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TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Guns and more.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 140
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 123
Good morning, everyone. If you ever wanted to see a video to make you proud to be a Nevadan, this one will do the trick. So she only kinda lives here and doesn’t know the capital. She could have run for Congress in District Four! Maybe she could make up for the faux pas by doing a voter registration spot with Holly...
(NOTE: THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEKLY REPORT UNTIL JULY 13.)
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. Some Nevada economic metrics to consider amid recovery high (DON'T MISS THE CHARTS AT THE BOTTOM!)
2. The Weekly Insiders on voter ID, Gaming Commission changes, more
3. Smartest/dumbest moves and coming campaign developments
I was interested how some observers pointed out that the Gaming Commission has been hampered by minorites setting important policy. My insiders seem to think...
“Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”
Jim Rogers said that a lot.
He thought much of what he heard was nonsense. He had no patience for it. Come to think of it, he had no patience for…..anything.
Rogers, the media kingpin and education advocate who died last week, invited clichés: Force of nature. Man of action. Eccentric rich guy.
But the truth is Rogers was as sui generis as almost anyone I have known: A Tasmanian devil with ADD and OCD who didn’t care who got in his way in pursuit of his often-...
Similar bill was vetoed by Gov. Brian Sandoval last session.
Wonder which base gets more fired up....
Attached here.
In an effort targeting Las Vegas' largest developer, a major labor group says it will file a ballot initiative preventing Clark County from subsidizing a proposed Summerlin minor-league baseball stadium.
The Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council sent a letter this week to commissioners, calling the stadium "destined to be owned by a wealthy private corporation," a reference to Howard Hughes.
Darren Enns, the organization's secretary-treasurer, wrote, "We are asking for your...