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"There’s no telling where this is going to go and if it explodes then they’re going to have no choice but to take those people out. "
- Washoe County DA Dick Gammick on what he thinks Sheriff Doug Gillespie is going to do if the armed militia remains in the Bunkerville area. - Wednesday, April 30, 2014.
"I'd love to see them win this whole thing, just to stick it to Sterling. You want to go down in history, I think that would be wonderful. "
- Andrew Mackay, Chairman Nevada Transportation Authority, commenting on the sad state of affairs of the LA Clippers and throwing his support to the team. - Tuesday, April 29, 2014.
"When you need help, his door is always open. "
- Mayor of Carson City, Bob Crowell who says from his perspective (as a democrat) that Governor Sandoval has done a heck of a job. That he has good political skills and good leadership skills - Monday, April 28, 2014.
"How you pivot from grazing rights to the plight of African Americans over the course of American history is quite a leap in terms of subject matter. It looks like it’s a leap that ended up a bit short. "
- Congressman Mark Amodei CD 2 commenting on the revelation of racist comments made by rancher Cliven Bundy in the presence of a New York Times reporter this past Saturday. - Thursday, April 24, 2014.
"It would be embarrassing if I got all the votes. "
- Robin Reedy running for the State Assembly in District 39, against the incumbent, Jim Wheeler. Ms. Reedy was knocking the endorsements Assemblyman Wheeler has gotten and says he refuses to debate the important issues facing Nevada. - Wednesday, April 23, 2014.
"Yes they were heavily armed as were the BLM. At what point are we going to stop governance by gunpoint? "
- Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, who was at the Bundy Ranch during the standoff between armed militia and the BLM. The Assemblywoman refers to the militia as patriotic Americans. She says the Federal government has overstepped, overreached and enough is enough. - Tuesday, April 22, 2014.
"If you were to ask the local law enforcement cadre on the Southwest border what they need, you’d get a slightly different answer than the Washington DC pitch. "
- Capt. Dave “Roy” Rogers (Rtd) President DRR Strategies LLC who says local law enforcement doesn’t want more border agents, what they want is to be equipped with better technology. - Monday, April 21, 2014.
"If you go to most of the United States border patrol towns, cities, they talk about the number of people that are working for the cartels or working to facilitate illegal activity. "
- Captain Dave “Roy” Rogers (Rtd)President DRR Strategies LLC, who says a relatively large percentage of US citizens, in these areas, are on the take, with various agencies, to facilitate the illegal activity. - Thursday, April 17, 2014.
"It’s kinda like a spoiled child. You give 'em enough attention and they’ll behave that way. If you send them to their room, eventually, they’ll learn they have to behave appropriately to be at the dinner table. "
- Mary Lau President Retail Association of Nevada discussing the Joe Dini years as Speaker when fairness equity and philosophy ruled the day, not partisan politics. Her comment refers to the extreme partisan nature that has come to bear over the past decade. - Wednesday, April 16, 2014.
"How do we get the Federal Government to cede these lands back to ownership and management of the State of Nevada? As they have done with all the Eastern States over the course of 200 years. "
- Lesley Pittman, Principal Sierra Strategies pointing out that Congressman Amodei has been working in this direction. These efforts were begun prior to the latest Bundy controversy. - Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
"I’d say the tensions are probably gonna rise a little bit, sure. "
- Greg Ferraro, The Ferraro Group, describing the Lowden Hutchison Republican Lt. Governor Primary. - Monday, April 14, 2014.
"They are getting paid. It’s a question of how the pay is given. "
- Howard Rosenberg UNR Professor, who says that student athletes should not get conventional pay but they are being compensated through fee waivers and scholarships. - Thursday, April 10, 2014.
"We have to get kids prepared to be able to take their rightful place in highly skilled jobs of the future. "
- Dr. Dana Ryan, Director WCSD Signature Academies & Career and Technical Education, who says lots of people, are knocking on the Academies doors needing students who are prepared to enter the skilled workforce. - Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
"I guess if you want to look at investment in education 20 years from now to getting back to where we were that’s a great path to take. "
- Nevada State Education Association President Ruben Murillo says that Governor Sandoval’s approach to adding money to the education budget each biennium is too slow in the face of the 800 million dollars that was cut out of school budgets during the Great Recession. President Murillo says the 500 million dollars the governor added last session, while appreciated, was just a drop in the bucket. - Tuesday, April 8, 2014.
"I’m much more concerned with what Congress does with the public dollars that they’ve taken from us than what somebody does with their own money that they’ve made, going the other direction."
- Tray Abney, The Chamber (Reno/Sparks) in support of the recent US Supreme Court decision that allows individuals to support as many candidates as they like, financially, as the court removed the financial cap. - Monday, April 7, 2014.
"So if they’ve shown that they’ve already had access to that type of information or that they haven’t been convicted of a crime of dishonesty or a breach in trust, then they’ve met the standards of the Nevada law."
- Alexia Emmermann, Insurance Counsel for the NV Dept. of Insurance explaining that despite the fact that at least ten Obamacare Navigators for the state had felony records, there had not been any problems since the program began. - Thursday, April 3, 2014.
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