Silver State Libertarian Leanings

…Also posted at the NICPAC blog 
Once again, the leader of the limited government party in Nevada has voted for a tax increase. Luckily, despite Raggio’s and Townsend’s best efforts to raise our taxes, this one was killed by more clear minded folks in the senate.
The Nevada Senate killed a tax proposal late Tuesday that would […]

According to this article in the LVRJ, SB 415 passed committee today, with a five to one vote.
SB 415 would stop illegal immigrants from receiving Millennium Scholarships, college loans and in-state tuition.
I know, as a conservative, I should be celebrating this small victory, as most are right now. The truth is, I’m not sure how […]

I’m not the type of person that spends a lot of time watching tv. In fact, I don’t even have cable, which places me somewhere in the stone age. One of the few shows I really like is “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?”. Besides the entertainment value, I think it says something about […]

As part of our ongoing series, I have a look at some more bills coming up in our legislature.
SB97- At first glance I like this bill. It limits school administrator salaries to one and a half times the salary of the highest paid principal in the school district. I am all for getting the money […]

Carson City is fortunate enough to have Joe Enge as a member of their school board thanks to the November elections. I can’t think of a better, more qualified person to take our education system head on from the inside. I recently spoke with Joe about what he has been up to over there. Here […]

It is always tough to blog a speech like that for me because I just don’t type fast enough to keep up. What I have blogged is what I could keep up with and what I felt was important.
First off, I think the President did a great job of speaking tonight. It is no secret […]