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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. 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...
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 take on what the gov is doing with the public option: Nothingburger? Attempt to make it better? Attempt to gut? Attempt to pander to special interests?
4. Could John Lee beat Steven Horsford?
Most meager response ever from the insiders, which must be attributable to my poor questions, too much football or…something...
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 do you make of the GSR/arena project in Reno? Lot of money, can it work there?
4. Odds of Culinary strike? Why?
5. Saddest political move of the week -- rank them:
Amodei votes to cut Ukraine funding
NSEA protests A's lawsuit on referendum
Rosen calls on Menendez to resign
Something I missed?
Good stuff from the insiders...
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 gov's new "Acing Accountability" program: Substantive or cosmetic? Thoughts?
The insiders, a cynical bunch to be sure, are…cynical about the gov’s new accountability program for education. See what the gov had to say about it in Austin when we do a story on our conversation this week…
Onward!
►This is some musing!...
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. Dems seem to be banking a lot on abortion this cycle. It's probably the issue that put CCM over the top. Can it save Rosen and others? Does the fact that abortion is pretty safe here play a role or not? Will Republicans have to spin the issue?
4. Rank the odds from best to worst and say why:
Assembly Rs gain seats
Dems gets...
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. Do these drip-drip-drip revelations about legislative Dems and their nonprofit conflicts have an impact on the elections next year? Is this a canary in the coal mine of Dems being arrogant with their power in the building? Can the gov use this while ignoring that he signed the bill? Or is this the regular sprouting of these...