A Divider, Not a Uniter
Republican Assemblyman Tom Grady appeared on Nevada Newsmakers Tuesday and was asked the following: Marlene Lockard: “How much controversy does (Chuck Muth) create within your caucus?” Grady: “A tremendous amount. I mean, fact is fact. He has some of the folks in the caucus that he is working with and it causes us some problems.”
Another “Ed Head” Is Born
In this week’s new guber-cast, Gov. Jim Gibbons declared, “I will not support use of any stimulus dollars to support new or expanded government programs that will require continued funding from the state.” Hmm. I wonder where I’ve heard that before? Oh, yeah, that’s right…
Yet Another “Extremist”
Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno) has taken to calling people who take a hard line against tax hikes “extremists.”
The Grady Bunch
Republican Assemblyman Tom Grady was interviewed on Nevada Newsmakers this week and was asked by host Sam Shad why he voted for the teachers union’s room tax hike. To which Mr. Grady responded that the governor’s proposed budget would result in the closure of three rural clinics in his district and so he voted for […]
Oh, No…There Goes Tokyo, Go-Goi-Coechea
Of all the lame excuses and spinning by the seven Republicans who voted for the third largest tax increase in history on Tuesday, the flapdoodle put out by Assemblyman Pete Goicoechea (pronounced goh-coh-cheeya) really takes the cake.
Masters of the Art of Political War
I still can’t believe I’m doing this. But fair is fair – and the only fair thing to do is give credit where credit is due. So today I’m gonna tip my hat to…the teachers union.
Drive-By Muthings on Another GOP Defeat
On the morning after getting royally screwed by some Assembly Republicans on the tax issue yet again, just some random rants today, folks. And for the record, when I say “Republicans” today, I’m not necessarily referring to all Republicans; just the bad ones. You know who they are. So do they.
“Maybe” Mabey II: Garn’s Revenge
OK, the first major test of Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert’s leadership and fiscal conservative bona fides is now behind us.
Turning a Deaf Ear to Sound Advice
According to John Fund in today’s edition of Political Diary, Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas “remains skeptical and likely will turn down some federal money that might serve to start new programs that his state would have to pay for once the initial injection of federal funds runs out.”
Of Lawyers, By Lawyers, For Lawyers
Not only is moderate Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio bad on taxes and spending, he’s no real fan of representative democracy either – at least when it comes to allowing voters to choose their own judges.
Taxpayer Watchdogs
“Nine Assembly Republicans who oppose higher taxes have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would require two-thirds of Nevada voters to support a tax increase before it could take effect,” reports the Associated Press today.
Buckley Plan Would Make Problem Worse
Geoffrey Lawrence of the Nevada Policy Research Institute (NPRI) has taken a look at Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley’s highly-touted plan (AB 149) to ease the suffering of home owners who bought too much house and/or purchased it on bad terms and are facing foreclosure. And Mr. Lawrence has determined – get this – that the […]
As the Brezny Turns
Some folks reading those juvenile emails which GOP state Senate caucus director Joe Brezny sent me last Friday may have recognized his name but couldn’t remember why. So let’s take a trip down memory lane.
Sanction Tax-Hiking Republicans?
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Defending Conservatism
Moderate Republicans such as state Sen. Bill Raggio (R-Reno) are telling conservative Republicans that the party has to move to the center if it wants to win elections – including support for tax hikes if Sen. Raggio decides they’re necessary…which he does. And any conservative Republican who disagrees with him is apparently an “extremist.” At […]
Judas!
Now this is depressing…
I’ll Take Jefferson Any Day
What is with this sudden Democrat reverence for Abraham Lincoln? First Barack Obama and now Harry Reid. “The week’s ceremonies afforded us the opportunity to think about the many special qualities of Abraham Lincoln that have captured our national imagination these many years,” Reid said in a speech at the Nevada Legislature on Wednesday. “The […]