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Things that appear certain, based on polling: Mitt Romney is on his way to a relatively easy win in tomorrow's caucuses in Nevada. Romney is also in pretty decent shape in the two late February primaries in Arizona and Michigan, two states that (on paper) set up pretty well for him. Gingrich's national standing, at least in the Gallup tracking polls, has taken a mighty dive. What...
DailyKos (Nevada) - 5:46 p.m. - 8 clicks 
NCL to Senator Dean Heller: Time to put Nevada before oil company profits Big Oil continues to solidify its position as the most profitable companies in the history of the world while politicians, including Nevada’s Senator Dean Heller, send billions in taxpayer dollars to the industry. Exxon Mobil announced this [...]...
The Nevada View - 5:22 p.m. - 8 clicks
If there was any doubt that Newt Gingrich has become the candidate of choice for the New Apostolic Reformation, it's about to be erased tonight in Las Vegas at 7:30 pm Pacific Time. People for the American Way reports that Gingrich is slated to appear at a "Pray for America" rally sponsored by New Apostolic Reformation "prophetess" Cindy Jacobs. For those who don't remember, Jaco...
DailyKos (Nevada) - 4:04 p.m. - 8 clicks
Some good news Nevadans and others may appreciate on the foreclosure front, “Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a lawsuit against several of the nation’s largest banks charging that the creation and use of the private national mortgage electronic … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - 1:06 p.m. - 8 clicks
We seem to be getting only half the curriculum in our Home Economics instruction from presidential candidates — the half about the foreclosure process. That’s an important part for Nevadans who are residents of one of the five states in … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - 11:44 a.m. - 8 clicks
As we're only about 24 hours away from all the fun and games of the Nevada G-O-TEA Caucus, the various campaigns are trying all sorts of last-minute attempts to capture momentum and win over any undecided caucus-goers left. Mitt Romney's supporters Someone is floating rumors that Nevada's own Brian Sandoval may end up on Mittens' VP short list . Meanwhile in libertarian fringe-ville, Ron Paul ...
Nevada Progressive - 10:04 a.m. - 9 clicks
Former Massachusetts Governor Willard Mitt Romney holds a comfortable 20% lead in the Nevada Republican caucus “race,” [USAT] but that doesn’t mean that his message will be very comforting for Nevada voters, consider: “The last time Romney came here, he … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Thu 9:07 a.m. - 10 clicks
Nevada Representatives to the 112th Congress, Mark Amodei and Joe Heck, voted to bring the repeal of the CLASS Act to the House floor on January 31, 2012. [roll call 12] Then, on February 1, 2012 at 7:06 p.m. … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Thu 8:09 a.m. - 11 clicks
Last October, I could already see the train wreck coming . And now, it's about to get awfully messy over here. Ron Paul actually came here early yesterday to rally his base with more nonsensical rants against the Federal Reserve . Meanwhile in the other end of the valley, "Frothy" Ricky Santorum also came early to win over Sharrontology's true believers . The fireworks are already starting...
Nevada Progressive - Wed 12:20 p.m. - 11 clicks
The northern Nevada chapter of the Komen Foundation says it’s looking for a new site for the 14th Race for the Cure — but they may be doing more running from their decision to sever ties with Planned Parenthood … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Wed 8:05 a.m. - 9 clicks
No one can deny that the buildup hasn’t been exceptional this year; the sense of overwhelming excitement mingled with acute suspense is a feeling that’s familiar to anyone who has ever waited up for Santa Claus to appear. The GOP presidential campaign here in Nevada is kind of like Christmas. Without Santa of course. And [...]...
The Nevada View - Tue 4:46 p.m. - 15 clicks
As early voting continues in the Las Vegas Ward 6 Recall Election , lurid allegations ("Sex! Drugs! Extortion! Fraud! Harassment!") continue to fly in Henderson's Kathleen Vermillion/Steve Sisolak scandal , and North Las Vegas struggles to shed its not-far-in-the-past image of corruption, dysfunction, and failure, challenges continue to pile up for local governments in Southern Nevada. T...
Nevada Progressive - Tue 3:46 p.m. - 14 clicks
As if Nevadans needed reminding, when the Housing Bubble collapsed the implosion took the in-migration of population with it. A quick look at the recently released IRS statistics provides a picture. Nor do we see in the numbers any indication … Continue reading → ...
Desert Beacon - Tue 8:01 a.m. - 17 clicks
Dear Mr. Speaker and next President Gingrich, The Nevada caucuses - and the start of the Maine caucuses - are next Saturday, February 4. Maine carries on for a week but Nevada's last only three hours, from noon to 3pm. But not the same three hours everywhere in the state, because some precincts in the Vegas area were allowed to do their caucusing after sundown to accomodate Jews who observe th...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Mon 7:46 p.m. - 12 clicks
Today, KNPR's "State of Nevada" touched the issues that are always on our minds... Even if it sometimes feels like they are never really part of our agenda: - Are we really investing too little in public education? - Just how over-dependent are we on tourism? - What must we do to diversify our economy? Oh yes, and... - Considering Clark County pays for over 80% of the State of Nevada's budg...
