I Wonder
“A Garrett Junior High School (Boulder City, NV) teacher and youth soccer coach was arrested Thursday on felony charges of possession of child pornography,” reports the Las Vegas Sun this morning. “Based on an anonymous tip, police picked up Charles Richard ‘Rick’ Rogers as he was about to leave school. . . . He is […]
A Man’s Home is His Castle
AB 288 is one of the few good bills requested in the Nevada Legislature this year. Known as the “Castle Doctrine,” the bill allows you shoot burglars, rapists, murderers and other such bad guys who break into your home. It’s probably the best piece of pro-Second Amendment legislation we’re likely to see this year.
Nukes Bad, Gummint Good, Taxes Better
AB 522 would grow the government we already can’t afford by creating a brand-spanking new Nevada Energy Commission which is expected to focus on the promotion of renewable energy…as long as it doesn’t include nuclear energy. Oh, and a new tax hike on any renewable, but not nuclear, energy which is generated in the state. […]
Say What? – Part Uno
Speaking about Senate Higher Taxation Committee Chairman Bob Coffin’s proposal to levy a $5 toll on Nevada’s ladies of the evening, Gov. Jim Gibbons said this week, “I’m not a supporter of legalizing prostitution in Nevada.” Huh? How is it that the “Luv Guv” doesn’t know that prostitution is ALREADY legal in most of Nevada’s […]
Say What? – Part Dos
Three weeks ago, Gov. Jim Gibbons put out a press release lambasting Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nevada) for criticizing Gibbons for his objections to taking some of the stimulus money for unemployment with all the federal strings attached.
Say What? – Part Tres
I’ve taken some heat from a few of the remaining supporters of Gov. Jim Gibbons for calling on him to resign a couple weeks ago. But yesterday we were treated with yet another example of how clueless and/or intellectually dishonest the man is, especially on this tax hike business.
Ground Control to Major Schneider
Sen. Mike Schneider (D-Pluto) is pretty much out of his mind.
Stimulating Bigger Government
For Nevada to take some of the Uncle Barack’s stimulus money, it will have to create some new unemployment benefits which the state will have to continue funding long after the stimulus money runs out. That strings attached to the money are why Gov. Jim Gibbons is thinking about rejecting this portion of the federal […]
Seeing Red
It will be billed as a “safety” measure, but make no mistake, AB 504 is nothing more than a gigantic Big Brother tax hike.
Coffin’s Flat-on-Your-Back Tax
Monday was yet another bill submission deadline, and Nevada’s tax-happiest legislator didn’t miss the opportunity.
Blowing Smoke
Finally, a bill we can support.
Repeal, and Thee Shall Be Saved
The challenge for Nevada legislators this session – at least those not hell-bent on growing government – is to find ways to boost tax revenues to fund truly essential government services without raising taxes in the middle of a recession. And for a tourist-based economy such as Nevada’s, that means looking for new no-cost ways […]
A “NO RINO” Resolution
Some readers have asked for a little help in drafting a potential “NO RINO” (Republican in Name Only) resolution/petition in response to all the elected Republicans who have been supporting tax hikes and others who are helping to raise money for Harry Reid’s re-election campaign. Hey, just call me Mr. Helper. Here’s one slightly edited […]
Winners & Losers in Real Estate Melt-Down
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that “Existing-home sales rose 5.1% in February, climbing above expectations, but prices plunged again.”
Hello, Mr. Banker…This is Harry Reid
Gaming giant MGM Grand is in deep doo-doo. According to a Las Vegas Review-Journal story on Sunday, the company “faces a potential bankruptcy filing to restructure $13.5 billion in debt.” And, according to the report, MGM Mirage majority shareholder, founder and board member Kirk Kerkorian “and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a close friend, have […]
Gossard vs. Woodward
If Bill Gossard of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board deigns to grace our little state and testify against AB 300 – the “Let Those Who Ride Decide” proposal to repeal Nevada’s mandatory motorcycle helmet law for responsible adults over the age of 21 – at the Assembly Transportation Committee hearing on Tuesday, here’s some […]
Support AB 300
The following letter was emailed to Nevada legislators today. It includes at the end a transcript of testimony given before a California legislative committee a decade ago by a motorcyclist who explains how wearing a helmet didn’t save her life, but ruined it. Very powerful.