Nevada Political Blogwire

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• The Interview WILL Be Televised!

  —VEGAS HAPPENS HERE

  OK, not TELEvised, webcast. But with video AND audio. So you'll be able to see and hear Miles and me live with Elaine Wynn and Johnny Avello from the Wynn's NCAA Tournament Party on UStream.TV on Saturday from 1-2 pm PT via this link. There's a chat room there' [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 7:32pm EDT
  by THE STRIP PODCAST

• Fast break

  —CityBlog

  Hey, now that UNLV’s out of the tourney, you have time to ingest some stories about the shadiness of the college game. Like this story in today’s Sun about Ed O’Bannon. Basically, it comes down to this: College basketball is a money-machine. But who gets it? Not the players, who [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 6:43pm EDT
  by Amy Kingsley

• Summary of Judgment: Bergen in 'Forum'

  —VEGAS HAPPENS HERE

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  As I mentioned on Twitter and alluded to in that Jason Alexander post, while in L.A. I took in ex-Jersey Boys star (and my MJ tribute benefit co-producer) Erich Bergen in the full dress rehearsal prior to the two-week run of "A Funny Thing Happened" [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 2:38pm EDT
  by THE STRIP PODCAST

• This week's LVW col: Robert Earl

  —VEGAS HAPPENS HERE

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  Here's this week's LVW column. The full Robert Earl interview will air on the podcast either next week or the week after, postponed by the live Elaine Wynn event this weekend. Enjoy. -sf
  
  
  His name is Earl
  He may have lost control of Planet Hollywood, but a wiser [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 1:52pm EDT
  by THE STRIP PODCAST

• Slow week

  —Harmful Error

  It's been a slow week for both the US Supreme Court and Nevada Supreme Court.  Opinions are expected from the US Supreme Court next Tuesday.  I have no ability to predict when opinions will issue from the Nevada Supreme Court.  Since December, there has been only one opinion in [...]

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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 1:20pm EDT
  by JoNell

• Progress Now Nevada: Enough Ensign

  —Desert Beacon

  Saying "Enough is Enough," Progress Now Nevada is asking for Senator John Ensign's resignation. Link to their post and petition here.
  
  "A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas of Nevada businesses and national political organizations seeking information about just how far Ensign abused his power. What began as" [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 10:48am EDT
  

• Never a doubt

  —Sherman Frederick

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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 10:25am EDT
  by Sherman Frederick

• Nevada woman politely declines right-wing invitation to commit political suicide

  —Las Vegas Gleaner

  Number of comments: 4
  Relentless political advice to the contrary from Worldwide Wingnuts Inc. notwithstanding, Democratic Rep. Dina Titus will vote for modest reforms to the health insurance industry currently being considered by Congress, because she's not a tinfoil-hat-wearing moron. [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 9:55am EDT
  by Hugh Jackson

• Odds and Ends: NV Education, Geothermal Royalties, and Ensign Subpoenas

  —Desert Beacon

  ** So, our intrepid Nevada Governor launched a Blue Ribbon Task Force on Education. One might expect that given the current state of educational funding, and the increasingly dire straits in which our statewide educational budgets are devised that the PUBLIC might have some suggestions to make? Well, no. Not [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 9:14am EDT
  

• Ensign finally commits unforgiveable sin against local custom and culture

  —Las Vegas Gleaner

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  The whole banging his best friend's wife and getting mommy and daddy to pay everyone off and breaking the law to find Doug Hampton a job in the hope that maybe that would get the cuckold to keep [...]

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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 7:28am EDT
  by Hugh Jackson

• Out and about

  —Blue Lyon

  I’m in Dallas for the Susan G. Komen Affiliate Conference, so you won’t hear much from me for a few days. A few tweets here and there, possible FB updates. Y’all behave now. Filed under: Out Of Office [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2010, 6:05am EDT
  by bluelyon