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It turns out the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance isn't so global.
One week before the LVGEA hosts a "a robust and inclusive discussion" (touch me, feeeeel me) on education funding with the Clark County teachers union, two chambers (though, notably, not the Vegas one) and two legislative leaders, the lobbying arms of two critical special interests have sent stinging, not-so-inclusive letters to the head of the organization. In the pair of missives, which I have obtained, the Retail...
You could have seen this coming:
Michele Fiore, the Bundy-loving, Culinary-hating loose cannon, is making a play to oust Paul Anderson as majority leader of the new GOP majority, sources confirm.
Fiore, who was led around by Citizen Outhouse's Dan Burdish last session, is aligned with those who oppose the governor's coming agenda, which will be to propose a tax package with reforms to fund education and other needs. She sees Anderson, considered a reasonable up-and-comer, as too close to the...
UPDATE, 5:30 PM: Sounds as if the meeting went well. Adelson and Hansen met for 90 minutes. "They had a very good discussion about Israel, and Ira Hansen passed with flying colors," Adelson lieutenant Andy Abboud told me, adding that Hansen's views on Israel have evolved with the help of another Jewish casino owner, Atlantis boss John Farahi. "I think it is a mistake to think that Ira Hansen is someone that people can't deal with."
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Incoming Speaker Ira Hansen will meet with...
They will have a press event Wednesday, but I have learned advocates of a background check initiative for 2016 have more than enough signatures.
How many?
They need 101,000 and change; they have 250,000.
It will be on the ballot in two years.
And so, I'd guess, will recreational pot.
The beginning of a blue wave?
Or wishful thinking?
The Bundy Caucus has its first meeting.
(In case you can't read it on your phone or laptop, note caucus spokesman Jim Wheeler, also tasked with mentoring the freshman, response to one poster who suggests: "Run the BLM out of our state would be my #1 request." Wheeler: "Good idea!")
Have I mentioned how much fun this session will be?
Four Monday nuggets about the Ira Era, which officially begins in 84 days:
Nugget No. 1: New Speaker Ira Hansen told me something that no elected official has ever said to me when I have asked about coming on my program: “I have a confidentiality agreement until our organizational structure and policy positions are more formalized.”
What? So the new speaker has some kind of no-speak agreement with his own caucus? Um, he's the leader. And what kind of elected official has such an agreement? (My...