the idea of changing the name back to Tule Springs but the state legislature put in a clause that when they handed over the park to the city the name had to stay the same.
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