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"Enough people bought tickets that it still turned into a shouting match."
- Seth Richardson, Political Reporter RGJ describing the scene at the private Carson City Chamber event where Senator Dean Heller spoke recently. A town hall is planned with Heller and Congressman Mark Amodei in Reno. - Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
"Affordable housing is the key"
- Tom Ciesynski, Washoe County School District Chief Financial Officer who says that the District will be able to solve its financial problems via the coming growth in the region. He is concerned that newcomers will live elsewhere if the housing in Reno Sparks is too expensive. - Monday, April 10, 2017.
"I think they’re trying to accommodate Republicans but I don’t think they are probably going as far as the Republican Party would like.
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- Sean Whaley, Reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal says the Democrats have a real level of intensity, this session, about getting things done.
- Thursday, April 6, 2017.
"Why not let the small guys take the chance? Put out the capital risk and if they succeed, we’ll buy them out. And if they fail, they’ve taken the risk and failed.
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- State Senator James Settelmeyer, District 17 pointing out one side of the argument he’s heard from a member of the Nevada Beer Wholesalers Association. Others in the association are adamantly opposed to increasing the competition from the craft brewing industry. - Wednesday, April 5, 2017.
"I see that the Legislature, the Governor and the utilities and the businesses in Nevada, with the new high tech industries that Nevada has been able to attract, everything is moving in the right direction."
- Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, USN (Ret.) who says that the Legislature must take the current opportunity to remake the power grid to ensure electrical security moving forward. He is optimistic. - Tuesday, April 4, 2017.
"If there’s an excess of the renewable energy why not shut down the dirty energy instead.
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- Susan Fisher, Government Affairs Group VP, McDonald Carano Wilson upon hearing that California has such an excess of renewable energy that they want to sell it to other states. - Monday, April 3, 2017.
"Once you give somebody something, it’s hard to take it away.
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- Congresswoman Dina Titus, Congressional District 1 says that people may not remember the Democrats passed Obamacare but they will remember who takes it away. - Thursday, March 30, 2017.
"I do believe that 80% of a good idea is better than 100% of nothing.
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- Assemblyman Keith Pickard, District 22 who feels that a majority of legislators are working together to benefit the state. - Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
"Napoleon McCallum, the longtime Raiders great came up with the idea of bringing the Raiders to Las Vegas and that’s why we’re all here."
- Chase Whittemore, Argentum Partners says that McCallum brought the idea to Las Vegas Sands boss Sheldon Adelson and then furthered the discussion with the Raiders management. - Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
"I plan to run for re-election at this point.
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- State Senator Patricia Farley, District 8 who changed her registration from Republican to non-partisan and caucuses with the Democrats says that non-partisan is how she feels she’s best serving her district. - Monday, March 27, 2017.
"The tax is one thing. How do we determine impairment?
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- Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association says that in regard to testing for marijuana use it’s easier for businesses to get a urine sample than it is to get a nurse or doctor to draw blood for a test. - Thursday, March 23, 2017.
"The worst thing that’s ever happened to American education is really very simple, lawyers and parents.
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- Howard Rosenberg, Former Washoe County School Board Member says that lawyers are after a buck and parents who don’t take care of their children and expect the schools to do so are another major issue for education. - Wednesday, March 22, 2017.
"Actually, there is more than one mega transaction underway.
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- Lance Gilman, Partner-Broker, Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center confirming that in addition to the 1500 acre development that’s being negotiated currently at TRIC, there is a second one for 700 acres that will likely be coming down later this year. - Tuesday, March 21, 2017.
"We just aren’t doing what we need to do particularly at this level.
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- State Senator Julia Ratti, District 13 speaking about the need for mental health services, especially on a local level. She cites the case of a local man with mental illness who lost both feet because he was left outside in the cold. - Monday, March 20, 2017.
"There’s no daylight between the two of us in terms of what we need to do.
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- State Senator Pat Spearman, District 1 says that she and Assemblyman Chris Brooks are determined to make Nevada the energy leader in the world. She says we have more sunshine here than they have “heat in hell” and we need to be doing some things with it. - Thursday, March 16, 2017.
"It’s going to pass hands down. What the Governor does, I’m not sure.
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- State Senator Tick Segerblom, District 3 says that there is bi-partisan support for the right to assisted suicide this legislative session. Senator Parks(D) and Senator Kieckhefer are co-sponsors.
- Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
