Hold the presses! It turns out the Henderson Chamber of Commerce endorses Clark County Commissioner Lynette Boggs McDonald after all!

You remember last week, when the Henderson Chamber first announced, then retracted, then said it was still mulling whether to endorse Boggs McDonald. (She was enduring one of her worst political weeks ever, with allegations that she didn’t live in the district, revelations from her divorce file and charges that she misused campaign cash.)

But, fear no more, commissioner: Your good friends at the Henderson Chamber are there for you after all. (We’re sure she’s relieved, since her district includes … not a single square inch of Henderson.)

Let’s check out what the chamber said:

” ‘The Henderson Chamber of Commerce endorses Lynette Boggs-McDonald for Clark County Commission based on both her proven record of supporting local business and helping to sustain a strong economy and her understanding of the issues and challenges facing the Clark County Commission,’ said David Dahan, chairman of [chamber political arm] IMPAC. ‘We fully understand and recognize the severity of the allegations that have been made against Commissioner Boggs-McDonald and we do not condone these types of actions from our elected officials. However, we also understand these are only allegations. We support Lynette Boggs-McDonald for Clark County Commission (District F) because of her track-record of supporting business.’

” ‘I applaud the prudent actions of the committee and the willingness to act in the best interest of the members of the Henderson Chamber,’ Dahan said. ‘We were challenged by the timing of the endorsement process and we made the right decision in further discussing the endorsement.’ “

There are no winners here: Boggs McDonald probably feels as if the chamber has been a fair-weather friend (the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce never wavered from its endorsement of the commissioner). The Henderson chamber looks silly for the way it handled the situation. (Nothing has changed, after all, since last week. The allegations were only allegations then, too. So why not stick by the endorsement in the first place?) And since few, if any, actual human people will decide how to vote based on this endorsement, it doesn’t really matter in the long run anyway.

Hey, why are we even writing about it? That’s it. We’re out!