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"Right now I’m not exactly happy with Judge Kosach on what he’s done in this case. "
- Washoe County DA Dick Gammick referring to Chaz Higgs, alleged killer of State Treasurer Kathy Augustine, being released on bail despite the fact that the DA’s office filed a motion to have a hearing on this and it wasn’t turned down, it was ignored. - Tuesday, March 27, 2007.
"Most of my friends that have Autistic children spend close to $100,000 a year in treatment. Of course, that treatment spent early on, will make the difference in having a productive life. "
- 1st Lady Dawn Gibbons discussing the fact that because Autism isn’t covered by insurance, parents will bankrupt themselves getting treatment for their Autistic children. - Monday, March 26, 2007.
"The inventory has now diminished or completely gone in certain areas. The incentive pricing is now diminished or gone. We are actually experiencing price increases in the project. So you’re seeing that the builders have cleaned up their inventory and actually the market is firming. We’re seeing higher traffic counts from higher sales over the past couple of months. Sales pace has been almost 200% higher than it had been in 2006 "
- Blake Smith Managing Partner Somersett Development on why he believes the worst is over in the housing market. - Thursday, March 22, 2007.
"I guess when you’re as old as I am, maturity is a good thing. "
- Milton Glick President of UNR who is refusing to cry wolf about what programs might have to be cut if adequate funding is not supplied to the University from the Legislature. Scott Craigie remarked that that was perhaps a mature approach. - Wednesday, March 21, 2007.
"I think that the schools have responsibility; I think the State has responsibility, the universities, parent support groups; everyone who touches lives has a responsibility. This isn’t just a childhood disorder and we also need to realize that people who are responsible for providing supports and resources (will be needed) through the lifespan. "
- Candace Ganz Director of the Nevada Autism Summit Research on the minimal amount of clinical care for children diagnosed with Autism. - Tuesday, March 20, 2007.
"Well it doesn’t concern me now. Cos I think you will find that was the last example of its kind. It might concern me if that back and forth had continued but in fact that was a less than 24 hour series of, if you will, charges. It’s over. "
- Ann Lewis Senior Advisor Hillary for President on the series of charges made by Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama sparked by remarks by David Geffen. - Monday, March 19, 2007.
"The local Democrats, the Constitutional Democrats, have taken a page out of the playbook coming from National. They are trying to make an embarrassment to Krolicki and to Gibbons. Their staff get together weekly and discuss what they should be doing this week to pick on Krolicki and the Governor. We didn’t hire them to do that. Partisanship aside, we hired them to do a job. Then get back to work! "
- Randi Thompson Political Analyst discussing questions facing Governor Gibbons (R) regarding financial disclosures and questions facing Lt Governor Brian Krolicki (R) over advertising funds. Questions raised by Democratic Constitutional Officers. - Thursday, March 15, 2007.
"Actually the Executive Branch is now fun again. "
- John Griffin attorney Kummer Kaempfer referring to Democrat Ross Miller questions of Republican Governor Gibbons financial disclosures and Democrat State Treasurer Kate Marshall going after Republican Lt Governor Brian Krolicki over advertising funds. - Wednesday, March 14, 2007.
"In my discussions with MoveOn.org I said look what you guys want, which is to de-legitimize Fox News, has occurred, to a great degree. It’s been in national news; there’s been a national dispute whether Fox should host this debate because they are perceived as being biased. So you guys have accomplished what you want. They did not see it that way. "
- Chris Wicker Chairman Washoe County Democratic Party commenting on the background debate over the Fox News debate debacle. - Tuesday, March 13, 2007.
"I’m flattered by the fact that they all are. They’d all like to have me on board and we’ve gotten some nice invitations. I’ve got a real good team of grass roots folks out there that they’d like to tap into statewide. But as the national committeewoman I’ve not committed, at this point, because I want to be sure that the caucus is a success and if everybody gets locked up then people will start dropping out. "
- Dina Titus (D) Senate Minority Leader on whether any of the Democratic candidates for President had asked for her endorsement. - Monday, March 12, 2007.
"(We wanted) to see if the President would be willing to sit down and talk about how to solve these problems putting everything on the table. We need to put all entitlements on the table. We have to make sure we look at all domestic discretionary spending, defense spending, what their tax plans are for the future of this country. Revenues. Put everything on the table and talk about it. But at this stage the President has been unwilling to do that. "
- US Senator Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, on what the Democratic Leadership wants to do to solve the huge looming fiscal crisis of Medicare and Medicaid. - Thursday, March 8, 2007.
"We can’t find a good way to deal with a bad idea. We’ve got to find a way to move away from the bad idea to something that is sustainable. "
- Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Ohio Congressman running for President, in reference to Yucca Mountain. - Wednesday, March 7, 2007.
"This idea of a wall is asinine, it’s dumb. Desperate people will go over and under it and the Congress didn’t fund the wall in its entirety so it’s just a cheap political vote. "
- Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, Democratic candidate for President discussing immigration issues. - Tuesday, March 6, 2007.
"I think there are some things that we should take more control over than we’re doing now and I recognize this may not be popular here in Nevada but I think some things particularly betting on college sports is troublesome to me. I think internet betting is troublesome, which is essentially completely unregulated. "
- Former Senator John Edwards, Democratic for President, in answer to the question “Do you believe the Federal Government should take a role in regulating gaming?” - Monday, March 5, 2007.
"Did you forget? Were you asleep during the Governor’s State of the State that read like a Christmas ornament tree for $20 billion here, $50 million here? But the Assembly Democrats have their pulse on what Nevadans want and what the top priorities are. And they have every right to re-arrange that budget to fit those needs so that can be done; it is a matter of priorities and the Democrats have the right agenda. "
- Marlene Lockard of Capital Strategies discussing the Governor’s budget. - Thursday, March 1, 2007.
"By the year 2020 it is indicated that they will be the largest visitor base in the world. No other country will have more people leaving that country to visit other markets than China. And that is something that we are perfectly positioned to take advantage of with our representative office in Beijing, but that is not the only market we need to work for. "
- Tim Maland, Director of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, discussing a marketing campaign the commission has implemented targeting tourists from China. - Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
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