Political Quotes

“Tomorrow in Carson City, Nevada, there will be a memorial service for former Mayor Marv Teixeira. Marv called Carson City home for about 50 years, coming from the bay area as the IBM typewriter--I know that is a phrase that is foreign to many of you--as the IBM typewriter salesman in the State capital of Nevada. During those decades, Marv set a blistering pace as a member of the community: husband, coach, businessman, public servant, lobbyist, and kind of a self-appointed Carson City gadfly. Before he became what we friendly referred to him as the ``mayor for life,'' he was the unofficial youth sports czar for Carson City. He coached recreation league basketball, coached Little League baseball, founded the Pop Warner football league in Carson City. In this later role as the founder of the Pop Warner football league, he had the distinction of molding a then young Dean Heller, now a United States Senator from Nevada, into the football athlete that Senator Heller didn't become. Once he was elected mayor of Carson City, his Portuguese charm was on full display. If he called you ``pal'' during a board of supervisors meeting, you weren't a pal.…”