Nevada Political Blogwire

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• She Wasn't There

  —Nor'Town: Politics in North Las Vegas

  So, I was reading an article from the Review Journal about how the Southern Nevada Water Authority executive board just voted to appeal a recent ruling against the Authority's plan to pipe water out of rural Nevada down here so that casinos can fill their pools and to replace [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  by Nevada Scandalmonger

• Have I Died and Gone to Heaven?!?

  —Vote Gibbons Out!

  

  Wow! I feel like a kid in a candy store!

  Just look at all those nifty candidates I get to pick from in the Nevada Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, now that I'm a Nevada Republican! ([...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:50am EST
  by Nevada Scandalmonger

• AWOL Blogger!

  —VEGAS HAPPENS HERE

  Sorry everyone. I've got a deadline on a pretty substantial CityCenter magazine piece to finish up in the next day or so. I'm still Tweeting aplenty because it's easy and quick, but I've just got to get this piece done so I apologize for sparse blogging.
  
  That said,' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:57am EST
  by THE STRIP PODCAST

• TV time

  —Various Things & Stuff

  Eliza Dushku: Once again a victim of shortsighted, tasteless network executives. Well, those bastards have done it again: Fox has canceled Eliza Dushku’s cult favorite Dollhouse. Sure, they say they’ll air the remaining episodes that have already been ordered, but after that, the show goes away. Why, Fox? Why? We feel [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:14am EST
  by Steve Sebelius

• Building Nevada one pauper at a time

  —CityBlog

  Nevadans are hurting as never before, thanks in large part to a state tax structure built on wishes and dreams Poor and middle class Nevadans pay more than five times the amount of state and local taxes as do the state’s top earners, say analysts with the D.C.-based Institute on Taxation [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:34am EST
  by Jason Whited

• Ensign Votes To Limit Number Of Veterans Eligible For Caregiver Assistance, Fails

  —Desert Beacon

  Senator John Ensign (R-NV) was pleased to vote “aye” on Senator Tom Coburn's amendment to the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009 (S.1963). [rc 351] Ensign was one of 32 members of the Senate to do so. The amendment failed 32-66. The vote was [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:27am EST
  

• The 2010 political season begins

  —Sherman Frederick

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:21am EST
  by Sherman Frederick

• 20% of 20%

  —Zeke Says So

  Yeah, she's everywhere. Soon even in Reno again.
  
  Palin.
  
  And although she has recently topped many lists as the 2012 GOP front runner, all I can say is: Who cares?
  
  If you can remember the news from 2 weeks ago, ABC/Gallop reported that only 20% of Americans [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:21am EST
  by Zeke

• Grandma seems awfully happy with hers

  —Las Vegas Gleaner

  Number of comments: 1
  "Why the angst over government-run health care?" I ask in a column over at CityLife. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:37am EST
  by Hugh Jackson

• Is the Tea Party Over?

  —Dullard Mush

  The Politico takes a look at the in-fighting and squabbling that is creeping into the Tea Party movement.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:59pm EST
  

• Monday night … Ensign?!

  —Various Things & Stuff

  These lovely ladies will have some viewing competiton on Monday -- Doug Hampton's star turn on Nightline! That’s right, readers, our long wait is over! On Monday (that’s Nov. 23), ABC’s Nightline will air its interview with Doug Hampton, the husband of the woman with whom U.S. Sen. John Ensign had [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:18pm EST
  by Steve Sebelius

• Reid tells Homeland Security boss to get out of Vegas -- or at least her faux nukes

  —Ralston's Flash'

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tells Homeland Security boss to cancel a FEMA exercise (nuclear bomb simulation on the Strip). I'd bet Janet Napolitano listens -- or already has.

  The letter is at right.

  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:18pm EST
  

• Harry Reid is the devil, the Constitution rocks, government stinks and more....

  —Ralston's Flash'

  Here's a series of Tweets I sent from the first forum in the 2010 Senate race as nine GOP candidates gathered at the Railroad Pass Casino:

  First 2010 U.S. Senate debate with GOPers in Henderson about to start. Snow White and dwarves here. Like to say electricity in air. Can't.

  Now saying' [...]

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:13pm EST