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"There's never really been any doubt that the term-limits overwhelmingly approved by Nevada voters would someday get a test in the courts."

"This is all quite scurrilous, cynical and disgusting. If opponents of term limits think they have a winning case, let them pass petitions, put a repeal on the ballot, and argue their case in public."

"Ever notice how, whenever Nevada government lays yet another egg, the "solution" that politicians and bureaucrats prescribe always turns out to be yet more government?"

"All 10 data series contributed negatively to the Southern Nevada Index of Leading Economic Indicators in January, the first time that's happened since the index was established in 1990, UNLV economist Keith Schwer said."

"Most of the Las Vegas foreclosure problems are being caused by unaffordable mortgages rather than local economic conditions, said Chris Biaggi, president of All Western Mortgage."

"The Boulevard South project in the South Meadows Business Park will be allowed to proceed after the Regional Planning Governing Board on Thursday overturned the Regional Planning Commission's denial of the 1,726-unit condominium project."

"It will not do for any agency to strong-arm, bully or harass the economic sector -- or any sector of the population -- as has been claimed."

US Army Sergeant Timothy Smith

Governor Gibbons' Statement on Death of Army Sergeant Timothy M. Smith (Gov. Gibbons press release)

U.S. soldier killed in Iraq (Associated Press article)

Teachers, friends remember Tahoe soldier killed in Iraq (Nevada Appeal article)

S. Lake Tahoe soldier killed in Iraq blast (Reno Gazette-Journal article)

"Insanity consists of doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result each time."

"The matter is politically sensitive, lest the public come to believe the elected officials are trying to overturn the will of the voters."

"After three hours of testimony, the Reno City Council unanimously approved zoning Wednesday to allow up to 5,556 homes on 2,125 acres about 18 miles north of downtown Reno."

"When government rejects even common-sense concepts like not outgrowing our water supply or not creating 60-mile commutes in a time of rocketing gas prices, though, you know the greedheads have a hand on the controls."

"Superintendent Carolyn Ross said the taxation committee is concerned the district is using 87 percent of its budget toward salaries."

"The dancers claimed they were "being ogled by a bunch of bullying police officers" and forced to make a "perp walk" in swimsuits."

"Switzer was working as a legal secretary for the Nye County District Attorney's office when she was arrested September 13, 2007, following an investigation by the Nye County Sheriff's Office Scorpion task force that led them to believe she was exchanging confidential information for drugs."

When Will Nevada's Gambling Cartels Start Paying Their Fair Share Of State Taxes?

“The Grosh brothers died on the very threshold of fortune. … Their years of patient and intelligent search were therefore fruitless, and it was left for a lazy, drunken prospector to stumble upon the prize for which the brothers had striven.”

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Nevada's Online State News Journal -- Serving Informed Nevadans Since 2003

Nevada News Digest

And Links Of Interest

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IN THIS ISSUE