By ANJEANETTE DAMON • adamon@rgj.com • July 5, 2008 In the six months since it's become clear Nevada is sinking into a budget hole unlike any seen in 30 years, legislative Democrats have decried each of the cuts needed to keep the state afloat -- even those they were responsible for making. They've called the cuts "pathetic." They've lashed out at Gov. Jim Gibbons for a refusal to consider new or increased taxes. And they've worked long hours combing the budget for unused dollars and ways to cut without exacting severe damage. But in a one-day special session to find the final cuts for a $1.16 billion hole, only one Democrat even broached the alternative: raising taxes. "Why not talk about that kind of thing?" state Sen. Bob Coffin, D-Las Vegas, asked in a committee hearing. "We are so short here. And there are people who can...
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