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Gov. Jim Gibbons smiled when the judge presiding over what promised to be a salacious and sensational four-day divorce trial asked if Gibbons’ settlement with the first lady was fair and equitable. “Yes,” the first-term Republican finally managed to utter, as if biting his tongue. It may be fair, but the divorce decree ending his 23-year marriage to Dawn Gibbons — the first for a sitting governor in Nevada — is unlikely to undo all the political damage that motivated the former congressman to pay more alimony than he wanted and sell the ranch where he hoped to retire. The deal reached Monday, however, does avoid a messy public trial filled with allegations of infidelity, name-calling and mean-spirited attacks.
