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Archive for June, 2007
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Mexico needs to get on board By Len Butcher A friend of mine, Michael Shema, an astute observer of the political scene, sent me his views on the proposed immigration bill now being debated. As I agree with him and as he scores some very valid points, I'd like to share his views with you.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Doom 2: Extra innings By Steve Sebelius SWEET FREEDOM — No, there's no Carson City dateline on this one, people. Despite heavy winds, power outages and an unusually large number of Nevada Highway Patrol troopers on I-395, we left the capital today, refusing to stay for the oh-so-lame 23rd special session of the Nevada Legislature. Why give them the satisfaction, we figured? [...]
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Supreme Court turns on junky class-action suits By Ian Mylchreest While the Legislature has been racing to meet deadlines in Carson City, the Supreme Court in Washington has set itself something of a marathon to its July finish line. It nonetheless delivered a blow for common sense Monday when it threw out a class-action lawsuit against Geico.
The ruling barred the class, which had not [...]
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 The word, around 3 a.m. By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — The state Senate came back into session at 2:36 a.m. Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio said he'd spoken with Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley and other leaders, and that they had agreed on a list of bills that didn't make the 1 a.m. deadline and requested Gov. Jim Gibbons to call a brief [...]
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 Half past doom By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — After Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley paid a visit to the offices of Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, the Senate went back into session briefly to start its own sine die ceremonies.
Raggio said he spoke to Gov. Jim Gibbons, who is considering a special session for the purpose of passing the few [...]
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007 And that's doom! By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — That's all, folks!
The Senate has stopped all action, the hour of 1 a.m. having arrived. But over in the Assembly, action is proceeding, despite a clear and unambigious declaration in the state constitution that all actions taken after 1 a.m. are void.
We're not clear as to what bills were passed [...]
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Monday, June 4, 2007 The hour of doom having arrived… By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — It's just after midnight, and things are not good.
At three minutes before the hour, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley announced the Senate still has two agendas of work to finish. The Assembly will be at ease, she said, as there was no further business at the desk.
Translated, that means Buckley led [...]
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Monday, June 4, 2007 Doom approaches! By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — There's 13 minutes to go until midnight, and there's still not much progress.
Nevada Taxpayers Association President Carole Vilardo just told us that the infamous "theme park district" bill has been passed out of a Senate committee. (That piece of … legislation … was the subject of a Las Vegas Sun story [...]
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Monday, June 4, 2007 Doom? By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — With just one hour to go before midnight, and two until the session automatically ends by constitutional mandate, the process is stalled. Neither house is working, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio is unbelievably chairing a Finance Committee meeting and still passing bills, literally at the 11th hour.
In short, it's the [...]
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Monday, June 4, 2007 Too many secrets By Steve Sebelius CARSON CITY — It's the Legislature's last day, and bills are flying back and forth between the two houses as lawmakers struggle to finish on time. Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley's much-repeated desire to wrap things up at 5 p.m. has no chance of coming to pass. The Senate is out until 6:30 p.m. So, we're [...]
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