Quote of the Day

“We will lose our competitive edge … and add to the already crushing burden of unemployment in this state. We will lose the ability to train the workforce for the very economy we wish to attract this state.” — Dan Klaich, Nevada‘s chancellor of higher education, on budget proposals by Gov. Jim Gibbons to ultimately reduce higher-education funding by 29%, potentially excluding 16,000 Nevadans from a college education and pink-slipping 1,000 faculty members.