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WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. Anything jump out at you in the campaign reports? Anything that could matter?
4. Quick thoughts -- a few words on these things:
Robin Titus as Senate GOP leader
Three Supreme Court justices unopposed
Conine, Ford and Aguilar raise six figures: What are they telling donors it is for?
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WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. Can the CCEA qualify the petition outlawing strikes? Would it pass? What kind of precedent does it set, what kind of impact on the state?
4. Carolyn Goodman's last State of the City reminds me that we are nearing the end of 25 years of that family as the titular heads of the city. What legacy do they leave behind after a...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. It's 2024: What's your outlook for this year? Will things get better or worse and why? General thoughts and specific reasons. Be as narrow or broad as you like.
4. Most likely/least likely to happen in 2024:
Jim Marchant becomes GOP nominee for Senate
Dems get supermajority in Carson
Nevada goes red in the presidential race
A...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
Last one of the year, folks, so it's awards/predictions time. Give out the ones below and add any awards/predictions you want to dole out:
Biggest political story in Nevada of 2023?
Most effective politician in Nevada in 2023?
Least effective politician in Nevada in 2023?
Rising star of 2023 in Nevada?
Most powerful person, public or private sector, in Nevada in 2023?
Thing that happened in 2023 that makes you most optimistic about the future...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. I suppose it was inevitable that a campus shooting finally made it here. Besides anger and sadness, what was your reaction? What stood out to you, if anything? Can anything stop something like this from happening on an open campus? You think there is anything the gov or lawmakers could/should do?
4. Ford's indictment of the...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. Tom Roberts had a thoughtful essay in Flash this week on the Legislature and its problems. Your thoughts? Are there reforms that could help make it better? How do we get better people, less partisanship? Or is it a lost cause?
Good stuff from the insiders, some of whom dared to mention having annual sessions and paying...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. Why are Steve Yeager and Nicole Cannizzaro suddenly calling for Jesus Jara to resign? Why now? What's the gambit? And will Jara be around by Jan. 1, 2024?
4. So it looks as if several constitutional officers are on the fundraising trail: What do you think each is running for?
Insiders have some insight and humor on the...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. I have been thinking about the gaming industry and what the hierarchy of power centers is on the Strip. Used to be more obvious, yes? Who has the most power? Who wields the most? Are those two different? Rank the top three and explain.
4. Rank from most to least likely"
Culinary strikes next week
F1 is a disaster
More than one...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. Harvey Munford may not have been a great legislator but he was a good man. How many people up there can you say you really LIKE? How many do you like AND think they are good at the job? I don't expect you to name names but what is the percentage? And whatever your answer, why is it that way and what does it say about our state...
WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY REPORT
This week’s questions:
1. Smartest/dumbest moves of the week?
2. Most interesting thing you read or heard about Nevada politics this week.
3. What is the biggest problem facing Nevada as the year comes to an end? Explain why?
4. Odds of the Culinary actually striking? How does this brinkmanship affect future labor-management relations and does it affect the political dynamic for the Culinary going forward? Or is this the same movie we have seen over and over, with...