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Good morning, everyone. Today is the anniversary of a memorable incident in Nevada political history (hat tip to William Lefkovics). In 1981, after Harry Reid’s wife, Landra, noticed the family station wagon wasn’t running right, they noticed a wire under the hood and connected to the gas tank. Then the chair of the Gaming Commission, Reid called the police and a rudimentary bomb was discovered. The police later asserted it was an attempted homicide, which, if successful, would have...
Good morning, everyone. Ninety-nine days, dear Flashees. That’s how long until the election. And, Chuck Todd said this morning, “August 1 is the new Labor Day,” meaning that’s when the campaigns kick off. Seriously? Say it ain’t so, say most people. I say: Bring it on! Also, the number to remember is even lower: 82 days until early voting begins.
Premium subscribers were treated Sunday to may rundown of the Latin Chamber embarrassment and the Team Reid muscle-flexing, the Nevada data from the...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Bo Bernhard says Las Vegans are smart. Let's see if he can make the case.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 102
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 85
Good morning, everyone. If you want to know what the race for lieutenant governor is really about, besides vacation homes and lots of travel, just look at what Lucy Flores asked folks to fill out, a survey on these issues:
Strengthening education from preschool through college.
Improving the economy...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: The Israeli consul general from LA.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 103
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 86
Good morning, everyone. As The School District That Couldn’t Fire Straight does its best impression of Emily Litella, Pedro Martinez sure is acting like a guy who was fired. He obviously hired a quality lawyer, but these school district folks are fish in a barrel. They have executed one of the most blatant violations of the Open Meeting...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Ousted Washoe Supe Pedro Martinez.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 104
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 87
Good morning, everyone. Few government entities have handled a crisis as poorly as the Washoe County School District did late Tuesday announcing on Twitter that Superintendent Pedro Martinez had been “relieved of duty.” It was so bizarre and outrageous that I set out to find out what the hell had happened,and I did. This seems like quite...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: DNC boss Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 105
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 88
Good morning, everyone. Battle Born. All For Our Country. A World Within. A State Apart. All Nevada slogans/mottos, some inspiring, some gag-inducing. But, inadvertently, Rennae Daneshvary of Nevada Kids Count may have hit on the most accurate one: “At least we’re not Mississippi.”
That quote is from a report on the state’s continued...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: A longtime Muslim activist and NAACP leader says national group is discriminatory.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 106
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 89
Good morning, everyone. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, unlike almost anyone else I have covered in my career, shows with almost every utterance why she is unqualified for public office. You know I wrote about Kyle Roerink’s profile this weekend. I know...
Good morning, everyone. News is out that Nevada’s unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in June (It was 7.9 percent in May.). The internals via the state:
“The unadjusted unemployment rate fell in two of the state’s three metro areas this month. The Las Vegas/Paradise MSA held steady over the month at 7.9 percent, but is down 2.5 percentage points relative to June 2013. Reno/Sparks and the Carson City MSA each fell by 0.1 percentage points to 7.2 and 7.9 percent, respectively. Over the year,...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: We'll see.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 110
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 93
Good morning, everyone. I have to give Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak credit for something too few politicians (not to mention activists and journalists) have: A sense of humor. I put the picture out on twitter, but I wanted to share it with you, dear Flashees. After my ranting this week about the near-ecstasy over the new IKEA store, Mr. Chairman ...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bob Goodman.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 111
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 94
Good morning, everyone. I hate to belabor this, no matter how skilled I am at belaboring, but am I the only one repulsed by all the gushing over IKEA coming to Vegas? Does anyone in this state understand proportionality? I expounded last night.
If you want a perfect contrast to the IKEA nonsense, this story about Zoom...