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"The governor, with his background as a judge, is looking at this in a manner that is kinda precedent setting... He’s in a very sticky situation right now, and he’s got to make the right decisions on all fronts, not just in terms of the politics of it. "
- Chris Ferrari of Ferrari Public Affairs contemplates the abundance of caution Governor Sandoval displayed in pulling back budget provisions that could prompt future lawsuits, even if it means reversing himself on taxes. - Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
"People are at the table and talking, I mean, that’s a lot better than it was a month ago.
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- Assembly Majority Leader Marcus Conklin, suggests the earnest negotiating started after the Clean Water Coalition decision of the Nevada Supreme Court forced Governor Sandoval to rethink his budget. - Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
"This information is very valuable to employers, to insurance companies, to unscrupulous people that are hacking into the records... it could affect generations of your family with regard to your insurance or your job.
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- Janine Hansen, President of the Nevada Eagle Forum, views a state-mandated conversion to electronic medical records as a potential health hazard for privacy. She has teamed up with the ACLU of Nevada to lobby for patient protections. - Monday, May 30, 2011.
"When you hold bills hostage, and as Mr. (Mark) Sherwood likes to say, you kill the hostages -- that does tend to create (an) ‘I’m not so anxious to deal with you anymore’ kind of mentality.
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- Freshman Assemblyman Randy Kirner (R-Washoe), is frustrated with the level of partisanship at the legislature. - Thursday, May 19, 2011.
"Sharron Angle certainly comes from the more conservative -- some would say the more extreme -- wing of the party.
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- State Senator Greg Brower, having tossed his hat in the ring for Nevada Congressional District 2, test drives a well-worn line to position himself against a formidable opponent. - Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
"If we don’t grow jobs, the state doesn’t survive, and if we raise taxes we don’t really grow jobs. So that’s a problem, however if we don’t have a good education program, business may not come to Nevada so that leaves us with a real dilemma.
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- Marsha Berkbigler, partner in Sierra Business Strategies, after Governor Sandoval vetoed the education bill. - Tuesday, May 17, 2011.
"Their prevalence rate is 1 in 38.
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- Jan Crandy, Commissioner of Nevada Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorders, discusses the results of a study recently completed in South Korea, and suggests the rate of U.S. autism could be reevaluated because of its results. - Monday, May 16, 2011.
"We have 190 thousand people in this state illegally. Which is 7.2 percent of the population. We need to put people back to work, and this is one area we can do that.
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- State Senator Don Gustavson, promoting the use of the federal E-Verify system to root out illegal immigrants among Nevada job seekers. - Thursday, May 12, 2011.
"Here we are, with a hundred million-dollar project, and we’re waiting for professional, trained hosts from our state to come in and show this fabulous project… and we get folks that really, truly don’t know what they’re doing… It’s ludicrous and it’s crazy.
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- Lance Gilman, partner in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, has a longstanding beef with economic development agencies and reps, who, he says, tend to show up unannounced, prospects in tow, and give a perfunctory tour without including the owners. - Wednesday, May 11, 2011.
"One specific place that has the perfect system probably doesn’t exist, but this is a national discussion in a lot of ways.
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- State Senator Ben Kieckhefer isn’t looking for any particular region of the country for Nevada education to emulate. - Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
"We think it’s about $32 million over the biennium.
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- Bryan Wachter, Government Affairs Director for the Retail Association of Nevada, taking aim at Amazon for uncollected sales tax revenue on purchases by state residents. - Monday, May 9, 2011.
"By our calculations, the majority of the reductions that remain in the state spending for K-12 education are in employee concessions. If they will accept a salary cut, accept an equalization of how much they pay for PERS, so it’s closer to what a state employee pays. And then freeze salaries, so they don’t get a raise in this recession.
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- Dale Erquiaga, Special Advisor to Governor Sandoval, citing the three concessions teachers would have to make to avoid layoffs. PERS is the public employee retirement system. - Thursday, May 5, 2011.
"Last session we raised taxes. Not one person in my district of 50 thousand has complained to me (that) we raised taxes. Yet the governor's going to let those sunset. Inexcusable in my opinion.
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- Democratic Assemblyman Tick Segerblom, who says rich corporations don’t pay any taxes, mining companies could pay more taxes, hotels could pay more taxes, and by the way, we could all pay more taxes, and it’s not going to hurt anything.
- Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
"I’m not really sure what to expect. I think I get sued more than anybody in the state. Certainly it’s within the realm of possibility we could see lawsuits coming from any direction on this.
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- Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller who, just days after deciding in favor of it, has already been sued on his rules for the special election in Nevada's second congressional district. - Tuesday, May 3, 2011.
"If you intend to do Americans or our country harm, we will relentlessly pursue you to the ends of the earth and serve justice.
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- Retired U.S. Naval Commander and congressional candidate Kirk Lippold, responding to the announcement of Osama bin Laden's demise at the hands of American special forces. - Monday, May 2, 2011.
"The State of Nevada benefits when there are two good candidates facing each other.
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- Larry Matheis,Executive Director of the Nevada State Medical Association notes that Dean Heller has been 'appointed, not anointed,' to John Ensign's senate seat, even as some caution Shelley Berkley not to challenge Heller in 2012, for fear she will lose. - Thursday, April 28, 2011.
