You Only Get Out of It What You Put Into It
“The Electoral College seems useless today simply because no one has bothered to use it,” writes Las Vegas Review-Journal editor Vin Suprynowicz in opposition to AB 413 which would require that Nevada’s five electoral votes go to whomever wins the popular vote in future presidential elections.
UNLV’s Top Speech Cop
Christine Clark, UNLV’s Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, has been secretly working on a document titled, “Policy on Bias Incidents/Hate Crimes” deep in the bowels of the Maryland Parkway campus, mad-scientist-like, and students and faculty of the taxpayer-funded school of “higher” education have been scared sh…um, witless over what might be in the document.
Rahm and Swine
Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief-of-stuff, says to never let a crisis go to waste. So it should scare us to death that the Obama administration today declared a “public health emergency” over the outbreak of swine flu. Five’ll get you ten the administration will now use this “crisis” to promote some new socialist scheme, probably […]
Yet Another Tax Hike Flim-Flam
“A bill (SB 201) Washoe County officials are depending on to fund critical road projects this summer is stuck in the state Senate, being held by Democratic leaders as possible leverage over Northern Nevada Republicans in final budget negotiations,” reports Anjeanette Damon of the Reno Gazette-Journal. “Although it has held two extensive hearings on Senate […]
Non-Existent Non-Partisan Races
Here’s the latest example of why I contend there is no such thing as a “non-partisan” race.
The Big Con
Democrats, aided and abetted by the GOP’s legislative leadership, are setting up Nevada’s citizens for yet another monster of a tax hike before this session is scheduled to end on June 1st. Only time will tell if it’ll be the Mother of All Tax Hikes.
Listening to Mr. Ed
From a “Dear Colleague” letter by Assemblyman Ed Goedhart on February 8, 2009:
A Tale of Two GOP Governors
As Jon Ralston noted in the Las Vegas Sun on Friday, Hawaii and Nevada are primarily tourist-based economies. And both of their legislatures this year passed room tax hikes on their states’ tourists.
Revenge of the Tea Partiers
In what can only be described as a major embarrassment for a sitting elected official, state Sen. Maurice Washington lost in his bid to become the new Chairman of the Washoe County Republican Party on Thursday night, losing to a frontline grassroots volunteer named Michelle Beard.
Can You Do the Cha-Chas?
It was only days ago that GOP party leaders were touting and cheering the potential candidacy of an unknown Wall Street banker who hasn’t lived in the state since he was 17 moving back to run against Harry Reid next year.
More Tea Party Reflections
Have you noticed that ever since the Left found out that “tea-bagging” was a slang term for a sexual act (Google it yourself, please), they’re going out of their way to use the term? I’m…shocked.
Revenge of the Tea Party Hating Bureaucrats
As readers will recall, Las Vegas tea party organizers were dragged through “Bureaucrat Hell” before we were issued a “permit” to hold a public rally in a public park which ended up costing us over $600. Now, exactly a week AFTER the Tea Party rally at Sunset Park, Sr. Recreation Program Administrator Darrell Rich inked […]
The New Largest Tax Increase in History
The largest tax increase in Nevada history was passed by the Nevada Supreme Court (sort of) back in 2003. The hodgepodge of new taxes and tax hikes that year came to $833 million. So that’s the mark legislators this year would have to exceed to go down in history as voting for the largest tax […]
State-Sanctioned Legal Discrimination
The domestic partnership bill (SB 283) has stirred the pot considerably in the Nevada Legislature this session. At the core, the proposed bill would provide gay couples pretty much the same rights and protections as married couples under law, especially with regards to property rights, visitation rights, inheritance rights, etc.
Shuttle Buses to Nowhere
Listening to the shrill voices on the Left you’d think there is absolutely, positively no “fat” in government spending which can be cut.
Government Mandated Time off for School Plays
Another feel-good/policy-bad bill passed near-unanimously yesterday. AB 243 would force employers to give workers time off to attend their kid’s football game, school play or PTA meeting.
The Hardest Vote This Session
Compared to “voting against” kids with autism, voting for higher taxes is a walk in the park. And yet, that’s exactly what two principled Republicans (yes, unfortunately, only two) in the Assembly did today on AB 162.