The much ballyhooed “transition teams” appointed by Gov. Jim Gibbons produced a series of reports and recommendations for the new administration on a wide variety of issues. At the request of columnist Jon Ralston, most of the written documents produced by those various transition teams have now been made public and can be viewed […]
Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The Democrats have scheduled a news briefing for this morning where they will, as reported in today’s Reno Gazette-Journal, “push their education agenda that includes all-day kindergarten.” Which, of course, begs the question: “Where’s the Republican education agenda?” But I digress.
The issue of full-day kindergarten took a bit more of a personal turn […]
Posted on February 12th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In the award-winning film “Patton,” starring George C. Scott, there was a scene in which a group of generals were asked if they could help relieve the 101st Airborne which was surrounded and trapped in Bastogne. After everyone else took a pass, Gen. Patton volunteered, saying, “I can attack with three divisions in 48 […]
Posted on February 12th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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As Las Vegas Review Journal reporter Molly Ball writes today, Jim Gibbons appeared to be channeling the ghost of his primary opponent in his Lincoln Day speech Friday night in Carson City. “As I heard my Democratic opponent say, Nevada students are usually at the bottom of every good list and the top […]
Posted on February 11th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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What in the world is the Nevada GOP waiting for as far as putting its new chairman in place?
In the worst-kept secret in Nevada today, everyone knows that Gov. Jim Gibbons wants former state Sen. Sue Lowden to get the job…that Sen. Lowden wants the position…and that the Central Committee will ratify that decision at […]
Posted on February 11th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Assemblyman Ty Cobb (R-Reno), under fire by Democrats, establishment Republicans and others for not voting for Democrat Assemblywoman Barbara Buckley for Speaker earlier this week, asked that I not hold that vote against his GOP colleagues by scoring it in our 2007 Rating of the Legislature. Considering what a stand-up guy Asm. Cobb has […]
Posted on February 10th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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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 […]
Posted on February 10th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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At the risk of having your eyes glaze over, the Assembly Committee on Elections, Procedures, Ethics and Constitutional Amendments might be worth watching this session for Republicans hoping to see Republicans voting like, you know, Republicans. The Republicans on this committee with the mile-long name are Chad Christensen, Ty Cobb, Heidi Gansert, Ed Goedhart […]
Posted on February 10th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Las Vegas Review Journal columnist Jane Ann Morrison writes today that Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley isn’t hiding her desire for full-day kindergarten, but Gov. Jim Gibbons “is all over the board on whether he wants it, sometimes no, sometimes maybe.”
Morrison notes that Gibbons’ latest position indicates he actually loves it. “I don’t even have […]
Posted on February 10th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The liberal loons over at MoveOn.org are stirring up the mob with Chicken Little warnings that President Bush is going to cut off funding for Sesame Street. I wish.
In an email alert to supporters, MoveOn writes: “Congress must save NPR and PBS once and for all. … President Bush cannot be allowed to […]
Posted on February 10th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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