ONNECTION REMEMBER TO VOTE TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 4TH
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NOVEMBER 2014
employer healthcare
forum recap
Top 10 Reasons to Vote NO on 3 Directions 2015 - February 5 Thank You from Ambassador Chair, Mark Tulman Annual Chamber Holiday Lunch - December 5
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vote for these chamber-endorsed candidates Question 1 creates an appellate court in Nevada: YES Question 3 imposes a gross margin tax on small businesses: NO
On October 16th The Chamber hosted the Employer Healthcare Forum at the Grand Sierra Resort. The topic for the forum was Workplace Culture Change. The speakers included Jeff Lungren, Chief Health Care and Immigration Lobbyist Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Scott Kipper, Commissioner, Nevada Division of Insurance; Stacy Woodbury, Executive Director, Nevada State Medical Association; Sunny Grosso, Coaching and Culture Chief, Delivering Happiness; Ralph Hartmann, Owner, Hartmann and Associates. Over 200 business professionals were in attendance. All of them received a SAWG bag filled with goodies from the many sponsors who helped make this event possible. One highlight of the day was the announcement of the Healthiest Places to Work awards, sponsored by Humana. Small business winner was Immunize Nevada. Medium business was Miller Heiman. And the large business winner was Caesars Northern Nevada. Congratulations on your healthy workplace! Thank you to the Grand Sierra Resort, vendors, attendees, committee members and above sponsors for a wonderful event!
Candidates: U.S. House of Representatives, District 2: Mark Amodei (R) Governor: Brian Sandoval (R) Lieutenant Governor: Mark Hutchison (R) State Treasurer: Kim Wallin (D) State Controller: Andrew Martin (D) State Senate District 13: Debbie Smith (D) State Senate District 14: Don Gustavson (R) State Senate District 16: Ben Kieckhefer (R) State Assembly District 24: David Bobzien (D) State Assembly District 25: Pat Hickey (R) State Assembly District 26: Randy Kirner (R) State Assembly District 27: Teresa Benitez-Thompson (D) State Assembly District 30: Lauren Scott (R) State Assembly District 32: Ira Hansen (R) State Assembly District 40: Philip “PK” O’Neill (R) Washoe County Commission, District 2: Bob Lucey (R) Washoe County Commission, District 3: Kitty Jung (D) Washoe County Commission, District 5: John Gavin (D) Washoe County School Board Trustee, District C: Nick Smith Washoe County School Board Trustee, District F: Veronica Frenkel Washoe County Sheriff: Tim Kuzanek Reno City Council, Ward 2: Elisa Cafferata Reno City Council, Ward 4: Bonnie Weber Reno City Attorney: Brett Kandt City of Sparks Mayor: Geno Martini Sparks City Council, Ward 2: Ed Lawson Sparks City Council, Ward 4: Kristopher Dahir