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Progressive group calls for lawmakers to boycott NRA event
Remember that NRA event for legislators I told you about? Well, ProgressNow Nevada wants the Gang of 63 to boycott the event and sent a letter Monday to lawmakers asking them not to go. The event is this Saturday, and I wonder what is more dangerous: Going or not going. The letter is below. ---- FROM: Brian Fadie, Executive Director, ProgressNow Nevada
Sophisticated readers of sophisticated web site say: It's "no new taxes" for Sandoval
That's how ralstonreports.com readers answered the latest poll:
Harry Reid says immigration reform will pass, web poker requires threading the needle and Gov. Brian Sandoval is God (or words to that effect)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appeared on Vegas PBS' "Nevada Week in Review" on Friday evening and said more than a few interesting things during the live broadcast.
Class-action suit filed against Washington Post political writers by people of the State of Nevada
Attorney of record: Gov. Brian Sandoval Governor's Mansion Carson City, NV Jon Ralston, on behalf of the people of the great state of Nevada, vs. The Fix, a supposedly knowledgeable political reporting enterprise Case No.: 001 COMPLAINT Plaintiff Jon Ralston brings forth the following causes of action and alleges the following:
Blinded by his own radiance, the definitive Gov. Sunny picture
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Darrin Bush, Gov. Brian Sandoval at CES:
Legislative Democrats sounding familiar tax tune, but can they change the words to the song?
In 2011, Democrats came into the session planning to propose a tax increase. But with their two leaders intending to run for Congress and with courage taking its biennial 120-day holiday from the capital, they hid the ball until it was too late.
The political mob gets behind Ross
If I told you 25 years ago that a political fundraiser featuring Oscar Goodman would one day be held at a place called The Mob Museum, you would have called me crazy. If I told you that today, you would say: Of course! And that's what's happening Jan. 23 as Las Vegas Councilman Steve Ross isn't taking any chances as he seeks another term, coralling The Family Goodman, every major lobbyist and many others for early money. Who's on the list? Who isn't? From the invite:
Southern leaders gather to discuss legislative priorities: Will anyone dare say "fair share" at meeting?
For years, the complaint has been whispered or bellowed in Southern Nevada: Give us our fair share.
Democratic national committeewoman exploring run against Rep. Joe Heck
UPDATED WITH QUOTE FROM REID, DCCC AND TEAM TITUS BELOW. Democratic National Committeewoman Erin Bilbray will meet next week with Rep. Steve Israel, who leads the party's House campaign committee, to discuss running against GOP Rep. Joe Heck in Nevada's swing district. (UPDATE: Bilbray now says meeting is first with staff a week from Friday and then following week with Israel.) Bilbray, who will be in DC for the inauguration, confirmed the meeting with Israel.
National political scribe on Reid's "corrosive words"
"But what he likes doing most of all, apparently, is insulting people."