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"When (Governor Sandoval) has these meetings with the various companies, he’s having the chancellor there and the school system people there.
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- Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail Association of Nevada, describes the Sandoval strategy to introduce education officials to companies considering a move to Nevada, so the skills demanded by the business can be revealed. - Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
"Just let us out. Leave us alone. We don’t have anything to offer them. We don’t hurt them. We have nothing to offer them. Just let us live our life. Let our employees live their life. Let us go forward.
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- Angela Miller, Co-Owner of Mach 4 Construction, who says the company will go bankrupt if it can’t be released from a contract with operating engineers union. - Monday, October 17, 2011.
"It has a lot of momentum, and hopefully now it has a lot of soul."
- Tony Santo, President and CEO of Santo Gaming, on the new slogan for downtown Las Vegas: “Every city has a soul.” - Thursday, October 13, 2011.
"We are looking at gold prices that are $5000, $7300 (per ounce), that are practical, completely rational.
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- Corrado De Gasperis, President and CEO of Comstock Mining, says the worldwide economic trends point to another steep climb for the price of his product.
- Wednesday, October 12, 2011.
"I think it was the worst thing imaginable that they possibly could have done. The teachers union has really contributed to, I think, hurting education in this state.
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- Marlene Lockard,long-time political observer and former right hand to Governor Richard Bryan, on the 2011 legislative scorecard published by the Nevada State Education Association. - Tuesday, October 11, 2011.
"Putting people back to work, making sure we have this robust system. We can justify it, but creating tax revenue, creating opportunity for Americans, for Nevadans --- it definitely is a policy issue.
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- Kathleen Drakulich, partner at McDonald Carano Wilson, addresses questions arising from the government plans to build interstate transmission lines for renewable energy, including here in Nevada. - Monday, October 10, 2011.
"When he (Gov Sandoval) has these meetings with the various companies, he’s having the chancellor there and the school system people there.
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- Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail Association of Nevada describes the Sandoval strategy to introduce education officials to companies considering a move to Nevada, so the skills demanded by the business can be revealed. - Saturday, October 8, 2011.
"Construction zones are a sign of economic development. People are working. Suppliers are providing the necessary equipment. And when we're done, there’s a product.
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- Nevada Department of Transportation Chief Susan Martinovich contends gridlock is good – and will pay-long term dividends. - Thursday, October 6, 2011.
"We had a policy at Harrah’s that no one could speak except the PR people. And when he died, the newspaper called me, and said ‘we want to talk to some employees,’ and without even thinking I said, ‘talk to anyone you want to. There’s no one that works at Harrah’s who would ever say anything bad about Mr. Harrah.’ And that’s true.
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- Former Harrah’s Executive Candace Pearce recalls what it was like working for gaming icon William F. Harrah, as Ceasar's Entertainment celebrates the 100th anniversary of his birth. - Wednesday, October 5, 2011.
"Since television, yes.
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- Larry Mathias, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Association, delivers a cruel truth about modern political campaigns – if New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had sought the GOP Presidential nomination, his weight would have become an issue. - Tuesday, October 4, 2011.
"If you added together the real liabilities of the United States they’d hit $61 trillion. Now to bring that into perspective… each household in the United States has five hundred thousand dollars of liability. The average income in the United States is right around $50 thousand.
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- Bruce James, President and CEO of Nevada New Tech, singing with the chorus of critics who expect current federal fiscal policies to burden future generations of Americans. - Monday, October 3, 2011.
"I’ve visited with every one of the injured in the hospital that I could, that weren‘t in intensive care. Not one of them want these air races discontinued.
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- Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, having polled some of the air race disaster victims who survived the experience. - Thursday, September 29, 2011.
"If they want to shoot each other, go out into the hills and shoot each other. We’ll take it from there. But not downtown with all of our citizens and everybody else.
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- Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick, with perspective on the Sparks Nugget shootout between rival motorcycle gangs during Northern Nevada’s annual Street Vibrations event. - Wednesday, September 28, 2011.
"That’s the road block or hurdle we’re facing right now.
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- Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, on the stalled power project near Laughlin that could generate thousands of jobs, if only California Edison would grant a power purchase agreement. - Tuesday, September 27, 2011.
"The taxpayers ended up paying twice.
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- Steve Mulvenon of Mulvenon Media Relations, endorsing the elimination of remedial programs from the higher education system, and the concept that students should be prepared for college when they leave high school. - Monday, September 26, 2011.
"Until we fix the mortgage markets, and actually allow people to get back into a homeownership position, you’re not going to see our middle class feel wealthy, and they’re not going to actually experience wealth.
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- Thomas Powell, CEO of Resolute Capital Partners, on the plight of the American middle class, where the current home ownership statistics compare poorly to those of the middle class in Southeast Asia, for instance.
- Thursday, September 22, 2011.
