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"What Nevada would have to do is bring its education spending up to 2006 levels, which is really rather appalling for the state, as a mother of four kids, that Senator Ensign considers that wasteful spending, that we come back to 2006 levels.
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- Elisa Maser, Planned Parenthood Associates, referring to Senator Ensign’s comments on Meet the Press, calling parts of the stimulus package more wasteful spending.
- Monday, February 9, 2009.
"It’s very focused on some of those critical baccalaureate degree areas like nursing and teaching where there are enormous needs in this state.
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- Jill Derby former NHSE Regent on why Nevada State College shouldn’t be shuttered during this economic crisis.
- Thursday, February 5, 2009.
"Guest expectations are rising, we know that, and what was good yesterday may not be good today or tomorrow.
John Farahi CEO, Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, on the importance of reinvesting in your property to remain competitive.
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- - Wednesday, February 4, 2009.
"Currently we have a 200 megawatt wind farm, that’s in the process of being built today. It’s being permitted right now and that’s up on the Idaho Nevada border. We need to get that wind energy down to Las Vegas. We need to harness even more of the geothermal energy that’s up in the Reno area to bring down south.
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- Tony Sanchez, NV Energy Corporate SR. VP. Discussing why NV Energy wants to build a transmission line from North to South in Nevada to enhance its use of renewable energy.
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009.
"I think the critical area is education. I think the public is going to be extremely agitated about it and rightly so. Taxes that can generate revenue quickly will be the first to be looked at such as the payroll tax and perhaps even the sales tax.
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- Jim Wadhams, Jones Vargas, on how the Legislature is likely to look at closing the budget gap.
- Monday, February 2, 2009.
"Constantly changing what you’re going to do. Constantly switching what the programs are going to be, is bad. It creates uncertainty and so I hope, even though I disagree with this program of the Obama administration, that there’s some continuity and discipline because there was none in the last year of the Bush administration.
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- Gerald P. O’Driscoll Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
Discussing the changeover of administrations in the midst of this financial crisis.
- Thursday, January 29, 2009.
"Just Opportunity Village saves the state taxpayer about 12 million dollars a year.
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- Ed Guthrie, Executive Director, Opportunity Village on how organizations such as his are able to deliver services at a much lower cost as compared to the State.
- Wednesday, January 28, 2009.
"The Transportation Department has about one to one point five billion dollars worth of projects that they can put in place and advertise within 180 days
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- State Controller, Kim Wallin, on how the Federal Government’s stimulus package could rapidly help Nevada.
- Tuesday, January 27, 2009.
"In order for the Judicial system to work, it not only has to be fair but also has to appear fair and be accepted as fair by the citizens who are in front it and I think that’s an important consideration.
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- Bruce Beesley, President of the State Bar, on the issue of “Pay to Play” which he does not believe occurs.
- Monday, January 26, 2009.
"And they promised that they would have actual people reading them.
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- Amy Curtis-Weber Executive Director Washoe County Democratic Party commenting on the fact that President Obama is soliciting ideas, via e-mail, from the general public as a way of staying in touch with the electorate.
- Thursday, January 22, 2009.
"Dream on honey!
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- Randi Thompson, political analyst responding to a suggestion that Nevada should have a state, personal income tax.
- Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
"We felt out of the four big pieces of the general fund that that was the one piece that was most able to help fund itself.
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- Josh Hicks, Chief of Staff to Governor Gibbons explaining the large hit, financially, to higher education, due to the fact that they could raise tuition and raise funds through other vehicles.
- Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
"When that inventory begins to shrink and get down to levels that we experienced, say, back in 2002, before the housing market really began to go on this boom time. Then we’ll say that’s a good sign that means prices are stabilizing and we are probably hitting bottom. Things will start to get better.
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- Elliot Eisenberg, National Association of Home Builders on how we’ll know when the housing crisis has hit bottom.
- Monday, January 19, 2009.
"The Governor has sent out conflicting signals on whether or not he will or not include the Teachers Union room tax increase in his budget. If he does, he’s broken his pledge and frankly, that pledge is about the only thing that has kept me and a lot of fiscal conservatives still on the man’s team because he’s just had so many other difficulties, let’s just say, since he was sworn in.
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- Chuck Muth, Nevada News and Views, on the Governor’s no new taxes pledge.
- Wednesday, January 14, 2009.
"I worry about industry specific tax targets especially in small business and the casino business, the industry; I really worry about it, especially the small operations.
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- Connie McMullen, Publisher Senior Spectrum, on discussions about industry specific taxes in the upcoming Legislative session.
- Tuesday, January 13, 2009.
"You’re not going to have something that, tomorrow morning a bill gets passed that compels the County to do that and next Monday morning they have to start putting up the money. I’m looking at long term, I’m looking at what happens next Friday, what happens next year, what happens five years from now.
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- Jim Rogers, Chancellor NSHE, on how the Counties need to start planning to put money into the Community College system in addition to what the State puts up.
- Monday, January 12, 2009.
