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Culinary brings Howard Hughes into dispute with Station
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.
U.S. senator refuses to say if he was comped to NASCAR; speedway offered to comp most every elected
During the 2013 Legislature, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway presented a 60-page document to lawmakers.
Washoe GOP to state GOP: Stop the primary endorsements!
UPDATED, 1:45 PM: In an amazing tweet today, ex-GOP Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian declared "@
Democratic stunt should ensure GOP convention comes here
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.
Union research document says Obamacare will hasten income inequality
As national Democrats prepare to run against the GOP on income equality issues, a giant union has issued a scathing Obamacare document that could undermine that case. "The Irony of ObamaCare: Making Inequality Worse" is the title of the UNITE HERE (Culinary parent) document that is posted here and soon to be making its way to Capitol Hill. It is devastating to the Democrats. To wit:
Reid to headline first Flores fundraiser in DC next week
If you want any more evidence that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Lucy Flores to be lieutenant governor to stop Brian Sandoval from considering a U.S. Senate bid in two years, see below (the invite and the labor pitch): And labor is all-in, too:
Sandoval files for re-election, de facto wins re-election, gets named as No. 5 in 2016 veepstakes
Time to play Megabucks, governor.
Regents block county commissioner from getting prestigious award
In an unusual 7-6 vote, the regents voted today against suspending a rule barring them from honoring sitting elected officials, thus preventing Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani from getting a Distinguished Nevadan award. Giunchigliani had been nominated by Regent Jack Schofield for the most prestigious honor the regents can confer, one a slew of politicians have received after they left office.
Guinn Center outlines how it arrived at margin tax revenue estimates
Considering how nothing's riding on this-- the future of education funding, the future of Nevada's economy and the stability of the state's tax structure, to pilfer a construct from Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee -- I'm not that surprised every margin tax document gets whipped around in the political maelstrom.
Vogel leaves journalism as a Nevada icon
Ed Vogel’s face was crimson as he pointed at the computer. “I talked to that guy yesterday,” he yelled at the screen as City Editor Charlie Zobell sat nearby, somewhat stunned. “He didn’t tell me about that.”