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"He was an example for all of us."
- Josh Hicks, Partner, McDonald Carano on the passing of former State Senator Thomas ”Spike” Wilson - Thursday, April 7, 2022.
"The city (of Fernley) has ten-thousand-acre feet per year of Truckee River water that they have rights to, that they are not using at all right now."
- Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter says the Fernley water treatment plant was built to treat groundwater not surface water. They would have to do retrofits to be able to use that water. That water could be used to replace water lost to the lining of the canal that goes to Fallon. - Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
"I’m not complaining about that and if I’d have lost I wouldn’t have been complaining about that because I’ve always tried to trust the elections as being what they were."
- Jeanne Herman, Washoe County Commissioner #District 5 who has won her two Commission races so far and she’s running again, says that despite that, when 300 hundred people come to a meeting saying that the election results are not fair something had to be done and that was the basis of her resolution that was defeated by the County Commission 4 to 1. - Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
"Ideally public and private should go hand in hand."
- Maria Paz Fernandez, Project manager, RTC, Washoe County who is running the massive Oddie/Wells project in Reno/Sparks says the unintended consequences of the RTC rebuilding streets for safety is bringing in developers to revitalize the area. - Friday, April 1, 2022.
"I will do that, and Mark Amodei hasn’t and that’s what this election is about."
- Danny Tarkanian, Candidate for CD 2 says that he will fight against illegal immigration, abortion and huge budgets if elected to Congress. - Thursday, March 31, 2022.
"A Republican in Nevada is not necessarily the same thing as a Republican in Nebraska."
- Ryan Hamilton, Laxalt for Senate, Campaign Manager says attitudes regionally are very distinct. From his time in politics, in Nebraska, the differences are distinct despite the national media pushing a singular narrative. Legal prostitution being one of the differences. Gaming in Nebraska only recently passed, and it was quite controversial. - Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
"Just a lot of hostility has been a big surprise."
- Emerson Drewes, News Editor, The Nevada Sagebrush discussing the dropping of the mask mandate at UNR and the strong feelings of not just students and teachers but even major donors, on both sides of the issue. - Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
"Only about three or four of the actual items within the resolution were under the purview of the Commission."
- Bob Lucey, Washoe County Commissioner, says the rest was either under federal or state law and without their ability to change. The Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 1 on the proposal put forward by Commissioner Jeanne Herman that had 20 measures that would drastically change Washoe County’s voting. - Friday, March 25, 2022.
"Gas prices are really hitting them in the heart."
- Peter Guzman, President, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce, comments on what he’s hearing from members on how inflation is affecting them. - Thursday, March 24, 2022.
"The technology is evolving."
- Cheryl Blomstrom, Political Consultant, talks to host Sam Shad about the potential of using nuclear as a renewable energy source in Nevada. She says there is much more efficient and safer use of nuclear energy than there was in the past. - Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
"I am very comfortable standing in front of voters, saying why we did what we did and what our accomplishments are."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, said on the upcoming debate airing April 12 on Nevada Newsmakers with primary-election rival Danny Tarkanian. The debate will also air in Reno on the CW channel at noon and on MYLVTV in Las Vegas. - Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
"Politicians can do whatever they want when they’re not competitive, and they’ll never face the pressure from voters."
- Orrin Johnson, Attorney, calls the redistricting in Nevada ‘atrocious’ explaining that the vast majority of legislative seats are now not competitive. - Friday, March 18, 2022.
"Election integrity is the number one issue that I hear people talking about."
- Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner, District #26, notes she talks to a lot of people including Democrats, Republicans and nonpartisans, in which she says people feel there were irregularities in the presidential election. - Thursday, March 17, 2022.
"“If gas prices go too high, that will hit the tourist market."
- Congresswoman Dina Titus, CD 1, says the rising gas prices, which are mainly the result of the U.S. and ally sanctions against Russia, will not only affect locals in Nevada, but could also impact the tourist market on the Las Vegas Strip. - Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
"It’s a total tragedy."
- Helen Foley, President, Foley Public Affairs, responds to the crisis in Ukraine. She says we’re all just standing and watching when the threat of nuclear weapons is very severe. - Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
"For America to become strong and truly strategically independent again, it will take sacrifice."
- Sam Brown, Republican Candidate for US Senate, responds to a conversation on returning manufacturing to the U.S. and the price hikes Americans would see. He also says it’s time to acknowledge the human rights standpoint of what we consume cheaply here in the U.S. from other countries, noting it’s not what American principles and values stand for. - Friday, March 11, 2022.
