Sunday, April 2, 2000 | 10:07 a.m.
Note to readers: My advice, for your heart's health and lest you be judged a fool is to read until the end of this column.
This is a special weekend dispatch after an unusually eventful Saturday collecting information on several surprising, even startling, developments in the always-mercurial world of Nevada politics. Here's a glance:
Sources confirm that retiring Sen. Richard Bryan has offered himself as the successor to Brian Cram and is expected to receive the full backing of the School Board. Bryan's only demand, sources say, is that the district's curriculum be augmented to require all students to thoroughly study the nuclear waste dump issue. Field trips to Yucca Mountain, however, will not be allowed in a Bryan regime.
In a news conference next week, Goodman is expected to announce his support for state Sen. Joe Neal's gaming tax increase initiative and plans to campaign across the state for its passage. The irrepressible Goodman, in remarks I've obtained, also plans to level a broadside at Gov. Kenny Guinn, who opposes Neal's plan, calling him "the Strip's governor." The attack will fuel suspicion that Goodman wants to run against Guinn in 2002.
Reid reportedly has promised Gore that, in an event that surely will draw national attention, boxing promoters Don King and Bob Arum will jointly promote another Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield fight, with the proceeds -- estimated at $50 million -- to go to the Gore-Reid campaign. The only snag may be that Reid intimates say he considers being the Senate's minority whip a more important job than being vice president.
She would then be on the ballot against him in November. When asked recently about moving into her colleague's ward, Kincaid feigned shock. "I didn't know it was THAT Lance Malone," she declared. Kincaid already has scheduled fund-raisers sponsored by Station Casinos, Coast Resorts and the Fiesta.
* Ensign's worst nightmare? My sources at the Sun -- and they keep getting better and better -- tell me that Editor Brian Greenspun quietly has put the finishing touches on his long-held dream for his family to purchase the rival Review-Journal. The transaction is expected to be complete by late April, freeing Greenspun up to do what he really desires, which is to run for the U.S. Senate. So he plans to announce as filing opens in May that he will challenge ex-Rep. John Ensign for the GOP nomination. When asked about his pro-Clinton screeds during the years, Greenspun said simply: "Nevermind."
Happy April Fool's Day, folks.
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