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.
National (In)Security
One of the reasons the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor costs some $140 million per plane to build is the United States and the United States alone has this most sophisticated fighter jet in the world. We are not building the Raptor in conjunction with any other nations or foreign-owned companies – and we do not […]
Late Busty Babe Using BK to Bilk Late Billionaire
It’s known to lawyers and legal experts as the case of Marshall vs. Marshall. To the rest of us it’s the long-running legal soap opera of Anna Nicole Smith, the 26-year-old stripper and Playboy model who married 89-year-old Texas oilman J. Howard Marshall. Then, after the billionaire passed away 14 months later, Smith and her […]
Yet Another Colossal TSA Embarrassment
The Boston Globe reported yesterday that only because of an inadvertent mistake by baggage handlers in Boston that it was discovered that the following items in a checked suitcase got past cracker-jack TSA (Thousands Standing Around) agents in Las Vegas earlier in the morning:
The Right to Shut the Hell Up
Thanks to the Tea Parties and other assorted events, I missed commenting on a bill (AB 1) by Assemblyman Lynn Stewart (RINO-Las Vegas) which survived the first elimination round of bill-killing and now moves forward to Round #2.