Public Employee Pension Records Will Be Eye Opening When Made Public »
(Thomas Mitchell/4thst8.wordpress.com) I can’t wait to read who the top 100 PERS recipients are on Transparent Nevada. The names and the numbers should be eye-popping. After decades of stonewalling, dissembling and pretending the law said something it was never intended to say, earlier this month the Reno Gazette-Journal convinced a state district judge that the names and pensions of state and local retirees in the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada are indeed public records. [...]
To Congress For Spending Our Grandchildren Into Perpetual Indebtedness: The Franklin Solution »
(Thomas Mitchell/4th St8) – Our duly elected representatives back inside the Beltway swamps insist they are doing us a favor by ratcheting up the federal debt. Obama is asking Congress this week for $1.2 trillion in additional borrowing authority that would raise the debt ceiling to $16.4 trillion. (That is merely a figure of speech. They blew the ceiling off long ago.) Since Obama took office, the debt has risen 42 percent, but I’m sure [...]
Happy New Year, Washoe! Now, Hand Over Your Wallets »
(Jim Clark) – Will Washoe County have a happy new year? The portents are ominous. First of all, there are the remaining lawsuits by the Village League to Save Incline Assets still on appeal. According to the League, there is one due to be handed down shortly in which the county’s liability to Incline/Crystal Bay property owners could be as high as $125,000,000. This would be on top of the $43,000,000 judgment they are slowly [...]
Let 2012 Be The Year Grown-Ups Return To Government »
(Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – Christmas Eve was kind of a slow news day and I ended up on the National Geographic Channel. They had a special, made in 2009, dealing with Air Force One. Much of that special was devoted to the events of September 11, 2001 and the actions of then President George W. Bush. Since we are headed into an election year, it dawned on me that, whatever you think of President [...]
State still trying to gag political speech »
(Thomas Mitchell/http://4thst8.wordpress.com/) If the lawsuit filed by the state against Citizen Outreach for daring to comment on a politician sounds vaguely familiar, it should. It is little more than a rehash of the 2010 case in which the state censored a group’s television ads. It was successful then and may well be successful again. But that doesn’t make it right. Democratic AG Catherine Cortez Masto is seeking a $10,000 fine against Citizen Outreach, which is [...]
Is Clark County Teachers Union Protecting a Health Insurance Scam? »
(Ben Velderman/Education Action Group Foundation) – While the Great Recession has affected almost all Americans, Nevadans may be the hardest hit. The state leads the nation in unemployment (13 percent) and home foreclosures (three times the national average). Because of the faltering economy and slowed tax revenue, the Clark County School District needs to cut $78 million from its budget over the next two years. The district must do this either by freezing teacher pay and [...]
Fortunately, Nevada Higher Education Is Not Underfunded »
NN&V Exclusive (Ron Knecht) – A recent Brookings Institute study on economic growth in Nevada concluded that we must innovate and diversify – which we already knew. I hope its proposals to “unleash” growth produce more than those from previous studies, but only time will tell. However, the study was marred by a high-profile false claim it made that provided red meat for the statists who dominate academe and the mainstream media. Smash-mouth left-wing pundit [...]
Clark County Judges Abuse Privilege Of Being Stupid, But Merry Christmas Anyway »
NN&V Exclusive (Fred Weinberg/The Penny Press) – If you wanted a heartwarming Christmas story from me, here’s a quick one—the thousands of Americans armed with a $50 or $100 bill going into KMarts and WalMarts and paying off the layaway bills of complete strangers because its just an American thing to do. Now I hate to kill that buzz, but let’s look at what passes for the judiciary in Clark County—or as we who are [...]
TRUNC Is Set To Open Its Doors – Come To A Party! »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Sunday, January 8th, you are invited to a party. Tea Party & Republicans Uniting Nevada Conservatives, commonly known as TRUNC, has secured a location for its offices and is hosting an open house that afternoon, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. In addition, the office will host a second day to meet and greet well-wishers on Monday, January 9th, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. TRUNC has devised an Adopt A Candidate [...]
Peace, Joy, And A Conservative New Year! »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Here in Colorado, the cookies have been baked and decorated. It didn’t take too long, but with two people rolling out dough, one sliding cookie sheets in and out of the oven, two decorating in the pre-bake stage, and six decorating in the post-bake stage, that’s to be expected. Holiday card writers would say that the trees and mountains are dusted with snow. But nearly 8 inches of snow has [...]
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