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Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.In a word, "no."That was the quickly repeated response as Nevada Week in Review host Mitch Fox asked about taxes during a debate between gubernatorial candidates Brian Sandoval and Rory Reid. (Sandoval, by the way, is

Rory Reid put out his budget plan last month. And while it had some shortcomings, including some optimistic budget projections, it's still a plan.Brian Sandoval, Reid's Republican opponent, still doesn't have a budget plan, despite promising one for weeks. And early voting starts just 15 days from now!So, it's

Democrat Rory Reid isn't letting up in his attacks on Republican Brian Sandoval, whom Reid alleges has the same kind of relationship to lobbyists as Lindsey Lohan has to drugs. His latest ad reveals -- and this is shocking stuff -- that Sandoval in 1997 actually sponsored legislation that was

Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid waited almost a full 48 hours before hedging his bets on the boldest statement he's made since kicking off his run for governor last year.Following a rally with former President

Rory Reid's remark today that he'd sign a budget that contained taxes was a surprising shift in his position on the issue, and surely the sign of a candidate who believes he has nothing to lose.Reid at first declined to tell a gaggle of reporters at the House of Blues

A new video from the Rory Reid for governor camp is totally awesome, inasmuch as it includes music by one of my very favorite rock-n-roll artists of all time, Mr. Huey Lewis (and his band, The News), as well as references to one of my very favorite movie trilogies of

Editor's note: This column appears in this week's Las Vegas CityLife.Yes, I know that a free public education for all children in a publicly run school system is the 10th plank of the communist program, as outlined in The Communist Manifesto. But I still think it's a pretty good idea.Education,

Rory Reid had one goal in tonight's debate with his Republican rival for governor, Brian Sandoval: Stay on message and hit hard. And he accomplished both nicely.Sandoval had one goal, too: Don't rise to the bait and do anything to erase his substantial lead in the polls. For the most