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The Two Amigos (Kelly Ayotte is not with them) are in Las Vegas tonight for an event at -- where else? -- The Venetian. Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain are being feted by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. It's a fundraiser for Graham with McCain billed as "the special guest." Invite attached.  
On March 1, a story in the Sacramento Bee reported a harrowing odyssey of a mentally ill man who had been bused from a Las Vegas facility to the California capital. James Flavy Coy Brown, who could not have known his sad story would ignite fires beneath politicians in two states, had discharge papers that gave his address as: "Greyhound Bus Station to California." What ensued since that first story appeared in the Bee is not just the exposure of the depraved practice of dumping a mental...
I've already detailed some of the bigger tax breaks, thanks to an eight-year-old cap. last night, I had more to say.    
The decision is posted here. Key part is that arbitartor found increases will have to be repaid. Retroactive paybacks! This could get ugly.      
  Ruben Murillo did not hesitate. “If we leave this legislative session without any commitment to stable funding, there’s going to be a lot of people demanding answers,” the incoming head of the state teachers union said. “We will hold them accountable.” Even Democrats? Again, he did not pause. “Everyone,” he said, emphasizing the word, “will be held accountable.” Murillo’s comments came shortly after a 90-minute town hall meeting at Western High School on Saturday, a gathering attended by a...
Erin Bilbray, whose father was a congressman and who has evinced an interest in taking on Rep. Joe Heck in 2014, appears to be getting closer to jumping into the race, pending the results of a request she made last week to the Federal Election Commission. In the missive, which is attached below and was written by experienced election law attorneys from Perkins Coie, they reveal that the incipient candidate has not yet raised more than $5,000. But, the attorneys say, she has left her position as...
    With daily releases from state Democrats pounding Gov. Brian Sandoval on the patient-dumping story, Democratic Rep. Dina Titus has penned a fairly pointless and obviously political letter to the state:   Mr. Michael J. Willden Director Nevada Department of Health and Human Services 4126 Technology Way, Room 100 Carson City, Nevada 89706 Dear Director Willden: Recent news reports have described allegations that, in at least one instance, a patient at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in...

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