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When you regulate the Strip, gaming hosts fundraisers for you
Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow is getting started early for her re-election, with a fundraiser next week hosted by the Nevada Resort Association, the lobbying arm of the industry the incumbent oversees. This is known as the "I'm trying to scare people away" event -- the invite and large host committee are attached here. Subtle, it ain't. But subtlety has little place in getting anointed. I'm looking for someone on that list who will not need something from Scow in the coming months -- years, if she is re-elected. Looking. Still looking.....
How Yucca Mountain can still spark partisan firefights and rhetorical nonsense
Full disclosure: I hate Yucca Mountain. Not the place; the political issue. Ever since the 1987 Screw Nevada Bill, singling out Nevada as the site for nuclear waste disposal, the public (well, mostly the media) has endured local pols posturing and visiting electeds pandering. It is endless and mindless.
Culinary tries to deprive Station Casinos of "Best Companies to Work For" honor
In case you think the Culinary is too focused on those contract negotiations to continue its campaign to organize Station Casinos, a new letter designed to hurt the company's chances of getting a prestigious imprimatur indicates the effort continues unabated.
Lowden confirms interest in running for lieutenant governor; crowded field looms
It's only June of the off year, but already the political skies are teeming with trial balloons for the most exciting race of 2014 in Nevada: lieutenant governor. Yes, lieutenant governor.
Labor turns up heat in immigration
As part of a national campaign to pressure undecided senators, including Dean Heller, the AFL-CIO has started an ad campaign in English and Spanish. The labor folks also have a series of "webisodes" featuring different stories. Will this have much effect on someone such as Heller? Not sure he cares much what labor thinks. But I suppose every little bit could help. Here are the TV spots:
Realtors go all out to scuttle eminent domain plan
MRP Mailers Day 1.pdf, MRP4 FRONT-1-1.pdf, mrp1_front-1.pdf, MRP4 BACK-1-1.pdf, MRP3.pdf, MRP2.pdf, mrp1_back-2.pdf, MRP 6.19.13.pdf UPDATE: Tonight is the vote. And the Realtors apparently don't like how they are being portrayed. I've attached the latest correspondence. Â Â
GOP assemblywoman: Session ends on "high note" with veto of background check bill
Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore sent a missive to her list this week, thanking Gov. Brian Sandoval for vetoing the background check bill and lambasting Democrats for entombing her campus carry bill. Permit me to annotate:
GOP cannibalism, Chapter 6,768
This is on the UNLV College Republicans' web site, a few weeks before Chair Cindy Lake faces a challenge from Dave McKeon. I have high hopes the Republican comedy show of the last few cycles could open a whole new chapter....
Teachers to announce margins tax campaign next week
 Of all the 2013 Legislature’s misbegotten labors, the worst failing, the most egregious broken promise will result next week in the kickoff of one of the more expensive campaigns in Nevada history.
FEC green-lights prospective congressional candidate's consulting gig
Erin Bilbray may remain as a consultant to the non-profit she founded if she runs for Congress, according to a draft FEC advisory opinion. The issue was whether Bilbray, whose father was a congressman from 1987-1999, could be a paid consultant to Emerge Nevada, an organization dedicated to electing Democratic women. The key finding by the FEC, whose opinion is attached here, is this: