Nevada Political Blogwire

updated at 17:19

• The Twitter feed of Sen. John Ensign

  —CityBlog

  SenatorEnsign2 Sorry, everyone. I didn’t mean to “retweet” that Holly Madison post. I was licking her profile picture and accidentally clicked the mouse. * SenatorEnsign2 HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYNE QUICK QUESTION– DOES THE RIM SALT FRM FOUR CHILI’S EL PRESIDENTE MARGARITTAS COUNT AS DINNER??/? * SenatorEnsign2 We were nice enough to give blacks “Good Times” [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:11pm EST
  by Andrew Kiraly

• Rory Reid wins teachers union endorsement

  —Inside Nevada Politics

  The Nevada State Education Association today endorsed Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid in the 2010 governor's race.
  
  According to the press release, the Democrat impressed the teachers' union board with specific plans for public school education.
  
  "His commitment to K-12 public education in Nevada is admirable and we'" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  by Anjeanette

• Love comes in all kinds of packages

  —Blue Lyon

  Through the events of the last couple of weeks and days, I have been showered with love and kindnesses too numerous to count. And I am humbled. Posted in Cardiac Chronicles [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:41pm EST
  by bluelyon

• Stay The Course, Harry

  —CityBlog

  126852 With health care reform set for a battle on the Senate floor, a few organizations are making sure their voices are heard before the final vote is cast. On Nov. 19 at the West Charleston Boulevard Planned Parenthood offices, four women sat in an office reading over scripts. Their goal: [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:29pm EST
  by Aziz Bawany

• Let them eat … art?

  —CityBlog

  Art might feed the soul, but it’s also surprisingly good at filling empty bellies — which explains why the folks at Three Square will invade the Las Vegas Arts District tonight. Lunch Trays for Home Days, a Three Square fund-raiser to help feed the 143,000 local school children at risk of [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  by Jason Whited

• Ken McKenna to run for Congress

  —Inside Nevada Politics

  Reno trial lawyer and Board of Education member Ken McKenna announced today he will run for Congress next year.
  
  McKenna is the second Democrat to enter the race for the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Carson City. Regent Jack Schofield is also running.
  
  McKenna made [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:55pm EST
  by Anjeanette

• 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