Nevada Newsmakers

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

Guests:
Bob Beers, State Senator, ( R ) Clark District # 6 & CPA
Pundits:
John Griffin, Kummer Kaempfer
Bill Bilyeu, Former Speaker
Dick Gammick, Washoe County District Attorney


"I like him a lot and he does a lot of good things. He’s a fantastic cheerleader for the system. But this is government 101 and these kinds of things have happened for as long as we had governments. Because their revenue, no one’s ever been able to figure out in the entire history of the world how to decouple government revenue from the economy. And when the economy waxes and wanes, government revenue waxes and wanes. That’s just a reality that I believe that those who govern us need to be aware of and prepare for. "

- State Senate Bob Beers, on Chancellor Jim Rogers initial refusal to offer potential budget cuts to the NSHE budget that were requested by Governor Gibbons.