As I said in my state of the state address, we can no longer rely on gaming and sales taxes to pay our way. Indian gaming next door in California is eroding our major industry in Nevada.

Later life and death
In May 2007 he was elected to the board of directors for Las Vegas-based MGM Mirage. In November 2005 Time magazine named him one of the five best governors in the U. "
In 2006 Guinn declined to endorse Jim Gibbons the Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada due to bitter disagreements between the two politicians.

Kenneth Carroll "Kenny" Guinn (August 24 1936 – July 22 2010) was an American businessman educator and politician. He was the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007.