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"It’s going to be a billion dollars."
- Ray Fierro Chairman Lyon County Commission describing the Pumpkin Hollow mine near Yerington. It will actually be two mines and a mill. That will bring 900 direct jobs to Lyon County. - Monday, July 20, 2015.
"Marketing is not self-serve. It’s putting the information out there so it is easily known and accessible."
- Robin Reedy, former chief of staff to Governor Gibbons, suggests that the Washoe County School Board take a marketing and logistics class from UNR so that the Board understands that the public, in general, is not going to go through a web site to try and find out if the board is spending their budget wisely. - Thursday, July 16, 2015.
"Sometimes businesses are managed by people of a different generation than they try to attract."
- Steve Wolstenholme President and COO Grand Sierra Resort explaining why it has taken gaming machine manufacturers so long to start thinking about building a new generation slot machine for the new generation. - Wednesday, July 15, 2015.
"It’s not over till it’s over and the fat lady didn’t even get to warm up, much less sing."
- Mary Lau President and CEO Retail Association of Nevada who says the dissatisfaction with the Governors Commerce Tax is continuing to build, noting the loose coalitions of the Controller, the Treasurer and Central Committees, that are up in arms. She feels it is likely we’ll see something on the next ballot for repeal. - Tuesday, July 14, 2015.
"If you were anywhere else out of the US, you were waiting on our product to arrive and your operations were at risk, potentially."
- Gregg Jones CEO EP Minerals whose company sells diatomaceous earth in 100 countries, around the world. Because of the Port of Oakland strike, they were unable to ship overseas to their clients. - Monday, July 13, 2015.
"They can’t cram any more into that space, they’ve got to go somewhere. If there long term decision is to go south then south it is.
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- Mike Kazmierski President EDAWN who says despite protests to the contrary, from UNR, the university will end up moving into the heart of downtown Reno. - Thursday, July 9, 2015.
"A lot of that cost is going to have to be absorbed by everyone in the state.
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- Lee Gibson Executive Director Washoe RTC referring to the $1.3 billion Project Neon on the I 15 in Las Vegas. While Mr. Gibson acknowledges the need, he says taxpayer from Elko to Laughlin and Reno to Ely will have to chip in to help pay for it.
- Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
"It’s a thing where there’s no fire and there’s no smoke. They need to get over that and move on and talk about something real.
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- Rory Reid former Chairman of the Clark County Commission says the knock against Hillary Clinton regarding Benghazi is a product of Fox News and House Republicans and all they have found is that somebody changed some talking points. - Tuesday, July 7, 2015.
"Getting from the airport to the Strip is still just a nightmare
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- David Damore Associate Professor of Political Science UNLV says that in addition to better transportation from the airport to the Strip, Las Vegas also needs a more centrally located major events center. Both hopefully funded, in part, by the Legislature. The events center could potentially be funded by the Live Entertainment Tax (Luxury Tax). - Monday, July 6, 2015.
"People are very angry. Very disappointed.
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- Amy Tarkanian, former Chair of the Nevada Republican Party who says that Governor Sandoval and the Republican legislators who voted for the new taxes, lied to their constituents, according to what she heard at recent Clark County Republican Central Committee meeting. - Thursday, July 2, 2015.
"You would never tell, with Gary Loveman, that you’ve got a company that’s in chapter 11 with all this debt."
- Howard Stutz, Gaming Correspondent LVRJ says that the now Chairman of Caesars Entertainment is very relaxed, very comfortable despite the company’s efforts to divest itself of 10 billion dollar’s worth of debt. - Wednesday, July 1, 2015.
"No grower has actually broken ground and got the plants up and running.
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- State Senator Tick Segerblom pointing out that medical marijuana stores are ready to start selling but there is no source yet, for the plants, in Nevada so they have nothing to sell. - Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
"From a business perspective, gross taxes are not good policy.
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- Carole Vilardo President Nevada Taxpayers Association who says that government and recipients of the revenue from the new Commerce Tax are the beneficiaries of what she calls bad tax policy. - Monday, June 29, 2015.
"Had they worked with the Governor and made their case they may have been in a better position.
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- Alfredo Alonso, Lewis and Roca, talking about the Auto Dealers.
Liz McMenamin of the Retail Association of Nevada provided a rebuttal later in the program saying the Auto Dealers had been at the table with the Retailers and others, saying that they weren’t against raising taxes but they were against a gross receipts tax. - Thursday, June 18, 2015.
"The hit in our industry is going to be to the employees.
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- Wayne Frediani President NFADA who says there are going to be layoffs at the auto dealers due to the new Commerce Tax.
- Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
"And that’s a valid complaint
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- Marsha Berkbigler, Chairwoman Washoe County Commission, who says that complaints about the lengthy permitting process in Washoe County will hopefully be resolved by the hiring of a coordinator, to hand hold businesses through the process, in a timely fashion. - Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
