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"It becomes intergenerational warfare where seniors say ‘no I earned it.’ Well no, they didn’t. Most people are getting far more than they put into the system. "
- UNR Economics Professor Tom Cargill making a case for reforming Social Security before it collapses. - Monday, August 29, 2011.
"This affects me personally, this particular issue. My brother’s daughter was just diagnosed with autism.
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- Nevada U.S. Senator Dean Heller appears to favor the Combating Autism bill, although he says he's concerned about the potential cost. - Friday, August 26, 2011.
"They’re sitting on basically $350 million, ready to pump it into the northern Nevada economy, and into Storey County with these windmills. But they keep running into roadblocks.
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- Storey County Commission Chair Greg ”Bum” Hess laments a shovel-ready project sitting idle, as California’s Oak Creek Energy is deterred from building a wind farm because NV Energy won't agree to buy the juice. - Thursday, August 25, 2011.
"If the house is now worth $187 thousand, the people have a job they can cover that, rewrite the loan.
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- George Harris, chairman of Nevadans for Sound Government, thinks banks should absorb a greater share of the lost value of housing. - Wednesday, August 24, 2011.
"Frankly, I think the university did a poor job of defending itself. Instead of talking about the merits of individuals, and why different people have different arrangements on campus... They just said 'oh well everybody does it.'
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- Former Congresswoman Dina Titus, rankled by the buzz surrounding her six-figure salary, maintains the reports were inaccurate, and she did more for the money than teach a single class. - Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
"I don’t see someone spending a couple of hundred thousand dollars that doesn’t have a real interest in proceeding with that project.
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- Dennis McGovern, General Manager of the Legends at Sparks Marina, thinks Olympia Gaming is probably laying groundwork for a hotel casino property at Legends. - Thursday, August 18, 2011.
"Unfortunately, I think it’s going to take another four or five months before we have any idea where these districts are.
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- Speaker of the Assembly John Oceguera, seeking a grab-bag congressional district, as Nevada's redistricting process remains unresolved. - Wednesday, August 17, 2011.
"We’re seeing fraud in every aspect of this mortgage foreclosure -- there’s some sort of fraud associated with or affiliated with it. And those are the areas we’re going to pursue.
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- Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto, spending time and money to prosecute mortgage-meltdown criminals. - Tuesday, August 16, 2011.
"It’s not just yogurt.
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- Nevada Newsmakers political analyst Randi Thompson, lover of the arts, describing the kind of culture Nevada needs.
- Monday, August 15, 2011.
"Absolutely, yes!
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- Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich asserts that tuition increases at the state’s public colleges and universities amount to balancing the budget on the backs of its students. - Thursday, August 11, 2011.
"One of the primary job descriptions for every campus president and every dean, at the present time, is raising funds.
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- Former Regent William Cobb justifies the large salaries paid to top officials at the Nevada System of Higher Education. - Wednesday, August 10, 2011.
"For every winner, there’s a loser
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- John Seelmeyer, editor of Northern Nevada Business Weekly, sees both sides of a commercial real estate market that’s created bargain rates for “uptown” office space -- even as the upscale landlords struggle to stay afloat because of depressed rents. - Tuesday, August 9, 2011.
"It’s interesting to see Reno become the hub of geothermal development in the country.
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- Paul Thomsen, Board President of the Geothermal Energy Association, which calls Reno home. - Monday, August 8, 2011.
"We have the genius in this country to put together a system, ID system, border system, to bring the people here that want to come here and work... We have the genius to do that, and we haven’t done it on Republican or Democrat Presidents, and it’s a shame. "
- CEO Monte Miller of the Keystate Companies, suggesting a simple, business-like approach to border security. - Thursday, August 4, 2011.
"I thought the U.S. Supreme Court decision was a travesty.
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- Former Speaker of the Assembly Barbara Buckley disagrees with the Citizens United decision that cleared the way for unlimited campaign spending by unions and corporations, and fears it will encourage more out-of-state money to Nevada campaigns. - Wednesday, August 3, 2011.
"The starter tunnel is complete.
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- Pat Mulroy, General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, says a boring machine the size of two football fields will soon be assembled underground, piece-by-piece, to proceed with the third straw of the Lake Mead water project. - Tuesday, August 2, 2011.
