If Rudy Giuliani is afraid to merely debate Ron Paul on foreign policy, how is the world are we supposed to trust his ability to deal with the likes of Osama bin Laden, that crazy Iranian guy, the crazy North Korean guy or even that crazy Hugo Chavez guy?
Sure, Rudy showed tremendous leadership in responding […]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The Little Rock, Arkansas, school board fired its superintendent this week by a 4-3 vote. But there’s a heck of a lot more to this firing than meets the eye.
Get this: Among the reasons given for firing Roy Brooks, as reported by the Associated Press, was that he “encouraged some teachers to leave their […]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Republican Assembly Minority Leader Garn Mabey said last week that he wouldn’t waste one of his allowed “emergency” bills to introduce Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons’ plan to reallocate a small portion of future room tax revenue toward highway construction. Mabey at the time said it was a waste of time. But now he’s […]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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I keep hearing over and over again how gaming executives (other than the Venetian’s Sheldon Adelson) are opposed to the governor’s proposal to use some of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) room tax subsidy for much-needed highway construction. Well, of COURSE they are.
Tourists pay the room tax, which is then diverted […]
Posted on May 26th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Democrats in the United States Senate are threatening to introduce a “no confidence” resolution against Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. If they do, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) says he’ll introduce a similar “no confidence” amendment against Congress…showing once again why Dr. Coburn is considered by many as the conservative conscience of Congress. Take a […]
Posted on May 25th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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Gov. Jim Gibbons held a press conference yesterday to announce his priorities for the end of this legislative session while suggesting he might very well veto any budget bill which didn’t include them. Actually, Gibbons told legislative Republicans what he had in mind the day before in a private meeting. But the details […]
Posted on May 24th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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When it comes to Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposal to use some of the existing room tax revenue currently going to the cash-rich Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and redirect it to critical road construction projects, it’s hard to tell the players without a scorecard.
On the surface, it appears that a rather formidable variety […]
Posted on May 24th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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There seems to ALWAYS be some kind of new drug menace out there requiring taxpayers to fund ever more expensive anti-drug campaigns. Start with pot and move through acid, uppers, downers, hash, flakes, coke, crack, smack and the latest scourge…meth.
Now, if meth is really the major problem and the priority that law enforcement and […]
Posted on May 24th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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This is almost too good to be true. But school choice in Nevada now has a legislative precedent.
State Sen. Barbara Cegavske (R-Las Vegas) introduced the notion of using taxpayer dollars to send disabled and troubled students to the private school of the parents’ (or guardians’) choice early this session. But no one gave […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) appears to be in near-panic over Gov. Jim Gibbons’ plan to redirect a small portion of their $200 million-plus room tax subsidy to highway construction.
In a breathless press release yesterday, LVCVA Vice-Chair Keith Smith wrote, “Over the years, the LVCVA and the resort industry have generated more […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Chuck Muth
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