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"I don’t think we can cut too much from education, for example."
- State Senator Scott Hammond (R) District 18 says that the numbers released by the Economic Forum this week were bad but not as bad as they could have been. He feels there are several agencies and budgets that can’t take the 12% budget hit the Governor has requested. - Thursday, December 10, 2020.
"You might have to go back and do some conflict resolution as a result."
- Assemblywoman Jill Tolles (R), District 25 on the dangers of communicating via text while using humor or sarcasm when the other party can’t see your expression or body language. - Wednesday, December 9, 2020.
"In a nutshell Cha Ching. Follow the money."
- Mary Lau, President, CEO, Retail Association of Nevada with her response to the unveiling of the Nevada Climate Blueprint. - Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
"We’ve been made promises in the past, by both parties, and what we saw was massive deportation and then caging and then walls."
- Peter Guzman, President, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce cheering the fact that immigration reform has come to the top of the issues the President-elect is pushing. Mr. Guzman says it’s about time and there will be a price to pay if it fails. - Friday, December 4, 2020.
"Tony Hsieh was a connector, and he wasn’t done."
- Mackenzie Warren, Attorney and Vice President, Government Affairs, McDonald Carano along with the rest of Las Vegas, mourning the loss of a true innovator and funder that brought real change to Downtown Las Vegas. - Thursday, December 3, 2020.
"It’s been a nightmare, not only for the citizens but for the medical community also."
- Assemblywoman Robin L. Titus, District 38, Minority Floor Leader expressing, in addition to hospitals being full and patients being turned away, the lag on getting Covid test results back in a timely fashion. - Wednesday, December 2, 2020.
"Nevadan’s do want their policy makers to operate from the middle."
- Paul Moradkhan, Senior VP, Government Relations, The Vegas Chamber says that points to the large turnout from both Republicans and Democrats in this election cycle. - Tuesday, December 1, 2020.
"She actually outperformed Donald Trump by a couple of points in her district."
- David Damore, Associate Professor of Political Science UNLV points out that Republican State Senator Heidi Gansert’s re-election victory was interesting in that Joe Biden won in her district. - Friday, November 27, 2020.
"These lawsuits are incredible in terms of, they have no merit."
- Eva Segerblom, Attorney, Maddox, Segerblom and Canepa referring to the Trump campaign lawsuits. Ms. Segerblom says she turns away potential cases everyday because those cases do not have merit. President Trump’s supporters say he has every right to fight these cases. - Thursday, November 26, 2020.
"I don’t believe that he can come up with a shred of evidence that would show that."
- Frank Mullen, Editor, Reno News and Review refuting George Harris’s claim that he had evidence that 1000 dead people had voted in Washoe County. He asks why isn’t Mr. Harris shouting this from the rooftops. He says it would be a hell of a story. - Wednesday, November 25, 2020.
"The good news is that the turnout was extraordinary."
- Jill Derby, Former Democratic State Party Chair says more youth voted than ever before. There were more first-time voters, and the mechanics of the election ran very smoothly. - Tuesday, November 24, 2020.
"So, it’s Armageddon and I don’t mean to be hyperbolic."
- Andrew MacKay, Exec. Dir., Nevada Franchised Auto Dealers Association originally thinking that the bloodbath for the auto industry was going to exceed 2008, by leaps and bounds, in 2020. In fact, the auto industry showed itself to be remarkably resilient in the face of covid due to a variety of factors. - Friday, November 20, 2020.
"No, No, it’s nonsense"
- Sig Rogich, President, Rogich Communications responding to Jill Derby’s assertion that national security was being endangered by the lack of access to national security briefings for Joe Biden. - Thursday, November 19, 2020.
"I really think it’s going to be roll backs in operations and maybe curfews at night."
- Howard Stutz, Executive Editor, CDC Gaming Reports looking at covid restrictions across the national gaming communities, rather than shutdowns, except in Detroit, where casinos are shuttered for three weeks. - Wednesday, November 18, 2020.
"Until that’s adjudicated there is no President-Elect."
- Michael Kadency, Chairman, Washoe County Republican Party says until the pending litigation is adjudicated, and the Electors meet, Joe Biden is not the President-Elect. - Tuesday, November 17, 2020.
"It’s just time for the President to admit that he lost and let’s move on."
- Congresswoman Dina Titus, CD 1 says that White House chatter suggests that some of the Presidents advisors, his children and the First Lady have said lets put this behind us and look at the future. - Friday, November 13, 2020.
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