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"Mitt Romney is the one I like.
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- Robert Uithoven, J 3 Strategies, on who John McCain should pick as his running mate, to shore up his economic knowledge.
- Monday, March 17, 2008.
"Sometimes it’s hard to take on your boss.
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- Dr Milton Glick, President UNR, on why nurses didn’t say to doctors “No! We’re not going to cut corners” in this current Endoscopy center scandal in Nevada.
- Thursday, March 13, 2008.
"It’s a reality show. People love reality shows. They are waiting for one or the other, or both to implode and then they look at the other side and say he’s not conservative enough. How much more conservative can you be? How much more liberal can you be? What scares the hell out of me is its show business, it isn’t real.
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- Howard Rosenberg, 23 year Entertainment Critic, on how the public is viewing the election process and the debates as first run television because of the writers strike.
- Wednesday, March 12, 2008.
"I think that it rises to the level of criminal behavior, for sure.
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- John Oceguera, Assembly Majority Leader, discussing the Endoscopy center scandal in Nevada and the people who were infected with hepatitis C.
- Tuesday, March 11, 2008.
"We have to get the revenue from somewhere and the no new taxes pledge, we just can’t maintain that. We are going to have to raise our fuel taxes. Our fuel taxes, actually, with the amount that we collect, has been decreasing because of the fuel efficient vehicles yet the number of miles traveled on our roads has been going up tremendously.
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- Kim Wallin, Nevada State Controller, speaking about the state’s transportation needs versus the Governor’s no new taxes pledge.
- Monday, March 10, 2008.
"I think schools are a microcosm of society. Schools haven’t changed in 30 or 40 years; society has. Society had become more violent and that this is not just true of the Clark County School District, its true nationwide.
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- Principal, Dr Jeff Geihs, Cheyenne High School, North Las Vegas commenting on the three school shooting cases, over the past 3 months, in Clark County.
- Thursday, March 6, 2008.
"Yes! That’s what we’re working on now and probably have just announced it on your show that we’ve been working on such a thing.
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- Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons on his intention to form a Nevada version of the Grace Commission, dating back to the Reagan Administration, to look at government expenditures and look for places to cut.
- Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
"I can tell you that I have a wonderful relationship with Milt. I have great respect for his experience as a university administrator. We talk often; we’re very collaborative on policies that will impact both campuses as well as the rest of the system and I think that we work together very productively.
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- David Ashley, President, UNLV on his working relationship with UNR President Milton Glick.
- Tuesday, March 4, 2008.
"I just think it’s a shame that it’s degraded to this point where rather than having an open discussion with all the parties about how best to fund the state’s future, to deal with our different needs, we’re now in this back forth between potentially competing ballot initiatives.
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- Assemblyman David Bobzien talking about both the Teacher’s Association and the Las Vegas Sands Initiative Petitions on taxes.
- Monday, March 3, 2008.
"David Stern, I heard, say this best, commissioner of the NBA, and in effect, the commissioner of the NBA Development League as well. That despite all of the technology fragmentation, that you just described, people being pulled in different directions. There are two places where people will continue to gravitate. One are houses of worship and one is houses of sports worship i.e. arenas.
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- David Kahn, NBA Reno Development League, on why triple A baseball and basketball will thrive in Reno in their new venues.
- Thursday, February 28, 2008.
"This is absolutely criminal and you have to wonder how did all this evolve? Somebody in senior management in this particular center made a decision back in March of 2004 that we can save a few bucks by reusing syringes and no one will know. And apparently that decision was made without any regard, whatsoever, to the safety of the patient and the ultimate long term effect this is going to have on the cynicism of the public about health care.
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- Keith Lee, Attorney, on the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada accused of reusing syringes and potentially exposing patients to HIV and Hepatitis B and C. Over 40,000 patients need to be checked. - Thursday, February 28, 2008.
"Everyone realizes we need an option for some students.
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- Assemblywoman Bonnie Parnell, Chairman Education Committee, on why she believes the Legislature is supportive of Charter Schools.
- Wednesday, February 27, 2008.
"I think because we did such a good job, even though I know some people are not happy, that we have been noticed on a national level. We are serious about our politics here in Nevada and I don’t think anybody ever thought we were, so that’s a good thing.
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- Sue Lowden, Chairman-Nevada Republican Party, on how Nevada will remain an early political force along with New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina.
- Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
"I laugh at such an uneducated response. Of course the sun doesn’t shine all the time; of course the wind doesn’t blow all the time. Geothermal does pour from the earth all the time and that’s why you need back up but do we need to use dirty coal to back up, of course not. There’s so many other things we can do. Natural gas, there’s biomasses, all kinds of things we can do and no matter how many times you repeat it, that coal is clean, coal’s dirty."
- US Senator Harry Reid – Majority Leader US Senate responding to Sierra Pacific Resources Chairman Michael Yakira’s comments on the need for back up power from coal fired plants in White Pine County. - Thursday, February 21, 2008.
"If you are a business and you’ve got a corporate jet and you want to base that jet someplace. You want to know that you’ve got fuel available all the time. That you can get in day and night, that the runways will be cleared. That in the event, the unprecedented event, that you need some emergency services they’re there within two minutes. We’ve got all that."
- Krys Bart President/CEO Reno Tahoe Int. Airport giving a great sales pitch to get more corporate jet business to her airport because they offer superior services. - Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
"If looking at the tax structure means adding taxes, I don’t think so."
- State Senator Mike McGuinness in answer to the question of whether the next Legislature will seriously take a look at the State’s tax structure. - Tuesday, February 19, 2008.
