The following letter was sent to Republican legislators today, urging them to adopt a set of four tough, fiscally-conservative principles when it comes to voting for spending bills this legislative session…
ADOPT THE COBURN PRINCIPLES
February 26, 2007
Dear Republican Legislator,
We’re writing to urge you to follow the lead of U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and commit […]
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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OK, Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) is seeking $300 million in new spending on prisons.
Why? Because the prisons are overcrowded, so we need more cells.
How overcrowded? Well, according to a report in Sunday’s Reno Gazette-Journal, by about 1,000 prisoners.
And how many of Nevada’s existing prison population are illegal aliens?
1,039.
Hmmmmm. I wonder how many […]
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Just this past Wednesday evening, Nevada GOP Sen. John Ensign told the state Legislature “that he may try to secure an early Republican primary caucus for Nevada like the Democratic caucus scheduled for next Jan. 19.”
This was followed up by a statement from high-powered GOP lobbyist Pete Ernaut, who said of the Democrat caucuses: “I’m […]
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In case you missed it, SB 141 was introduced this week which “Increases the rate of the tax on transfers of real property in certain counties to fund capital projects for the county school district.” In other words, a tax hike.
The bill is co-sponsored, at the behest of Washoe County government officials, by every […]
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Education “reformers” will do just about anything to “fix” our lousy public schools…EXCEPT, of course, give parents universal school choice so that they can send their child wherever the parent thinks will provide him or her the best education.
According to an Associated Press report yesterday, a public school in Cambridge, Massachusetts is mulling the notion […]
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Seems I’m not the only one who is tired of GOP party members who hide behind bylaws as an excuse to do…well, nothing. Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is fit to be tied as well. Catch her well-considered opinion on this matter here
And now there’s a new excuse being floated around for not quickly moving Sue […]
Posted on February 24th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Former Nevada Republican Party Chairman Bill Laub has been known to say, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him do the backstroke in your swimming pool.” When you’re right, you’re right. And Bill Laub is right. Which is why I’m throwing in the towel on the current […]
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The two longest-serving party leaders in the legislature are Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno) and Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas). And with good reason. While they certainly don’t agree with each other or their opponents very often, they are both are smart enough to know how to deal with the […]
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Two years ago, on January 27, 2005, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that Democrat Assemblywoman and gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buckley announced opposition to Gov. Kenny Guinn’s education trust fund proposal for failing schools and instead said she would “sponsor a bill to create full-day kindergarten in all Nevada schools.”
From the RJ story: “The price […]
Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Remember that brouhaha which was stirred up over Republican Assemblyman Ty Cobb’s lone vote against the purely symbolic election of Democrat Barbara Buckley for Speaker?
Remember how Democrats called Cobb’s vote partisan, immature, uncivil and…just not done? Remember how Cobb’s own leader, Republican Assemblyman Garn Mabey, called Cobb’s vote “disappointing”? Remember how members of […]
Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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