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First it was Camden Properties trying to frighten residents not to vote for the margin tax.
Corporate officials eventually backed off, saying an overly zealous Vegas local sent it out.
But Monday, Ovation Property Management, another Vegas apartment giant, followed suit, with this missive to its residents, which was the usual Chicken Little stuff and also elevated Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick to Congress:
INFORMATION REGARDING QUESTION 3: GROSS MARGINS TAX
To Our Valued Residents:
As you...
In 1986, a two-term congressman named Harry Reid successfully ran for the U.S. Senate with the slogan, “Independent Like Nevada.”
In 2014, if Nevada voters are not independent, the GOP wave building here will be massive, wiping out legislative majorities, lifting all Republican statewide candidates to victory and making Steven Horsford a one-term congressman. None of those results would surprise me.
The Republicans have a nearly 8 percentage-point lead after early and mail ballots have been...
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. Some final thoughts
2. My insiders predict the outcomes
3. The Weekly Insiders on smartest/dumbest moves, best/worst ads and what’s left
My predictions will be out soon, dear premium Flashees. But I asked all of my insiders for their picks. There was some consensus beyond the obvious that you savvy readers already know – U.S. Senate candidate Mark Hutchison will win, the state Senate will be GOP barring a miracle in SD9.
At some point, I will write (...
Washoe County District Attorney Dick Gammick, who has endorsed Adam Laxalt for AG, sent out a missive today through the Washoe GOP that was positively Nixonian.
Allow me to annotate:
Dear Friends:
Initially, I did not get involved in this year's Attorney General race, but when an unidentified, unsigned, renegade piece of paper was made public by a Democrat-aligned news person and was represented as something valid, I decided it was time to speak up and support Adam Laxalt in his quest...
In two contributions during the last 10 days, Las Vegas Sands boss Sheldon Adelson gave Gov. Brian Sandoval a total of $300,000 for his political action committee.
Most of the money the governor raised was then transferred to the Nevada Jobs Coalition, run by Sandoval's consultants and the vehicle for the third-party spending in what looks like a successful attempt to take over the state Senate.
Sandoval also took $50,000 each from Wynn Resorts, SLS and Resorts World, as well as $25,000 from...