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Morning Flash -- 8/13/14
Good morning, everyone. Like many others, I have been thinking a lot about Robin Williams the last few days. Amid the sadness, let’s not forget he gave some truly memorably performances (like all prolific actors, he also did some awful movies), especially in “Good Will Hunting,” “Awakenings” and “Dead Poets Society.” The message of his death isn’t just what he told those kids in Dead Poets – carpe diem. It’s keep an eye, if you can, on those you care about, no matter what front they present to...
Morning Flash -- 8/12/14
Good morning, everyone. Elon Musk’s company is making a major announcement here in Nevada on Wednesday, and you heard it here first. So what is the Tesla boss’s company announcing? Well, now that I have your blood pressure racing: It’s another one of his companies, SolarCity, “making a major new announcement and new jobs push--for installers, engineers, site surveyors and other ‘hard hat’ type jobs for the Las Vegas area. I know: That was cruel. ICYMI, here’s my take on Musk’s other company...
James Hardesty
Some thoughts on Robin Williams, politicians and depression
 
Democrats tout tax for education while standard bearer who opposes it says she'll make education funding top priority
Ah, cognitive dissonance. The same Democrats contantly touting the candidacy of lieutenant governor hopeful Lucy Flores today are clogging Twitter with reasons to vote for The Education Initiative, which their favored candidate opposes. Meanwhile, Flores sent out a missive today declaring, "My number one priority as Lt. Governor will be improving our schools." This, even though the LG's job has NOTHING to do with education. TEI supporters, many of whom gush about Flores, are tweeting to the...
Dale Erquiaga
Elon's coming, hide your state treasuries! My take on Tesla's shotgun marriage to Nevada
 
Paul Ryan helped Joe Heck in second quarter
I missed the missive when it was sent toward the end of June, but Rep. Paul Ryan, a favorite bete noire brandished by Democrats to pound GOP congressional reps, wrote a letter to help Rep. Joe Heck raise money. I obtained the letter this week and have posted it here. The language is typical over-the-top partisan stuff (Reid-Pelosi-Obama, liberal rubber stamp, evil cometh). But what's interesting is that Heck, who has voted for Ryan's budget plans, would tether himself even closer to a divisive...
Martinez files motion opposing district's extension of time request
School began today in Reno, Superintendent Pedro Martinez is back at work, but he's not letting go of his lawsuit against his bosses for breaching his contract. Today, his lawyer filed a lengthy brief opposing the district's desire to have until mid-October to respond to his suit, saying 45 days is plenty. It's a pretty scathing document, and attached here.  
Will there be a special session for Tesla?
The Speculation Machine is in overdrive with that land being graded in Reno, and Teslamania growing. And now, the Reno Gazette-Journal's veteran Bill O'Driscoll has raised the possibility of a special session to provide Elon Musk with enough goodies to entice him to choose Nevada over the moonbeams being offered in California, where he lives. So what's really happening here? A lot, I've discovered. My sources tell me that despite fears Musk may be using poor lil Nevada as a pawn to extract more...

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