Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad

Guests:
Bill Weidner, President, Las Vegas Sands - part TWO
Pundits:
Tray Abney, Director of Government Relations/Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce
Greg Bortolin, Director of Communications and Government Affairs - Desert Research Institute
Mike Hillerby, Executive Vice President - Wingfield Nevada Group


"They do operate, ultimately, in a political environment. They have to get licenses. They have to get building permits. They have to do everything you do in a political environment so of course they are going to participate and obviously Mr. Adelson’s made the decision to participate in a very big way. "

- Mike Hillerby, Wingfield Nevada Group, on Sheldon Adelson, of Las Vegas Sands’ support of Freedoms Watch, a conservative group that seeks to match or exceed the influence of MoveOn.Org.