The governor took politically safe positions by opposing new taxes and utility deregulation but did not spend enough time explaining where money for new programs would come from, they said. On water and transportation I didn't hear a thing.
Nuclear waste is a bogeyman but water is a bigger issue.
He had a lot of relatively low-dollar specifics. It's as if you went to a dinner party and all they served were hors d'oeuvres. For instance, while pledging new initiatives to aid low-income, uninsured and disabled Nevadans, Jelen said the governor reached out to his base of support by pledging no new taxes. I counted at least six. That's a mantra to conservatives.