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 […]

The Washoe County Republican Party central committee voted last night to retain Heidi Smith as their chair. That decision, in and of itself, was a pretty good one. Heidi has done wonders for the organization of our county party.
Heidi was being challenged by Richard Disney for the chairmanship, which was a strange situation all together, […]

It has become quite apparent to me that both Reno and Sparks city councils are treating me like an annoying little kid. You know, the old, if you ignore him he will go away method. In all fairness, I did get one response to my emails to the city council. Mayor Cashell did have his […]

Dear City Council Member,
We have recently learned that you intend to move forward with your plan to ask the legislature to grant you the tax increase you seek to fund more police officers, despite the public plea that you tighten your fiscal belts and find sources for this money other than new taxes.
The Reno city […]

At least, according to Dave Aiazzi. I don’t know if anyone else heard him tear into me on Bill Manders yesterday, but according to Mr. Aiazzi, the reason I am upset about him wanting to raise taxes is because I dont’ understand them. By the way Dave, the sales tax in Washoe County is 7.375%. […]