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I sent an email to all of the members of the Carson City Board of Supervisors for their reaction to the initiative petition filed on Friday to put the Nugget Project to a vote in 2012.

We now have responses from the four supervisors, and I just added Mayor Bob Crowell's comment below.

An initiative petition has been filed with the city clerk to put the Carson City Center Project, AKA Nugget Project, on the ballot in 2012.

The petition asks, "The proposed 1/8 cent sales tax increase for the proposed Carson City Center Project (formerly known as the Nugget Project) shall be placed on the 2012 general election ballot for a vote of the people." Copies of the paperwork are attached below.

The Nevada Division of Insurance office at 788 Fairview Dr., in Carson City is closed this morning, and telephone calls to the office are being directed to Las Vegas after employees may have been sickened by pest spraying.

Marketing analysis is a documented investigation of a Market that is used to inform a firm's planning activities particularly around decision of inventory, purchase, work force expansion/contraction, facility expansion, purchases of capital equipment, promotional activities, and many other aspects of a company.

The Childrens' Museum is hosting our annual "Kid's Night at the Museum" during the Taste of Downtown again this year.

It will be from 5:30 to 8:30 on June 19th. We will have very special snacks, games, crafts, movies & FUN!

Only $20 per child or $40 for families of up to three children. Ages 3-12.

Space is very limited so please call to reserve your spot now 884-2226.

Thanks to our sponsors... Little Caesar's Pizza, Walmart, and Straw Hat Pizza!

Carson City physicians will be serving tables during the Celebrity Docs Swanky's Speakeasy of the 1920s to raise money for the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center. A new 2010 car will also be raffled for the center. The event will be held on Saturday, June 12, at Glen Eagles Restaurant, 3700 North Carson Street. Information: (775) 445-5161 for reservations and times.

We have some good news to share in these not-so-good economic times, especially when it comes to development and housing.
Construction will begin soon on a $3.6 million, 42-unit senior apartment complex in Carson City that will help to close the gap in a shortage of affordable retirement housing here.

A Clark County District Court jury last Friday ordered Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Baxter Healthcare Services to pay a combined $500 million in punitive damages to a Nevada man who contracted Hepatitis C during an outbreak two years ago.
The jury award was the largest in Nevada history.
In a statement issued shortly after the jury reached its decision, Teva said it planned to contest the verdict.  A spokesman for Baxter later confirmed the company will also most likely appeal.

When we started Carson Now, we set up a way for people to easily post content via email, and especially for those posting from mobile devices. However, few people actually used this method, and it tended to cause more problems than it solved. We finally pulled the plug on this feature last week.

The Nevada Department of Transportation has received an award for archeological preservation of the Old Stewart Indian Cemetery. 
An Exemplary Human Environment Initiative award to NDOT was presented by the Federal Highway Administration for partnering efforts to enhance and preserve the historic cemetery as part of the Carson City Freeway project.

Carson Now is running on the new server, and after a rough couple of hours this morning, it looks like everything is back to normal. If anyone sees something wrong with the site, or you just want to give us some feedback, please feel free to email us at editor@carsonnow.org. Thanks.

As some of you night owls might have noticed, we had an outage on the Carson Now website Monday night/Tuesday morning, for about 7 hours. But this was a good problem.

The traffic for this site has more than doubled over the last six weeks. That traffic finally caught up with us on Monday, and became too much for our old web server to handle.

With veiled threats to the governors of Nevada and several other states last month by a far-right militia group, the amount of anti-government fervor may be boiling over nationally, but all is peaceful today in Carson City as more than a thousand have gathered at the Capitol to protest President Barack Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and health care.

Oh, and taxes. But there were far more anti-Obama and Harry Reid signs and a few Hitler ones than anything remotely about the IRS, today being the filing deadline for federal income taxes.

The Carson High baseball team is beginning to figure it out.

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Highway Users Coalition has announced its support for moving forward with a study on Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) as a potential alternative to the current gas tax paid by motorists at the pump to fund road improvements and maintenance.
According to those involved in the study, the consequences of inaction could include the deterioration of roads and highways, increased vehicle wear and tear, increased congestion and accidents and longer commute times.

Jaden Veiga just turned 5 and he was diagnosed last Christmas with a brain tumor. The family needs the communities help to continue his care. Go to any U.S. Bank location and donate to the account of "Jaden Veiga Donation Act. #153754034822" or come to Bouncerz Indoor Party Center on Saturday, March 27th from 2p.m. to 7p.m.

Thanks to a rejuvenated offense, Western Nevada College climbed back into the Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball pennant race on Friday

Thanks to a rejuvenated offense, Western Nevada College climbed back into the Scenic West Athletic Conference baseball pennant race on Friday.
The Wildcats produced timely hitting to pull out a 3-1 opening-game victory against conference-leading Salt Lake Community College, then held on for a 9-8 win in the second game to complete a double header sweep on a sunny and breezy afternoon at John L. Harvey Field.

Tracking Sunday's congressional health care vote, Carson Now quoted Congressman Dean Heller with a statement from his Web site.

We are looking to put together a map of all the free wifi hotspots in Carson City. I have looked at several lists/maps that are out there, but they all seem to be missing some of the most obvious.

...and held in "jail" at Red's 395! So I need your help to bail me out. Please click here and make a donation to help Jerry's Kids.

Now, some of you are probably thinking, gee, that's not so bad, being "locked up" with all that beer and great food. And you're right. But please make a donation anyway. I've got work to do!

Update: They let me out of jail. Said I liked it too much. Thanks to everyone who contributed.

CARSON CITY – Thanks to term limits and decisions by some lawmakers not to seek re-election, at least 16 members of the Nevada Legislature will not be returning in 2011, and the number could end up being even higher after Election Day in November.
Sixteen lawmakers are termed out of office in the 2010 election cycle, but three so far have filed for different legislative offices and could return to the Legislature for the 2011 session.

We are actively working on several parts of this website, in order to make way for some exciting new things here on Carson Now.

A few weeks ago, I wrote that we would be taking an in-depth look at the Carson Nugget downtown redevelopment project.

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Thanks Tony!

I always opposed the first 1/8 cent of sales tax to the V and T.

Were told at the scene that the child appeared latino. Thanks for the clarification.

We are definitely working on it. Equipment and some personnel issues. We’ll work it out quick.
Thanks for your patience. It was not Mayor Crowell. It was us.

Thanks for the correction Steve. You had a lot of supporters at the meeting, not the least of which are strongly impressed with your innovative and forward looking approach to education.