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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. Fiore in for gov: Joke? Stunt? Real threat?
4. What do you make of this? https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/legal-opinion-committee-of-23-lawmakers-can-decide-2-billion-of-spending-in-federal-relief-funds?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rop
5. Your take on SOS vs. AG on the petitions?
A lot of...
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. The gamers made a deal with the devil to get the gaming tax petition withdrawn, but the SOS has thrown a wrench into that deal. What happens next?
4. Thoughts on federal race fundraising totals? Do they mean anything with all the outside money?
Some very interesting takes this week on the petition problem. The insiders put 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. Reaction to our poll released last weekend? Thoughts? Good or bad for whom? What jumped out at you? Meaningful a year out or not?
4. Tell me about the dominoes if Jason Frierson becomes U.S. attorney?
Good stuff from these smart folks this week. Praise to the gov for his gaming commish appointments (deserved) and defense for...
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. The Clark County Commission just declared COVID misinformation a public health hazard. Stunt, smart policy, censorship, sign of the times? Which is it?
4. Most to least likely:
Marilyn Kirkpatrick runs for gov
Joey Gilbert is GOP gov nominee
John Lee actually files for gov
Repubs take state Senate
Excellent takes this week...
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 does Dean Heller's entrance into the governor's race do to the race?
4. Who do you think will be the biggest winners and losers in redistricting?
Susie Lee’s bad week caught the eye of some insiders, as did the gov’s hiring of two liberals at the top of his new staff. Not sure either of those two things matter in 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. If you could subtract one person from elected officialdom in Nevada to make it a better place, who would it be and why? If you could add one person to elected officialdom in Nevada to make it a better place, who would it be and why?
4. As a parent, I think the choices we make nowadays with sending our kids to schools are...
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. Biggest long-term threats to Nevada, in order?
A.Subpar elected officials/candidates unable to lead with vision
B.Porous public health infrastructure unable to handle, say, a pandemic
C.Rural/urban divide
D. School system that is leaving kids behind
E. None of the above, something else (name it)
4. Which incumbent in Nevada is...
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. Your odds for who gets to be LG?
4. The QAnon convention at Caesars: Will it happen? Should it happen? Where do you draw the line in a place like Vegas?
The insiders, as always, did not let me down. Really thoughtful answers on QAnon/Caesars, including a reminder of a potentially relevant gaming reg. It is a good question of...
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. Schools opened this week. Mask protests, lawsuits. Odds we go back to remote learning? How big an issue does this become next year?
4. Best to worst odds of happening:
Pat Spearman become North Las Vegas mayor
Heidi Gansert runs for LG
Ellen Spiegel becomes SOS
Dina Titus becomes ambassador to Greece
Interesting stuff, as...
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. With all the negativity and pessimism in politics today, name three initiatives that a state or local, government could propose to help reinvigorate faith in institutions and name a person you think could rise above the current swamp and do so.
4. Which government gets the best marks for handling COVID in the last nearly 18...