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"I’m glad he’s finally caught up with Dick Chaney’s position on this issue.
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- Orrin Johnson, Republican Activist, in reference to President Obama’s newly announced support for gay marriage.
- Thursday, May 10, 2012.
"The good news is that we’re beginning to understand what we’re waging war against but our enemy is just so complicated that we have to approach it from different perspectives."
- Dr. David Amaral, Director of Research at the UC Davis Mind Institute, who compares Autism to Cancer in the fact that it takes so many different forms. - Wednesday, May 9, 2012.
"I just feel that it’s wonderful that Las Vegas has been able to keep our collective act together over the last three, four years. We haven’t lost a big property at all. Sahara was about the only big casino that closed and now it looks like its going to reopen. "
- Dr William Thompson, Professor Emeritus UNLV, who has a positive outlook for the Las Vegas gaming economy especially with the help of monies to Nevada companies from Macau. - Tuesday, May 8, 2012.
"We may see upwards of 150,000 more people eligible for Medicaid. "
- Mike Willden, Director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, who says that between now and 2020 the estimated cost to Nevada, for Obamacare, will be 574 million dollars.
- Monday, May 7, 2012.
"That kind of set up a wild ride for me."
- Assemblywomen Debbie Smith (D, who is leaving the Assembly for a safe Democratic seat in the State Senate, due to State Senator Sheila Leslie moving from a safe district to a competitive one. - Thursday, May 3, 2012.
"If I’m thinking about coming to Nevada and you pull in a corporate tax, you know where I’m going…Texas"
- Republican National Committeewoman, Heidi Smith, responding to the idea of any corporate tax in Nevada, based on the New York Times story, about Apple setting up in Nevada, to not have to pay California’s corporate tax. - Wednesday, May 2, 2012.
"It saved us 11½ % difference net to the bottom line by moving the headquarters from California, moving it to Nevada."
- Gene Humphrey, President, International Test Solutions, Inc. whose company made the move as soon as they saw that their business was going to be financially successful. It was all about taxes. - Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
"I think it’s a totally asinine story."
- Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada, describing the New York Times article painting Apple as the bad guy for not having to pay $2.4 billion in corporate taxes by moving its collection and investment arm to Nevada from California. - Monday, April 30, 2012.
"I’m not complaining. I understand the County’s difficult situation."
- David Hardy, Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District, speaking of the cuts in services and staff due to Washoe County’s budget shortfalls. That includes cutting in-court proceedings on Friday afternoons, a reduction of staff from 190 to 151, the law library reducing its circulation and the lack of a self help director for the past three years. - Thursday, April 26, 2012.
"The average car on the Nevada highways today is 11 years old and there is a tremendous pent up demand, but we need people to get back to work. "
- Wayne Frediani, NV Franchised Auto Dealers Association, on the correlation between new car sales and the high level of unemployment in Nevada. - Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
"It’s kind of a knee jerk mindless kind of statement."
- Former Speaker of the Assembly, Bill Bilyeu, responding to Chuck Muth’s headline regarding Governor Sandoval’s agreement with Amazon to start collecting and passing on sales tax to Nevada. Mr Muth’s headline read, “Sandoval screws Nevada taxpayers again." - Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
"While you’re in high school, take advantage of those services and try to make your schools fulfill their commitment to that.
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- Amy Harmon, New York Times National Reporter, pointing out that transitional aid for students with autism are not available after high school so students and parents need to be aware of that, and use those services while they can. - Monday, April 23, 2012.
"We seem to want to deal with the moment instead of starting to think long term."
- Fred Lokken, Professor of Political Science, TMCC, discussing the debate over short term costs of moving to alternative sources of energy, rather than looking at Nevada as a source of energy, not only for California but also the Pacific Northwest. - Thursday, April 19, 2012.
"You really hope all this stuff didn’t happen."
- Washoe County District Attorney, Dick Gammick, who is waiting until the investigation of the Secret Service scandal is complete before passing judgment. - Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
"The whole program is a Western United States High Speed Rail Program."
- US Senator Harry Reid describing the DesertXpress's part in a rail system that would include Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and California. This includes 8 Billion dollars of American Recovery Act money. - Tuesday, April 17, 2012.
"I think if you want people to ride the train you’ve got to take it from one end to the other, not stop in the middle."
- Dina Titus, Congressional Candidate in the safe Democratic Congressional District 1, who feels that the Maglev high speed train system going all the way into Southern California makes more sense than the currently proposed DesertXpress.
- Monday, April 16, 2012.
