The Las Vegas Sun has taken to referring to Gov. Jim Gibbons as “The Gridlock Governor” for his refusal to break his Taxpayer Protection Pledge and agree to a tax hike to fund union-only highway construction projects paying above-market union wages. A more appropriate nickname might be “The Sticks By His Guns Governor.”
I’ve heard […]
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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I know I wrote about this a couple days ago, but it bears repeating. There were four bills voted on in the Senate this week which would have raised taxes…
SB 141 would have raised THREE different taxes/fees in Washoe County. Five of the eight senators who voted FOR the tax hike were Republicans.
SB […]
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Republicans should thank their lucky stars for University Chancellor Jim Rogers. Just as they implode themselves over the tax issue, the multi-millionaire media mogul comes along and proposes a new personal income tax on Nevadans, as well as a new corporate tax on Nevada businesses.
“We have no problem, our company would have no problem, […]
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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It’s official. I finally cut up my GOP membership card. As of this afternoon, I’m officially registered as a “Non-Partisan.” Might even have a “Leaving the Party” party this weekend. I’ll be having beer, though; got tired of drinking the Kool-Aid.
For those who don’t know my background in the GOP, I […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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As we hear over and over and over and over again…there’s just no place to cut the state budget, right? Wrong. Mark Warden of Budget Watch Nevada is vacationing in Cabo, but STILL found another $327 million worth of possible budget cuts all while under the influence of margaritas and seeing visions […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Almost everyone already wears their seat belt when behind the wheel of their car. But that’s not enough for the government-knows-best nannies.
Not satisfied with allowing cops to write you a ticket for not wearing your seatbelt if you’re pulled over for an actual traffic-related offense, Nevada senators voted this week to make not wearing […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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SB 141 went down in flames yesterday. That’s the bill which would have raised the real estate transfer tax in Washoe County. But it turns out supporters weren’t happy with just hiking the transfer tax. So before the final vote, they tacked on TWO additional taxes, including a sales tax hike. […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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SB 94 also went down in flames yesterday. That’s the bill which would have raised room taxes on Nevadans from Las Vegas and other parts of the state who spend the night on the Douglas County side of Lake Tahoe. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that eight of the nine senators to […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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SB 146 would allow Lyon and Douglas counties to raise taxes to pay for a new detention center for children. It passed with 11 votes in the Senate this week. Eight of the eleven votes in favor of this tax hike were Republicans: Amodei, Hardy, McGinness, Nolan (of course), Raggio, Rhoads, Townsend and […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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SB 257, which would increase the sales tax rate in Nye County, was killed in the Senate on Monday. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that seven of the nine senators voting for higher taxes were Republicans: Amodei, McGinness, Nolan (of course), Raggio, Rhoads, Townsend and Washington…at least the FOURTH time this session that […]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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