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"People were afraid because he gets even, he doesn't give an explanation and there was absolutely nobody that could get ahold of him."
- Mary Lau, President, CEO, Retail Association of Nevada, says Sisolak’s reputation from his Clark County days of getting even and having a temper manifested itself into the same environment during his reign as governor. She explains that Joe Lombardo has a task in front of him because “our bureaucracy is a disaster.” - Friday, November 18, 2022.
"Money talks is what I make of it."
- Jeff Silver, Gaming Attorney, says when he was at the Riviera Hotel, sports wagering was once a pariah where they couldn’t host a Super Bowl party that had a television set bigger than 40 inches and it was specified you couldn’t use the broadcast that was trademarked or copyrighted. Now, with the potential revenue streams, Las Vegas will be hosting the 2024 Super Bowl. - Thursday, November 17, 2022.
"We really don’t have that much time to reach these voluntary agreements."
- John Entsminger, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority, explains that negotiations are not moving quickly enough on the Colorado River. He says the last two years on the river took a bad situation and made it much worse, and that if we have more bad water years the reservoirs will get to “truly critically low elevations.” He says this is why they have been more strident with the federal government needing to take more of a leadership role. - Wednesday, November 16, 2022.
"We’re seeing the sports and entertainment capital of the world moniker play out."
- Rick Velotta, Tourism and Gaming Reporter, Las Vegas Review Journal, says the area has had some good events, and people are buying into it. He discusses more on Formula 1, college and professional football and more developments on the potential of the Oakland A’s coming to Vegas. - Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
"Imagine the precedent that essentially they’re asking for, which is, you murder a journalist, you get to take the reporter’s shield law privileges with the journalist’s life, and as a criminal defendent, you get to go looking through a reporter’s unpublished material, confidential contacts."
- Glenn Cook, Executive Editor, Las Vegas Review-Journal, says they have been working to stop the examination of Jeff German’s devices, explaining they have a permanent injunction in place which Las Vegas Metro agreed to not search his cell phone, four personal computers and an external hard drive until there is a court order to either conduct the search or search with strict circumstances that honor the shield law. He says Metro, the district attorney and the public defender’s office want to be able to function as though the shield law doesn’t exist where privileges terminate upon the death of a reporter, creating a dangerous potential precedent. - Friday, November 11, 2022.
"The whole tech park is just an inspiring technological wonder."
- Bo Bernhard, VP Economic Development, UNLV, talks about the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park, an entire campus dedicated to tech and innovation. He says to showcase the talents of the students, they handed over the layout to the architecture design team, where final projects will be due in December. Already, over 100 companies moved in, where he says many didn’t previously have a presence in the area. - Thursday, November 10, 2022.
"I think we need to rethink education."
- Former State Senator Patricia Farley says that as a parent of four children with four different education needs, one-stop solutions don’t fit every child. She explains her concerns of the public education platform not addressing how to meet children where they are, noting that sometimes children need a private or charter school to meet their needs. She agrees with a robust, strong public education system, but says that we also need answers for parents whose children might not fit in the public school equation successfully. - Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
"I quit betting against Tilman Fertitta."
- Howard Stutz, Gaming Reporter, Nevada Independent, explains that Fertitta does what he says he’s going to do and he’s usually been correct, noting that we’ll see how he moves forward with the project soon. Fertitta bought acreage in one of the busiest spots on the Las Vegas Strip for a hefty price. - Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
"It just depends on which way the wind’s blowing in Nevada."
- John Oceguera, Former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, Strategies 360, says Nevada isn’t one of those states that can be predictable, and it could go red or blue this election cycle. He says it’s tough to call a lot of these races and that “this is going to be one of the closest elections we’ve seen in a long time.” - Friday, November 4, 2022.
"I think the big misimpression is that the mob ran the town."
- Former US Senator Richard Bryan says the mob was in Las Vegas and had influence, but “what they wanted was to be left alone.” He says he knew they were around, and people knew who members of the mob were, but he “virtually had no contact with the mob at all.” - Thursday, November 3, 2022.
"And we said, 'Sounds great to us. Welcome to the neighborhood.'"
- Don Ahern, President and CEO, Ahern Equipment Rentals, says he spoke to Oakland A’s ownership, and this is how he responded when they asked his thoughts about building the ballpark near his hotel. Ahern says Phil Ruffin — property owner of the Circus Circus resort and the Las Vegas Festival Grounds — has made trips to Oakland to negotiate a possible land deal, noting that Ruffin has “changed his heart” about selling land to the A’s. - Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
"I’m convinced that eventually in Las Vegas, we’re going to be the marijuana capital of the world."
- Tick Segerblom, Clark County Commissioner, District E, says he could see every hotel having a dispensary and marijuana lounge, once the law is changed. He says in the next few years, we’ll see marijuana-focused businesses take off, noting that no one would do it better than Las Vegas. - Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
"What we haven't done a good enough job of – and what we intend to do – is bring testing that really measures growth. We don't have that now."
- Adam Mayberry (Incumbent) recommends MAP Growth assessments to “really measure the growth” of students which would check in with students in the fall, midyear and end of the school year. Opponent Graeme Reid says testing is a way for “big government bureaucrats” to drive policy, but agrees the district can’t get rid of all tests, but believes some can be ended by the school board. - Monday, October 31, 2022.
"We cannot fail our entire citizenry by allowing our public schools to fail."
- Selena La Rue Hatch (D) says opportunity scholarships funnel “significant” funds away from students in public schools and instead gives it to private individuals. She explains that while one student going to private school may be an option for one family, there is a need for an entire educated citizenry. Opponent Sam Kumar (R) says that opening up opportunity scholarships would “solve a lot of these problems” by increasing the per pupil spending and later states that “it’s not about funding public schools, it’s about producing results.” - Sunday, October 30, 2022.
"I feel like they are sexualizing our children."
- Melanie Sutton, candidate for Washoe County School Board District C, explains the district’s sex education curriculum goes beyond what the state requires, saying what they teach fourth and fifth graders is “terrifying” and that “they’re taking their innocence away.” Opponent Joe Rodriguez says his daughter just took the program and called it “very age appropriate,” also explaining that parents have to opt in to the sexual education program where the curriculum and lesson plan is available online prior to the class starting. - Saturday, October 29, 2022.
"Great claims require great evidence, and there is no evidence of the kind of voter fraud it would take to systemically change an election."
- Edwin Lyngar (D) says he would want to hear what people have to say about what he calls “deliberate attacks” to the voting system, and if there was evidence or any crime, he would urge it to be investigated. Incumbent Jeanne Herman (R) says the people of Washoe County want an honest and fair election, and that’s what she wants to bring to them. She later states that she “can’t prove anything that is widespread fraud” in the primary, however, noting that there were many complaints. - Friday, October 28, 2022.
