by Jon Ralston Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:08
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“I would encourage you to start now lobbying every elected official,” Sen. Pat Spearman (D-North Las Vegas) said. “… t.co/QXokyfBcyc
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Follow, etc.... t.co/TDsFfaO1oS
13 hours 25 min ago.
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@timdahlberg @AP Man, you are old.
13 hours 33 min ago.
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1980, the sale began of 923,266 silver dollars that were mi… t.co/clIrCRMzUF
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Follow our woman in DC for all of the SOTU/Nevada scoop... t.co/D21Suq6C1P
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Working title:
The Reid Machine strikes back... t.co/SKrV57UoEF
1 day 4 hours ago.
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Dunno how I missed this.
A classic. t.co/eOp1te4mG3
1 day 5 hours ago.
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This is also accurate. t.co/K3QNOmEDtF
1 day 7 hours ago.
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Nobody tells me anything (good policy!).
Very happy for four great members of Team @TheNVIndy. t.co/qCKKPWdkJ5
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This is fascinating.
A well-respected lawmaker and some experienced hands are running as a slate to take over the… t.co/FOrlQlJbkh
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There are no new tax debates in Carson City.
Some go back decades.
Click on the attached, 20-year-old newspaper clip and find:
1. The gaming industry and the Live Entertainment Tax fight is not new.
2. The battle between good policy and money-scavenging by lawmakers is not new.
3. The effort by the gaming industry (like any other industry) to escape taxation is not new.
4. The debate over loopholes in the Live Entertainment Tax is not new.
5. The jobs may have changed, but the faces (Bill Bible, Mike Sloan) are not new.
6. Damn, the guy who wrote that 20 years ago looks better today.
Amid chatter about Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick's soon-to-be-changed Nevada Entertainment and Admissions Tax, it's a, ahem, fun tax read.
(Thanks to tax guru Carole Vilardo for unearthing this clip.)
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