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In an amazingly flattering profile in El Tiempo Las Vegas, the governor who once supported Arizona's controversial immigration law is all but lionized as a Hispanic deity.
He brags about getting funding for students who don't speak English well -- and promises to get more. He boasts of supporting drivers privilege cards for undocumented Nevadans -- it was not controversial. And he even crows about expanding Medicaid -- luckily, he has no serious primary opponent.
This is the part, though, that...
In a new paper, a law professor and his son, a Democratic activist, raise questions about the age-old tug o' war between the Legislature and the regents over who runs higher ed.
The paper (attached here) by Tom and Justin McAffee raises questions about the governance of the community colleges, not explicitly laid out in the Constitution, and about conflicts between the attorney general and the Legislative Counsel Bureau, which have occurred in the past and often have to be resolved in court....
The letter below has gone out to all prospective tenants in a new mall being built next to the Red Rock resort.
This is ruthless.
During the 2013 Legislature, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway presented a 60-page document to lawmakers.
The goal was simple: Maintain an exemption from a Live Entertainment Tax as Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick sought to close loopholes. The message was dire: The tax will hit the fans, who will be upset, and the race will be jeopardized.
The humanity!
The bill died. The race was saved. The fans came back last weekend.
I thought of all this as lawmakers and Sen. Dean Heller began tweeting pictures of...
UPDATED, 1:45 PM: In an amazing tweet today, ex-GOP Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian declared "@NVGOP chairman has little power..told me that it wasn't his idea...he agrees that it's ridiculous but others thought diff."
So she is saying:
1. Michael McDonald, who has never uttered a peep of protest, thinks the endorsement process is ridiculous. I tried to confirm, but he didn't respond and -- this is priceless -- the state party said it could not comment.
2. The chairman has no power. How sad.
Also, the...
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. Exclusive look at Washoe GOP resolution designed to stop party’s suicide
2 Insider nuggets on LG, CD4, Assembly and more
3. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week
4. SOS race baseline analysis
5. Why Harry does what he does
6. The most vulnerable legislative incumbent
Lots to get to, so away we go….
WASHOE TRIES TO APPLY THE TOURNIQUET
As some Republicans fear the only potential impediment to a big GOP year is a thoroughly dysfunctional, and even...
American Bridge is burning one to Las Vegas.
And in its torching of the city, the Democratic outfit should have all but guaranteed Las Vegas gets the 2016 Republican National Convention. If national committee boss Reince Priebus and the site selectors back down in the face of this intimidation tactic, they will be showing fear and inviting loathing from Gondolier Numero Uno Sheldon Adelson.
This should be the end of any debate over where the convention should go. It’s Vegas, or the national...