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"Oh heck no!!! "
- Randi Thompson Political Analyst, in answer to the question as to whether the President will work with Republicans in his remaining two years, to get some things done. She says Congress is as dysfunctional as our own Nevada Legislature. - Thursday, December 18, 2014.
"Having people insured is a good thing. Having them be able to adequately access the appropriate level of care is something that’s entirely different. "
- State Senator Ben Kieckhefer who says we need to continue getting more doctors into Nevada as well as expanding residency programs in both Las Vegas and Reno. - Wednesday, December 17, 2014.
"We already have a fully licensed dispensary system that is tightly regulated. It’s called pharmacies. "
- Andrew Barbano-Editor NevadaLabor.com who asks the question “Why do we need medical marijuana dispensaries when you’ve got drug stores”. - Tuesday, December 16, 2014.
"6.3 Billion For the 16/17 Biennium is excluding sunsets. "
- Mike Willden Chief of Staff to Governor Sandoval, who points out that legally the Economic Forum are not allowed to forecast taxes that are not lawfully allowed to go forward. - Monday, December 15, 2014.
"A crime of the nature of sexual assault is just a crime, it’s not a counseling issue, it’s a crime. "
- Marc Johnson, President UNR, discussing his view of the recent incident at the University of Virginia. - Thursday, December 11, 2014.
"I don’t necessarily think you can do a billion dollar tax increase because of the economic impact to the businesses that were finally convinced to expand in the State of Nevada and to move to the State of Nevada. "
- State Senator James Settlemeyer District 17, discussing rumors of a potential increase in taxes, due to a looming budget shortfall, over the next biennium. - Wednesday, December 10, 2014.
"I think the problem is that non-technical managers think that data security is for the computer guys and it’s not, its two separate disciplines. "
- Ira Victor, Digital Forensic Analyst, Data Clone Labs, who says that data security forensics, are different disciplines than the IT guy that maintains the systems from an operational standpoint. - Tuesday, December 9, 2014.
"It looks like Sandoval is doing a very effective job, as the party leader of Nevada, in structuring this Legislative session to come. "
- Fred Lokken, Professor of Political Science at TMCC, commenting on how the Speaker of the Assembly, John Hambrick, is pledging his support to the Governors’ agenda, despite being quite conservative himself. - Monday, December 8, 2014.
"We’re seeing a whole lot of interest in Carson City as a result of that. "
- Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell, discussing how the Tesla Gigafactory is having a regional impact, as far as companies wanting to move to Northern Nevada. His hope is for smaller tech manufacturing firms to relocate to the state capital. - Thursday, December 4, 2014.
"There was not one, I say underline, one negative ad anywhere, in print or on the television. "
- Jill Derby, Former NV Democratic State Party chair who just returned from Canada during their 5 week election cycle. - Wednesday, December 3, 2014.
"You’ve got a Republican Governor who’s stated that he is ready to do tax reform to move the state forward and fund the things that we need to fund. "
- Tray Abney- The Chamber who says the Governor along with the State Senate leadership and some of the Republican leadership in the Assembly are ready to move on tax reform. Some surmise that even though some taxes may go down (sales) the likelihood is that overall revenue to the state will go up. - Tuesday, December 2, 2014.
"The Democrats were asleep. "
- Robert Uithoven J3 Strategies who managed Adam Laxalt’s winning campaign for attorney general who says it wasn’t a ”red wave” that got Republicans in Nevada elected. - Monday, December 1, 2014.
"It may be that no Republican is willing to step up in 2016 and try. "
- Fred Lokken, Political Science Professor TMCC who thinks we might see a replay of the 2014 Governor’s race in the US Senate race for Senator Reid’s seat. Mark Amodei and Joe Heck have taken themselves out of consideration. - Thursday, November 20, 2014.
"That created such a divide among labor and teachers and folks that normally work together on these issues. "
- Marlene Lockard, The Lockard Group who says that Question 3 was a big part of the problem for Democrats in Nevada, on election night, causing Labor to stay home. - Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
"Had to be Ross Miller getting beat by Adam Laxalt. "
- Ray Hagar Political Reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal on the biggest surprise of election night. He didn’t think the red wave would clip Miller too. - Tuesday, November 18, 2014.
"If I’m the Republicans and I’m coming into the first Legislative session where the two houses of the Legislature and the Governor are Republican, I’m gonna go for everything I can get. "
- Sean Whaley Political Reporter for the Las Vegas Review Journal who says the Republicans will hope to continue that dominance in the next cycle. - Monday, November 17, 2014.
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