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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. 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...
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 latest on COVID: What are the substantive and political implications here? That is, can the virus be slowed down before more mandates/shutdowns occur? What policy decisions are being made that make sense and what does not? And if you have ideas about what the right thing to do now is, please share. Also: And what are the...