Clark County Republicans Encourage Elected Officials To Reconsider Support for Tax Increase »
(Clark County Republican Party) – Las Vegas, Nevada – March 20, 2012 – At its bimonthly meeting, the Clark County Republican Central Committee (CCRCC) adopted a resolution to encourage elected officials not to raise taxes by extending “sunset” taxes past expiration date. On March 13, 2012, Governor Brian Sandoval issued a statement that he will be extending the so-called “sunset” taxes past their scheduled expiration. The “sunset” taxes were passed in the 2009 legislature as [...]
State Funding For Education Increased In Last Legislative Session, Remember? »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – One of the many, many terrible things to come out of yesterday’s news that Gov. Brian Sandoval and presumed Republican legislative leaders, Sen. Michael Roberson and Assemblyman Pat Hickey, are supporting tax increases is the way they inaccurately described state education funding. Here’s a sampling. Gov. Sandoval’s statement: In addition to avoiding further cuts to education, this decision means there will be no need for tax increases in the next session. Nevadans [...]
GOP Senators Seek Vote On Laughlin Incorporation »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Three Republican state senators, all members of the Legislative Commission, have asked Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, to call a meeting of the panel as soon as possible to vote on the feasibility of the incorporation of Laughlin. In a letter dated Feb. 28, Sens. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, Don Gustavson, R-Sparks, and James Settelmeyer, R-Gardnerville, asked Horsford to allow a vote of the commission on whether the [...]
Roberson Says GOP Poised To Win Control Of Nevada Senate In 2012 »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Republican state Senator Michael Robersonsaid today he expects the GOP to retake control of the Senate in the 2012 general election, citing the quality of candidates recruited for two key Clark County races. His optimism was countered by Sen. Mo Denis, D-Las Vegas, who said he is confident Democrats will maintain control of the Senate come Nov. 7. Democrats now hold a narrow 11-10 edge in the Senate, but the [...]
Putting A Sharp Pencil To Election Year Numbers Changes Some Assumptions About Outcomes »
NN&V Exclusive (Thomas Mitchell/4th St8) – The year 2012 in Nevada is going to be curb-to-curb politics. The Republican presidential caucuses in February will kick it off, then there will be filing for office and the state primaries in the summer, climaxing with the General Election in November. Much of the focus — in light of Nevada’s ignominious status as the state with the highest rates of unemployment and home foreclosures — will be on [...]
Roberson Vows No More Bad Legislation »
NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) – Where would you find Senators Cegavske, Hardy, and Roberson and Assemblymen Hambrick and Stewart in one place that’s not in Carson City? On Saturday, October 8th, all four attended the Clark County Republican Party Open House. Nearly 200 visitors poured through the doors of the new headquarters of the Clark County Republican Party (CCRP) checking out the Holsum Lofts office space onWest Charleston Boulevard. Mingling in the crowd were Jordan Ross, [...]
Where’s The Scandal? »
(Victor Joecks/NPRI) – Government corruption takes many forms, but one of the most obvious is when an elected or unelected official uses his authority to benefit himself, a spouse or a supporter financially. That’s the reason Rep. Shelley Berkley is in hot water. As The New York Times reported, she used her influence with regulators “to pursue an agenda that is aligned with the business interests of her husband, Dr. Larry Lehrner.” (I’m not commenting [...]
Da More He Talks, Da Less We Listen »
(Chuck Muth) – A new voice is rising from the bowels of Nevada liberalism, and not surprisingly it’s coming from an associate “political science” professor from a government-subsidized college campus. What are the odds? The liberal professor is David Damore of UNLV, who also now advertises himself as a nonresident fellow at the liberal Brookings Institute. Here’s his published bio: After receiving his PhD. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis in 2000, [...]
Hundreds Gather At 2011 CLC »
(Lori Piotrowski) – It wasn’t your typical Saturday. No waking up late, no cartoons, no car washing, or furniture dusting, or afternoon napping. Not for over two hundred attendees at the 2011 Conservative Leadership Conference. Instead, they awoke early, grabbed a quick coffee, and drove down to The M Resort Spa Casino for a day filled with speakers, conversation, and a presidential straw poll. Senator Dean Heller, honorary chair of the conference and opening keynote [...]
CLC Speaker Roster, Agenda Released »
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