Chuck Muth

AP Looks Back on Bruised & Battered Gibbons

The Associated Press on Saturday ran a piece looking back on the Gibbons administration and what all went wrong. The story...

Nevada’s Economy: Don’t Diversify; Solidify

I fully recognize the phrase “government should operate like a business” is not only a cliché, but a bad one because...

Gibbons in Hindsight

Ed Vogel of the Las Vegas Review-Journal takes a look this morning at soon-to-be former Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons’ rocky four...

A New Time for Choosing in Nevada

The conventional wisdom, especially for those on the Left, is that Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval has “boxed himself in” by running on...

Bad Santa’s Evil Plan for the Muth Kids this Year

OK, here’s a special Christmas Eve treat for Silver State Confidential subscribers that’ll give you an “insider” look at just what’s...

Mini-Muth’s Truths: December 24, 2010

Former Nevada Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt won’t decide on moving into the city and running for Las Vegas mayor until after...

Mini-Muth’s Truths: December 23, 2010

Pop quiz, kids! Read the following news blurb and choose whether it refers to incoming Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s transition...

Heller vs. Ensign on Tax Cut Bill

The Las Vegas Sun muses today on how the “Tax-cut bill splits staunch conservatives with eye on 2012,” including these Muth’s...

Farmer Finds Common Ground with Muth’s Truths on Yucca

My fellow columnist Guy Farmer at the Nevada Appeal disagrees with the proposition of exploring Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear...

Schneiderfreude: How to Cash in Big as an Elected Official

A Democrat state senator from Las Vegas has a history of drafting legislation that he could/would benefit from financially in a...

Mini-Muth’s Truths: December 16, 2010

We’re in SoCal this week for some post-election/pre-Christmas Disneyland/Sea World/Pirate Dinner Theater/Parade of Lights Boat Show family fun stuff and the...

Hunt in Hunt to Fill Oscar’s Shoes?

What is Lorraine Hunt-Bono’s deadline? January 5, 2011. That’s the date by which she would need to establish residence in Las...

$#*! Keith Rheault Says

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported this week that state schools Superintendent Keith Rheault told the state Board of Education last week...

Piercing Tax Hike Proposal Elicits….Silence

Last week, Democrat Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce proposed a monstrous new tax on some of Nevada’s largest job creators and generators of...

Is Sandoval Afraid Conservatism is Contagious?

Brian Sandoval campaigned for governor on pretty much just two conservative issues: no-new-taxes and school vouchers. However, he has since populated...

False Arguments for Taxing Zappos, Other e-Commerce Sales

A lot of hullabaloo followed the recent announcement that Internet retail giant Zappos.com was moving its Henderson, Nevada, headquarters to downtown...

Protected: Citizen Outreach Hires Veteran Carson City Lobbyist

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