Muth’s Truths: April 20, 2017
Bombshell Discovery: SoS Goes on Vote Fraud “Witch Hunt,” Actually Catches Witches! Here’s another Nevada story with big national implications. But before delving into yesterday’s revelation that Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske has uncovered PROOF that illegal aliens voted illegally in the 2016 elections, let’s set the stage properly… Back in 2011, Wade Wagner defeated […]
Forget “Harry Reid International,” Airport User Fee Change is What’s Really Needed
While lame-o Democrats in Carson City have wasted time talking about a silly bill to rename McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after former Sen. Harry Reid, a far more serious discussion on airport infrastructure projects is going on in Washington, DC. And any discussion of infrastructure spending necessarily demands a discussion on how to […]
Position on Sugar Trade Boils Down to Who Ya Gonna Trust
A complete rethinking of U.S. trade policies/strategies continues to be a high-priority for the new White House, though some still apparently haven’t gotten the memo. “President Donald Trump’s administration is drafting an executive order to investigate the extent to which the unfair dumping and subsidization of certain imports adds to the U.S. trade deficit,” CNN […]
Muth’s Truths: April 18, 2017
We are now less than three weeks away from our Third Annual Citizen Outreach Mexican Baja Cruise on the Carnival Imagination! Couple of notes for those who are joining us this year… 1.) The Muth Clan has soccer games on Saturday morning/afternoon – and then will head out of Vegas for Long Beach, laying up […]
Muth’s Truths: April 15, 2017
Let’s talk a little bit about campaign contributions today. Two points… 1.) Liberal do-gooders insist on over-turning the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision that corporations can contribute money to political campaigns, claiming corporations aren’t people and, therefore, shouldn’t be allowed to make donations. No, corporations aren’t people. But corporations are made up of people – […]
Muth’s Truths: April 14, 2017
HEADLINES US Prepared for Preemptive Strike Against North Korea Pat Buchanan: Trump’s MOAB ‘Message’ Delivered to NKorea NKorean Official: US More Vicious, Aggressive Under Trump China Fears North Korea Tension Approaching ‘Irreversible’ Stage Ignatius: Trump Emerging as ‘Credible Leader in Foreign Policy’ Kudlow: Trump Inherited Problems ‘Unfixed in Last 20 Years’ Rich Lowry: With Jared’s […]
Muth’s Truths: April 12, 2017
Republican Congress Opens New Assault on States’ Rights Yeah, yeah, I know. People have rights, not states. But in case there’s any confusion about what we’re talking about here, I’ll let Ronald Reagan, from a 1980 speech, explain it… “I still believe the answer to any problem lies with the people. I believe in states’ […]
Republican Congress Opens New Assault on States’ Rights
Yeah, yeah, I know. People have rights, not states. But in case there’s any confusion about what we’re talking about here, I’ll let Ronald Reagan, from a 1980 speech, explain it… “I still believe the answer to any problem lies with the people. I believe in states’ rights. I believe in people doing as much […]
Indian Sugar Policies Justify U.S. Sugar Policy
This week’s look at the global sugar market focuses on India. An article last week in The Financial Express out of New Delhi notes that… “For several months now, with back-to-back droughts hitting output, traders have been predicting a sugar shortage, but the government refused to lower the import duty from 40%. … Suddenly, as […]
Beers Misled Public on No-Bid Trash Contract Vote, Law
At its regular meeting on April 5, 2017, the Las Vegas City Council voted 5-2 to hand Republic Services a new 14-year, billion dollar, NO BID contract to pick up the city’s trash after a bold and, it appears, remarkably untrue statement by Republican Councilman Bob Beers. In a video clip aired on Sunday by […]
Muth’s Truths: April 10, 2017
OK, so my weekend birthday camping trip with the family didn’t exactly turn out as expected. I woke up last Wednesday (my actual birthday) with some kind of computer problem that tied me up all morning and most of the afternoon. With the problem still unresolved by the tech guys, Gia and I loaded up […]
Muth’s Truths: April 6, 2017
Two Ways Legislature Can Cleanse the Stench from Local Political Juice By Chuck Muth April 6, 2017 OK, so the city of Las Vegas wanted to jump on the “single-stream” recycling bandwagon. As such, its current trash hauler, Republic Services, asked for a 12-year extension on its monopoly franchise contract, which doesn’t expire for another […]
Zero-for-Zero Critics Miss the Mark…Again
Big Candy’s “Coalition for Sugar Reform,” as expected, has issued a statement in opposition to Rep. Ted Yoho’s proposed common-sense Zero-for-Zero reform resolution for the U.S. sugar program. The coalition – backed by self-interested sweets manufacturers such as the American Bakers Association, the National Confectioners Association, the American Beverage Association, the Peanut and Tree Nut […]
Muth’s Truths: April 4, 2017
Thank you, Harry Reid! If not for Reid deploying the “nuclear option” over judicial nominations during the Obama years, highly-qualified constitutionalist Neil Gorsuch wouldn’t be going onto the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Talk about being hoisted on your own petard! And let’s give Hillary Clinton an “assist” for being gracious enough to run one of […]
Muth’s Truths: April 3, 2017
So President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul – vicious opponents during the 2016 GOP presidential primary – went golfing together this weekend. I went golfing with Sen. Paul a couple years ago when he was here in Las Vegas for FreedomFest. Let’s just say he ain’t no hacker! Anyway, that Trump and Paul […]
Nevada Legislature Resurrects “Screw Jim Rhodes” Bill – and Adds Taxpayers!
Assembly Bill 277 was heard in committee on Friday. The bill prohibits development in national conservation or recreational areas, as well as “adjacent lands.” “Adjacent lands” is defined in the bill, as submitted, as any land within five miles of such conservation or recreational areas. Frankly, it doesn’t matter if the land is privately owned […]
Nevada Legislature Fights City Hall over Trash Hauling Monopolies
On Thursday a bill (SB315) was heard in Carson City that would start Nevada on the road to opening up the waste-hauling business to greater competition. Not surprisingly, the main opposition came from Waste Management – which has the exclusive monopoly contract for residential and commercial trash pickup in Reno – and Republican Services – […]