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3-24-2012
Now retired, Sen. Neal thanks all who supported him in his 32 years in the upper house. He will remain engaged (see below) with the great issues, as he has throughout his life. The continuing high volume of traffic to this website reinforces and rewards that commitment. Thank you.
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Reno and Carson City Trayvon demonstrations
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Return of the old lions
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| 60 YEARS' WORTH OF EXPERIENCE SORELY MISSED IN 2011 (3-21-2011) — 32-year former Sen. Joe Neal and 28-year former Assemblyman Bob Price, both D-N. Las Vegas, back in the great halls where they belong. Sen. Neal was in Carson City to witness the introduction of the first bill sponsored by his daughter, freshman Assemblywoman Dina Neal, D-N. Las Vegas. Bob and Nancy Price journeyed from their Sparks home to the capital for a noontime workers rally. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Price.) |
Neal's
efforts to create a state-owned bank still alive
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the Daily Sparks Tribune 1-8-2012
Chickens
come home to roost on chickens
LV
teacher chastises his union for failure to support Neal for governor
in 2002
Chip Mosher / Las Vegas CityLife / 1-5-2012
Sen.
Neal proven right again—12 years later
Neal
solution to nuclear waste remains the best option
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the Daily Sparks Tribune 7-10-2011
Sen.
Neal proven right again—10 years later
Still Sierra
Pacific Powerful
He
advocated legislation for public takeover of Nevada Power when opportunity
was ripe. Nevada remains poorer for not listening.
Time for another
initiative petition after 21 years?
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 1-16-2011 Daily Sparks Tribune
Read
more about it: Neal 2003 legislative archive
Legislature
2011: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Barbwire
by Barbano/ Expanded from the 11-14-2010
Daily Sparks Tribune
Sen.
Neal mourns longtime friend & supporter Patricia Fladager
Barbwire
by Barbano/ Expanded from the 10-31-2010
Daily Sparks Tribune
Happy 75th, Sen. Neal
Sen.
Neal marked his 75th birthday on July 28, 2010. Join him, his family
and a few hundred of his closest personal friends on Friday, July 30,
to celebrate the long journey from Mounds, Louisiana, to the wilds of
Nevada.
[UPDATED
REPORT ]
Where:
Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center
Rooms A, B and C
1625 West Carey
North Las Vegas, NV 89032
When: 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, July 30, 2010
RSVP: Dina Neal
Nevada
Oral History Never Before Published:
The alternate universe
of Sen. Joe Neal
The
simple song of greatness
Longtime
Neal friend and supporter Patricia Potter dies
Barbwire by Barbano/ Expanded from the 7-18-2010
Daily Sparks Tribune
Former
Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn dies 7-22-2010
Incumbent Guinn defeated Sen. Neal in the 2002 gubernatorial race. May
he rest in peace.
Clinging
to the Ledge
Ledge X:
The
Deer-in-the-Headlights Legislative Session
Suing
for Schools rerun schedule begins
Barbwire
by Barbano / Expanded from the 2-28-2010 Daily Sparks Tribune
NAACP
takes the lead in Nevada education crisis
LIVE
REGIONAL TV + webcast 6:00 p.m. PST / 02:00 GMT
9:00 p.m. PST regional network rerun SUNDAY FEB. 21, 2010
SUING
FOR SCHOOLS: The case for making Nevada finally obey her constitutional
mandate to provide for public education
Can
we do any worse with a judge running the system?
Sen. Harry Reid Blasts Gibbons:
Exclusive Interview
Neal:
Gov. Gibbons forces constitutional confrontation
Barbwire
by Barbano / Daily Sparks Tribune / 2-21-2010
Democrat Dina Neal runs for Las Vegas area Nevada State Assembly District 7
Sen.
Neal's 2002 universal health care proposal looks visionary in retrospect
2009:
Sen. Neal used Hawaii as an example in 2002. Now look who's chiming
in.
