12/12/2025
Sovereign immunity - the concept that all governments can pass laws/ordinances, but they don't have to follow the procedures they create with those documents. One would think that if a city refused to grant or deny a business license, that one could sue for the resulting losses for their inaction. For nearly 2 months, the city of Las Vegas stonewalled ("we want this for you, really!), spreading rumors, and ultimately __refused to return calls__ regarding the business license application that UHC had submitted. Even though LV was clearly negligent (business licenses are generally decided in a matter of days), sovereign immunity lets them do so. Terrifying.
My lawyer likens this to a cop refusing to stop a crime then not being held accountable for the result. A case example - a woman's husband is released from prison and threatens to find and kill her. She reports the threat, gets a restraining order. When he shows at her home, she calls 911, but no one is assigned to come help her. He murders her while the call is in process.
Her family sued but lost because of sovereign immunity.
What happened to UHC and me was nowhere near a violent crime. But the costs! LV cost:
1) UHC an ideal setup for their clothing, furniture, and flower boutique; 2) everyone in and around LV a great shopping alternative; 3) me at least $7500/mo. for 5 yrs (more if UHC has rented-to-own my LV house);
and this is the jawdroppingly stupid part--
4) the city a good, steady tax income from a formerly derelict property that was set to enact a proven business plan (https://www.facebook.com/UHCGoodNewsStore/ had a $1.64 million revenue in 2023).
What gov't denies its citizens something that is a win for all?
Unjust, but not illegal - sovereign immunity and the fools that deemed UHC's business license application to be all lies. LV refused to stay in their lane, let the store open, then shut it down (and rightfully so) IF it went afoul of any city ordinance. PATHETIC.
