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Taking Aim After Ames
August 25th, 2011
Today’s mass media have no better critic than Jon Stewart (or, should we say, Stewart with his producers and writers). Recently, he showed why, dedicating a Daily Show segment to Ron Paul finishing second in the Ames Straw Poll to Michele Bachmann. Granted, some of Paul’s beliefs are Out There, but his beliefs—call it his ideology or aura, or a combination of both—loom large in Nevada politics. Read more »
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Marshall on the Money
If she were in Congress, could Nevada’s treasurer help set federal finances straight?
August 18th, 2011
Right away, you get that Kate Marshall is smart—which, regardless of your party—comes as a relief in this political climate. She sits down at the breakfast table in Rumor Boutique Resort and orders tea, then dives straight into dissecting the debt-ceiling debacle. Read more »
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The Russell Legacy
August 11th, 2011
Carson City District Judge James Todd Russell is an important part of your life. And for a Russell to be shaping Nevada is nothing new. Read more »
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The Cynical State of Nevada
July 21st, 2011
Skepticism is healthy. Cynicism is not. They aren’t the same. Skepticism is questioning. Cynicism means we have stopped questioning, started blaming, and created a self-fulfilling prophecy. Read more »
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Gibbons Gets a Sugar Daddy
July 21st, 2011
We don’t think it’s coincidental that former Gov. Jim Gibbons got a job with a mining company the same week that FinancialArrangement.com highlighted our very own Bellagio as one of its top Sugar Dating Hot Spots nationwide. It was brilliant cosmic commentary. Read more »
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The New Conservative
Freshman state Sen. Michael Roberson had a lot to say during his first Legislature. And he stands by every word of it.
July 7th, 2011
A week after the Nevada Legislature closed—on time and with budget that had both sides sighing, It could’ve been worse—first-term state Sen. Michael Roberson is still trying to reacclimate to his day job as a business attorney with Kolesar & Leatham. He’s fiddling with the handle of a camel-colored leather chair in an expansive conference room in the Tivoli Village offices. The firm had moved while Roberson was holed up in Carson City. Read more »
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Ever Get the Feeling We’ve Been Here Before?
July 7th, 2011
Granted, our representatives back East sometimes are less aware of what goes on at home than they should be, and they and the party sometimes pay for it (Harry Reid and others have backed some losers). But Reid’s interference also made Nevada one of the first presidential caucus states and helped revitalize the state Democratic Party. Either way, this kerfuffle is nothing new. Read more »
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Dina’s Brief Pause
July 7th, 2011
She arrives at a near-empty Starbucks alone. It’s already 98 degrees this morning, and she’s dressed in an ankle-length skirt and pinstriped oxford, carrying her purse on her arm. After ordering an iced tea, she ambles over to the table, in no particular rush. Dina Titus has a pretty open schedule—for Dina Titus. Read more »
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Learning From the Masters
June 23rd, 2011
As his mayoral days dwindle down to a precious few, the question is, how much influence will Oscar Goodman continue to wield at City Hall? The easy answer is, much more than if Chris Giunchigliani had been elected mayor. But the new mayor is Carolyn Goodman, and while she would be unwise to try to ape her husband (anyone who succeeded would require a bionic liver), there is much she can learn from him. Read more »
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A Sobering Experience
June 16th, 2011
George Racz worked tirelessly for 2½ years to launch Nevada’s first legal distillery, at a time when the state’s struggling economy could use some diversity. The Romanian immigrant seemed to have everything going his way when he began operating Las Vegas Distillery in March. All he needed next was passage during this year’s legislative session of Assembly Bill 542, which would establish the guidelines and provide licensing for craft distilleries in Nevada. But after the Assembly unanimously passed the bill on June 4, it died on the Senate floor. Read more »
