SoS Ross Miller: “Our Services Aren’t Worth Your Money” »
(Geoffrey Lawrence/NPRI) – Okay…so maybe it’s not an exact quote, but that’s certainly what I got out of Secretary of State Ross Miller’s comments to the Las Vegas Sun today. Miller is complaining that home-based businesses aren’t paying their “fair share” and should be forced to pay $200 annually for the privilege of doing business in Nevada. The policy problems associated with this shakedown are obvious: 1. How does it impact the margins of the [...]
170 Nevadans Have Joined Group Fighting Excessive Federal Regulation »
(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – A group established by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) to fight against excessive federal regulations now has 170 members in Nevada and 1,000 nationwide, the organization announced this week. The coalition Small Businesses for Sensible Regulations says its mission is protecting small businesses and American jobs from the impacts of costly federation regulations. Coalition Chairwoman and former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln said of the 1,000 member mark hit Monday: [...]
Nevada Home-based Businesses Send Out SOS Against SoS »
NN&V Exclusive (Chuck Muth) – If elected officials really want to stimulate the economy and create jobs, there’s only one, proven way to do it: Get government out of the way. Now, would somebody please pass that memo along to Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller? Actually, somebody has….in the form of a lawsuit. Miller is on a jihad against small, home-based businesses. You know, the kinds of businesses that start in somebody’s garage. Like [...]
American Jobs Act Will Do Little to Stimulate the Economy »
NN&V Exclusive (David Mansdoerfer) – Before writing off President Obama’s jobs now speech, I wanted to take a look at his outline of the American Jobs Act. The American Jobs Act (AJA) can be broken down into two main categories – tax cuts/credits and stimulus spending. For tax cuts, the AJA would cut payroll taxes in half for businesses up to $5 million and give a payroll tax holiday, up to $50 million, if a [...]
Gunslinger Battles Bureaucracy Blob »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – They say the pen is mightier than the sword. A new business in town is finding that paperwork and bureaucracy may defeat firearms as well. The Clark County bureaucratic quagmire is doing its best to frustrate one of the area’s new businesses. A few months ago Wild West Guns, a custom firearms manufacturer from Alaska, decided to open a new facility in Las Vegas near Valley View and Hacienda. Jim [...]
Union Crushes Small Company To Get At Customers’ Cash »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Breaking up is hard to do, especially when a union contract is involved. And when your company is worth more to the union dead than alive, they can really cause you problems. A small paving contractor from Elko is fighting off a union’s attempt to shut them down. The union is going after the company’s customers to cut off its cash flow and drive it under. In May 2007, Mach [...]
Union Employs Rent-A-Picketers to Harass Job Creator »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Leave it to Nevada’s unions to protest the few people who are actually creating jobs in this economy. Each day a handful of picketers appear on the sidewalk along Warm Springs Road in front of the Glazier’s grocery store. They trudge back and forth holding their signs, occasionally stopping to chat with each other. Since Glazier’s opened in September 2009 they’ve engaged in this ritual. Who are these union members [...]
Clark County Commission Says Nevada’s Oldest Tavern Is Not A Tavern »
(Assemblyman Ed Goedhart) – Some people just can’t stand success. Especially when it’s someone else’s. Or a politician who can’t take credit for it.
Secretary of State Squeezes Small Business With New Regs »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Just like two oarsmen in a boat rowing in opposite directions, far too often government seems to be working against itself. Elected officials talk about promoting job creation and enticing companies to Nevada. At the same time they pass laws and impose regulations that make it more difficult for companies to survive in the Silver State and discourage firms from setting up shop in the first place. Nevada law requires [...]
Unchained Economy »
(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Those are the first three words out of every politician’s mouth these days. Yet there are rare occasions when they get the opportunity to actually promote the creation of jobs, jobs, jobs. The Clark County Commission has the chance to do just that. And it’s not some ill-advised government boondoggle that will cost the taxpayers millions while promoting employment for little more than a few bureaucrats. No, [...]
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