Nevada Progressive - Mon 1:09 p.m. - 14 clicks
Recently, a huge, pan-partisan national coalition of mayors (of cities both big and small!) from all over the country joined with Freedom to Marry to launch Mayors for the Freedom to Marry and demand the end of marriage discrimination at all levels of government. But take a closer look at that list, and one notices a glaring omission. For some reason, no Mayor of any Nevada city is on this list...
Nevada Progressive - Mon 7:00 a.m. - 16 clicks
Besides cleaning the house and the doggie-do from the backyard, I put together the flyer for our 2nd Annual Reno Darwin Day. We’ve got a lot of activities and presentations on tap. IN addition to that, I’m stressing about my first lighting class assignment which consists of photographing a white sphere, cube and cylinder against [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Sun 5:04 p.m. - 16 clicks
Rick Santorum is canceling Sunday events leading up to the Florida Primary after his daughter, Isabella, has been admitted to the hospital, likely due to complications related to her condition Trisomy 18. Full public statement here. Luckily Santorum is adequately covered with Health Insurance. For the other 50 million Americans without health coverage, Rick Santorum [...]...
The Nevada View - Sun 10:40 a.m. - 15 clicks
It has stood empty and vacant since 2004, a shell of its former self hardly recognizable as the performance arts venue that it used to be during the height of its glory days. No, we’re not talking about Paris Hilton’s bedroom. We’re talking about the corner lot on Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard, where the [...]...
The Nevada View - Jan 27 - 15 clicks
Yesterday, we took a case study look at the issues currently plaguing the Huntridge Theater‘s old space on the corner of Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard. We also hinted at the linkage between the once shiny Huntridge Theater and Nevada’s current status as one-time, one-hit wonder gaming capital of the world (otherwise known as “the [...]...
The Nevada View - Jan 27 - 17 clicks
When I go into my WordPress dashboard, it keeps reminding me that this is my “primary” blog, but lately I’ve been far more faithful to The Neophyte Photographer. I’m twenty-six days in to my 365 project. Right now photography seems so much more compelling than writing, but I’ll be back this weekend. I’ve got a [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Jan 27 - 15 clicks
- We'll be talking more about President Obama's energy plan and what it means for Nevada. - We'll also turn back to local issues as we further examine the red-hot scandal that caused this week's Henderson Ward 3 appointment , as well as the Las Vegas Ward 6 recall election, where early voting is already underway . - With the Occupy Reno camp site shutting down and the Reno City Council...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 26 - 9 clicks
So the President is here. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I) greeted him at McCarran Airport last night . And despite her husband not always giving President Obama a warm welcome, she obviously displayed far better manners than Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R-WTF??!!) . Goodman briefly discussed housing with Obama last night after HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan came to town to discuss ...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 26 - 5 clicks
Last night's State of the Union speech was quite the event... But Washington wasn't the only city where fireworks were flying. I was at the Clark County Democratic Party 's and Nevada Stonewall Democrats ' State of the Union watch party in Downtown Las Vegas. So was Fox 5 . And as you can tell, local Republicans here were upset . OK. What else is new? Take a look at the photos ...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 25 - 2 clicks
He definitely went there last night . Romney has raised eyebrows for opposing the auto-industry bailout. In his address, Obama chided, “[s]ome even said we should let it die.” This is largely true of many Republicans in Congress, who could not bring themselves to applaud a proposal to reverse tax incentives that encourage outsourcing and discourage repatriating jobs to the U.S. Where Romne...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 25 - 2 clicks
21 about 21 minutes ago Inside #Henderson #Nevada council chamber #nvpolitics #nvp2 #fb Last night, the Henderson City Council had a crucial decision to make. The Ward 3 seat had become vacant when incumbent Council Member Kathleen Vermillion (formerly Boutin) suddenly resigned. This news was first greeted by plenty of shock all over H...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 24 - 2 clicks
Conventional wisdom is that Mitt Romney has a far better organization than Newt Gingrich, and that’s a big part of why he’ll be the nominee. The coming terrain is supposed to benefit him, too. One friend of mine who's an expert at watching polls , Tweeted the other day, You look at the contests coming up after Florida... Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Maine... Caucuses, West, and North... M...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 23 - 2 clicks
We have some big, existential questions to answer. Last year, the Nevada Cancer Institute filed for bankruptcy, laid off half its staff, and faced huge financial hurdles going forward . And now, it's confirmed that UCSD will buy the Institute for $18 million . Yes, you read me right. The University of CALIFORNIA San Diego Health System will take over the Nevada Cancer Institute. UC Regent Ch...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 23 - 2 clicks
