Senator Harry Reid and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell tour Wells Avenue small businesses
Reno Gazette Journal, 7/6/10 - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., toured Wells Avenue shops and eateries Monday morning to highlight Congress’ measures to bring some economic relief to small-business owners.
“You walk four blocks on Wells Avenue, and virtually every business is open,” Reid said. “That’s not the case in other places in Nevada. It feels good to see businesses open, but we know things are not good.”
Reid, who faces GOP challenger Sharron Angle in the November election, told business owners that Congress has already passed several measures that will help them provide less expensive employee health insurance, provide tax relief and federal loans, and make it less costly for small businesses to hire workers.
In a prior Congressional earmark, Reid also secured $348,000 for the economic development of Wells Avenue, a project completed about six years ago.
Store owners interviewed Monday said they were unaware of the Congressional measures aimed at helping small businesses, but Reid said his office will be holding workshops and staff members will follow-up with local businesses who might be helped by the new programs.
Reid and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell visited La Morenita, a music and DVD shop; Asi Es Mi Tierra Restaurant; El Mundo Latino, a Western wear store; and The Pepper Tree, a gift shop.
Reid said he and Angle have vastly different philosophies.
“She doesn’t believe in government,” he said. “I believe in limited, strong government.”
He mentioned the example of the Retrac project, which lowered the train tracks into a trench through Reno’s downtown core.
“That was government working for good,” he said. “That was government doing it right.”
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Reid bought something at each store he visited, including cheese bread at the restaurant, a candle at the Pepper Tree and a Mariachi music CD at La Morenita.
At El Mundo Latino, Reid tried on cowboy hats.
“What is this stuff made of? Felt?” Reid asked Ortega, who said the hat Reid was trying on was made of rabbit.
“I shoot ’em,” Reid said. “Rabbits eat my (garden) in Searchlight,” Reid’s hometown.
“For your hat, the one you have, they probably killed about 10 rabbits,” Ortega said.
“Good,” said Reid, who bought the Stetson.
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Senator Harry Reid and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell tour Wells Avenue small businesses
Reno Gazette Journal, 7/6/10 - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., toured Wells Avenue shops and eateries Monday morning to highlight Congress’ measures to bring some economic relief to small-business owners.
“You walk four blocks on Wells Avenue, and virtually every business is open,” Reid said. “That’s not the case in other places in Nevada. It feels good to see businesses open, but we know things are not good.”
Reid, who faces GOP challenger Sharron Angle in the November election, told business owners that Congress has already passed several measures that will help them provide less expensive employee health insurance, provide tax relief and federal loans, and make it less costly for small businesses to hire workers.
In a prior Congressional earmark, Reid also secured $348,000 for the economic development of Wells Avenue, a project completed about six years ago.
Store owners interviewed Monday said they were unaware of the Congressional measures aimed at helping small businesses, but Reid said his office will be holding workshops and staff members will follow-up with local businesses who might be helped by the new programs.
Reid and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell visited La Morenita, a music and DVD shop; Asi Es Mi Tierra Restaurant; El Mundo Latino, a Western wear store; and The Pepper Tree, a gift shop.
Reid said he and Angle have vastly different philosophies.
“She doesn’t believe in government,” he said. “I believe in limited, strong government.”
He mentioned the example of the Retrac project, which lowered the train tracks into a trench through Reno’s downtown core.
“That was government working for good,” he said. “That was government doing it right.”
...
Reid bought something at each store he visited, including cheese bread at the restaurant, a candle at the Pepper Tree and a Mariachi music CD at La Morenita.
At El Mundo Latino, Reid tried on cowboy hats.
“What is this stuff made of? Felt?” Reid asked Ortega, who said the hat Reid was trying on was made of rabbit.
“I shoot ’em,” Reid said. “Rabbits eat my (garden) in Searchlight,” Reid’s hometown.
“For your hat, the one you have, they probably killed about 10 rabbits,” Ortega said.
“Good,” said Reid, who bought the Stetson.
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