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CD-2: Now what?

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Putting aside the legal issues inherent in the special election for Congressional District 2, which I've dealt with at length earlier, what's the political implications for the race?Obviously, the political benefit of the race accrues to former state Sen. Mark Amodei, the Republican nominee, who will not have to

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Goodman backs Rory Reid

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Now this is what we're talking about: A political ad that has a sense of humor! Sure, we know it's more fun to accuse your opponent of siding with domestic abusers or using tax dollars to give Viagra to sex offenders or giving tax breaks to people who may or

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On taxes, it really is unanimous

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.In a word, "no."That was the quickly repeated response as Nevada Week in Review host Mitch Fox asked about taxes during a debate between gubernatorial candidates Brian Sandoval and Rory Reid. (Sandoval, by the way, is

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Actually, that’s a good question

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Rory Reid put out his budget plan last month. And while it had some shortcomings, including some optimistic budget projections, it's still a plan.Brian Sandoval, Reid's Republican opponent, still doesn't have a budget plan, despite promising one for weeks. And early voting starts just 15 days from now!So, it's

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15 years later, it turns out we can’t just get along

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.A fist fight? At a political forum? At a Lutheran high school?Really?I guess we can't just get along.It's fashionable to say we're living in the most polarized, hyper-partisan time in our history. (Then again, the worst

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Wow, Brian Sandoval really loves lobbyists

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Democrat Rory Reid isn't letting up in his attacks on Republican Brian Sandoval, whom Reid alleges has the same kind of relationship to lobbyists as Lindsey Lohan has to drugs. His latest ad reveals -- and this is shocking stuff -- that Sandoval in 1997 actually sponsored legislation that was

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Finally, somebody in gov. race shows ba… oh, wait, no, nevermind

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid waited almost a full 48 hours before hedging his bets on the boldest statement he's made since kicking off his run for governor last year.Following a rally with former President

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Reid will sign tax budget

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Rory Reid's remark today that he'd sign a budget that contained taxes was a surprising shift in his position on the issue, and surely the sign of a candidate who believes he has nothing to lose.Reid at first declined to tell a gaggle of reporters at the House of Blues

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Sandoval flip-flops on vouchers?

Friday, September 10th, 2010

A new video from the Rory Reid for governor camp is totally awesome, inasmuch as it includes music by one of my very favorite rock-n-roll artists of all time, Mr. Huey Lewis (and his band, The News), as well as references to one of my very favorite movie trilogies of

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Smoother ride in Henderson?

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

What timing! After that brutal hearing today before the Clark County Commission, the Henderson City Council is set to approve a tw0-year, $228,000 lobbying contract for a former lawmaker. Only tonight's vote to

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