Archive for February, 2010
NNB: Bipartisan Budget Deal In Place
From the Nevada News Bureau: CARSON CITY – As a deal to close an $805 million budget gap was announced today, bringing a close to a sometimes rancorous six-day special session, Republican lawmakers say they helped shape the debate that led to a minimal use of taxes and fees to balance the spending plan. And [...]
World’s Record: Most Rory Reid Bumper Stickers Placed On A Binder
This young man has issued a challenge. //
SPECIAL SESSION: Tentative Budget Deal Reached; Education Spending Would Be Cut 6.9 Percent
Las Vegas Review Journal reports: Carson City — State spending on education would be cut by 6.9 percent under a budget deal Democrats and Republicans reached late Saturday, a source who had seen the draft budget document said. The extra revenue would come mostly from the mining and banking industries. Casinos would not have to [...]
Meet Gino DiSimone, Birther And Candidate For Governor Of Nevada
Subtitle of this interview with Gino DiSimone at the Post & Email: SAYS IF OBAMA NOT NATURAL BORN, HE SHOULD BE TRIED FOR TREASON ALONG WITH ALL CO-CONSPIRATORS. The Post & Email is a Birther blog. I’m linking here so we can all know where he is coming from. (Feb. 27, 2010) — Gino DiSimone [...]
Gibbons: State $10-$30 Million From A Balanced Budget
From the Nevada Sagebrush: CARSON CITY – After emerging from a meeting with legislative leaders, Gov. Jim Gibbons said state leaders are getting closer to a solution to the state’s budget crisis. “We’re making our way closer,” he said. “We’re not exactly balanced on the revenue side.” Gibbons said meetings were going cordially and leaders [...]
Sen. Townsend: Special Session Could Last Until Mid-Week
From the Reno Gazette-Journal: When will the special session of the Legislature be over? At least one Reno senator thinks it could go until Wednesday. Just the logistics of getting the budget cuts and fee increases into the final document is going to take a while, said Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno. “When the deal is [...]
Clark County (NV) Candidate Filings Begin Monday
From the Las Vegas Sun: Candidate filing begins Monday for non-judicial offices in Clark County. The county Election Department said candidates have until March 15 to file. Judicial candidates were required to file in January. During the filing period, candidates are required to appear in person to pay the filing fee, present identification and sign [...]
Special Session Continues Into The Weekend
From KTNV.com: Carson City, NV — Early Friday Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley announced that the Democratically controlled body would pass a budget bill with or without Republican support. However, Governor Gibbons and lawmakers were unable to reach an accord, so they will be working into the weekend. Both Republicans and Democrats softened their position, particularly [...]
Poll: Gibbons Still Faces Challenging Campaign
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: This week, Gov. Jim Gibbons found himself ambushed by a TV news crew at the Reno airport and under siege by lawmakers of both parties. Despite the controversy, and perhaps partly because of it, some of his poll numbers have jumped, putting him within 7 points of Republican gubernatorial frontrunner [...]
Nevada Appeal: Special Session: Lawmakers Reject $234 Million In Gibbons’ Budget Cuts
From the Nevada Appeal: Three days into Nevada’s 26th special session, lawmakers have rejected more than $234 million of Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed cuts to close the state’s $888 million budget gap. That means they’ll have to either find that much more revenue or make other cuts to state agencies not proposed by the administration. [...]
NNV: Gibbons’ Comeback Cut Short
Sad, but he brought it on himself. Too bad he didn’t just tell the reporters to butt out. (Josh Goodman) – I was all set to write a blog post that said, “Jim Gibbons still has a chance!” But, recent events haven’t been kind to Nevada’s embattled governor. First, let me tell you what I [...]
Poll Watch: GOP’s Sandoval Leading In Nevada Governor Contest, Though Gibbons Gains
New poll info: Republican Brian Sandoval, a former Nevada attorney general and federal judge, leads scandal-scarred Gov. Jim Gibbons in the race for the GOP gubernatorial nomination and would also beat Democrat Rory Reid, son of Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a general election match-up, according to a poll conducted Feb. 22-24 by Mason-Dixon for [...]
