Poster Child for Insanity: The 2023 Nevada Legislature
(Chuck Muth) – In the last Muth’s Truths I noted that Republican Gov. Joe “Don Veto” Lombardo had kept his promise to never raise taxes by axing a gas tax hike, AB359. But that bill was SO bad it bears further comment. To get around the Gibbons Tax Restraint Law – requiring a 2/3 super-majority […]
Guv Kills Bills: Joe Don Veto Slays Democrat Duds
(Chuck Muth) – I know I shouldn’t do this, but so much happened in Carson City yesterday that I just gotta share this one with everybody, not just my Muth’s Truths PLUS+ subscribers. So here goes… Been one heckuva a first legislative session for Republican Gov. Joe “Don Veto” Lombardo, with the Las Vegas Review-Journal […]
Muth’s Truths PLUS+ Special End-of-Session Edition
(Chuck Muth) – Hey, gang…things are moving fast-and-furious in Carson City in these end-of-days before the 2023 legislative session ends. So I thought I’d share today’s Muth’s Truths PLUS+ with everybody since there are some important things goin’ on. Let’s get to it… * I’m old enough to remember when conservatives LOVED Chik-fil-A for being […]
Trump Fatigue: The Milktoast that Broke The Donald’s Back
(Chuck Muth) – A couple days ago, I wrote critically about Ron DeSantis’ official campaign launch. I concluded that I wasn’t yet sure Donald Trump could win the presidential general election next year, but that I also wasn’t yet sure if Ron DeSantis could beat him in the GOP primary. I’ve changed my mind. It […]
“Don Veto” Guv Leading the Fight While GOP Legislators Hunker in the Bunker
(Chuck Muth) – Democrats in Carson City are threatening that the A’s stadium and a big subsidy for a movie studio are in jeopardy if Gov. Joe “Don Veto” Lombardo doesn’t sign their budget bills. Most conservatives could care less if they die. Vegas is doing just fine without either and will survive and prosper […]
Some Observations on DeSantis’ “Disaster” Rollout
(Chuck Muth) – Without doubt, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a viable, credible candidate for President of the United States – much more so than the other non-Trump candidates currently in the GOP primary field. Nevertheless, the most recent Quinnipiac poll completed on May 22 shows Trump at 56% and DeSantis well behind at 25%. […]
Battle of the Badlands: Fighting City Hall…and Winning
(Chuck Muth) – They say you can’t fight City Hall. But one property owner in Las Vegas has been doing just that for seven long years now. And, believe it or not, he’s actually winning. As every business owner knows, if you get on the wrong side of a politician or bureaucrat, they’re gonna make […]
The SUN Throws Shade on Lombardo, School Choice
(Chuck Muth) – The Las Vegas SUN has a decidedly liberal editorial slant and detests Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns. It endorsed Democrat then-incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak in the gubernatorial race last year and referred to Lombardo – who spent a lifetime protecting Nevadans in the military […]
More About Those Rural Campaign Training Workshops
(Chuck Muth) – I have a pair of introductory campaign training workshop titled, “The 15 Worst Mistake of Losing Candidates” and “The 20 Questions Every Candidate Better Be Able to Answer Before Talking to Voters, Donors or Reporters.” I’ve done this 2- to 3-hour workshop all over the country – and use plenty of examples […]
UPDATE: Could You Use Some Good News Today?
(Chuck Muth) – Actor Gene Hackman shared an excellent analogy in the football comedy movie, The Replacements. He referenced a duck on a pond. Above water everything looks calm and nothing much going on. But under the surface, the duck’s legs are paddling furiously. Well, for the past few weeks I’ve been a duck on […]
Obstruction Galore: Dems Play Politics Instead of Protecting Nevada’s Schoolchildren and Teachers
(Chuck Muth) – As of Tuesday, Better Nevada PAC reports, only six bills have been passed by the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature, including three gun-control measures (see item below for happy update on THAT!). The PAC notes that at the same point in the 2019 session – when the Democrat-controlled Legislature had Democrat Steve “Shutdown” Sisolak […]
Smacking Down Another Argument for Automatic Mail-In Balloting
(Chuck Muth) – Our Pigpen Project focus is on getting the Nevada voter rolls cleaned up so that only active, registered voters receive a ballot in the mail. However, that doesn’t mean we support universal, automatic mail-in balloting – especially in Nevada with such a transient population coming and going every month. The Democrats’ argument […]
Lombardo Takes on ‘Bull Connor’ Democrats Over School Choice
(Chuck Muth) – While running for governor, Joe Lombardo championed school choice as a way out of the government’s public school “failure factories” for low-income Nevadans, especially for minority children. His campaign website stated plainly… “Joe will increase school choice options by expanding access to charter schools, Opportunity Scholarships, and Education Saving Accounts (ESAs).” Opportunity […]
Hog Wild: Pigging Out at Windy’s Ranch & Rescue
(Chuck Muth) – We interrupt our regularly-scheduled political programming to bring you an uplifting little Sunday morning story of personal pride involving my daughter Jenna… Since before she even got out of her crib, Jenna was an animal lover. I could have bought a new car with all the money I spent on stuffed animals […]
Democrats Reject Election Reform Hearing: What are They Afraid of?
(Chuck Muth) – Democrat leaders on Wednesday held a dog-and-pony show/press conference in Carson City to, essentially, tell the people of Nevada to stick it where the sun don’t shine when it comes to protecting the state’s elections. “During the press conference,” Breitbart News reports, “the Nevada Globe’s Megan Barth asked the Democrats about the […]
Marchant Senate Launch Fails to Answer #1 Question
(Chuck Muth) – When the Nevada Globe broke the news that Jim Marchant announced at a sparsely-attended event that he was running for the GOP nomination for Nevada U.S. Senate yesterday, my immediate response on Twitter was… “Is it April Fool’s Day again already?” Sadly, no. Let me start by conceding that Marchant is a […]
Election Security Opponent Caught Playing Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
(Chuck Muth) – Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has introduced an election reform bill (SB405) to make it harder to cheat while keeping it easy to vote – for those LEGALLY eligible to do so. Voting in Nevada can’t get much easier. You can vote in-person on Election Day. You can vote early for two weeks […]