“The Nevada Development Authority wants to make sure economic diversification and support remains a top priority for the state. Relocating and expanding businesses to Nevada is crucial in tackling the unemployment rate and allowing our state to have a viable future.”
Somer Hollingsworth • President and CEO, Nevada Development Authority
“Focus again on how to raise more revenue, avoiding actions necessary for real spending reform such as reigning in public employee benefits & collective bargaining contracts, zero-based budgets, meaningful education reform and sunset review of every state agency, board, and commission. Private sector job creation and economic development may also be ignored.”
Bruce Gescheider • Chair Elect, Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce, Owner, Moana Nursery
“The budget crisis. The impact on small businesses as the Governor and the Legislative body implement budget cuts to balance the three plus billion dollars. My hope is that the small business community be asked to offer solutions to help fix the problem.”
Tom Akers • President, BIP Software, Inc
“Legislators face two huge and volatile issues – balancing the budget and redistricting – which could drive a partisan wedge in each house and polarize the members along party lines. Here’s hoping they will set aside personal politics, conduct themselves in a spirit of objectivity, and that collegiality will prevail!”
Robert List • Former Nevada Governor, Senior Partner, Kolesar & Leatham
“The redistricting of Senate and Assembly seats is the elephant in the room. This session, Nevada will have assemblymen representing well over 90,000 voters while other assemblymen in the same county will represent under 10,000 voters. My concern is that this patent inequity will be disingenuously perpetuated for political purposes.”
Jacob A. Reynolds • Attorney, Hutchison & Steffen, LLC
“My biggest concern relating to the upcoming legislative session is that they do not enact any measures that would impede the growth of small businesses in Nevada. They cannot take on additional burden and it would be unwise to harness them with any additional taxes or fees to make up for revenue shortfalls.”
Terry McQuattie • District Manager, Northern Nevada US Bank
