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"I signed on to Assemblyman Wheeler’s and Controller Knecht’s plan."
- Assemblywoman Dr. Robin Titus who says their tax plan can still see growth and that it’s a balanced budget. - Thursday, April 9, 2015.
"Texting while driving."
- David Pogue, Technology Correspondents Nova PBS when asked what keeps him up at night, the danger of someone killing him because they were texting while driving. - Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
"Some of the studies have suggested that somewhere closer to around $10 may be good."
- State Senator Pat Spearman while not saying that $15 should be the minimum wage, she says $7 and $8 is not a livable wage. - Tuesday, April 7, 2015.
"The process they must go through would be to petition their physician over a period of time, a minimum of two weeks apart, to request the prescription for the medication that would terminate their lives."
- State Senator David Parks discussing SB 336, his Death with Dignity bill. The lethal medication would have to be self-medicated. - Monday, April 6, 2015.
"50% of all insurance plans discriminate, in some way, against a mental illness prescription or treatment plan.
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- Robin Reedy Western Nevada, NAMI who says despite the passing of Obamacare this discrimination continues.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015.
"Yes, but you’ll never bet. You’ll just be sitting there waiting to bet and then grabbing on something to munch on.
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- Mary Lau CEO/President Retail Association of Nevada disagreeing with Senator Segerblom’s contention that recreational marijuana in Nevada will be a boon for tourism and gaming in Nevada. - Wednesday, April 1, 2015.
"It shouldn’t be a flippant offhand comment close to five o'clock on a Friday afternoon.
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- Assemblywoman Teresa Benitez- Thompson who says that if Michelle Fiore wants to follow on with a bill regarding castration as a punishment for sex trafficking, it should be given a full hearing, including all consequences. - Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
"If you really want to get serious about stopping the pimps and stopping this horrific activity with sex trafficking our children, come to us legislators with a bill for chemical castration or straight up castration."
- Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore who says pimps would understand that this is going to cost them their most valued possession.
- Monday, March 30, 2015.
"Well they certainly didn’t want to be in court. Harvey didn’t care about being in court but they didn’t want to be.
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- Dominic Gentile, Attorney, Gentile, Cristalli and Miller recounting the battle between Harvey Whittemore and his former partners Thomas and Albert Seeno. In the end, according to Mr. Gentile, Harvey walked away with some money. - Friday, March 27, 2015.
"Not one person endorsed 252 per se. They endorsed the idea of spending money on education.
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- Mary Lau, President/CEO Retail Association of Nevada referring to the three former Nevada Governors who spoke at Governor Sandoval’s recent appearance before the Legislature. - Wednesday, March 25, 2015.
"We’re not trying to compete with the Governor.
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- Assembly Majority Leader Paul Anderson who says the Republican leadership just wants to have multiple paths to the same success, after putting out a new tax plan that doesn’t rely on gross receipts. - Tuesday, March 24, 2015.
"In some cases the entire salary is paid to do union business the entire time.
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- Assemblyman Randy Kirner who says that if the taxpayers are paying, the firefighters should be fighting fires, the policemen should be policing, teachers should be teaching. The city should not be paying for firefighters to do union business. - Monday, March 23, 2015.
"We have a lot of ways, sometimes not enough means.
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- Assemblyman Pat Hickey who says the Governor has to continue to take on the challenge personally, in regards to raising the revenue, to fund his ambitious plans.
- Thursday, March 19, 2015.
"With 30 different categories, with the number of exemptions, the tax that we see today, that we are going to be looking at, is as simple as it will ever be.
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- Paul Enos CEO NV Trucking Association describing one of the ways the Governors tax plan is bad tax policy.
- Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
"Mike Roberson is a lobbyist, full time, when he’s not a legislator. He’s in the process of trying to get rich through government. I think that will provide a stark contrast for the voters."
- Bob Beers, Las Vegas City Councilman running against Harry Reid in 2016, who uses the same accusation against State Senator Michael Roberson that he uses against US Senator Reid. - Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
"Maybe 350 (to) 400 million dollars over a ten year period.
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- Lance Gilman Broker/Partner, Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, describing why data storage companies like Apple and Microsoft are moving their expansions to Arizona because the cost of electricity is 9 cents per kilowatt hour versus 5 cents in Arizona. Gilman is looking to NV Energy and the PUC plus the Legislature to come up with a way to incentivize data storage companies to stay in Nevada. - Monday, March 16, 2015.
