From a Sandoval campaign press release that hit my Inbox 20 minutes ago (headlined:  Sandoval: Reid Abandons Nevada):

As Nevada faces the most devastating budget crisis in state history, Democrat Gubernatorial candidate and Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid yesterday refused to explain how he would address the immediate shortfall when asked by the Reno Gazette-Journal editorial board.

“It is unacceptable that a candidate seeking the most important office in this state would not offer a plan, or even a single idea, to deal with our current fiscal crisis,” Sandoval said. “Rory Reid either doesn’t have the courage to make tough decisions, doesn’t want to admit his real plan is to raise taxes — or both.”

The release comes on the heels of this story in the RGJ which opened with Rory declining to step up and offer up a plan:

Saying the state’s leaders must move away from “short-term thinking,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid said Tuesday he won’t join his opponents in offering solutions to Nevada’s $1 billion shortfall.

“The next governor will be elected based on his visions for the future and his ability deliver on that vision,” Reid told the Reno Gazette-Journal editorial board. “So I want to focus on that, rather than guess at ways to solve the budget shortfall as my opponents have done.”

Reid promised to release a budget plan for the next biennium. But, other than saying he would protect education, he refused to explain how he would address the immediate shortfall.

Stand by; there are sure to be more words from both camps.

Update:  Anjeanette Damon at the RGJ has the full story including some remarks from the Gibbons camp.