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TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Sheriff Doug Gillespie.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 74
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 57
Good morning, everyone. I tried. Truly, I did. Regular Flashees know I have long been concerned/disgusted with the state of journalism in Las Vegas. If Brian Greenspun doesn’t get tired of his plaything and doesn’t interfere with content for his friends, the Sun has some excellent young political reporters who can do good work. But I have, once again,...
TONIGHT'S RALSTON REPORTS: Clark County Superintendent Pat Skokowsky; and a lawyer for a man who appears to be beaten by Metro on a video.
DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION DAY 2014: 75
DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS: 58
Good morning, everyone. You can read more about Adam Laxalt below, but I am sure I’m not the only one who wondered after those startling revelations: What would Paul think? Laxalt’s iconic grandfather has been very ill for some time and has not been able to weigh...
Welcome to the Weekly Report.
This week:
1. My snapshot of the state of the LG’s race
2. The Weekly Insiders assess the Laxalt and UNLV damage, background check initiative chances
3. Smartest/dumbest moves and coming campaign developments
Best comment of the week from one of my insiders: How much political dialogue among legislative leaders and the governor have regarding a legislative tax solution? If those discussions have any teeth during a campaign season, and voters are fully informed...
Adam Laxalt’s campaign for attorney general has become what his old law firm’s evaluation committee once said of his legal skills: a train wreck.
His bid has gone off the rails since the disclosure last week that a review committee at his former law firm essentially thought he was incompetent, even using the unfortunate shorthand of labeling him a “train wreck,” asserting he needs to "address basic legal principles" and has "judgment issues and doesn't seem to understand what to do."
As Laxalt...
One day after the release of a highly critical evaluation of Adam Laxalt, the GOP attorney general hopeful moved into damage control mode.
Step One: Best defense is a good offense. Laxalt tried to raise money off the disaster, asserting it is "petty politics" from his foe, Secretary of State Ross Miller. I have attached the solicitation here.
Step Two: Acknowledge the truth. He put out a statement contradicting Wednesday's in which he questioned the authenticity of the evaluation. Laxalt...
UPDATE: The chancellor and the chairman of the board of regents backed up UNLV President Don Snyder's open questioning of an academic study after major political players objected. They made it sound as if this is about a vigorous debate between academics, when it really is about an administration bending to the will of major donors.
Here are their statements -- read them and then read the post below again, which is about how any pro-margin tax conclusion apparently "does not represent the...
On March 5, 2013, state Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson stunned the Legislative Building by assembling a majority of his caucus to propose a mining tax initiative.
A month earlier, Democratic leaders had promised a revolutionary session on taxes, promising to fully fund education. So surely they would embrace Roberson’s proposal, or at least use it as a jumping-off point for serious discussions about a tax package.
But they did not.
Instead, they whispered about how untrustworthy the...
Two years ago, Adam Laxalt thought he was a superb lawyer with amazing analytical and writing abilities. His colleagues thought otherwise.
In a self-evaluation he filled out in 2012 for his law firm, Lewis & Roca, Laxalt labeled his skills as either “exceeds expectations” or “outstanding.” He bragged about his ability to “demonstrate solid grasp of basic legal concepts” and “draft clear and concise written work that is free from errors of grammar, usage, and spelling…” His colleagues...