Silver State Libertarian Leanings

This will be an ongoing series as I get a chance to read through these bills.

SB 85- This is much like the PISTOL initiative. It would exclude economic development from eminant domain. This seems to be a pretty strong bi-partisan issue. I don’t know too many people who would be okay with losing their house to build a Wal-mart.

AB73- This bill would allow people to search the sex offender database by proximity to an address. Basically, the only way you can search for a sex offender currently is to know their name or enter a specific address. With this revision, you would be able to enter your own address and find all the sex offenders in your area. This should be another strong bi-partisan issue. I can’t imagine what type of a legislator seeks to protect sex offenders.

AB81- This bill greatly toughens the penalties for graffiti. I fully support this one. Taggers are a big problem facing Reno and Sparks. I lived in southern Califonia for years and didn’t see graffiti on the widespread basis we have it here. Let’s make sure when these kids get caught they pay enough they don’t want to do it again.

AB82- Eliminates the discrimination currently faced by financial institutions. Currently, financial institutions pay higher payroll tax and an additional branch tax. This bill would eliminate those taxes and put financial institutions on a level playing field with all other businesses.

I still have plenty more to look at, but as you can imagine, it is a very time consuming project. Stay tuned for more!