Posted in Press | 02/26/10
Las Vegas, NV – Republican gubernatorial hopeful Brian Sandoval has released his plan to solve the state’s short-term budget problems: mortgage our future to benefit big lenders. Sandoval’s plan to lease state buildings to lenders, then lease them back with hefty interest payments, was panned by liberals and conservatives alike [Las Vegas Sun, 02/26/10]. Le Templar of the conservative Goldwater Institute in Arizona – where a similar lease buyback program has been dubbed a colossal failure – called the plan…
Posted in Press | 02/26/10
Las Vegas, NV. – Tomorrow the Nevada Republican Party will trot out pro-nuke dump, anti-gaming, stimulus hypocrite Tim Pawlenty, Republican governor of Minnesota, as the keynote speaker for their annual Lincoln Day Dinner. Expect Pawlenty's hypocrisy to be on display tomorrow at Palazzo, where he'll likely attack Democrats for the stimulus bill that brought our economy back from the brink of disaster. What Pawlenty probably won't mention is that, like other national Republicans, he has taken credit back home for…
Posted in Press | 02/24/10
Las Vegas, NV. – Sue Lowden said today that she opposes tax cuts for small businesses and efforts to create jobs in Nevada, in response to criticism of her own job-killing history as a Las Vegas casino boss. When it was revealed that Lowden cut a quarter of her work force while giving her husband a hefty bonus, the GOP Senate candidate responded by attacking a bipartisan Jobs Bill the Senate passed today to give tax credits and tax cuts…
Posted in Press | 02/24/10
Las Vegas, NV. – Today the Senate passed a Jobs Bill with overwhelming bipartisan support, despite John Ensign’s vote against tax cuts, job creation and lowering unemployment. Would Republican Senate candidates Danny Tarkanian, Sue Lowden and Sharron Angle have voted against a bill that will help small businesses and create jobs, like John Ensign? Would they have voted against at bill that will: • Save 1 million jobs and invest in our nation’s infrastructure • Cut payroll taxes for business…
Posted in Press | 02/18/10
Las Vegas, NV. – In a feeble attempt to distract from President Barack Obama’s visit to Nevada, the state GOP is trotting out anti-gaming, pro-Yucca Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. The Nevada Republican Party has once again shown how out of touch it is with ordinary Nevadans, bringing someone who so clearly stands for everything Nevadans are against and against everything Nevadans are for. Pawlenty thinks gaming is “destructive” and favors “permanent storage (of nuclear waste) at Yucca Mountain.” In 2002…
Posted in Press | 02/17/10
Las Vegas, NV. – As Nevada deals with a major budget crisis, it is even more important that the state qualify for up to $175 million in Race to the Top funding. But Gov. Jim Gibbons is, as usual, playing politics with the future of our state – leaving the discussion of Race to the Top funding off the agenda for this spring’s special session. So, will Sue Lowden, Danny Tarkanian and Sharron Angle – Republican candidates for U.S. Senate…
Posted in Press | 02/16/10
Las Vegas, NV. – Former colleagues and the widow of State Sen. John “Jack” Vergiels told the Las Vegas Sun this week that they are outraged by Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden’s tasteless attack on the longtime state legislator and Senate majority leader, who died in December at age 72. The ad erroneously accused Vergiels of “enriching himself” while taxing Nevadans. Helena Vergiels, Jack Vergiels’ widow, said she was “outraged” when she saw the commercial Sunday. Lowden “owes me an…
Posted in Press | 02/16/10
Las Vegas, NV. – Tomorrow marks the anniversary of passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the rhetoric has already ramped up from Republicans both nationally and in Nevada. National Republicans who voted against ARRA a year ago and who have said all along that the legislation isn’t working are now busy taking credit for ARRA-funded projects in their districts. And locally, Republican Senate candidates Danny Tarkanian, Sue Lowden and Sharron Angle are telling anyone who will listen…
Posted in Press | 02/15/10
This week marks the one-year anniversary of passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, legislation that has created and saved tens of thousands of jobs in Nevada and many more around the country. Already Republicans are lining up to attack the legislation, saying it hasn’t done its job. Nationally, Republicans are touting ARRA-funded projects in their districts – projects that never would have come to be without Sen. Reid’s leadership – despite having used their obstructionist tactics to oppose…
Posted in Press | 02/12/10
As Sen. Harry Reid champions a jobs bill in the Senate, we’re wondering whether Nevada Republicans will once again stand in the way of the work Democrats are doing to improve our economy. That’s why we’re calling on the crowded field of Republican primary candidates for U.S. Senate to answer these questions: • Do you support saving 1 million jobs and investing in our nation’s infrastructure? • Do you support a payroll tax cut for business that hire…