The Krolicki Conundrum
With Rep. Dean Heller’s announcement that he would be seeking the soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat of John “Pants on the Ground” Ensign, a mad scramble has ensued for his own soon-to-be-vacant House seat in Nevada’s 2nd congressional district….assuming the special election will be a free-for-all with all Republicans – and candidates from other parties, […]
Dems Make Selves Look Dumb
Any column by Jon Ralston that starts with, “I hate to sound like Chuck Muth — really, I do –” is probably going to be a good read. And this one is. Click here
Tea Party Express Objects to Heller Appointment
The out-of-state Tea Party Express yahoos who are at least partially responsible for re-electiong Harry Reid last year by artificially boosting serial loser Sharron Angle’s campaign without even so much as consulting with local tea party groups in Nevada, now says Gov. Brian Sandoval shouldn’t appoint Rep. Dean Heller to replace disgraced Sen. John Ensign, […]
Rogers Sinks Even Lower than Klaich
I’ll have more on Univeristy Chancellor Dan Klaich saying that it was Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget that killed UNR President Milt Glick later, but it’s interesting to note that Klaich’s mentor and former chancellor, Jim Rogers, dic-tweeted the exact same thing the other day. “I’m no physician so I cannot testify of the medical cause […]
Who’s Afraid of Sharron Angle?
Sharron Angle is far from the GOP colossus some are making her out to be. Remember, it’s the net, not the gross, that counts in fundraising. And while it’s true that she raised a healthy $700,000+ in the first quarter for her congressional campaign to replace Rep. Dean Heller, after paying off her debt from […]
Lippold in for Special Election
Retired Naval Commander Kirk Lippold released the following statement concerning a possible special election for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District following the announcement that Senator John Ensign will resign and the possibility that Congressman Dean Heller will be appointed to fill Ensign’s seat: “I remain committed to running for the 2nd Congressional District regardless of election […]
Tax My Meat Pete still Twisting in the Wind
Despite telling folks privately that he and his caucus are firmly behind Gov. Sandoval and his no-new-taxes budget, and despite that fact that every reform he requested from Democrats was shot down last week, Assembly Minority Leader Pete Goicoechea said on the floor, during Johnny O’s Committee of the Whole farce Tuesday night, that “We’re […]
Heller’s Uphill Climb; Angle’s Downhill Slide
Welcome to Campaign 2012! Sen. John Ensign finally did half of the right thing by announcing that he wouldn’t seek another term after donors clamped their wallets shut and essentially told him it was time to take a hike. Shortly thereafter, Republican Rep. Dean Heller announced his candidacy for the seat and is the prohibitive […]
And the Low-Life of the Year Award Goes to…
After learning that UNR President Milt Glick had died, one of my first thoughts was, “Which low-life will be the first to blame his death on Gov. Sandoval’s budget proposal?” Well, we have our winner. From Tuesday’s RalstonFlash: “Chancellor Dan Klaich, quoted in a column in the Reno Gazette-Journal, managed to essentially imply Gov. Brian […]
Big Ruling Looms Against Big Labor
Lawsuits challenging the legality of union-only, cost-inflating Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) are routinely rejected. But a Citizen Outreach lawsuit, brought by our Nevada Business Coalition (the biz group that doesn’t compromise on tax hikes!), against Clark County challenging the legality of its proposed PLA for new construction at the Clark County Detention Center was moved […]
The Hickey Commission
Assemblyman Pat Hickey (R-Reno) convened a “legislative town hall featuring 21 lobbyists, lawmakers and business leaders” at the Legislature Monday afternoon to discuss the budget, including yours truly who cast out these brilliant pearls of wisdom: “It is no longer sufficient to say that the government needs to do more with less. It is time […]
Another Human Shield Political Activist Exposed
OK, get this. On April 6 the Las Vegas Review-Journal ran a heart-tugging story about drama students in Clark County who might see their theater programs reduced or eliminated because of necessary budget cuts. The story highlighted a 15-year-old kid named Jose Solorio Jr. who declared that the possible elimination of theater classes at his […]
Doggone Government Stupidity
It’s not necessarily government I hate so much as government stupidity. So I’m in Carson City this week – Stupidity Central when the Legislature is in session – and this time have my kids and dog with me. As such, we decided to pick up a bag of burgers and head over to the official […]
GOP Rises, Unemployment Drops
Nevada’s unemployment number shrank ever-so-slightly again for the third month in a row. And while some will say this is primarily due to more and more workers simply giving up on the possibility of finding a job and/or moving to another state, it should be pointed out that the numbers also started shrinking around the […]
Joe Hardy’s RINO Protection Act
For those who may have forgotten already, liberal Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska lost her GOP primary race last year. But rather than accept the will of the GOP primary voters, Murkowski launched a write-in campaign which ultimately cost the GOP’s conservative nominee the election in the general election. The good news is, […]
Schneider Blazes ObamaCare Trail
Nevada legislators, strapped for cash and fighting efforts to make any cuts anywhere on anybody in the state budget, are backing Senate Bill 135 which would slough off the cost of providing heart and lung medical care for future cops and firefighters to the federal Medicare program. Nanny-stater Sen. Mike Schneider (D-Las Vegas) – the […]
Putting a Leash on Public Employee Unions
SB 342 would do a lot of good things. It would allow, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal noted in an editorial this week, “decide for themselves whether to have their employers deduct union dues from their paychecks.” Me, I’d ban the practice outright, but letting the employees decide is at least a step in the […]