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Good morning, everyone. Not sure how many of you saw Anthony Bourdain’s Vegas episode last night. It was, as so many national looks at Vegas are, a letdown, replete with clichés and lacking much panache. He did visit two...
Time to get the name rec up in the sheriff's race and ensure the man with the money gets through the primary.
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. Three premium nuggets: Hutch and Bundy, mining campaign cometh and labor vs. the margin tax
2. The Weekly Insiders on Bundy story’s impact and med pot
3. Smartest/dumbest moves and coming campaign developments
A TRIO OF PREMIUM NUGGETS
Nugget No. 1 – Fun fact: After the BLM backed off rounding up Cliven Bundy’s two years ago, he was advised to find a good constitutional lawyer, perhaps making a water rights claim. So who did he meet with? None other...
Imagine hearing these words come out of the mouth of Sen. Dean Heller, who has called Cliven Bundy’s supporters “patriots” and who did not utter a critical word about the famous rancher until he began declaiming about the history of the “Negro” in America:
“Let me first say that I do not support those who do not comply with the law. Mr. Bundy has not paid grazing fees in over 20 years, and that is unacceptable, particularly considering the number of ranchers in Nevada who hold permits and pay...
So Waddie Mitchell, Nevada's honorary sesquicentennial poet, wrote a poem that might as well have been called "Ode to Cliven."
I have a response.
Most of the 206 med pot applicants in Clark County are LLCs. That won't help them hide investors, if Clark County has its way.
Here's what has been sent to applicants:
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESTABLISHMENT
OWNERSHIP/APPLICANT DISCLOSURE FORM
You may have submitted information regarding the ownership of the applicant for a medical
marijuana application. However, Clark County Business License requires the disclosure of
each individual owner of every business entity with...
Erin Bilbray has been in the CD3 race for months. But as she celebrates her "campaign kickoff" Friday with a new headquarters, the Congressional Leadership Fund Super PAC is welcoming her to the race with some folks you may recognize:
During an interview this morning on KNPR, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Cliven Bundy is a "very principled man in regard to his beliefs," but said the BLM "was within their bounds to do what they were doing."
Gillespie said he has had several "interactions" during his years in law enforcement with Bundy. But while he expressed some sympathy for Bundy's attitude toward the BLM, the sheriff said: "There's a federal court order. He lost in court...I made it very clear that he needs to...