by Jon Ralston Tue, 12/11/2012 - 09:43
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This is a monumental achievement for NV.
Sure, we've has female speakers and African-American leaders in the Senat… t.co/5byoUmFtpv
12 hours 26 min ago.
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Read this whole thread and follow all of our reporters covering the Nevada legislative session that begins today.… t.co/vF8Jz8YFY4
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She gets me, she really gets me. t.co/Ng283WlB7M
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The #WeMatter presidential primary is exactly one year from today, according to schedule approved by the DNC over t… t.co/Ozu4Ej5Y7H
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Good morning from The #WeMatter State.
On this date in 1933, "Home Means Nevada" was formally adopted as NV's stat… t.co/7hE4MgDAqr
20 hours 19 min ago.
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#SITN
The first step towards recovery, New Hampshire, is acceptance of a new hashtag and state motto.
Be First or… t.co/hotl8Isu0m
1 day 12 hours ago.
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"In reality, however, there are no wild mustangs in NV — only feral ones. Additionally, as broadly as SB90 is writt… t.co/lIEIiNFvsH
1 day 13 hours ago.
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Our @jlnevadasmith with perspective on the governor's appointment to arguably the most important state board of a j… t.co/XjhjjSs6PJ
1 day 13 hours ago.
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Sands, sans Las Vegas, via @howardstutz. t.co/LbUcoady75
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Our @TheNVIndy team has the breakdown of which legislators raised the most as part of our Follow the Money series.… t.co/yyCr31hQXt
1 day 14 hours ago.
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NV should be going first for obvious reasons -- diversity, true battleground, more fun than IA and NH combined.
Bu… t.co/MCGyRs1MtF
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In a letter sent today to Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller, Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey asks them to look into $65,000 in legislative contributions from former Speaker Barbara Buckley.
The missive, attached here and co-signed by state Sen. Greg Brower, a former U.S. attorney, argues that the donations violate NRS 294A. 160(6), which "requires that an elected official close his or her campaign account by no later than the 15th day of the second month after the expiration of his or her term of office."
Ah, if only Nevada laws were clear and did not conflict. The reason Buckley's contributions may be legal -- and the letter seems to acknowledge the potential loophole -- is that the next statute, NRS 294A.160 (7), says the person "may use the unspent campaign contributions in a future election."
So Buckley or anyone else can just hold onto campaign funds in perpetuity by just indicating there may be a future bid for office. Perpetual candidacy, allowing you to hoard and/or disburse money? Apparently.
(This issue was raised in September in Brower's race against Sheila Leslie. I have attached that letter here, too.)
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