Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette Journal

Guests:
Paul Enos, Nevada Motor Transport Association, Inc.
Par Tolles, Managing Director of the newly combined CB Richard Ellis and Trammell Crow Company
Scott Beggs, Vice President of Portfolio Management DP Partners - Dermody Properties topic: Weight Transfer Tax
Pundits:
Ray Bacon, Exec. Dir. NV Manufacturers Assn.
Ernie Adler, Former State Senator
Bob Crowell, Kummer Kaempfer


"Distribution and manufacturing is still the backbone of Northern Nevada. And so anything that decreases our competitive edge, we get very sensitive to it. We’re swatting it out everyday trying to wave our flag to attract good paying companies to this area. Attacks like this, it worries us. "

- Par Tolles CB Richard Ellis/Trammell Crow discussing the proposed weight/distance tax, from the Assembly Democrats, on the trucking industry and how it affects the commercial real estate industry.