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"The question is when will it be viable?
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- Former State Archivist, Guy Rocha, while being a green energy support has concerns about the financial competition from fracking. This was a response to Senator Reid’s call for more green energy from NV Energy.
- Thursday, February 21, 2013.
"This is not one of our targeted sectors.
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- Steve Hill, Governor’s Office of Economic Development, when asked if the state would offer incentives to bring the embattled Adult Film industry to Las Vegas from the San Fernando Valley. It is a multi billion dollar industry that already hosts large conventions in Las Vegas. - Wednesday, February 20, 2013.
"They’ve finally gained enough of a status in the voting population you’d better start listening, right?
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- Danny Thompson, Executive Secretary-Treasurer AFL-CIO, who is a strong supporter of comprehensive immigration reform for many reasons, including the size of the Hispanic vote.
- Tuesday, February 19, 2013.
"It’s not my responsibility to graduate my students. It is their responsibility to graduate.
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- Howard Rosenberg, UNR Professor of Art, who does not like the idea of university funding being based on graduation rates. He says the idea of learning is to turn out a human being who knows how to think no matter where they are in the world. - Monday, February 18, 2013.
"We had problems, catastrophic problems, we still have problems."
- Mike Haley, Washoe County Sheriff, reporting in the wake of a massive service failure of AT&T, that he was unable to directly access the Washoe County jail or his office. - Thursday, February 14, 2013.
"I just don’t even think they’re going to talk about mental health. Even with what’s going on at the Legislature. When it’s right in their face, right now. What the impact of the mental health problem is…they will probably not talk about it because it’s easier."
- Robin Reedy, Rpolitix, who says it’s easier to talk about problems with guns than deal with mental health issues. - Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
"How many more things can they get themselves into with 20 billion dollars in debt? That’s something to ask Gary Loveman. "
- Howard Stutz, Gaming Reporter, LVRJ, responding to whether Caesars Entertainment would be willing to go in with MGM Resorts International on MGM’s plan for an arena near the Monte Carlo. - Tuesday, February 12, 2013.
"As a newsperson myself, what is worse, underplaying it and sweeping it under the carpet or getting it out in the open where people can talk about it? I think I would air on the later."
- Beryl Love, Executive Editor Reno Gazette Journal, on whether the media is encouraging copycat gun violence by constantly reporting on shooting incidents even when they only involve one person. - Monday, February 11, 2013.
"If you go back to the 2003 session, that session cost us 2500 jobs just that session.
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- Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada, pointing out that those who support the Margins Tax don’t support economic development. The jobs lost during the 2003 session were from a national bank that was planning to set up shop in Nevada and decided against it due to the threat of the gross receipts tax. - Thursday, February 7, 2013.
"We think it has the potential of producing a couple of hundred millions barrels of oil equivalent, possibly over a billion barrels of oil equivalent.
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- Jeff Schwarz, Noble Energy Inc., says that its fracking operation in Elko County could potentially spike another boom in Northeast Nevada over the next ten to twenty years.
- Wednesday, February 6, 2013.
"Will you handle a race where mud is thrown? Will you get into character assassination? Or will you set the parameters for your management with your client?
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- Political Science Professor Mark Peplowski, CSN, who teaches a course on campaign management that deals with the real world, and sometimes ugly world, of running political campaigns.
- Tuesday, February 5, 2013.
"I think we’re going to be getting back to where we can do what’s right for Nevada and work together to do that.
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- Nevada State Senate Democratic Majority Leader, Mo Denis, who says that the leaders on both sides of the aisle have been working together and working with the new members, to avoid the toxic partisan atmosphere of the last two Legislative sessions. - Monday, February 4, 2013.
"Well, we’ll see.
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- Las Vegas Review Journal Columnist Jane Ann Morrison, who thinks despite the proclamations of Southern Nevada legislators, who say that this session they will work together as a group, she feels that, especially in the Assembly, there are too many inexperienced lawmakers for that to happen. - Thursday, January 31, 2013.
"As we expand that international side and that’s where the big growth will be, it’s going to drive even more and more demand so that will mean we’ll need more rooms.
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- Rossi Rolenkotter, President/CEO Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, agreeing with Union Gaming’s Bill Lerner that SLS, The Fountainblue, and part of Echelon will need to come on line in the foreseeable future as well as the former Lady Luck in downtown Las Vegas. - Wednesday, January 30, 2013.
"Will we ever have complete control? I don’t believe it.
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- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, who says that you have to have something regarding border security in place for immigration reform so that what is adopted as the policy makes a difference.
- Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
"We just went off both ends of the cliff on this. There is enough blame to go around for everybody including regulators.
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- Carole Villardo President, Nevada Taxpayers Association, who personally feels that homeowners had an obligation to pay their mortgages if they could afford it but that the banks should have taken a customer service approach and not forced homeowners to stop paying their mortgages before they would negotiate with them. - Monday, January 28, 2013.
