Just as I suspected, the governor’s proposed budget greatly exceeds that which would have been allowed is the popular Tax & Spending Control Initiative (TASC) was in place. Some experts from Molly Ball’s report in today’s Las Vegas Review Journal…
“Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed budget exceeds the limits that would have been set by the […]
Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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For those who have fallen for the argument that full-day kindergarten is the magic solution to the problems in Nevada’s faltering public education system, know one thing: If Dina Titus and Barbara Buckley are successful in implementing this $156 million (and counting) boondoggle this year, it will only be a matter of time before they […]
Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Acting Nevada Republican Party Chairman Paul Willis is digging in his heels and refuses to step aside and let Sue Lowden come in and take control of the party’s completely broke and broken operation. It’s starting to look like the GOP is gonna need dynamite to get him out of that chairman’s chair.
As the […]
Posted on March 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In addition to Sen. Dennis “The Tax Menace” Nolan (R-Las Vegas) pushing plans to charge (tax) parents if their kids play sports in school and fine (tax) parents if their kid gets sent to detention, Nolan is also co-sponsoring a bill to REQUIRE kids to wear bike helmets.
Parents who never wore a bike helmet when […]
Posted on March 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Assemblyman Joe Hardy (R-Boulder City) was one of the five Republican assembly-critters who actually voted FOR the largest tax hike in Nevada’s history in 2003. If that wasn’t bad enough, this week Asm. Hardy circulated a propaganda position paper to his GOP legislative colleagues put out by the Nevada Association for the Education of […]
Posted on March 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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How much more of this will Nevada Republican leaders take before they finally say, “Enough!”?
Back in January, then-GOP Chairman Paul Adams resigned under pressure; pressure from a handful of party leaders led by then-Vice Chairman Paul Willis, not from the new Republican governor who had bigger things to worry about with the spendaholic Legislature about […]
Posted on March 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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In response the array of proposals by state Sen. Dennis Nolan to impose fees on students who play high school sports and fining parents whose kids get sent to detention for things like chewing gum in class, Mrs. T.R. Moore of Carson City shot off the following letter to the nominally Republican senator from Las […]
Posted on March 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Nevada Republican leaders have FINALLY seen the light (after feeling the heat!) and have abandoned their “Seinfeld Caucus” plan for a February 7th presidential caucus and are moving it up to January 19th with the Democrats instead. Some reports from the front lines…
IT’S ON!
“Key Nevada Republicans moved ahead Friday with plans to advance their […]
Posted on March 24th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Sources report that on an informal conference call of the Nevada GOP’s executive board and some county GOP chairmen, a consensus poll was taken to gauge support for moving the Republican presidential caucus to January 19th in order to compete directly with the Democrats next year.
Acting-Chairman Paul Willis, after pooh-poohing the online petition many of […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Your grassroots efforts to move the Nevada Republican presidential caucus up to January 19th instead of February 7th is paying off and gaining steam!
From Jon Ralston’s “Flash” yesterday afternoon:
“Sources say today that movement behind the scenes has made it more likely the Republicans will hold their presidential caucus on Jan. 19 — the same day […]
Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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