INDY’S BACK!: “The full title of the film is “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” which has already been shortened by the Text-Message-Generation to KOCS. . . . I didn’t miss a single frame of KOCS.
“If you like car chases you will love this movie. If you love close-escape after close-escape you […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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The recently-created Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission announced its first appointment late yesterday afternoon - and it’s a doozy.
“I’m thrilled to announce that the first member to be added to the SAGE Commission will be Assemblywoman Francis Allen,” a jubilant Gov. Jim Gibbons said in a prepared statement. “Recent events have shown that […]
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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The Associated Press reported yesterday that Gov. Jim Gibbons “has said he’d veto tax increases passed by the Legislature but would sign a tax increase if it’s backed in a public vote.”
At the risk of beating a dead horse, the governor may be saying he’d support a tax increase “if it’s backed in a public […]
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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While the governor appears to be going wobbly on his Tax Pledge, he need not be the taxpayers’ only defense. Recall that the largest tax increase in Nevada’s history back in 2003 was initially blocked by 15 Republicans who refused to vote for it - until the Supreme Court ruled that the 2/3 requirement […]
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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As reported here yesterday afternoon, Assemblywoman Francis Allen (R-Bates Motel) was arrested over the weekend for stabbing her husband of seven weeks during an argument and then telling him to call his mother when he asked for help with the wound. Late yesterday her lawyer, Richard Wright, issued the following statement: “Francis Allen denies […]
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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My friend Sig Rogich and I disagree on the term limits issue. He was the author and chief proponent of Nevada’s term limits law in 1994 and I’ve always believed we already have term limits; they’re called “elections.” Conservatives of good conscience can disagree on this one.
That being said, he and I agree […]
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Make no mistake: Nevada’s voters and taxpayers have not been clamoring for an increase in the room tax to pay teachers higher salaries. This was a backroom deal struck by one special interest (the teachers union) which wanted more money from another special interest (the gaming industry) that didn’t want to pay it. So […]
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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REPUBLICANS, YE BE WARNED: U.S. News & World Report says “Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and defeated contender for the GOP presidential nomination, is currently at the top of John McCain’s short list for a running mate. At least that’s the word from a top McCain fundraiser and longtime Republican moneyman who has […]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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OK, you all just aren’t going to believe this one. Two nights ago, my least favorite Republican assemblywoman, Francis Allen, was reportedly arrested and spent the night in jail for stabbing her husband of less than two months.
According to the official criminal complaint, Allen “committed the crime of battery constituting domestic violence with use […]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Certain wacko elements of the Ron Paul camp - which likely means the officious Jeff Greenspan is involved somehow - have reportedly sent out a press release announcing that they have obtained funding from an “angel” and will now attempt to reconvene the Nevada Republican Party convention themselves in Reno over the next couple of […]
Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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