There is a Republican legislative proposal on the table which would require that every recipient of a Guinn Millennium Scholarship fill out a federal student aid form and provide a Social Security number. This is to assure that only U.S. citizens and legal residents receive the subsidy. Which has Richard Siegal, head […]
Posted on March 31st, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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It made front-page headlines in today’s Nevada Appeal: “Lawmakers looking for ways to cover budget cuts.” Another headline in today’s Reno Gazette-Journal announced: “Lawmakers begin making cuts in budget.” The only problem: Neither is true.
Republicans in Washington have faced this problem for years, and Republicans in Nevada better get their act together and […]
Posted on March 31st, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In return for a relatively small, temporary reduction in the payroll tax, most Republicans were snookered into OK’ing a huge, new permanent increase in government spending by voting for the 2005 budget.
Fast-forward to 2007. Revenue projections are down. Therefore, the first thing to go, say the Democrats, is any idea of extending that […]
Posted on March 31st, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Fiscal reality is such that when the cost of government goes up…due to growth, inflation and other factors…legislators have two choices: Either raise taxes or cut spending. It’s just that simple.
But here’s the thing: Whenever government wants to grow, Democrats (and some Republicans) ask for new or higher taxes and fees. Many Republicans […]
Posted on March 31st, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Gov. Jim Gibbons announced yesterday that updated “state revenue projections indicate that Nevada will receive $111.8 million less in revenue than originally forecasted by the Economic Forum in November 2006.” The Governor’s office notes that “The revenue reduction is primarily a result of weaker than anticipated sales tax and business tax growth for the next […]
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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I’ve finally come to accept the reality of the Paul Willis situation. Sometimes it takes a 2×4 to get through my German-thick noggin, but I’ve now seen the light. Paul Willis should remain as acting Nevada GOP chairman until Sue Lowden is officially elected on April 21st.
You see, I’ve come to the conclusion […]
Posted on March 29th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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You ain’t gonna believe this one:
Tax-hiking Nevada Assemblyman Joe Hardy (R-Boulder City) circulated a briefing paper in support of full-day kindergarten to GOP colleagues last week which was drafted by the Nevada chapter of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
You may not have heard of NAEYC before; I know I hadn’t. […]
Posted on March 28th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Speaking yesterday in favor of a bill limiting a public entity’s ability to hold closed-door meetings, Democrat Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said, “Public officials should not be allowed to discharge their duties in private, preventing accountability to the public for their actions.” Maybe Assembly Republicans should call her bluff on this one. Maybe […]
Posted on March 28th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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While Democrats obsess over the firing of a handful of U.S. attorneys by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a far more outrageous scandal is breaking out on Capitol Hill. I’m talking about all the new pork senators are hanging on the “emergency” war supplemental bill, all in the name of “national security.”
The Senate is trying […]
Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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As acting-Nevada GOP Chairman Paul Willis continues his refusal to step aside - under the brilliant political advice from the party’s Secretary, Carolyn Mering - and allow Chairman-in-Waiting Sue Lowden to step in and pull the party from its nose-dive, the media smells blood. And they WANT him to stick around, as he’s making […]
Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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