Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Paul Enos, CEO, Nevada Trucking Association

Guests:
Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada
Pundits:
Chris Wicker, Spokesman, WashoeDEMS
John Gwaltney, President Emeritus, TMCC
Ty Cobb, Former Special Assistant to President Reagan


"If you go back to the 2003 session, that session cost us 2500 jobs just that session. "

- Mary Lau, President and CEO, Retail Association of Nevada, pointing out that those who support the Margins Tax don’t support economic development. The jobs lost during the 2003 session were from a national bank that was planning to set up shop in Nevada and decided against it due to the threat of the gross receipts tax.