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"You used to have an event happen and then you had to spin it. Now you spin up front and create the events.
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- Mary Lau, President of the Retail Association of Nevada, describes the narrative-building process politicians use to drive demand for legislative action – specifically tax increases. - Thursday, February 17, 2011.
"It terrified most of us who are involved on the gaming side of things.
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- Former State Senator and Nevada Gaming Commissioner Randolph Townsend recalls raised eyebrows all around, after Economic Forum included the highly- risky game of baccarat in its revenue projection. Baccarat wins create unreliable earnings. - Wednesday, February 16, 2011.
"I don’t know what it is, exactly.
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- Lynn Warne, President of Nevada State Education Association, claims not to know the amount devoted to K-12 in the current state budget. - Monday, February 14, 2011.
"Our concern is, can we be the anchor and catalyst that we need to be with these kind of budget reductions?
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- Milton Glick, President of University of Nevada, contemplates expectations that the institution should be a center of economic development while taking a $59 million budget cut. - Thursday, February 10, 2011.
"Real estate here is 20 to 30 percent below value, replacement value. Not where it was at the peak of the boom, but where it is today.
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- Thomas Powell, Managing Director of Resolute Capital Resources, explains why cash-rich Chinese investors are buying up U.S. real estate. - Wednesday, February 9, 2011.
"He would demand this, and he would demand that, and he would hold firm. But at the last moment, when he saw the compromise, if he got 80 percent he was satisfied with it, and he did that with the Soviet Union, as well as internally.
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- Ty Cobb, former special adviser to Ronald Reagan, describes the president’s negotiating style -- capable of compromise, and collegial, even to the opposition. - Tuesday, February 8, 2011.
"Power is perception, and in reality and Bill was -- and is -- very, very powerful. That doesn’t mean that Senator McGinness is not going to be powerful. That the caucus is not going to be powerful. It’s a finite subject but it’s also perception.
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- Mary Lau, President of the Retail Association of Nevada, dissects the effect of Senator Bill Raggio's departure from the legislature. - Monday, February 7, 2011.
"When gaming took a hit -- a significant hit -- the lack of diversification in our state’s economy became very apparent.
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- Greg Crawford, President of Sierra Nevada Wealth Management suggests a less-than-robust economic development effort is a factor in the necessity for deep cuts to Nevada’s budget, with higher education absorbing a great deal of the damage. - Thursday, February 3, 2011.
"If that doesn’t work, go to see a trial lawyer, I guess.
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- Former Speaker of the Assembly Bill Bilyeu offers a remedy for folks with pre-existing medical conditions who can’t get help from the state office of consumer health assistance. - Wednesday, February 2, 2011.
"He is probably one of my least favorite people in the Middle East.
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- Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has concluded from her encounters with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that he’s arrogant, self-absorbed, and has a great sense of entitlement. - Tuesday, February 1, 2011.
"The Bureau of Reclamation (informed us) that in June of 2012 they will have a final plan put together on how to repair the canal.
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- Mayor Leroy Goodman of Fernley, Nevada, looking at four- and-a-half years for the feds to recommend next steps after a flood that wiped out 800 homes.
- Monday, January 31, 2011.
"The information you need is not information that you get at dinner parties.
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- Attorney Kerry Kolvet from Drinkwater Law Offices says professional legal council is a must for those contemplating bankruptcy.
- Thursday, January 27, 2011.
"I thought it was his best political speech, and it was after he got elected.
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- Mike Bosma, President of the Bosma Group with a thumbs-up to Governor Brian Sandoval for his first State of the State speech. - Wednesday, January 26, 2011.
"The beauty of this is, it’s going to be completely transparent, it will be online. The people of the state will be able to put their word in as to what their priorities are. They’ll be able to see how each of the state departments are performing.
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- Governor Brian Sandoval, touting his administration’s pared-down budget featuring only priority programs determined by department heads, and including performance measures. - Tuesday, January 25, 2011.
"All of those things in the general fund compete for that limited amount of revenue. So if you throw another obligation in there, you’re increasing the pressure on all the services that the county is delivering.
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- Virginia Valentine, President of the Nevada Resort Association, concerned about fate of the counties if they end up with primary responsibility for community colleges. - Monday, January 24, 2011.
"I didn’t even try.
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- Senator John Ensign, having raised only $18,500 last quarter for a re-election bid that's likely to cost between $10 and 15 million. - Friday, January 21, 2011.
