While Assemblywoman Francis Allen (RINO-Las Vegas) was wasting one of her valuable bill draft requests (BDRs) on a trivial piece of legislation raising the age for which persons are required to wear a life vest on a boat from 12 to 13, freshman Assemblyman James Settelmeyer (R-Douglas County) was busy introducing a bill of true substance dealing with substance abuse and tax dollars.
Settelmeyer’s AB 86 would require persons receiving welfare and other public assistance “to submit to an oral fluid drug screen as a condition to the receipt of public assistance” and “a person whose test indicates the presence of a controlled substance must attend a treatment program and must submit to a subsequent oral fluid drug screen. Failure to submit to a drug screen test or to participate in a treatment program results in the denial or 10 termination of public assistance.”
A person on welfare or other public assistance who is simultaneously hooked on drugs isn’t likely to find and hold down a job and get off the taxpayers’ dole. So this simple requirement makes all the sense in the world. It tells people who receive public assistance that they need to take a little personal responsibility, as well. This is a darned good piece of legislation.
There is no truth to the rumor that Assemblywoman Allen intends to offer an amendment to AB 86 requiring welfare recipients to wear a life vest when in a canoe.
Posted on February 10th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: Nevada
[…] In their infinite wisdom, legislators like Jim “under FBI investigation” Gibbons, Ty “press hound box of rocks” Cobb, Maurice “Ow, I ruptured my Achilles tendon” and “its not fraud unless they press charges” Washington, John “I used to like taxes when Guinn was in charge” Marvel, and James “hand over your oral fluid” Settelmeyer have all taken the “taxes is a four-letter word” vow (which also happens to be the unofficial state motto) and will oppose Washoe County Schools’ tax on new and current home sales. Here’s what kills me. First, why would anyone follow Gibbons or any of his stances? And second, do people even get the concept that by improving Washoe County Schools ability to improve the education of your kids, they are, in effect, paying themselves, just a bit in the future? And people who bought homes in the North Valley’s are upset because they didn’t buy a home closer to Renown? WTF? Perhaps they should have moved closed to Renown. It is a question of fairness–how is it that Washoe County is the only county in the state that does not get this impact tax? Good grief! Well, good on you Washoe County citizens–who needs modern school buildings and more classrooms to keep out teacher/pupil ratio down? Hell, who needs public education–home school for everyone! I’m sure we’ll go far with that pack of legislators leading the way. They’ve demonstrated good decision-making abilities so far–especially that Gibbons. […]
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article A Tale of Two Assembly Bills, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
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