Penciling Out ‘Green’ Energy: Politicians Still Can’t Figure Out the Math »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Out of the mouths of rubes. Nobody ever does the math when it comes to stories about “green” energy projects. I remember all the glowing stories about the huge array of solar panels at Nellis Air Force Base and how they would save the Air Force $1 million a year in power bills. President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid toured the facility and sang its praises. All the stories mentioned the savings [...]
The Misunderstanding Of Economic Development »
(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – After listening to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s speech today about his team’s strategy for economic development, I was struck by several components and extremely disappointed that he declined to take questions. Now, let me get this straight—I like and respect Brian Sandoval very much. During my many conversations with him, I’ve always found him to be intelligent, engaging and sincere. I’ve also, on many occasions, praised most of the major policy initiatives he’s [...]
Highly Paid Teaching Couple Prefers High Salary Over Improving Qualifications »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – Don’t shoot the messenger; teacher Vicki Steffenhagen is the one who wrote that. Vicki Steffenhagen is an English teacher who earned $88,432.90 in 2011. Her husband, a high school counselor, earned $104,895.88 in 2011. That’s total compensation of over $193,000 in 2011. If you just look at base pay, Vicki and her husband received over $135,000 last year. With that in mind, here’s part of Vicki’s recent letter to the editor to [...]
Segerblom Proud That EPA Regs Scrapped 3 Nevada Coal Power Plants »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – In case you needed any more evidence that President Obama’s “all of the above” talking point on energy policy is a joke, Nevada Assemblyman “Tick” Segerblom, D.-Clark County, just wrote an op-ed bragging about how a recent ruling from Obama’s EPA will kill coal power. Media analysts from left and right are predicting that the most recent EPA rule-making decision spells the ultimate end of Big Coal as utilities turn to cleaner, [...]
Judge Rejects Gaming Tax Petition, Supporters To File New Version »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – A Carson City District judge today rejected an initiative petition proposing to create a new and higher rate of taxation for Nevada’s largest casinos, finding that the 200 word description of effect of the measure was misleading. In rejecting the petition, Judge James Todd Russell said he did not believe he had the authority to rewrite the description himself. Las Vegas businessman Monte Miller, who attended the hearing on his [...]
Madison on ObamaCare: ‘If the Laws Be So Voluminous That They Cannot Be Read’ »
Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) When the debate turns into a cacophony of noise and people seem to be shouting over each other with arguments that twist and turn in upon themselves and degrade into mere name calling, it is time to return to the original concepts and reread the original text to grasp the foundational principles. Thus it is with the debate over ObamaCare. Though it carries the president’s name in the commonplace short-hand for the [...]
Nevada Schools Lose Out On Federal Funding – Again »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nevada is out of the running for next round of federal Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge funds to improve early childhood education. Nevada submitted its application in November 2011. The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services announced today that $133 million from the 2012 Race to the Top fund will be available for continued investments in state-level, comprehensive early education reform. The agencies have invited the next [...]
Marbury v. Madison, Mr. President. Study The Case. Again. »
(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – Once upon a time, back in 1972 at Bradley University, I took Constitutional Law 101. I cannot remember the name of the professor, but I certainly remember the specifics of a case named Marbury v. Madison. The actual case itself was a relatively petty dispute about a prospective justice of the peace, William Marbury, who had been appointed by President John Adams near the end of his term. Well, it [...]
Nearly 1,000 Nevada Public Employees Earn $200K »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Nearly 1,000 state and local government workers, many of them firefighters and police, make over $200,000 a year when all pay and benefits are counted, according to a 2011 pay analysis published today by the Nevada Policy Research Institute. The number of public employees earning $200,000 or more could be even higher, but the conservative think tank said some government entities, including the cities of Reno and Henderson, the Washoe [...]
Obama Warms Up Campaign Speech Against ‘Unelected’ Court »
(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) It seems our former constitutional law professor of a president has again leveled a bit of criticism toward the robed ladies and gentlemen of the highest court in the land. In a press conference Monday, Obama made pointed reference to an “unelected group of people,” meaning the court. While couching his comments as an expression of confidence that the court would uphold his signature health care law, he managed to criticize. [...]
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