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ASFSCME Local 4041 (members only for most of the website)
Though state employees do not have collective bargaining rights it does have a union to lobby at the Legislature.
Carson City Office: 775-882-3910, Las Vegas: 702-431-3113
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Retired Public Employees of Nevada This association made up of retired public employees who receive benefits from PERS.
Legislative Actions page. Pending meetings about PERS or PEBP .
Phone: 775 882-7831, Fax: 775 882-6732, E-mail: info@rpen.org, P.O. Box 2211, Carson City, NV 89702
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2009
Las Vegas Sun
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): “Think Sanford is bizarre? Look closely at Gibbons” – July 5, 2009
Las Vegas Sun Editorial: “Getting input from others- Gibbons should abandon his practice of making budget decisions in isolation” – March 8, 2009J. Patrick Coolican, Alex Richards (LV Sun): “Nevada’s government among the smallest” – March 8, 2009
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): “The ignorance or dishonesty of Gibbons’ State of the State” - January 18, 2009
David McGrath Schwatrz (LV Sun): “Poll finds meager support for pay cuts” – January 18, 2009
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): “Fiddling on the fringe” – January 16, 2009
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): “Dems to present an alternative budget” – January 14, 2009
Las Vegas Sun Letters to the Editor: “Prosperity requires sharing the tax burden” – Janury 13, 2009
Las Vegas Sun Editorial: In need of a vision - January 11, 2009
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): How Nevada was set on the path to this budget nightmare - January 11, 2009
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): Don’t look behind the curtain - January 9, 2009
Elliot Parker: How much more of state government can be cut? – January 4, 2009
Elliot Parker: Comparisons show spending isn’t Nevada’s problem - December 21, 2008
Jon Ralson (LV Sun): Gibbons shares his wisdom – December 12, 2008
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): Jim Gibbons is no governor – December 10, 2008
Jon Ralston (LV Sun): The state’s budget crisis – Novemver 14, 2008
Nevada Sagebrush - UNR:
“Impeach Gibbons and Save the State” – January 20, 2009
“Student newspaper calls for Gibbons’ impeachment” – January 21, 2009
Nevada Appeal:
Geoff Dornan, NV Appeal: “Nevada lawmakers protecting benefits” – April 2, 2009
“In these hard times, no plan would be without pain” – January 16, 2009
“Plans for pay, benefits affect lowest level workers” – January 16, 2009
LVRJ :
Ed Vogel, LVRJ: “Governor’s Proposals: Reaction cool to budget plan” – January 20, 2009
Karen Scott, letter to editor: “Time for Nevada to seek long-term, permanent revenue solutions” – January 18, 2009
Lana Hess; Heather Simpkins letters to the editor: “Teachers don’t expect riches, can’t live with cuts” – January 13, 2009
Blue Sage Views: Memo to Gibbons: Capitalism Works – January 9, 2009
Elliot Parker
Parker’s blog - Budget related
“A Reply to Former Senator Bob Beers About State Spending” – December 2008
“My reply to the Governor’s podcast” – February 12, 2009
