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Realtors go all out to scuttle eminent domain plan
MRP Mailers Day 1.pdf, MRP4 FRONT-1-1.pdf, mrp1_front-1.pdf, MRP4 BACK-1-1.pdf, MRP3.pdf, MRP2.pdf, mrp1_back-2.pdf, MRP 6.19.13.pdf UPDATE: Tonight is the vote. And the Realtors apparently don't like how they are being portrayed. I've attached the latest correspondence.
GOP assemblywoman: Session ends on "high note" with veto of background check bill
Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore sent a missive to her list this week, thanking Gov. Brian Sandoval for vetoing the background check bill and lambasting Democrats for entombing her campus carry bill. Permit me to annotate:
GOP cannibalism, Chapter 6,768
This is on the UNLV College Republicans' web site, a few weeks before Chair Cindy Lake faces a challenge from Dave McKeon. I have high hopes the Republican comedy show of the last few cycles could open a whole new chapter....
Teachers to announce margins tax campaign next week
Of all the 2013 Legislature’s misbegotten labors, the worst failing, the most egregious broken promise will result next week in the kickoff of one of the more expensive campaigns in Nevada history.
FEC green-lights prospective congressional candidate's consulting gig
Erin Bilbray may remain as a consultant to the non-profit she founded if she runs for Congress, according to a draft FEC advisory opinion. The issue was whether Bilbray, whose father was a congressman from 1987-1999, could be a paid consultant to Emerge Nevada, an organization dedicated to electing Democratic women. The key finding by the FEC, whose opinion is attached here, is this:
Sandoval vetoes background checks bill
As expected, it came today. The veto message is attached.
New immigration poll results released to try to influence vote
Later this morning, a coalition pushing for immigration reform will release polling nmbers designed to gather more votes for the measure -- looking at you, Sen. Dean Heller.
Tom Collins doesn't want you to miss him being kicked out of the South Point
Tom Collins is term-limited. But he may be running for lieutneant governor, even likely after this.
Cortez Masto won't run for LG, likely won't be on ballot in 2014
In big news that will affect the 2014 political matrix, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto says she will not run for lieutenant governor -- and sources tell me she also has decided not to challenge Gov. Brian Sandoval. "I am definitely not running for lieutenant governor," Cortez Masto told me when I asked her about what I had been told. She would not confirm (or deny) that she also has opted not to run against popular Gov. Brian Sandoval, but several sources say she has communicated her decision not to be on the ballot in 2014.
Heller begins to file amendments to immigration reform bill
Southern Border Security Commission Amdt to S 744.pdf, Heller Amdt 1234 biometric.pdf, Heller Amdt 1235 CBP.pdf UPDATE: Two more Heller amendments, attached here, that his office says will "safeguard Nevada tourism": Amendment #1234: Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a report on how DHS intends to implement a biometric entry/exit system for ten highest-volume airports.