Richard Perkins Quotations

When you've got the Republican governor of Colorado running around the state asking voters to suspend their TABOR law, and they're talking about privatizing their higher ed system because they can't afford it, it shows it's one of those things that would have a significant negative impact on public safety and education in Nevada,

no Nevada politician can afford to neglect the rural areas of Nevada. I've spent the Labor Day weekend campaigning in Elko, Winnemucca and Fallon not only because the votes here are important but because we must stress the oneness of Nevada. There must be no 'urban versus rural' thinking in Nevada.

There is a nursing shortage in the valley, ... Why send so many high quality nurses home for wearing a button?

I think that Nevadans want their government to do what it is supposed to do -- keep people safe and educate them -- and we won't have the tools to do those things if one or both of these initiatives pass,

At 6:30 a.m. I went in with a bunch of nurses and was there an hour and a half. I told them I did not want to be in an area I was not supposed to be in. We were not being disruptive and I did not even see any patients.

That's not a lot of money. It's a big truck, and they do have to pay to dump it somewhere.

a complete fabrication clearly intended to embarrass me while hiding their own violation of individual rights.

It's more important for (Congressman) Jim Gibbons not to be governor than for Richard Perkins to be governor,

It's pretty obvious that we showed fiscal restraint here in Nevada when we had a $300 million bipartisan tax rebate,

That is ludicrous, ... I took an oath to protect people, which I do on a day-to-day basis. And over the years I have saved lives. The claim that I somehow put a patient in harm's way angers me.

I know what you all are saying. None of us (council) wants to sit here and do this, but I'm not going to pass this on to my daughter, ... This is my job to try to do the best for the city.

I didn't think we had an incident (Thursday) until I read their statement,

I believe it would be a necessary thing. Fuel is not going to go down.