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"I think there is a major crash happening in 09. We’re up against the spending caps. We’ve done absolutely nothing; in fact they did something worse than nothing by putting a tiny little bit of money into the deferred liability for the Public Employees benefit system. That train is headed off the track in a big hurry. The problem is both the Legislature thinks they did something, the public thinks they did something. So we have a huge crash coming.
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- Mike Hillerby, Wingfield Nevada Group on what to expect in the 2009 Legislative session.
- Monday, June 4, 2007.
"That concern was thoroughly justified. But hey, we’re who we are and long speeches is what we do, I guess.
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- State Senator Bob Beers commenting on Majority Leader Bill Raggio’s concern about long speeches slowing down the process.
- Monday, June 4, 2007.
"It is very, very, volatile. There are some folks up there that absolutely, positively, don’t want to know that thing is five miles over there, in their county.
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- State Senator Mark Amodei, speaking of a major residential project that is planned for Storey County that has a lot of opposition that only wants commercial and industrial development; leaving Washoe and Lyon counties to house people. - Thursday, May 31, 2007.
"I have a very good relationship with Walt Rulffes in Southern Nevada and Paul Dugan in Northern Nevada. In fact they are both going fishing with me this year and we’ll talk about education. K through 12; K through 16.
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- Jim Rogers, Chancellor NSHE speaking of his efforts to work hand in hand with K through 12.
- Wednesday, May 30, 2007.
"Frankly, the teachers union is not supportive of full day kindergarten. They want some increases for salaries for teachers.
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- Majority Leader Senator Bill Raggio, discussing the some of the difficulties of accommodating everyone’s ideas on education funding.
- Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
"I’d rather take the chance than lose billions in the future.
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- Speaker of the Assembly Barbara Buckley, on the threat of lawsuits from companies who wanted to take advantage of the Green legislation and now won’t be able to.
- Monday, May 28, 2007.
"I’m not saying there was anything untoward. I’m just saying that the Tax Commission acted more like a political body than a regulatory body and they made political decisions and all you’ve got to do is read the minutes, those have been out there in the public. Where people were lobbying, people were arguing, people were negotiating. The Tax Commission, in my mind, is a body that just implements policy that the Legislature makes.
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- State Senator Dina Titus commenting on the behavior of the Tax Commission regarding the Green Building grants.
- Thursday, May 24, 2007.
"We look at it a little differently. I think we need to raise some money there and I think that is a big issue and I don’t know that all the solutions that have been offered, thus far, are going to be able to take care of what we really need to do and you know Southern Nevada, traffic is a big issue and we really have to look at all things even if includes raising some taxes.
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- Democratic Assemblyman Mo Denis on the Governor’s pledge of no new taxes.
- Wednesday, May 23, 2007.
"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.
