The election isn’t over yet, but apparently that’s not stopping GOP incumbents in the state Assembly from jockeying for leadership positions and committee assignments in the 2009 Legislature. And despite the fact that, in a best-case scenario, half of the GOP caucus in the Assembly could be freshman who have never served a day […]
Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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A full-color, full-page “apples and oranges” ad championing Barack Obama appears on page 7-A in today’s Reno Gazette-Journal. While it looks a bit like a used car or furniture store ad, it’s still full-page. Hard to miss.
In the body, Obama and McCain are listed and evaluated on various qualities. For […]
Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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The SAGE (Spending and Government Efficiency) Commission is looking at changing the health insurance benefits government workers presently receive in an effort to deflate the state’s ever-expanding budget. Two reforms suggested at Friday’s commission meeting in Reno include asking workers to pay a little for their very nice health care policies and raise the […]
Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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In the latest mailer from Democrat Assemblywoman Bonnie Parnell, the incumbent boasts of being a teacher for 27 years and “Nevada Teacher of the Year in 1998.” Exactly. A decade ago. In other words: meaningless. But it looks good on a campaign mailer, doesn’t it?
Parnell goes on to explain that she […]
Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Many Republicans in Nevada see the Obama/Democrats writing on the wall for 2008 and are already looking at putting Humpty Dumpty back together again in 2010.
Not only are party regulars scouring the landscape for a credible candidate to run against Sen. Harry Reid-Ensign in two years, but all of the constitutional offices will […]
Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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I just got back from the morning session of today’s meeting of the Spending and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission in Reno. And folks, I advise you to put this commission on your radar screens. Commissioners, ahead of schedule, today began looking at the fiscal time bombs of government employee benefits and government employee […]
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Here’s an idea: Instead of RAISING taxes during these difficult financial times, why don’t we CUT taxes so the citizens of Nevada will have more money to spend? Why not try to stimulate our economy by permanently cutting the sales tax by 1/2-percent in order to encourage more folks to spend more money this […]
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Remember that 4 percent cost-of-living increase government employees insisted upon during the special session of the Legislature last July? Well, the proverbial chickens have come home to roost. School districts are finally being forced to lay off non-essential employees because the money isn’t there to pay for both the cost-of-living increases and the […]
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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In case you’ve missed it, the Nevada Democrat Party is spending a ton of money on extremely effective and brutal independent mailers blistering Republican state Sens. Bob Beers and Joe Heck. But the Nevada Republican Party is doing some mail attacking some Democrat incumbents, too. In fact, I just received a mailer at […]
Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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Citizen Outreach PAC President Chuck Muth released the following press release today…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 19, 2008
CONTACT: Chuck Muth
(775) 884-9264
Citizen Outreach Applauds Governor for Executive
Order Removing Curtains on Voting Booths
(Carson City, Nevada) – Citizen Outreach PAC today formally endorsed Nevada Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons’ emergency executive order (EO #666) issued yesterday afternoon which mandates the removal […]
Posted on October 19th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
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