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"Our vacancy rate is about 2.9%.
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- Scot Marker Colliers International discussing the phenomenal retail market in Las Vegas.
- Thursday, August 24, 2006.
"That’s why it’s so important that we highlight individualized instruction, the kind of things that are happening here at Davidson (Academy for the Profoundly Gifted) where we customize instruction, whether you’re very very gifted or whether you need additional help and that’s what so profound and so important about the model that’s being tested here.
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- Margaret Spellings US Secretary of Education on the fact that performing at grade level is the minimum for students if we are to compete with the rest of the World.
- Wednesday, August 23, 2006.
"I can’t tell you how many funerals I’ve gone to for Nevadans that have been killed over there and watched the widows and the parents and the siblings and the children; it’s heartbreaking to watch that. I don’t want to go to anymore but the fact is, they’re making a sacrifice for your and my freedom over here and we have to honor that sacrifice by making sure that we finish the job and finish it right.
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- US Senator John Ensign on one of the reasons we must stay in Iraq until its government is strong enough not to collapse after we leave.
- Tuesday, August 22, 2006.
"The Nugget’s own spokesperson Beth Cooney said on TV, “It’s our customer base out there that we’re trying to protect”. If it’s their customer base then what they are really saying, it’s about competition. We respect that. If it’s about competition just simply say
it’s about competition. We don’t want it. We’re opposed to it. And go about your business. That makes it a business decision.
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- Harvey Whittemore Wingfield Nevada Group on the ongoing attacks from John Ascuaga’s Nugget on The Lazy 8 Hotel Casino project. - Monday, August 21, 2006.
"Two candidates who were tarred and feathered as being pro-choice, won.
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- Martha Gould on the message the public is sending to our elected officials. To stay out of my house. Stay out of my personal life.
- Thursday, August 17, 2006.
"It’s the only place in the country where you can bring significant quantities of nuclear material outside into the open, drive detectors by them. See if you can detect them in a vehicle with a held detector, perhaps from a helicopter.
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- Dr Stephen Younger, head of the Nevada Test Site, talking about the unique qualities of the Nevada Test Site. In this case, testing detectors that could find a dirty bomb (nuclear device). - Wednesday, August 16, 2006.
"We should be able to get to 35% to 40%.
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- Larry Woolf who is leasing the casino of the former Reno Hilton now the Grand Sierra Resort on how much he expects to grow the locals market from its current 25%. - Tuesday, August 15, 2006.
"I have to say as a resident feminist sitting at this table I’m very surprised to hear you guys mention “a female governor” and that the state’s ready for a “female governor”. Baloney! It’s not even an issue. Dina Titus is a competent well seasoned politician. Knowledgeable candidate. I don’t think ‘woman’ has come up. I haven’t heard it. Have you?
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- Marybel Batjer, Vice President of Public Policy and Communications for Harrah’s Entertainment.
- Monday, August 14, 2006.
"I’m actually reaching out to the Blue Dog Democrats which is a group in Congress that are fiscally conservative.
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- Jill Derby Democratic candidate in CD 2 on with whom she would align herself with if Nevadans send her to Congress. - Thursday, August 10, 2006.
"Maybe somebody’s going to have to go back to the classroom, who knows, assistant provost for something, maybe they need to go back to teaching those psychology classes. So maybe you shift them that way.
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- Dina Titus Democratic candidate for Governor on how you get 80% to 90% of the K through 12 budgets to the classrooms without having to fire a lot of administrators.
- Wednesday, August 9, 2006.
"Well, I’m not a lawyer but I’m a doctor and I am the one candidate in this campaign who’s has not gotten over $100,000 from special interests and lobbyists to run his campaign.
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- Paul Mozen, Republican candidate to replace Sharron Angle in Assembly District 26 after hearing his opponents throw charges at each other about one being a lobbyist and one an attorney for a large firm that does a lot of lobbying.
- Tuesday, August 8, 2006.
"Any time I’m next to you I’m nervous.
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- Alfredo Alonso, The Law firm of Lewis and Roca, responding to George Harris Publisher of Liberty Watch Magazine’s question, “Are you nervous?”
- Monday, August 7, 2006.
"Can we talk about something relevant rather than school-yard-pettiness? Can we find another subject? This is ridiculous.
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- Andrew Barbano, nevadalabor.com, reacting to a discussion about Republicans acting like Democrats. - Thursday, August 3, 2006.
"Senator Amodei has West Nile virus and voters of Nevada have West VILE virus from all the TV ads being thrown at ‘em.
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- Joe Guild, attorney commenting on all the negative TV campaign ads on the air. - Wednesday, August 2, 2006.
"Unfortunately a few elections ago this negative (advertising) started the hammering, the slamming, the name calling - those kinds of things. And the people that did that won. What the voters need to do if they’re tired of it, like they keep crying that they’re tired of it, is they need to get out there and start voting against the people that do that.
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- Dick Gammick Washoe County District Attorney, discussing how to get candidates to run positive campaigns. - Tuesday, August 1, 2006.
"I long for the days when I didn’t have to pay attention to politics until after Labor Day. Now I have to interrupt my summer and think about politics and who the candidates are.
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- Bill Bilyeu, attorney, bemoaning the early primary date. - Monday, July 31, 2006.
