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BUSH SAYS FAREWELL TO FORD Ally CAR! BATTLE HOP DCATD MICHIGAN in nnnr nnun ALCOHOL'S EFFECT I I miar miuui But study warns some damage NATION, 1C is harder to reverse HEALTH, 1 inui upset arums, its Reno gazette -journal Online at RGJ.com TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2007 50 cents if i4 Ms i klWMUnitlMtlMr Fl- A I in i NORTHERN NEVADA MOMENTS ITODAY'S wtais starts emrlv as mew Rtadlsi swrair i I A 1 vr- i Ji i 11 State faces growing expenses without new taxes BY SUSAN VOYLES svoylesrgj.com A new tax on real estate sales to help Washoe County build more schools could signal how far Jim Gibbons is willing to go in keeping his pledge of no new taxes. Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, is carrying a bill in 2007 to allow Washoe County to impose the same real estate transfer tax for schools as in Clark County. Smaller counties were given other taxes to build schools, leaving Washoe as the only school district in the state without any extra tax help, Superintendent Paul Dugan said. "We need the revenues badly. We hope we don't leave this session with nothing," said Dugan.

"Jim Gibbons made a promise of no new taxes or fees, and he's sticking to that promise," said spokesman Brent Boynton. "He will certainly meet with state Sen. Raggio to discuss his concerns about the need for revenue. The governor-elect will work on meeting the needs of the state, and he's confident that can be done without increasing taxes or fees." The state faces a bevy of needs, ranging from more prisons, a monster-sized liability in state retiree health costs, a huge backlog in highway projects and a push from some legislators for more full-day kindergarten classes. Given the same tax as Clark schools, Washoe property sales would be taxed 60 cents on every $500.

For a new or existing $300,000 home, the tax would be $360. Four school projects are in limbo: Expansions of McQueen High and Incline Elementary, a new technical high school and a new elementary school in south Reno. The tax would generate $9 million a year, enough for the school district to sell a 30-year bond issue for $91 million, Dugan said. Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, incoming vice chairmanoftheWaysandMeans Committee, said that would put Washoe County school funding on par with other counties. "I hope when people say no new taxes, they leave a little see EXPENSES on 6A Former Nevada Gov, Bob Miller, left, talks with the state's newest governor, Jim PHOTOS BY MARILYN NEWTONRENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Gibbons, as they tour the governor's mansion.

Incoming chief fills top security posts after taking oath just after midnight IICKREA 7T ASSOCIATED PRESS COACH KNIGHT GETS A MILESTONE WIN Bobby Knight's Texas Tech Red Raiders beat New Mexico to give the legendary coach his 880th victory, passing Dean Smith for the most wins in Division I history. SPORTS, 5B REID, DEMOCRATS SET SIGHTS ON ETHICS With Democrats preparing to take over the U.S. Senate this week, incoming Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is busy. The Democrats are crafting sweeping legislation governing the interaction between lawmakers and lobbyists. NATION WORLD, 1C PACK BASKETBALL ON THE RISE IN POLLS The Nevada basketball team has all but finished its nonconference schedule, and the team is sitting pretty.

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Brian Krolicki, Secretary of State Ross Miller, Treasurer Kate Marshall, Controller Kim Wallin and Attorney General Catherine Cor-tez Masto. All but Gibbons and Krolicki are Democrats. After the midnight ceremony, Gibbons immediately named Larry Martines, who has had a long career in police and security work including for the CIA as the state homeland security director, and law enforcement veteran Phil Galeoto Republican Jim Gibbons with his wife, Dawn, holding the Bible, is sworn in as Nevada's 29th governor on Monday by Chief Justice Bill Maupin in the chambers of the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City. TODAY'S EVENTS Forty years ago, then elect Paul Laxalt opened the Inauguration to all Nevadans, a tradition that continues today when Jim Gibbons and other top elected officials take oaths in front of the state's citizens. A glance at today's oath of office festivities: WHEN: 11 a.m.

WHERE: steps of the state Capitol, Carson City MASTER OF CEREMONIES: John Tyson INVOCATION: William Barrett, pastor emeritus, St. John's Presbyterian Church PRESENTATION OF COLORS: Nevada National Guard and Nevada Highway Patrol Joint Color Guard PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Barbara Vucanovich, former congresswoman NATIONAL ANTHEM: Cethe Autumn Choux OATH OF OFFICE: Administered by Nevada Supreme Court Justice William Maupin MILITARY SALUTE: Nevada National Guard Honor Guard and Nevada Air National Guard "HOME MEANS Cethe Autumn Choux BENEDICTION: Alvin Moyle, Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Indian Tribe chairman POST-PROGRAM: Reception in the Supreme Court Rotunda, open to the public. we would provide the land," he said. Nelson said he does not know which major hotel chains might respond. One potential site for the new hotel is the northwest corner of the campus off Comstock Drive and McCarran Boulevard, he said.

Another site under consideration is on the northeastern portion of the campus. see INN on 6A vice where there would have been no leadership in either of those two critical departments," Gibbons said. Gibbons, a former five-term congressman, was administered the oath of office by William Maupin, chief justice of the state Supreme Court, in the living SEE GIBBONS ON 6A Work to turn University Inn into student housing INSIDE DAWN GIBBONS: Nevada's new first lady says her goals are to tackle drug abuse and encourage reading among youth. 4A as state Department of Public Safety director. "What I didn't want to have was a 10-hour gap in their ser inn's 175 rooms into a student residence scheduled to open in the summer of 2008.

"The university's master plan cites the need to build a new residence hall in the next three to four years," he said. "I think it's an exciting opportunity for the university to meet the growing needs for additional student housing and for the potential development of a new major conference hotel." Last fall, UNR's enrollment hit a record of more than 1 6,000 students. To provide a place to stay for judges taking courses at the National Judicial College on the Reno campus and for visiting professors or other guests, UNR will seek offers from hotel chains to build a hotel on land owned by the university, Nelson said. "We're putting together a request for proposals to go out to some major hotel chains to see who would be interested if BY LENITA POWERS Ipowersrgj.com The University Inn, a University of Nevada, Reno-owned hotel for out-of-town guests, has closed and is undergoing an $8 million renovation to meet the demands for more student housing. Buzz Nelson, UNR's head of facilities, said it will cost from $8 million to $13 million to turn the North Virginia Street LENITA POW ERS RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL The University Inn will be converted into a student residential hall.

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