Don’t be surprised to see an ethics complaint filed any day now against Assemblywoman Francis “Fancy Pants” Allen (RINO-Las Vegas) in connection with her March wedding. No, not over the fact that she stiffed her florist for more than $5,000. Worse.
Word on the street is that Allen took almost $4,000 in free booze […]
Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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In addition to the party having an opportunity to shed some baggage by booting Assemblywoman Francis “Fancy Pants” Allen, there’s also a good chance that Jonathan Ozark will take out Assemblyman Robert “Not the Real Bob Beers” Beers (RINO-Henderson, of course). Beers, you’ll recall, is a tool of organized labor who gleefully co-sponsored numerous […]
Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Longtime and highly-respected Clark County Commission Bruce Woodbury - for whom the Las Vegas Beltway has been named - has a daughter who happens to be an elementary school teacher and who “currently teaches children with autism and works to help them become more independent and functional in everyday situations.” Melissa Woodbury is also […]
Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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From yesterday’s Las Vegas Review Journal:
“Higher math failure isn’t just a high school phenomenon in the Clark County School District. End-of-semester exam results show that most district eighth-graders also lack the necessary skills to show competency in algebra. Districtwide, 79.2 percent of the 14,104 eighth-graders tested in pre-algebra earned grades of F. In […]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Bear all of the above in mind as you read this quote by Tom McCormack, charter school “consultant” for the Department of Education, at last month’s Nevada State Board of Education meeting…
“I would also observe that any time you have a situation where a student’s success depends upon something the parent does, that is unfair […]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Even in a down economy, there are still those out there who think the answer to our budget problem is tax hikes rather than spending cuts. But raising taxes is what we’ve ALWAYS done. And no matter how many times we raise taxes, or how high, it never seems to be enough. […]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Another chapter of “Great Moments in Public Education” was written this week in Sparks, Nev., where a public school principal - Kristen McNeill of Moss Elementary School - decreed that children may no longer gather in groups larger than three during recess unless they’re involved in a “structured activity.”
Students in grades four through six may […]
Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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The indefatigable Geoff Dornan of the Nevada Appeal reports today that Nevada taxpayers coughed up over $3.5 million last year buying more than 31,000 airplane tickets for state government workers.
What the…? Have these people never heard of a phone? Or video-conferencing? But there’s nothing left to cut in the budget, right? […]
Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Last week I again wrote a column suggesting that Nevadans should hear and listen to BOTH sides of the Yucca Mountain debate. I didn’t advocate for Yucca Mountain; I advocated for open and honest discussion. But that is NOT what Yucca opponents want.
Anytime anyone so much as suggests talking openly about Yucca, the anti-Yucca […]
Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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My suggestion yesterday that the Nevada GOP should consider electing First Lady Dawn Gibbons as its Republican National Committeewoman elicited responses ranging from chills to thrills. One friend went so far as to ask if I’d lost my mind, while another wrote, “This is absolutely brilliant!” First, let’s get a couple things on […]
Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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