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"I wouldn’t be in favor of it.. I don’t think it would save that much money.
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- Dr. Maria Sheehan, President, TMCC, on whether it would be a good idea to save money by consolidating the Community Colleges in Northern Nevada
- Monday, February 16, 2009.
"There are no benefits. If one thinks about the budget deficit. We’re looking at one trillion dollars. Forty or more states, at last count, have significant budget deficits. If there were all these benefits and people were willing to compromise health and safety, wouldn’t there kinda be people in line at the Federal teller window to say look I want some of those benefits?
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- Former US Senator Richard Bryan in opposition to the folks who think there are financial benefits to be gained from Yucca Mountain. - Thursday, February 12, 2009.
"6 months ago we had 4600 less trucks on the road in Nevada. In Nevada trucks, not drive-bys.
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- Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail Association of Nevada, pointing out one of the unemployment markers in Nevada.
- Wednesday, February 11, 2009.
"It’s not a cash cow, it’s a bad idea. And if you’re going to negotiate money for a bad idea, there are a lot of things we can talk about.
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- Bruce Breslow, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, presenting the State’s position on Yucca Mountain.
- Tuesday, February 10, 2009.
"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.
