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MY COLUMN: What the primary results really mean
The conventional wisdom has begun to settle, as if the landscape is being re-examined after a major seismic event. Yes, it was The Predictable Primary, with almost no upsets. Yes, it was The Snooze Primary, with near-record low turnout. Yes, it was The Sandoval Primary, with gubernatorial dominance.
"Hello, important lobbyists...."
Jake Holder, who ran for Congress and got crushed last cycle, and won a contested three-way Democratic primary for Assemblyman Joe Hogan's seat this week, sent an email to a gaggle of Carson City advocates Wednesday that was quite simple: "Hello important lobbyists,
"None of the Above" has done it four times before
Yes, the Democratic nominee for governor is "None of These Candidates." The goofy Nevada ballot choice won with 30 percent of the vote to Bob Goodman's 25 percent. They each spent the same amount of money: None. Because the choice has no teeth, Goodman goes on to the general. So is this unprecedented? Not quite. It has happened four times in primaries.
10 things to watch for tonight
It’s all over but for the voting. So to try – I fear in vain – to blunt the hyperbole and spin to come, here’s what to watch for once the results come in tonight:
Primary predictions
Yes, it's nuts to predict in low-turnout primaries. But to do what I do for as long as I have....I'm nuts. So here are a few, with emphasis on GOP primaries that feature moneyed candidates vs. insurgents:
MY COLUMN: In memory of a great man, Bob Faiss
Once, I almost got Bob Faiss to dish. After all my years of cajoling and needling, all those times I had tried to get him to tell stories out of school, to learn who he didn’t like or respect, I persuaded him to do something he had never done in my presence: Have a drink.
The med pot licensing vote was public in name only
Round One.pdf, Round2.pdf, MME AtLargeRound1 060614.pdf, AtlargeRound2.pdf, MME AtLargeRound3 060614.pdf, MME AtLargeRound4 060614.pdf, MME AtLargeRound5 060614.pdf, MME AtLargeRound1Tally 060614.pdf Rarely has there been a process that so obviously flouted the Open Meeting Law as was the one Friday when Clark County commissioners approved 18 medical marijuana dispensaries. Through a series of rounds of voting on tally sheets, mostly unseen by the public, and without commissioners explaining their votes, the board selected the winners, many of whom have political connections.
Brager took $20,000 from one med pot applicant shortly before hearing; Jay Brown wins three
On May 20, Clark County commissioners decided how the medical marijuana dispensary licensing process would work: Two weeks later, in a series of hearings, they would award the golden tickets.
Med pot winners: Former lawmakers, well-known businessmen, Jay Brown
In what was one of the most efficient and most opaque processes in local government history, Clark County commissioners picked 18 winners of medical pot dispensaries. At times during the hearing, commissioners seemed not to know their own rules, then switched rules after a break, then tallied their votes on sheets in a series of rounds and then picked winners. With 18 winners, some very well connected, and 61 losers, some with enough money to protest in the courts, my guess is some of the latter may not go gently.