Former Nevada Gov. Bryan Chastises Rep. Amodei For Yucca Mountain Remarks »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Former U.S. Sen. and Nevada governor Richard Bryan today described Rep. Mark Amodei’s recent comments about Yucca Mountain not being dead as a site to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste was as “unfortunate.” “The great majority of Nevadans, dating back more than 30 years ago when I was governor, have taken a position that Yucca Mountain threatens the health and safety of Nevadans,” Bryan said in an interview with Sam [...]
Wheeler Offers Economic Plan For Nevada »
NN&V Exclusive (NN&V Staff) – Earlier this week, Jim Wheeler, candidate for the Nevada Assembly’s 39th District, announced his plan for jobs and economic growth in Nevada. The day after Governor Sandoval offered his economic plan, Wheeler proffered a plan he feels will complement the efforts of the Governor to energize the state’s economy for the citizens of Nevada. The Wheeler plan focuses on four points: Diversification of Nevada’s economy Elimination and streamlining of business [...]
Caucus Aftermath: The Price of Negative Advertising? »
NN&V Exclusive (Stephen Allott) – On Saturday, February 4, the much heralded “First in the West” caucus rolled into the State ofNevada. Much planning and organization was completed by the state and local parties. Indeed, a special caucus location and time was arranged to accommodate those who were unable to attend the caucus during the day for religious reasons. Finally, the day arrived, and Republican voters trooped to the polls to cast their votes. But, [...]
Primaries Not the Solution for Caucus Chaos, Bring Back Smoke-Filled Backrooms »
(Thomas Mitchell/4THST8) — The Republican presidential caucus on Saturday wasn’t exactly a well-oiled machine. There were long delays, breakdowns in communication, misfires and miscues. In fact, 20 minutes into it I sent out a tweet or twit or whatever saying: “GOP organization — an oxymoron.” As sure as worms after a rainstorm and just as there was in 2008 a bunch of people are wringing their hands and bemoaning the unseemliness and the rough-hewn nature [...]
Caucus Chaos: My After-Action Report »
(Chuck Muth) – * After initially predicting over 100,000 Republicans would participate in the Nevada GOP presidential caucus, the party began ratcheting that figure down. First to 70,000; then to 55,000. I predicted 40,000. In the end, total participation in the Chaos Caucus: 32,894. Lame. * Considering how fouled up the caucus was, as is, can you just imagine the nightmare same-day registration would have caused? * The only thing worse than “spin” is bad [...]
Number of Those Who Have Left Labor Force Equal to Population of Nevada »
(Thomas Mitchell/4THST8) – You can’t tell the players without a program, and you can’t interpret statistics without the raw numbers. As Joseph Curl of the Washington Times so aptly pointed out Sunday the latest unemployment rate decline — down to 8.3 percent in January from 8.5 percent in December — reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is accomplished with a bit of sleight-of-hand known as seasonal adjustment. At the rate of unemployment decline being [...]
Nevada Caucuses: North Went Smoother Than South »
The 2012 Nevada Republican presidential preference caucus has come and gone but the reverberations can still be heard as of the deadline for this column. First of all, the good news: Incline’s caucus went very well; 384 stalwart Republicans showed up at Incline High School to elect their neighbors as delegates to the Washoe County GOP Convention, as members of the County Central Committee and finally to vote for their presidential candidates. That number represents [...]
GOP Central Committee Member Jim Wheeler Offers Caucus Commentary »
(Gardnerville, NV) – February 3, 2012 – Jim Wheeler, a member of the Nevada Republican Central Committee, unpaid citizen lobbyist, and candidate for the Nevada Assembly’s 39th District, has made himself available to offer insight and commentary on the Nevada GOP Caucus taking place Saturday February 4th. At the October 2011 meeting of the Nevada Republican Central Committee, Jim took decisive action to plan, coordinate and ensure overwhelming passage of a resolution preventing same-day registration. [...]
Army of Corrupt Obama Backers Simply Marching Under a New Flag »
(Thomas Mitchell/4THST8 Mitt Romney apparently is making hay in a TV ad over the single ethics violation the Democrats could nail on Newt Gingrich — whether a college course he was teaching was advancing his partisan goals. It’s sort of like concentrating on the mote in one eye and ignoring the beam in another. There’s more than one way to advance one’s political goals. Newt’s penny-ante course is one. Obama’s million-dollar extortion to fund his [...]
Libertarian Candidate Johnson To Hold Teleconference Tonight »
(Gary Johnson) – This evening, January 30, I will be hosting an on-line conference, exclusively for supporters such as yourself. Joining me as co-host will be Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee, Chairman of the Libertarian National Campaign Committee and author of “The Conscience Of A Libertarian”. We will begin at 5:00pm PST/8:00pm EST, and to participate just go to www.garyjohnson2012.com. I am committed to keeping the lines of communication wide open with [...]
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