Attorney Craig W. Drummond was quoted in a recent article by Arthur Kane in the
Mitchell has held the office since 1995, and hours before the story was set to be published, he dropped his re-election bid. The article shows Mitchell wrote $72,000 in checks from county accounts, withdrew roughly $9,000 from banks and ATMs, pulled out money at bars and casinos, and spent thousands more on meals and trips to see his family.
Clark County started an audit of Mitchell’s spending in response to the publication of the article.