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"I have never, as a prosecutor, played partisan politics. I don’t think you can as a prosecutor. The facts dictate where you go. And if a crime has been committed, then somebody has to be held accountable.
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- Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Attorney General, on whether she will be overly aggressive in her investigation of Brian Krolicki’s handling of the savings program because he is a Republican and she is a Democrat.
- Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
"It will be a definite blow to our ability to attract Federal money and private money and it will also slow us down in our recruitment efforts.
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- Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang Director Nevada Cancer Institute, on what will be the effect on the institute if it doesn’t receive $10 million dollars in State funding from the Legislature.
- Monday, May 21, 2007.
"Unfortunately it is a fair statement.
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- Assemblyman Bernie Anderson commenting on Senator Maurice Washington’s statement that the Washoe County School District hasn’t done a good enough job explaining the need for increased taxes to pay for schools.
- Thursday, May 17, 2007.
"Well, didn’t they pass that law that I just vetoed, in one day?
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- Governor Jim Gibbons responding to a question that there are only three weeks left in the session to fix the green legislation he vetoed.
- Wednesday, May 16, 2007.
"I think everyone, quite frankly, should bleed a little bit, in this situation. We have a major problem for transportation in our state and everybody should do their part.
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- John Oceguera, Majority Leader of the Assembly when asked if the weight distance tax for truckers was dead. - Tuesday, May 15, 2007.
"This is our first appropriation request. We never made one before and I promised that I wouldn’t do that until we had a program that was worthy of asking for money.
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- LeVonne Brooks, CEO High Sierra Industries, on why her non profit should receive State money this biennium despite a current shortfall in the budget.
- Monday, May 14, 2007.
"If they aren’t doing what they do, will that become a state burden? I’m guessing yes.
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- Billy Vassiliadis CEO R&R Partners, on why non profits like The Brain Institute, The Nevada Cancer Center and High Sierra Industries should get State funding at a time when State revenues are limited. - Thursday, May 10, 2007.
"The room tax is now coming up , at least the Convention Authority’s portion (LVCVA) is coming up in every funding discussion and it’s going to line up to be quite a battle.
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- John Griffin, Kummer Kaempfer
- Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
"Well, I think we’d be in a position of looking to recoup, in some way or another, what it is we spent against trying to modify the building.
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- Bill Weidner, President Las Vegas Sands whose company is building the Palazzo tower. Las Vegas Sands is building this as a green project to gain tax benefits which may be in danger at the Legislature.
- Tuesday, May 8, 2007.
"We would have to have action completed, I believe, before the August recess.
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- Republican candidate for President, Senator John McCain, on when comprehensive immigration reform would have to be passed by to become law during this session of Congress.
- Monday, May 7, 2007.
"30% of Medicare goes to diabetes. I think if we had prevention policies (it wouldn’t be that high). 32% of all health care costs are administration; it’s bureaucracy, it’s inefficiency, the failure to have electronic records.
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- Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson on how prevention and efficiency can help in the coming crisis in Medicare.
- Thursday, May 3, 2007.
"Nevada is second to last in the nation in the rate of our high school students who have entered the ninth grade who successfully complete by the twelfth. That’s just unacceptable and empowerment is one approach but it’s not the only approach.
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- State Senator Steven Horsford discussing why he thinks Nevada needs more money for education.
- Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
"I believe there were four non-profits that accounted for almost 50 million dollars.
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- Carole Vilardo, President Nevada Taxpayers Association, on where you cut the State budget now that revenues are not matching projections.
- Tuesday, May 1, 2007.
"Distribution and manufacturing is still the backbone of Northern Nevada. And so anything that decreases our competitive edge, we get very sensitive to it. We’re swatting it out everyday trying to wave our flag to attract good paying companies to this area. Attacks like this, it worries us.
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- Par Tolles CB Richard Ellis/Trammell Crow discussing the proposed weight/distance tax, from the Assembly Democrats, on the trucking industry and how it affects the commercial real estate industry. - Monday, April 30, 2007.
"As much as people want to talk about keeping government growth down and government spending down, it just isn’t realistic. In the fastest growing state in the country for 20 years in a row, when you have 37,000 new kids show up every year for an education, they deserve the same desk, the same book, the same teacher as the kids that came before them. And saying somehow a 2 or 3% inflation rate is going to keep up with 19 to 20% growth is just craziness.
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- Pete Ernaut R & R Partners
- Thursday, April 26, 2007.
"I think the school district needs to get out there, in the community and really really illustrate their needs to the general public because it’s going to take some money.
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- Pat Coward, Carrera Nevada on the Washoe County School District failure to keep their real estate tax funding bill alive in the State Senate.
- Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
