All posts tagged "Government"
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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...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthApril 7, 2017 -
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...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthApril 1, 2017 -
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...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthApril 1, 2017 -
Las Vegas City Staff: Trust Us, We’re Not Gonna Be the “Lemonade Stand Police”
How many kids do you know who started a business at the age of 3 ½? Ryan Hickman of San Juan...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 30, 2017 -
I Love the Smell of Nuclear Waste in the Morning!
Here are three realities as they relate to the Yucca Mountain Project… 1.) Nuclear waste – in the form of “pellets,”...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 29, 2017 -
Competition Works in Both Insurance AND Trash Collection
I just re-learned a lesson about free-market competition yesterday that every member of the Las Vegas City Council should bear in...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 29, 2017 -
Conservative Coalition Urges Congressional Support for Sugar Reform Proposal
A coalition of free-market conservative leaders and organizations today submitted a letter to Members of Congress urging support for Rep. Ted...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 29, 2017 -
Las Vegas Staff Workshop Shines a Little Light on Trash Pickup Controversy
I attended a Las Vegas city staff workshop Monday morning in which the proposed extension of Republic Services’ residential and commercial...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 27, 2017 -
Exposing Big Candy’s 3 Big Whoppers
It’s no secret that lobbyists for America’s largest sweets companies have been on a mission to unilaterally eliminate the U.S. sugar...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 27, 2017 -
Republic Services Can and Does Compete…Everywhere But Southern Nevada
For some reason some people seem to think it would be “rude” to ask Republic Services to actually compete for the...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 25, 2017 -
Las Vegas Trash Fight Heats Up on Campaign Trail
Efforts by the City of Las Vegas to grant Republic Services a new 15-year NO BID extension of its monopoly franchise...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 23, 2017 -
Yoho’s Zero-for-Zero Proposal Should also be Applied to Drug Importation
An op-ed defending U.S. sugar policy by the American Sugar Alliance (ASA) this week published by KTIC Radio out of Nebraska...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 23, 2017 -
Tolles Brings War on Tele-Medicine to Nevada Legislature
From Bruce DelValle last week came this dispatch from the political front-lines announcing that Nevada is again embroiled in yet another...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 22, 2017 -
PROOF: “Trash-Talking” Councilman is Misleading Public on Garbage Contract
Most members of the Las Vegas City Council have been pretty tight-lipped about a proposal to extend Republic Services monopoly franchise...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 21, 2017 -
Nevada GOP Legislator Proposes Banning the “Uber of Eyeglasses”
Longtime readers know how my stories and political adventures sometime take interesting, and even bizarre, twists and turns. Yep, this is...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 19, 2017 -
In Carson City, the Democrats’ Circus is Back in Town
The Nevada Legislature is “Open Under New Management.” Democrats are back in control. Lord, help us. In watching all the fawning...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 17, 2017 -
What the Las Vegas Garbage Contract Has in Common with King Tut’s Tomb
As the City of Las Vegas continues considering awarding Republic Services a new 15-year NO BID monopoly franchise contract extension for...
Chuck MuthChuck MuthMarch 14, 2017