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"If you’re being paid to come to our meetings then you need to register."
- Alexis Hill, Chair Washoe County Commission says if you are being paid to come to County Commission meetings and lobby you need to reveal who is paying you and wear a lobbyist badge. Some Commission meetings are running 5 to 9 hours long because of all this lobbying that is designed to disrupt the Commission’s work. - Friday, August 11, 2023.
"Right now, our focus is on getting the runway built and getting our STEM Academy up and running and getting our tourists up and running."
- Rob Lauer, Owner, Las Vegas Spaceport says that he is not looking to raise 310 million dollars right away. This is going to be a step-by-step process. He already owns 240 acres for the Las Vegas Spaceport, in Clark County. - Thursday, August 10, 2023.
"Nevadan’s have a libertarian streak that runs through all of us and regardless of their party registration. And we want government to leave us alone."
- Annette Magnus, Political Consultant says that frequently Nevadan’s are able to work across party lines and avoid some of the gridlock that occurs nationally, during the Nevada legislative sessions. - Wednesday, August 9, 2023.
"It was a pretty eventful City Council meeting."
- Jason Hidalgo, RGJ Business and Technology Reporter says he could have written 4 stories from that one meeting. It’s pretty rare that the Mayor and Councilwoman Brekhus agree on anything. - Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
"In Nevada, air conditioning is not a luxury, it’s a life support system."
- Ken Goodrich, Chairman, Goettl Air Conditioning and Plumbing, discusses the history of air cooling in the Silver State. - Friday, August 4, 2023.
"We’re great at treating that, we’re horrible at treating the mental health part."
- Colonel Kris Thompson, (Rtd) US Army/National Guard, says we help soldiers with physical injuries, but there’s no improvement for plans or services to treat mental health for active duty soldiers or veterans. He calls it an “unresolved issue that keeps getting worse” and says there needs to be a “full regiment of focus” to help more than we’re doing now. - Thursday, August 3, 2023.
"We need to cut off spending."
- Eugenia Larmore, PhD, MBA, President of Ekay Economic Consultants, says part of this balance is “by taking money out of people’s pockets so they don’t spend,” noting that it’s not the intent to hurt anybody. She adds that part of the reason the feds continue to increase rates is that we have not curbed spending, and instead, people are now maintaining post-covid exuberance levels by borrowing on credit. - Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
"Politics should not, in my opinion, be a part of the equation."
- Clara Andriola, Washoe County Commissioner, District 4, says her role is different from others at the state or federal level in that she’s focused on local policy. She later explains that understanding the process is our legal responsibility and strips the political piece of it, adding she thinks local politics have to stay local and be for the best interest of the communities they serve. - Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
"Water is a limiting factor."
- Lance Gilman, Partner-Broker, Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, says there's a need to build up the water infrastructure, but says there are positive steps with importation projects. He earlier confirms Microsoft and Dermody Properties bought parcels in the industrial center, and when asked if Lyon County is planning to build residential, he says he “doubts it,” explaining they’re “happy to have all the income producing properties.” - Friday, July 28, 2023.
"Greenlink is such a critical component of our future growth in the state of Nevada."
- Doug Cannon, President and CEO, NV Energy, says the company is looking forward to being part of the solution as the Silver State continues to grow and diversify. He earlier addresses minor pushback on the project explaining NV Energy is working closely with the Bureau of Land Management to make sure the project is done in an environmentally responsible way. - Thursday, July 27, 2023.
"What we’re hoping to do with the index is to create a common vocabulary."
- Tami Pyfer, Chief of Staff and VP External Relations, UNITE, says this is a goal of The Dignity Index, an eight-point scale that scores political speech. She explains the premise of the index is, “if we can have this common vocabulary and recognize contempt and recognize dignity, that we will use less contempt and use more dignity.” - Wednesday, July 26, 2023.
"I think it’s helpful to know what side of the fence we’re on."
- Zach Conine, Nevada State Treasurer, says the office of treasurer and controller shouldn’t be non-partisan because it’s important for people to know who they’re getting behind, especially when some of the “partisan things that we look at as a tax are really less partisan and more just way of life.” - Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
"We believe there’s a simple answer here."
- Kevin Moore, Chairman, 3 Proton Lithium, explains their super-brine project doesn’t have objections from the environmental community, but they do from NASA, which is using the land to calibrate satellites from space. He says this is not a matter of deciding which entity is more important for national security, but instead to have “smart minds sit in a room and hash this out.” - Friday, July 21, 2023.
"We all have biases, so recognizing that everybody comes to the table with biases is the first step."
- Jill Tolles, Executive Director, The Guinn Center, says on maintaining their status as a nonpartisan group. She explains they have spent the past six months on their internal structure at the statewide evidence-based nonpartisan research center to “put in checks and balances from start to finish.” - Thursday, July 20, 2023.
"I don’t think we’re talking a huge number of jobs."
- Ray Bacon, Executive Director, Nevada Manufacturers Association, says of Tesla’s expansion at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, adding that he still thinks there will be a “good” number of jobs. He explains he finds it hard to believe that Tesla won’t have a lot of automations in its expanded factory. - Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
"I feel like what’s made Las Vegas so successful historically is having something for everybody."
- David G. Schwartz, Gaming Historian, UNLV, says when we move away from having options for every price point, it can be more lucrative, but also more fragile. - Tuesday, July 18, 2023.