4:03 PM- Whoa. NBC News just projected Newt Gingrich as the winner in South Carolina . And CNN's exit poll shows Newt winning comfortably . Is he the political cat with nine lives? And is the G-O-TEA ready for yet another shakeup as primary season rolls on? 4:11 PM- More from MSNBC : Gingrich's performance in South Carolina was driven in thanks to late deciders, who broke decisively in hi...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 21
What @nvdems #nvcaucus looked like in #GreenValley #Henderson today #nvp2 #fb : What @nvdems #nvcaucus looked like in #GreenValley #Henderson today #nvp2 #fb Obviously, there wasn't too much suspense in the room today at Green Valley High School. We all knew who would win the caucus... But that wasn't the point. This was about party building . Seriously. Democrats braved the heavy winds to arr...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 21
It turns out that the massive wildfire that raged south of Reno was caused by an elderly man improperly dumping fireplace ashes . On Friday, the "extremely remorseful" man admitted his role by improperly disposing of the ashes at his home, authorities said. "He came forward on his own accord," Reno Fire Chief Michael Hernandez said. "He has given statements to our investigators as well as la...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 21 - 2 clicks
I didn’t decide to do this until about a day or so ago. I’ll be attending the Lyon County Democratic caucus later this morning. Part of me is wondering why I am bothering, but since I didn’t go in 2010, AND this is the year that the DNC will issue a new platform (not that [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Jan 21
So today's the big day. Are you ready for it? The caucus is today... Wait, wasn't it moved? Nope, the Democratic Caucus is still today, people will be filling up local schools and community centers again , and the fun starts at 11:00 AM . I'll be at Green Valley High School today, and I'll deliver updates after the caucus closes. But of course, everyone else is paying attention to South Carol...
Nevada Progressive - Jan 21
Rain. As in: downpour. Of course, now they’re worrying about flooding. What’s next? Famine? Filed under: Nevada ...
Blue Lyon - Jan 21
I know this might be shocking to some of you that Americans expect Congress to act in times of national crisis, but it would appear that Republicans and their tea drinking consultants have been operating under the belief that Americans want Congress’s response to economic catastrophe to be absolutely nothing. To be fair, Republicans have [...]...
The Nevada View - Jan 21
For geofft. I began as a seedling, high in the Sierras of Nevada. With the nourishment of the clean, fertile soil of the earth, and the nutrition of the clean air and soothing rains, I grew into a sapling. I was protected by the driving snows from the howling winds of Winter, knowing within myself that I was destined for greatness as a strong and mighty tree. For years, I grew. Left to that ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 18 - 8 clicks
Pennsylvania: The new #1! In the summer of 2011, here on Sunday Kos, I attempted to quantify the level of interest we could expect in the 2012 elections for each state. The top three states were largely where you would expect: Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. But Montana cracked the top 10, as well. Clearly a lot has changed since July. The redistricting process has been completed in...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 15
For any who may be reading this series for the first time : this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435. And yes, I know Republicans have the trifecta in Utah, and there's control in Nevada. This entire series is theoretical to begin with, gimme a break. Both of these states went from 3 to...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 13
I love my progressive blogging community, I really do, and you should too. Check out some blog entires from this week, and add their blogs to your readers and bookmarks! Andrew "Nerdrock" Davey at the Nevada Progressive breaks down 2012.it will be an extremely important election year for Nevada. Control of our state senate hangs in balance as well as Harry Reid's status as Senate Majority Leader....
In The Sausage Factory - Dec 29
Yuck! I can't believe there hasn't been an update for three months. Might be something to think about when writing out those New Years resolutions. The last blog was about Governor Brian Sandoval's endorsement of Rick Perry. With the Iowa caucuses just a few days away, that choice still looks like an enormous blunder. Perry has flip-flopped and flapped on abortion, released an anti-gay 30 ad ...
In The Sausage Factory - Dec 29
With the Christmas weekend approaching, it has been a quiet few days of polling (made more quiet by the absence of the Wrap yesterday, for which I apologize). But one thing we can see from the limited array of data available is that the Gingrich swoon has levelled off. He remains competitive in a nominally Romney-centric early state (Nevada), he remains locked within striking distance in Iow...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 23
This diary looks at what each party could do if it had unilateral control over redistricting in Nevada and were willing to maximize the damage their gerrymander could do. As you could probably guess, in the Dem map I went for 3 solid seats with 1 GOP vote sink. In the Republican map I went for 2 likely R seats on average and 2 Dem vote sinks. Interestingly, one of the Likely R ...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 19
Note: This is the second post of a three-part series about building strategic collaborations between existing social justice organizations the Occupy Wall Street movement in Nevada and nationally. See the first post here . As people all over the country are opposing economic inequality, greed, and threats to human rights, one multinational mining corporation operating in the American We...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Nov 27
