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"I hope this was a wake up call that we really need to think about manufacturing, and what it is that we’re doing within our boundaries so that we have a sustainable economy."
- Aaron West, CEO, Nevada Builders Alliance, comments on the manufacturing backlog, and how we’ve become a nation expecting things to be manufactured for a lower cost elsewhere, but also expect that we can get products when we want them. - Thursday, November 18, 2021.
"It’s not really listening to what the citizens want, and that’s what reapportionment really in the real world should be about. We know we don’t live in the real world, we live in the political world."
- Marsha Berkbigler, former Washoe County Commissioner, said redistricting based upon putting Republicans in one area and Democrats in the other can create potential problems, noting she’s surprised Democrats are being serious about creating D-districts rather than creating balanced districts - Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
"It was the general public that was harmed."
- State Senator James Settlemeyer, District 17, says redistricting maps were revised at the eleventh hour to count an additional over 1,800 inmates at their pre-incarceration addresses. This changed the population data and ultimately affected recorded populations specifically in rural areas. He says that this process invalidated 700 maps made by the general public, while maps made by the caucuses could easily correct the technical problem. - Tuesday, November 16, 2021.
"I believe I’m absolutely the most qualified and the most prepared to lead from day one."
- Joey Gilbert, Attorney and Republican candidate for Nevada governor, answers how his skills will translate to the position if elected. He said he spent the time campaigning in rural counties, understands the needs of the people and the state, and believes the state is suffering from a pandemic of failed leadership. - Friday, November 12, 2021.
"How do we ensure that rural issues still get brought to the floor?"
- Alex Goff, Democratic National Committeeman, explains the importance for people who live both in rural communities and cities to continue developing relationships between the people and legislators in order to represent all of Nevada. The Nevada Legislature is set to fulfill its constitutional duty to revise the state’s voting districts following the census in a special session.
- Thursday, November 11, 2021.
"I want to do governance. That's what I want to do."
- Guy Nohra, Entrepreneur and Republican candidate for Nevada governor, says that he doesn’t want to learn politics and that politics doesn’t interest him — rather, he said, he’s a governance person, and if elected, he doesn’t anticipate much trouble when first dealing with the Legislature, even if it retains the Democratic majority. - Wednesday, November 10, 2021.
"Republicans are going to come out of the gubernatorial primary very divided. It’s turning nasty already, and we are a long way from June."
- Fred Lokken, Professor of Political Science, Truckee Meadows Community College, says that while both parties are broken, the Democrats run strong campaigns and Nevada won’t see a repeat of 2014. He notes the gubernatorial primary will drain coffers, and with that damage, it will affect other races including the Senate. - Tuesday, November 9, 2021.
"Nothing brings people together more than a crisis, and we became a real community as a result of that."
- Joe Lombardo, Clark County Sheriff, speaks to how the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in Las Vegas — the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history — brought the community together and helped him understand the true needs of the community. He is one of the six GOP primary candidates in Nevada’s gubernatorial race. - Friday, November 5, 2021.
"I should not have survived what I went through in Afghanistan. And the fact that I'm alive means I have some other purpose in life, to serve others."
- Sam Brown, Republican Candidate for US Senate, says after being severely wounded when his vehicle hit an IED in Afghanistan, he was forced to end his military career. He then forged a different path and started a business to provide pharmacy services to veterans through VA clinics, eventually leading to conservative politics and running for the U.S. Senate. - Thursday, November 4, 2021.
"I’ve been a little disheartened, particularly going into this cycle, that we’re not having more conversation about changing the way we elect our leaders."
- Mike Draper, Partner, Argentum Partners, says the current primary system doesn’t represent a third of Nevadans early on, noting that many more than a third feel they are not represented by either party. - Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
"First of all, I would be surprised to see gaming, with their history, go against the sitting incumbent governor."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD2, says the eventual Republican gubernatorial nominee will face a major obstacle trying to defeat current Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak because of the influence of gaming, Nevada’s No. 1 industry. Amodei recently announced he would not run for Nevada governor in 2022. - Tuesday, November 2, 2021.
"The vision is to have more people in space, and to try to do that from an access and transportation perspective."
- Misty Snopkowski, NASA Program Exec for Commercial Spacecraft, says it’s very realistic for regular people to start experiencing space, and that as more commercial crew programs gain experience, the cost to get more people into space will come down. She says the vision is that once the Space Station retires in 2030, they’ll have commercial LEO platforms in lower orbit so that more people can come into space to live, work, research, and even for tourism. - Friday, October 29, 2021.
"There is a product coming that could clean all of the Truckee-Reno sewer treatment plant water prior to going into the river, and then even to a usable standard. Now, wouldn’t that be interesting in our market."
- Lance Gilman, Partner-Broker Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, says facilities are looking towards a new nanotechnology product to potentially alleviate sewer plant issues. However, he says the technology could be available days, months, or years from now. - Thursday, October 28, 2021.
"We can't keep going on like this. This is bad."
- Dean Heller, Former US Senator, explains the 2020 Democratic election victories and the "dumb decisions" by Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak caused him to jump back into politics. The former U.S. senator is now running in the Nevada gubernatorial race. - Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
"We need to look at each other as brothers and sisters, not as black and white."
- Michele Fiore, Las Vegas City Councilwoman, says various races have the same blood types and that if someone is bleeding, it doesn’t matter what race they are. Fiore said she opposes 'Critical Race Theory' and hopes to "unite black and white," but opposes the Black Lives Matter movement and believes it was constructed to divide Americans. - Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
"She definitely has carved a niche within the Republican Party, and has a very particular voter that she’s targeting."
- John Sande IV, Principal, Argentum Partners, responds to Michelle Fiore’s introductory video announcing her run for Nevada governor. He says that while her video was something to behold and has plenty of entertainment value, her announcement also adds an interesting dynamic to the race. - Friday, October 22, 2021.
