Reaction to Friday’s federal court ruling on Nevada tax issue

Friday, July 18, 2003 | 11:35 a.m.

"First the Nevada Supreme Court and now the U.S. District Court have affirmed the Nevada Legislature's requirement to finish its work. Nevada's parents, teachers and I expect a final resolution to fund education without further delay." - Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn

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"We are pleased that the court has agreed that this is indeed not a federal issue and that our Legislature is free to go back to its work. This is a Nevada matter that must be solved by us as Nevadans." - Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval

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"This is and will remain an issue between the disenfranchised voters of Nevada and the Nevada State Supreme Court." - U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., who backed the initiative placing a two-thirds voting requirement on tax increases in the Nevada Constitution.

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"I'm not surprised. I never thought there was a federal question in the case. ... We're going to try to get two-thirds, but if it means shutting down schools, then we will go with a simple majority and go home." - Nevada Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas

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"As far as we're concerned nothing has changed. ... Since they have not been able to agree on anything, there's no tax plan, there's no budget." - Agustin Orci, deputy Clark County school superintendent

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"Until they can come up with something that the Senate and the Assembly can agree on, even with the simple majority, nothing is going to happen." - Janine Hansen, president of the conservative Nevada Eagle Forum