Nevada RINO Assembly Leader Anderson has Major Twitter Meltdown with Conservative Activist
Republican State Assembly Majority Leader Paul Anderson got into a tweet-fight with conservative grassroots activist Laurel Fee on Sunday night and went so far as to declare that Republicans who support Donald Trump for president should leave the party! It all started when the Las Vegas Review-Journal published a story online about a former staffer […]
Intra-party controversy flares up among Washoe GOP leaders
Pair of longtime activists exchange email blows in ongoing outsiders vs. insiders power struggle. As the Nevada Republican Party prepared for its fall meeting in which new officers were to be elected, a simmering feud among several members of the Washoe County GOP flared up big time. On November 9, longtime conservative Republican Party activist […]
Phillips Declared Ineligible for NV GOP Chair Election Today
Legal opinion determines only members of NRCC can run. In a stunning last-minute development in the election for party chairman of the Nevada Republican Party – scheduled for this afternoon in Las Vegas – a legal opinion by a prestigious Nevada law firm has essentially declared Nick Phillips, the candidate challenging incumbent Chairman Michael McDonald, […]
Hunting Patent Trolls isn’t “Witch-Hunting”
A “witch hunt” is generally considered a waste of time because there’s no such thing as witches (no mother-in-law jokes, please). But, just as it’s not paranoia when they’re really out to get you, a “witch hunt” would be an actual witch hunt if there’s really a witch to hunt. Ditto hunting “patent trolls” today. […]
EXCLUSIVE: NV GOP Official’s Shocking Ties to Convicted Drug Trafficker
What did Nick Phillips know and when did he know it about his partner? What is it with Californians who come to Nevada and attempt to commandeer the GOP by hiding their past and pulling the wool over the eyes of us local rubes? My first experience with this phenomenon was the 1998 gubernatorial candidacy […]
Why 2 Conservative Lawmakers are Blistering a NV GOP Candidate for Chairman
Normally, elected officials run from intra-party squabbles like the proverbial scalded dogs. But in the contest for chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, two conservative members of the state Legislature have come forward and are speaking out publicly and forcefully against one of the candidates, Nick Phillips. On November 4th, I received the following email […]
3 Key Flashpoints for Potentially Explosive Nevada PUC Hearings
It seems oddly appropriate that the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has scheduled three days of highly contentious hearings just before the Thanksgiving holidays, because the regulatory board certainly has a full plate on its menu. Here are three key flashpoints to keep an eye on… 1.) Net Metering: Big Solar will be out in […]
The Not-So-Marvelous Marco’s Lame Messaging Game
I seriously do not know who is writing Marco Rubio’s press releases and emails, but they are among the worst I’ve seen this year in politics. They’re horrible. Pure inside-the-beltway pabulum and hype. No wonder the GOP establishment is gravitating towards him now that Jeb! is tanking. For example, somebody allegedly named “Joe Pounder” sent […]
What Wayne Gretzky can teach opponents of the U.S. Sugar Program
If you’re part of the establishment wing of the GOP you’re in near-panic mode these days as anointed presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s campaign continues in its political death spiral. Which may explain recent attacks against upstart Sen. Marco Rubio on an otherwise obscure issue that really only benefits one special interest… Big Candy. In a […]
Trump missing the target on Super-PAC attack
At the recent Great Debate Debacle in Boulder, Colorado, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump launched an attack against so-called “super-PACs.” Here’s what he said in a pair of tweets on the subject… “Re Super PAC scam: What the other candidates are doing is a disgrace. … All Presidential candidates should immediately disavow their Super PAC’s. […]
The Power of the Pledge compels you!
Las Vegas Valley Tea Party President Mary Rooney was kind enough to invite me to speak at last night’s meeting at the Boulevard Bar & Grill in Las Vegas to give a briefing on the status of our tax repeal referendum. I also discussed in detail the Taxpayer Protection Pledge… Here’s the thing… 90% of […]
Fighting a Patent Troll and living to tell about it
How often can you sit down and have a rational discussion with an extortionist and persuade them to change their evil ways? Ah, but hope springs eternal. And it’s human nature for most of us to believe the best in our fellow man and that reasonable people can reason together to resolve issues and disputes. […]
Halloween is over, but Sugar Program Scare Tactics continue
Well, another Halloween has come and gone, but not before opponents of the U.S. sugar program once again tried to scare the bejeepers out of members of Congress with frightening tales of consumers being fleeced over the cost of sweets dropped into the bags of costumed trick-or-treaters knocking on the door. But like most spooky […]
Tax-Hikers’ Lawyers strike again
I’m gonna give you just a quick update because the whole family and some of the kids’ friends drove up to Carson City yesterday and we’re heading out to the pumpkin patch at Lattin Farms in Fallon this morning… 1.) Despite Judge Jerry Wiese of the 8th Judicial Court in Clark County hearing our initial […]
Don’t blame CNBC Moderators for Debate Debacle; Blame GOP Leaders
The Republican Party. The stuck on stupid party. The stupid is as stupid does party. The fell-out-of-the-Stupid-Tree-and-hit-every-branch-on-the-way-down party. The party of such metaphysical stupidity that it continues to allow media outlets trying to make news and make a buck to host Republican presidential candidate debates and pick their own ratings-sensitive/headline-hunting moderators. I mean, how stupid […]
Indian Sugar Program “Helping” Farmers to Death
If you think the U.S. sugar program is bad, you should take a look at the sugar industry mess in India. At least in the U.S. you don’t have farmers committing suicide over government agricultural policies. According to a recent Business Standard report, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning a ‘Raita Chaitanya Yatre’ (farmer’s […]
The Empire’s Sith Lawyers Strike Back
(Editor’s Note: Chalk the theme of this column up to the Star Wars trailer aired during last week’s Monday Night Football game…) The legal machinations we’re now embroiled in over efforts to simply let the people of Nevada vote on the largest tax hike in history has my head spinning. But let me try to […]