2009: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation resembling
Neal Care 2002.
Nevada's experiment in hospital cost mitigation worked —
so the legislature repealed it, naturally.
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MAY
21, 2009 TODAY ON THE BARBWIRE:
Former State Senator Joe Neal, D-North
Las Vegas. A longtime proponent of making the gambling
industry pay its fair share, Neal was a key player in the tax
package passed in the 2003 session. He was also an advocate of
health care reform during his 32 years in the senate (1972-2004).
A member of the senate hall of fame, he is second in tenure only
to Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno. Neal served as
president pro-tem, minority leader and acting governor during
his time in office. Web viewers may access
real-time webstreaming at Barbwire.TV.
On-demand web viewing is available later on the same day as the
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"I cannot help but hear the voice of our friend and colleague, Senator Joe Neal, whose passion for this process and compassion for the working people of this state are guideposts by which we should all measure our actions." — From Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford's floor remarks on the opening day of the 75th regular session of the Nevada Legislature. Sen. Horsford holds Sen. Neal's former seat in the upper house. (2-2-2009) |
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PARLIAMENTARY
MASTER
Veteran journalist Dennis Myers remembers how
Sen. Neal did the impossible in getting the Equal Rights Constitutional
Amendment through the state senate in 1977
Reno
News & Review 1-29-2009
Teachers
union should not have turned its back on Neal's petition a decade ago
Daily Sparks Tribune / 5-11-2008
Neal's senate successor voted minority leader, as was Sen. Neal in 1989
Barbano
and the usual suspects dissect the gambling-industrial complex's taxophobic
PR blues machine on Sam Shad's statewide Nevada Newsmakers TV/Radio/Webcast/Podcast
Thursday,
April 17, 2008
Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie
Guest: Tom Cargill, UNR Economics Professor
Pundito Banditos: Dick Gammick, Washoe
County District Attorney
Andrew Barbano, Editor, NevadaLabor.com
Mike Hillerby, Executive Vice-President, Wingfield Nevada Group
Click
here for statewide TV / Radio re-runs and Webcast/Podcast potentialities
Tune
in, turn on and tell a friend
Neal
supports proposed gross gaming tax initiative petition
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Erin Neff, Sunday, 9-9-2007
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Neal in the News 7-28-2008 7-28-2007 Sen.
Neal's voice missed at 2007 legislative session Déjà
vu all over again Once
more unto the breach? UPDATE:
Neal
will accept commission appointment if Gov. Gibbons so offers Neal
testifies at public forum on the Clark County coroner's inquest
system Neal:
We have outsourced our elections
New hospital faces staff shortage Photos of the grand opening, 8-28-2006 Photo gallery of Rawson-Neal Hospital construction Governor
Guinn announces that new Las Vegas mental health facility will be
named Rawson-Neal Hospital Sen. Neal's 2002 universal health care proposal looks visionary in retrospect
Cable
greed and lawmaker laxity come back Sen. Neal on lobbyist gifts: "Lobbyists don't give gifts unless they expect something, so if you take a gift from a lobbyist, the lobbyist will want to extract something from you. A vote in favor of his project that he is being paid to get into law maybe. The answer would be no, you shouldn't do that." Reno Gazette-Journal 2-5-2006 Sen.
Neal refreshes memories on Nevada's landmark fire sprinkler law
and hints at publishing his memoirs Sen.
Neal appears on Nevada Newsmakers statewide TV/Radio/Webcast programs
week of July 25, 2005 Las Vegas Sun columnist Jeff Simpson: time for Nevada to look at a new triple-tiered tax for casinos Powers
of police citizen review boards debated Sen.
Neal on ending racism in Nevada
Neal
among four longtime senators not returning to Carson City for 2005
session Neal
tribute event scheduled in Las Vegas Neal
participates in Nevada African-American history event
Neal lists main commission campaign issues Neal
files for Clark County Commission Neal
will not seek re-election to record ninth term |
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