Las Vegas Sun columnist Jon Ralston reported yesterday that a movement is afoot by some Republican state senators to join with Senate Democrats to pass a gas tax hike with the required 2/3 majority, and then override an expected veto of the tax hike by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
This report was followed up this morning by […]
Posted on April 18th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Mark April 17, 2007 down on your calendars, boys and girls, because that’s the date the first negative ad for the November 2008 race in Nevada’s 2nd congressional district aired.
Rep. Dean Heller (R) is one of six Republicans being targeted in new television commercials by an anti-war group called Americans United for Defeat…er, I mean […]
Posted on April 18th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Here might be the first indication that the Nevada GOP decision (which still has to be ratified this weekend by the full Central Committee) to move its presidential caucus up to January 19th next year will, indeed, bring more media focus and attention to our state.
The Washington Post ran a story today on an old […]
Posted on April 18th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Richard Law of Sundance Avenue in Las Vegas sent an email to Sen. Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) this morning voicing his opposition to a particular bill, and copied all of the senator’s colleagues. In his closing statement, Law lamented that Titus, had she been elected governor last year, might have “appointed wetbacks to […]
Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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AB 282 would extend domestic violence protections to Fluffy and Fido. No, I’m not making that up. This Democrat-sponsored bill would get the courts involved in issuing protective orders on behalf of domestic animals.
As if our overburdened courts don’t already have enough to worry about. As if the Legislature, which meets (fortunately) […]
Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Bob Cashell, Republican mayor of Reno, said the following to the Reno Gazette-Journal over the weekend: “I think (Gov. Gibbons) is going to have to raise fees or taxes or something, or this state is going to be in trouble with gridlock and poor education.”
With all due respect, Mr. Mayor, we tried that already. […]
Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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When Nevada state Sen. Bob Beers (R-Las Vegas) introduced his bill this year to allow properly trained teachers to carry a gun for protection in schools, he was universally ridiculed by the Left…and even by some on the Right. Perhaps those who thought this was such a crazy idea will re-think their position in […]
Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Over the past couple of days, we’ve been discussing the property transfer tax, which is the penalty people pay the government for the audacity of selling their homes or other real estate. In Clark, the penalty is $1.25 per $500 in value of the property; in Washoe it’s 60 cents.
The difference is, the […]
Posted on April 16th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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There was an EXCELLENT story in yesterday’s Las Vegas Sun by reporters Jeff German and Mike Trask pointing out the unsustainable pay and benefit packages local government workers in Nevada receive, especially their pension benefits.
“Start with a very generous public payroll on which one of every seven city and county employees made more than $100,000 […]
Posted on April 16th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The Las Vegas Sun slapped Gov. Jim Gibbons around a bit yesterday over what the paper perceives is his lack of commitment to battling global warming. “While in Congress, Gibbons spoke against the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases that the United States refuses to sign,” the editorial laments.
Which is fine. […]
Posted on April 16th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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