Chuck Muth

Raise Taxes…or End Free Rides for Truckers in Nevada?

Last summer “they” were saying that Nevada’s overspending deficit would be more than $3 billion. Then we discovered they were apple-and-oranging...

Let Them Eat Cake, We’re Havin’ Wagyu Ribs!

From the Department of Too Much Information came a press release Monday night from Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announcing a state...

John Shadegg’s Most Excellent Parting Gift

Retiring Congressman John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) must be feeling a little like Moses this week. Like Moses, Shadegg led his troops through...

Boulder City’s Highway to Hell

Everybody and their uncle knew that a new bypass around Boulder City should have been included in the plans for the...

Giving Local Governments the Shift

A story in Sunday’s LVRJ about incoming Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and his expected efforts to shift some government services from...

Outgoing School Czar: Sutdents? What Students?

Boy, if this doesn’t say it all. In a story today on the retirement of Clark County school superintendent Walt Ruffles,...

What I Won’t Miss About Jim Gibbons

I think the thing I’ll appreciate most about the passing of the Gibbons era is that I’ll no longer have to...

Rory Reid’s Future and Nevada’s 4th CD

The Las Vegas Review-Journal today takes a look at outgoing Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid’s future and the new congressional district...

2010’s Top Ten Nevada Conservatives

As the year winds to a close, here are my picks for 2010’s Top 10 Nevada Conservatives. Yes, as one of...

How to Balance Nevada’s Budget without Cutting a Single Program

(Chuck Muth) – On one hand, everyone seems to agree that there is about a $1 billion government overspending deficit in...

I Don’t Know Nuthin’ ’bout Birthin’ no Presidents

There’s no way on God’s green earth that the Supreme Court of the United States of America is going to toss...

Depends on Your Definition of “Small Cadre”

On the other hand, a story in the Las Vegas Sun today maintains that “With his no-new-tax pledge, Sandoval increasingly finds...

Is Being a “Las Vegan” Enough to be Mayor of Las Vegas?

I’m a Las Vegan. At least that’s what I’ve been telling everyone for almost 25 years. When I send a letter...

Sandoval Opts for Competent Status Quo

Gov.-elect Sandoval continued his “March of Competence” today by filling out the rest of his administration with appointments of, as his...

Is Sandoval About to Ax the Anti-Yucca Office?

Gov.-elect Sandoval announced another key appointment on Tuesday: Bruce Breslow to take over the DMV. An interesting appointment for two reasons....

Night at the (Axed) Museum

The LVRJ ran a sappy story on Tuesday in which many of the artsy-fartsy folks bemoaned the fact that four Nevada...

Protected: Dark Horse Candidate for LV Mayor Emerges

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