Silver State Libertarian Leanings

I have been hearing these ridiculous commercials on the radio about fixing Nevada’s roads. Fixing our roads is not ridiculous, but the commercials sure are. So I started wondering who’s behind them. After RTC used tax payer money to lobby for emanate domain, I thought it would wise to find out what’s really going on here. 

It doesn’t look like there are any tax dollars involved here, but my next guess would have been right. You probably could have guessed it yourself. The Nevada Highway Users Coalition consists of nothing more than the unions that stand to benefit from a massive road construction initiative. Here they are: 

• National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Northern Nevada Chapter 

• American Council of Engineering Consultants 

• Operating Engineers, Local #3 

• National Association of Women in Construction, Las Vegas 

• National Association of Minority Contractors 

• Framing Contractors Association 

• AGC, Las Vegas 

• AGC, Nevada Chapter 

• Laborers Union, Local 169 

• Nevada Association of Mechanical Contractors 

At least now you know who is trying to pull the wool over your eyes under the guise of looking out for your best interests.