Flashpoint for Oct. 27, 2005

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005 | 8:27 a.m.

They love her. They really love her. Elkoans really love Dina Titus. Elko, where Republicans outnumber Democrats by 2-to-1, loves Dina Titus, the Democratic state senator from Clark County? Well, maybe not all of Elko. But the Titus gubernatorial campaign touted an award she received this week from the Elko County Economic Diversification Authority for securing them some pork. The release touted Titus' "longtime support of rural development." How do you define "longtime" for a woman who for years has fiercely criticized northern and rural lawmakers for pilfering money that should have gone to Clark County? Elko felt Titus' love about the time she decided to run for governor. That4s not a long time ago.

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