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MY COLUMN: The Great Margin Tax Dilemma
I want to vote against the margin tax. I really do. I recoil at the idea of making serious tax policy at the ballot box. The tax is not written well – it has a fiscal cliff, the rate is too high. And I do not want to lose my faith in the Legislature to do its job, as hard as the Gang of 63 tries to make me do so. I have many reasons to vote against it. But I just may vote for it. Why?
Reality Checks: A B-minus for ad hitting Becky Harris and a C-minus for Bilbray's hit on Heck
Elon Musk company gave to lawmakers, governor right before and after Tesla special session
Tesla Chairman Elon Musk's other company doing business in Nevada gave nearly $40,000 to lawmakers and Gov. Brian Sandoval right before the special session that ratified the gigafactory deal and shortly after the 15-day post-session fundraising blackout period ended. The largest donation from Solar City was a $7,000 thank you to Sandoval right after the blackout period ended, but the company also gave to key lawmakers and partisan caucus PACs, including in the days before the session started.
Ross Miller, Democratic AGs go up with similar ads torching Adam Laxalt
These will leave a mark.
Adelson funds county GOP
With the state party a joke and incapable of raising money or executing the simplest tasks, megadonor Sheldon Adelson put his faith in the Clark County party, giving three quarters of what it raised since June.
Margin tax foes recruit ex-Mayor Oscar Goodman
Oscar Goodman's ex-campaign boss Tom Letizia produced three spots, going up Thursday, with help from car dealers and others who he says have donated $100,000 to a new PAC. Letizia says other donors inlcude "media, gaming and business." UPDATE: Letizia says Goodman didn't want to be paid for doing the ad, but that Letizia insisted. That's their story....
REALITY CHECKS: An "A-minus" and a "B-minus" for ads from margin tax foes
Culinary withdraws Brager endorsement
Strongly worded letter follows -- the union's political director, Yvanna Cancela, informed Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager she was removed from the group's endorsement list. My favorite part: Cancela signing the missive, "Best." Commissioner Susan Brager 500 S. Grand Central Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89155 Dear Commissioner Brager,
It's a negativitypalooza in battle for the state Senate
Three state Senate races. The GOP needs all three. And more money spent there than in history -- I predicted $3 million to $4 million. I will be close. Three new ads going up -- one on TV from Justin Jones eviscerating Becky Harris on hot button issues, and two digital ads (bound for TV?) from the GOP-linked Nevada Jobs Coalition, going after Jones and Marilyn Dondero Loop. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee also has made a TV buy, which starts Thursday. Fasten your seat belts....