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Premium subscribers to this site have already seen a memo prepared by White Pine County as the resolution to remove mining taxation from the Consttitution comes up for a vote.
Now, the county's community and economic development boss, Jim Garza, has sent the memo with a cover letter to legislative leaders.
Could it scuttle SJR 15? We'll know soon.
I've attached it here.
I have already detailed millions in property tax breaks that parcels, mostly casino-resorts, are reaping from a property tax cap that has outlived its usefulness.
There are other breaks, too, that gamers and others are taking advantage of, these ones by building those Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design buildings. It's a lot of money, records show:
Ventian/Palazzo multiple projetcs: $3.1 million
City Center: multiple projects: $2.8 million
Caesars Entertianment: $200,000
Molasky...
The Two Amigos (Kelly Ayotte is not with them) are in Las Vegas tonight for an event at -- where else? -- The Venetian.
Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain are being feted by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson.
It's a fundraiser for Graham with McCain billed as "the special guest."
Invite attached.
On March 1, a story in the Sacramento Bee reported a harrowing odyssey of a mentally ill man who had been bused from a Las Vegas facility to the California capital. James Flavy Coy Brown, who could not have known his sad story would ignite fires beneath politicians in two states, had discharge papers that gave his address as: "Greyhound Bus Station to California."
What ensued since that first story appeared in the Bee is not just the exposure of the depraved practice of dumping a mental...
I've already detailed some of the bigger tax breaks, thanks to an eight-year-old cap. last night, I had more to say.
The decision is posted here.
Key part is that arbitartor found increases will have to be repaid. Retroactive paybacks!
This could get ugly.
Ruben Murillo did not hesitate.
“If we leave this legislative session without any commitment to stable funding, there’s going to be a lot of people demanding answers,” the incoming head of the state teachers union said. “We will hold them accountable.”
Even Democrats?
Again, he did not pause.
“Everyone,” he said, emphasizing the word, “will be held accountable.”
Murillo’s comments came shortly after a 90-minute town hall meeting at Western High School on Saturday, a gathering attended by a...
Erin Bilbray, whose father was a congressman and who has evinced an interest in taking on Rep. Joe Heck in 2014, appears to be getting closer to jumping into the race, pending the results of a request she made last week to the Federal Election Commission.
In the missive, which is attached below and was written by experienced election law attorneys from Perkins Coie, they reveal that the incipient candidate has not yet raised more than $5,000. But, the attorneys say, she has left her position as...