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"It’s not impossible if we see the right levels and the right distribution of growth. But it’s difficult"
- Cheryl Blomstrom, Political Consultant discusses the point that the national debt can be paid down at some point in time. It did happen at the end of the Clinton administration. - Thursday, December 31, 2020.
"If you don’t have proof that something went wrong then we close the books and we move on."
- Josh Hicks, Partner, McDonald Carano says that in every election there are always lawyers standing by in case of any problems with the result, as we saw in the County Commission race in Clark, Anthony vs Miller. In this cycle, the questions were much higher profile because of the Presidential race. - Wednesday, December 30, 2020.
"If we shut down the Strip that’s a potential disaster."
- Tick Segerblom, Clark County Commissioner, District E praising Governor Sisolak for the tightrope he’s walking as regards keeping gaming in business, at this point, in the pandemic. - Tuesday, December 29, 2020.
"History will treat him more kindly than the present has."
- Pat Hickey, Sunday Columnist, Reno Gazette Journal says that policy wise President Trump has achieved a lot. - Friday, December 25, 2020.
"I’m not going to be going down without a big fight."
- Abbi Whitaker, The Abbi Agency says that when Covid hit and took her tourism-based business with it, she pivoted to Healthcare and High Tech to not only replace but grow her business. She now has offices in Reno, Las Vegas, New York and London. - Thursday, December 24, 2020.
"How do we expand that to make sure it’s happening across the whole state."
- Ryann Juden, City Manager, City of North Las Vegas says there was nothing wrong with the tax abatements that occurred in Northern Nevada. He wants to see more of the same for Southern Nevada to make it more equitable for taxpayers statewide. - Wednesday, December 23, 2020.
"After the (special) session, we expect local governments to use those same tools that might have been created for a Faraday or a Tesla and try to use them to attract other economic opportunities to the state."
- Ryann Juden, City Manager, City of North Las Vegas says that while special sessions work for the marquee names they don’t work, in practice, for other business, the state or local governments would like to attract. He also says special sessions are no place to craft general economic tools. A one- or two-day session isn’t enough time. - Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
"This is intended to be a more integrated approach to addressing economywide climate change impacts and hopefully seizing the economic opportunity that come with it."
- Brad Crowell, Director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources talking about the recently released Nevada Climate Blueprint and ways it addresses things like transportation, land use and industrial sector emissions(HVAC). - Friday, December 18, 2020.
"Go through the process, now that we have the time."
- State Senator James Settlemeyer, District 17 discussing signature verification during this election cycle. He says now is the time to check everything to make sure the public has faith in the election results going forward. - Thursday, December 17, 2020.
"I'm really excited about the change. I can focus on the Senate and this really challenging session we've got coming up."
- State Senator Heidi Gansert (R), District 15 who says she is leaving the University of Nevada at the end of this year. There is speculation that she may run for everything from Governor to Congresswoman in 2022. She has made no such announcement. - Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
"I sure hope we can have the building open, in some fashion, to the lobbyists and members of the public."
- Steve Yeager, Chairman, Assembly Judiciary Committee says the Speaker, the Majority Leader and the LCB are working on the issue so that the legislative building can be open to the people rather than what occurred during the special sessions where everyone except the Legislators and their staffs were excluded. - Tuesday, December 15, 2020.
"It’s a stretch."
- Aaron West, CEO, Nevada Builders Alliance says when trying to get to the stated goals of the Nevada Climate Blueprint, which is zero emissions, the impact it will have on every segment of society and the costs associated with it make it hard to get there. - Friday, December 11, 2020.
"I don’t think we can cut too much from education, for example."
- State Senator Scott Hammond (R) District 18 says that the numbers released by the Economic Forum this week were bad but not as bad as they could have been. He feels there are several agencies and budgets that can’t take the 12% budget hit the Governor has requested. - Thursday, December 10, 2020.
"You might have to go back and do some conflict resolution as a result."
- Assemblywoman Jill Tolles (R), District 25 on the dangers of communicating via text while using humor or sarcasm when the other party can’t see your expression or body language. - Wednesday, December 9, 2020.
"In a nutshell Cha Ching. Follow the money."
- Mary Lau, President, CEO, Retail Association of Nevada with her response to the unveiling of the Nevada Climate Blueprint. - Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
"We’ve been made promises in the past, by both parties, and what we saw was massive deportation and then caging and then walls."
- Peter Guzman, President, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce cheering the fact that immigration reform has come to the top of the issues the President-elect is pushing. Mr. Guzman says it’s about time and there will be a price to pay if it fails. - Friday, December 4, 2020.
