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Primary predictions
Yes, it's nuts to predict in low-turnout primaries. But to do what I do for as long as I have....I'm nuts. So here are a few, with emphasis on GOP primaries that feature moneyed candidates vs. insurgents:
MY COLUMN: In memory of a great man, Bob Faiss
Once, I almost got Bob Faiss to dish. After all my years of cajoling and needling, all those times I had tried to get him to tell stories out of school, to learn who he didn’t like or respect, I persuaded him to do something he had never done in my presence: Have a drink.
The med pot licensing vote was public in name only
Round One.pdf, Round2.pdf, MME AtLargeRound1 060614.pdf, AtlargeRound2.pdf, MME AtLargeRound3 060614.pdf, MME AtLargeRound4 060614.pdf, MME AtLargeRound5 060614.pdf, MME AtLargeRound1Tally 060614.pdf Rarely has there been a process that so obviously flouted the Open Meeting Law as was the one Friday when Clark County commissioners approved 18 medical marijuana dispensaries. Through a series of rounds of voting on tally sheets, mostly unseen by the public, and without commissioners explaining their votes, the board selected the winners, many of whom have political connections.
Brager took $20,000 from one med pot applicant shortly before hearing; Jay Brown wins three
On May 20, Clark County commissioners decided how the medical marijuana dispensary licensing process would work: Two weeks later, in a series of hearings, they would award the golden tickets.
Med pot winners: Former lawmakers, well-known businessmen, Jay Brown
In what was one of the most efficient and most opaque processes in local government history, Clark County commissioners picked 18 winners of medical pot dispensaries. At times during the hearing, commissioners seemed not to know their own rules, then switched rules after a break, then tallied their votes on sheets in a series of rounds and then picked winners. With 18 winners, some very well connected, and 61 losers, some with enough money to protest in the courts, my guess is some of the latter may not go gently.
Immigration protest at Heck's office followed pre-arranged script
After immigration reform protesters came to Rep. Joe Heck’s Las Vegas office Wednesday and a handful were arrested, Democrat Erin Bilbray sent out a petition to, among other things, call out the congressman’s “decision to call the police on Nevadan's (sic) exercising their First Amendment rights - Heck is not for us.” The congressman already had put out a release declaring: “Joe Heck will not be bullied into amnesty.” Amid all the high dudgeon on both sides is that this was choreographed on both sides, I have learned. There was very little spontaneity.
If you don't believe the LG's race is a Reid-Sandoval proxy war....
Read this:
Tributes pour in for attorney Bob Faiss
Many elected officials and others are paying homage to one of Nevada's great historical figures, attorney Bob Faiss, who died after a long battle with cancer Wednesday, just before midnight at the age of 79.
The early voting numbers
This will be your place for early voting numbers, updated every morning throughout the fortnight. Final, final 11 percent. UPDATE: Rural turnout is high on GOP side -- 25 percent of total. The rurals are 20 percent of total GOP registration. Clark is at 55 percent; registration is 60 percent. Washoe is at 20 percent; registration is same. What does this mean? If you believe Sue Lowden will do better in the rurals because of Mark Hutchison's record on mining taxes, it could help her.