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"We can no longer say Hillbillies, we have to say Appalachian Americans. Now grow up, this is ridiculous and it’s stupid.
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- Howard Rosenberg, UNR Professor of Art, who says, using the prior joke as example, we are feeding our children more prejudice through political correctness.
- Wednesday, July 31, 2013.
"Situations related to the mental health situation in Southern Nevada at Rawson-Neil. Gun checks is another one that he and I are on different sides on. The tax increases that he’s sunsetting that he didn’t sunset. The enabling of millions and millions of dollars of taxes to be increased both in Washoe and Clark County are something that he and I are on different sides on."
- Clark County Commissioner, Steve Sisolak, who is seriously contemplating a run against Brian Sandoval for Governor pointing out some of the differences between the two men.
- Tuesday, July 30, 2013.
"We are already feeling, as a business and as a practice, some of the effects of the Affordable Care Act in re-credentionaling, in certain levels of regulation that we are having to comply with. At this point in just the early levels we’re getting, a lot of it is quit onerous and difficult, not only as a practice but as a business as well. "
- Dr. Doug Devries, Eye Care Associates, feeling some early pain as we head toward the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
- Monday, July 29, 2013.
"We had ten great years and then the crisis started and its been one nonstop budget cut after another and I just decided I didn’t want to do that anymore."
- Carol Lucey, President, Western Nevada College, who after 14 years, as President, doesn’t want to go through another Legislative session of budget cuts. - Thursday, July 25, 2013.
"By educating an ever growing proportion of the population and giving them a professional experience of working with people across races. "
- Marc Johnson President, University of Nevada, who says that educating more people will breakdown stereotypes and allow all races and religions to work together. President Johnson was responding to President Obama’s comments on race. - Wednesday, July 24, 2013.
"A million and a half. Maybe two million dollars."
- State Senator Mark Hutchison, and candidate for Lt. Governor, estimating how much it would cost to run for Lt. Governor. The Senator says that he and Governor Sandoval have not discussed the 2016 election cycle where Sandoval has been frequently mentioned as the potential opponent to US Senator Harry Reid. - Tuesday, July 23, 2013.
"Probably not much, if anything.
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- Fred Lokken, Political Science Professor, TMCC, on the chances of getting an updated version of the Voting Rights Act through the Republican House of Representatives, that was suggested by the recent US Supreme Court decision.
- Thursday, July 4, 2013.
"I don’t necessarily see marijuana as a gateway drug."
- Former Metro Narcotics Police Lt, Blake Quackenbush, who thinks that people who have addictive personalities might start off with booze but if marijuana weren’t available they might move to more dangerous drugs. He would like to see a federal standard for marijuana use. - Wednesday, July 3, 2013.
"If you really want to go work on voting rights, they were calling Massachusetts out as an example of a state that wasn’t on the list that had almost no minority office holders."
- US Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, whose colleagues from the 15 states formerly affected by the Voting Rights Act, are rather proud of the record they have, with the number of minority office holders elected in their states.
- Tuesday, July 2, 2013.
"Countries spying on each other is maybe as old as mankind."
- Former State Archivist Guy Rocha, who says that George Washington ran covert operation with spies giving him information on the British. - Monday, July 1, 2013.
"There’s not a whole lot of interest on the Commission in passing taxes that result in no oversight.
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- Marsha Berkbigler, Washoe County Commissioner, who has great concerns on the lack of oversight over the Washoe County School Board, the way the Commission is reading the law currently that allows the County Commission the ability to raise taxes for the local school district.
- Thursday, June 27, 2013.
"In reality, sometimes there is some downtime for the lawmakers cos the staff are going crazy trying to get everything done.
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- Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal, explaining why there was time, on the last official day of the Legislative session, for lawmakers to spend time praising Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce and Lt Governor Brian Krolicki.
- Wednesday, June 26, 2013.
"Is it going to continue? There doesn’t seem like anything that’s going to stop it right now.
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- Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review Journal, commenting on the continued double digit growth in gaming revenues in Macau this year. He says that the Chinese Government is increasing access to Macau from the Chinese mainland. Last year’s Macau gaming revenue was 38 billion dollars. - Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
"Teaching them something is one thing. Keeping them alive is more important.
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- Howard Rosenberg, Washoe County School Board, referring to the 2500 homeless school children in Reno and a larger number in Las Vegas who skew the education numbers, in surveys, in terms of graduation. Rosenberg says statistics can be manipulated. - Monday, June 24, 2013.
"Change the Assembly from 2 to 4 years, Senate from 4 to 6 years."
- Former State Senator Randolph Townsend who says as a matter of public policy, the Legislative session should be 16 months after the election cycle not right after, to allow freshman to understand the issues they’ll be voting on and the terms should be extended. - Wednesday, June 12, 2013.
"In my opinion, it’s going to destroy mining in Nevada."
- Assemblyman Ira Hansen, who says taking the constitutional protection mining enjoys, away, will signify the end of mining as we know it in the Silver State.
- Tuesday, June 11, 2013.
