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Clearing the path for Nevada's entrepreneurs
William P. Weidner, chairman and CEO of Global Gaming Asset Management and former president of Las Vegas Sands Corp., is a member of Nevada's recently created Board of Economic Development. And he's concerned that current efforts at economic diversification place too much emphasis on bureaucrats picking winners and not enough on simply untying the hands of Nevada's entrepreneurs.
Undone laws would be beneficial
We are rapidly approaching the kickoff of the 2013 biennial session of the Nevada Legislature, the 77th such regular session since statehood in 1864. So, for 120 days or so, starting in February, “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe,” as Mark Twain put it.
State to study health of public employee pension plan
Gov. Brian Sandoval frequently has called for an overhaul of the state public pension plan since taking office two years ago, but he won't do so in the upcoming legislative session. Instead, the Public Employees' Retirement System board has agreed to his request for a thorough review of the plan, its assumptions and its financial health as a prelude to any changes to the plan.
School transparency: New budget website is a work in progress
In his State of the District address last week, Clark County Superintendent Dwight Jones unveiled a new website that he says will make Southern Nevada schools among the most transparent in the country.
Nevada spending much more than before 2003 tax hikes
Over the past two decades, lawmakers have more than tripled the size of Nevada’s general fund, growing state spending from $1 billion in FY 1994 to $3.1 billion for FY 2013.
So you want to date a supermodel?
The Obama administration has made it clear that economic growth is not a policy priority - and even if they decided to move jobs to the front of the queue, ahead of gun control, immigration reform and making energy more expensive, they wouldn't have the slightest idea how to get companies hiring again. "The private sector is doing fine," "You didn't build that," and all that.
New website showcases school district budget
The Clark County School District is pushing for more transparency – launching a new website that displays the CCSD budget for all to see.
Things lawmakers should 'undo' in 77th session
We are rapidly approaching the kickoff of the 2013 biennial session of the Nevada Legislature, the 77th such regular session since statehood in 1864.
So, for 120 days or so, starting in February, “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe,” as Mark Twain put it.
