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Good morning, everyone. March Madness will soon begin, but does it tell you something about my ongoing sickness that I look forward more to May Madness, when state lawmakers try to wrap up the 77th session and avoid a special (s)? Maybe I ought to do brackets for May Madness, with various lawmakers and how they will fare vs. each other in May? There are just about the right number (63) for a tourney bracket. But the difference is: Who wins the right to lose to the governor in the championship...
Good morning, everyone. It’s the Ides of March, but it’s also Margins Tax Punt Day. State Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis isn’t in the capital (family funeral), but his folks put out a “let the people decide” statement and the other side, probably recovering from Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick’s birthday blowout bash, won’t do much of anything today, I’d guess. It’s irresponsible, cowardly and short-sighted. It’s the Nevada Legislature. (The only reasonable comment I heard came from state Sen....
Good morning, everyone. The Gang of 63 only has one more day to avoid the margins tax before getting on to more important avoidances. I hope someone – are you listening, NSEA? – puts every one of them on record on how they stand on the proposal. Why not just hold the vote and let it lose and go on the ballot? Might some of those brave souls be worried about actually having to take a stand on it? Why won’t the GOP leaders of each house stand up and demand a vote and see what the Democratic...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: We'll see.
DAYS SINCE HARRY REID HAS BEEN ON RALSTON REPORTS: 781
DAYS UNTIL THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE ENDS: 82
DAYS UNTIL LAWMAKERS PUNT ON THE MARGINS TAX: 2
DAYS UNTIL THE TEEN CAN AFFECT THE POLITICAL WORLD: 134
Good morning, everyone. I am still trying to recover from the darkness the Gang of 63 brought to Sunshine Week on Tuesday, chafing at good government proposals and ham-handedly trying...
Good morning, everyone. You don’t often see what the “newspaper” published in an updated post early Monday evening, with an astounding quote from ex-national BLM Director Bob Abbey about that lawsuit expected to be settled as early as thismorning. I will alter it because this is a family newsletter, but he said: "At the end of the day, I am hopeful the good citizens of Henderson will realize they have f---ing idiots working for them and that they will show up at the polls to elect officials who...
Good morning, everyone. Looking forward – yes, I said it! – to a few days in Carson City this week as I am now firmly convinced that the 77th may be much more interesting than I had imagined. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying the Gang of 63 will do anything visionary or even less than myopic. But the mining tax assault by Republicans (!) was an unpredictable development, so whop knows what could happen this week? Lawmakers vote to pass the margins tax? Well, let’s not get crazy. Yes, dear...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Trying for program on mental health.
DAYS SINCE HARRY REID HAS BEEN ON RALSTON REPORTS: 776
DAYS UNTIL THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE ENDS: 87
DAYS UNTIL LAWMAKERS PUNT ON THE MARGINS TAX: 7
DAYS UNTIL THE TEEN CAN AFFECT THE POLITICAL WORLD: 139
Good morning, everyone. So when the Nevada jobs report comes out in a few days, will it be as sunny as the national one? The gaming taxes collected in...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: A plan to use eminent domain to deal with the foreclosure crisis.
DAYS SINCE HARRY REID HAS BEEN ON RALSTON REPORTS: 775
DAYS UNTIL THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE ENDS: 89
DAYS UNTIL LAWMAKERS PUNT ON THE MARGINS TAX: 9
DAYS UNTIL THE TEEN CAN AFFECT THE POLITICAL WORLD: 140
Good morning, everyone. I watched part of Rand Paul’s historic filibuster Wednesday and tried to imagine a similar scene in...
Good morning, everyone. That was some tax day in the capital on Tuesday. Who would have guessed the margins tax hearing would be an anticlimax after the Senate GOP shocker? The three-hour hearing produced little new of substance, many apocalyptic admonitions from foes and changed not one vote, I’d guess. If there is indeed a vote within the next 10 days. (That sound you hear is of knees knocking.) NSEA boss Lynn Warne acknowledged right away on “Ralston Reports” (link below) that the hearing on...
Good morning, everyone. Back to the future. I’m not sure there is a better description for the stunning development that Genting will spend up to $7 billion on the Strip to build a new megaresort. The money had been going to Asia; now it’s coming here. Family-friendly was so 1990s; now it’s coming back. The northern Strip was so done; now it’s revitalized. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, as Gov. Brian Sandoval said. That’s an understatement. But if they build the pagodas, the Asians...