Negative, Ghost-Writer, the Pattern is Full

Remember that Nastygram which moderate Republican Sen. Bill Raggio sent to conservative Assemblyman Ed Goedhart last week smacking him around for opposing tax hikes? In that email, Sen. Raggio also wrote derisively, “I think your comments were authored by Chuck Muth…”

That Was Then, This Is Now

Back in the 2007 legislative session, the Senate passed a bill, 11-10, to allow certain counties to raise taxes to pay for a regional detention facility. Voting in favor of this effort to raise taxes were Republican Sens. Mark Amodei, Warren Hardy, Mike McGinness, Dennis Nolan, Bill Raggio, Dean Rhoads, Randolph Townsend and Maurice Washington.

Police State Wins a Round

“The Senate Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation, voted at 10:30 this morning 4 in favor 2 opposed to SB116,” writes Janine Hansen of Nevada Families. “SB116 makes not wearing a seat belt a primary offense,” Ms. Hansen explains, “which means the police can stop you at any time for any reason to see if you are […]

GOP Civil War Breaking Out, Heating Up

The intra-party fight between fiscal conservatives and squishy moderates in the GOP has been in full view in Congress for the past two weeks, in California this week, and will likely take center stage in Nevada next week.

Rat-Head Republicans At it Again

A vote on raising taxes is expected to come before the Nevada Legislature next week, and some go-along-to-get-along rubber-stamp Republicans are spinning like Tasmanian devils trying to find an excuse, any excuse, to vote FOR it rather than legitimate fiscally conservative public policy and political reasons to vote AGAINST it.

Raggio to Conservative Nevadan: Move!

A Nevada Republican activist recently took time to write to Sen. Bill Raggio (R-Reno), objecting to statements he’s made since the election that tax hikes *might* be necessary this legislative session. The writer pointed out – as Ronald Reagan explained many, many years ago – that when the tax burden gets too high, many people […]

Mining for Higher Taxes

Senate Higher-Taxation Committee Chairman Bob Coffin has the mining industry in his sights.

Democrat Chief Touts No-Plan Plan

Nevada Democrat Party Chairman Sam Lieberman writes today that “Governor Gibbons is on a mission to dismantle Nevada’s higher education system beyond repair,” adding that “Republicans and their allies have already run attack ads against Senator Reid, and targeted ‘robo-calls’ against Democratic legislators.”

Lottery Nuttery

The idea of establishing a state lottery in Nevada is about as hard to kill as Jason Voorhees in those “Friday the 13th” movies.

Nastygram from Raggio

Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Glenn Cook writes today about the rather undignified and snarky email Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno) sent to Assemblyman Ed Goedhart (R-Amargosa Valley) this week, in which the veteran liberal Republican told the sophomore conservative Republican that his position against tax hikes was meaningless and told him to “be a […]

Idiot Update

As you may recall, I wrote on Thursday about a grassroots activist, Todd Taxpayer, who has put forward a proposal to CUT taxes in the middle of this recession rather than raise them. A gaming executive at Harrah’s saw the proposal and sent Todd an email calling him an “idiot,” while obliquely defending the gaming […]

Eight Is Enough

Eight Democrats in the Assembly obviously have WAY too much time on their hands. The gaggle is co-sponsoring AB 154, a “feel good” bill requiring all local school districts to establish “a policy prohibiting criminal gang activity on school property.”

Tax Fight Turns Red Hot

Wow. I’m not even sure where to start with this column other than to say the fight over tax hikes this legislative session is already pretty heated. Witness the recent rant by Sen. Raggio against Assemblyman Goedhart (“Be a man”) and the Nevada GOP robo-calls into the districts of pro-tax hike Democrats. And thing are […]

Taxing Coffin’s Patience

From the “Department of Paranoia Will Destroy Ya” comes this update on Senate Higher-Taxation Committee Chairman Bob Coffin.

Be A Man and Vote for Higher Taxes?

On Sunday, Assemblyman Ed Goedhart (R-Amargosa Valley) sent an email to his legislative colleagues with four fiscally responsible ideas he urged them to embrace while dealing with the budget this session, in addition to reaffirming his own position against balancing the budget with tax hikes.

We’re Ticking Off ALL the Tax Hikers!

Apparently it’s not just liberal Republicans who are upset with those of us who don’t want our taxes raised. The liberal public school lobby known as the PTA is all stirred up, as well. One of my “spies” in the organization sent this report this morning: