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Bob Beers (politician, born 1959)

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25: 391: 524:(CPA) in 1989, the same year he founded Las Vegas computer accounting firm Wilson, Beers & Alu. In 2002, he sold Wilson, Beers, & Alu to a large local CPA firm. From 2004 to 2007, Beers was the marketing director for an HR outsourcing firm. In 2009, he started an auditing firm called Seale and Beers, CPAs. He managed this firm until 2012. He currently consults business owners on their treasuries. 589:. Beers sued for defamation, and the Nevada Democratic Party settled out of court in 2010. He held no further public office until 2012 when Beers was elected to the non-partisan Las Vegas City Council in a nine-way special election to fill the vacant seat of Councilman Steve Wolfson, who had been appointed Clark County District Attorney. He was elected to a full four-year term the next year. 547:'s tax increases, citing concerns that they might damage Nevada's economy. After several special sessions, Beers' voting bloc failed and the tax increases were passed. The following year, Beers was elected to the Nevada Senate, defeating 20-year incumbent Republican 607:
Beers lost reelection to the Las Vegas City Council in 2017, finishing first in the May 1 primary contest but losing the June 27 runoff to Steve Seroka, with Seroka winning 3,979 votes to Beers' 3,387 votes. The next year, Beers ran for
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amendment (called TASC for Tax And Spend Control) on the November 2006 general election ballot, which proposed that increases in spending greater than the sum of inflation and population growth require an affirmative vote of citizens.
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for the 2005 and 2007 Legislative sessions. He served as vice-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and was also a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Legislative Operations.
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Business Expo and President-elect for the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Business Council. As a volunteer, he has created or maintained websites for over a dozen community organizations.
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Beers was born in 1959 in Livermore, California. His family moved to Las Vegas when he was 11 years old. He graduated from
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His community activities have included volunteer treasurer for several organizations, including the
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From 1987-1989, Beers worked at an accounting firm called Laventhol & Horwath. Beers became a
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Foundation, and the Nevada Republican Party. He has also been president of the Las Vegas
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with distinction with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in 1987.
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Beers declared in January 2014 that he was running for the Republican nomination for
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In 2008, Beers was defeated for re-election to the Nevada Senate by Democrat
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In 2006, Beers and his supporters gathered over 150,000 signatures to put a
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from 2012 to 2017. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for
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In 2003, Beers led a group of legislators in opposition to Governor
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In 2022, Beers ran again for Las Vegas City Council, but lost to
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From 1980-1986, Beers worked for radio broadcasting companies in
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in the AP's Medium Market California-Nevada-Hawaii division.
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In 1998, Beers was elected to represent District 4 in the
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and Las Vegas as News Director. In 1982, while working at
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A major contributor to this article appears to have a
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Las Vegas City Council
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Allison Copening
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Livermore, California
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Nevada Assembly
Nevada Senate
Las Vegas City Council
Governor of Nevada
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Harry Reid
2016 U.S. Senate election
Nevada State Treasurer
Zach Conine
Ed W. Clark High School
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Tonopah Historic Mining Park
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